Gupta will reportedly turn down Surgeon General post.
By on Mar 5th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Gupta will reportedly turn down Surgeon General post.
Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s chief medical correspondent, will reportedly not leave his television career to become Surgeon General. “Gupta, who had been the leading candidate for the post, withdrew his name even as President Obama hosted a health care summit at the White House. Gupta did not attend.” He encountered criticism for “his mugging of Michael Moore over Sicko” and for having a cozy relationship with drug companies. On the Wonk Room, Igor Volsky floats Howard Dean as a possible replacement.
Update "Sanjay Gupta was under serious consideration for the job of surgeon general," an administration official told CNN. "He has removed himself from consideration to focus more on his medical career and his family. We know he will continue to serve and educate the public through his work with media and in the medical arena."
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I think Howard Dean for Surgeon General is a wonderful idea.
March 5th, 2009 at 6:30 pmDid he too forget to pay his taxes or something? What’s with these ungrateful bastids?
March 5th, 2009 at 6:31 pmWhatever reason Gupta uses, it’s all about money for him. Why take a government salary when you can whore for the drug companies and be a CNN talking head?
Well, good riddance.
PEACE
March 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pmoh darn.
next issue!!
March 5th, 2009 at 6:34 pmHoward!
Howard!
Howard!
!
(my first reaction even before i read the copy)
March 5th, 2009 at 6:35 pmYou nailed it spencers mom.
Gupta has a much more lucrative career as a pill shill rather than working for the people.
March 5th, 2009 at 6:37 pmi agree, mom – good riddance…
March 5th, 2009 at 6:39 pmnever liked the idea.
spencers mom,
Amen!
March 5th, 2009 at 6:39 pmIsn’t Howard Dean kind of a heavy hitter for the post of Surgeon General?
March 5th, 2009 at 6:40 pmForgive my density, but shouldn’t the post of Surgeon General be held by a medical doctor? Don’t get me wrong, I like Dean, but US Surgeon General?
March 5th, 2009 at 6:43 pmAddendeum to #10, nevermind…. he’s a doctor…
March 5th, 2009 at 6:43 pmTim Geithner’s Deputy Treasury nominee withdrew today as well.
This piece is on the overall trajectory of President Obama’s nominees:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/04/politics/washingtonpost/main4843131.shtml
March 5th, 2009 at 6:44 pmThe Surgeon General role used to be a heavy hitter. Bush turned it into a joke.
March 5th, 2009 at 6:45 pmWe don’t need a corporate whore as Surgeon General.
FTR
March 5th, 2009 at 6:47 pmBut wait! Just yesterday TP was hammering Dean for saying:
March 5th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Gupta to Michael Moore:
I don’t care if you expose the truth, I’m a doctor dammit and I know more than you, I can shout louder, I can talk over you, and I’m a corporate shill who has to get paid!!
March 5th, 2009 at 6:59 pmHOWARD!!!!!
Please, pretty, pretty please?
Stop being a jerk, Rahm!
March 5th, 2009 at 7:00 pmOur troll friend AlGore isn’t very bright, is he?
March 5th, 2009 at 7:02 pmMaybe it didn’t start with Bush, Clinton’s first pick was a veterinarian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Whitney
March 5th, 2009 at 7:03 pmAnd another one bites the dust. What is with Team Messiah and these nominees?
For the cripes sakes are we going for the record here? Has there ever been such an incompetent Treasury Secretary?
March 5th, 2009 at 7:04 pmI just never could seriously accept the idea of Gupta as Surgeon General. Howard Dean on the other hand…..
That would be a great pick, if Emannuel could get over his animus towards Dean.
March 5th, 2009 at 7:04 pmbackup Says:
Isn’t Howard Dean kind of a heavy hitter for the post of Surgeon General?
What would you prefer? A weak, kneeling, open backed gowner?
March 5th, 2009 at 7:04 pmSo I guess Mickey Rourke is out of the question?
March 5th, 2009 at 7:05 pmAlgore-
there was also other discussion arguing the merits of Dean’s possible incrementalism. A lot of people were pissed, a lot of people were more wait-and-see.
see? disagreement can happen when you aren’t part of the hive mind!
March 5th, 2009 at 7:06 pmMN Senate: A Columbia Law Paper from 1973 Called, and Norm Coleman has NO chance:
http://voteforamerica.net/editorials/Comments.aspx?ArticleId=241&ArticleName=MN+Senate%3a+The+Year+1973+Called
March 5th, 2009 at 7:06 pmGlad Gupta Gone. Now on to Howard?
March 5th, 2009 at 7:09 pmI’m trying to ramp up my concern trolling, so I’ve got to slip in the Dean Scream:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1ycCFVKSg4
This is what killed his political career, but it wasn’t that big a deal; it should not have derailed him. Other people have made bigger mistakes and recovered.
Dean would obviously make a great surgeon general. But, with his resume, he probably would have been better suited for HHS Secretary.
March 5th, 2009 at 7:10 pmsigh
again, Al Gore-
I refer you to this:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/3/5/162035/0589/673/705119
The numbers are from your mothership, FOX news, so take it up with the hive.
It appears that President Obama’s approval ratings raised.
Hmmm, what was that again?
Raised.
Sounds good. Looks like Americans don’t have time for your sad little complaints after a massive 8year FAIL.
March 5th, 2009 at 7:10 pmRealness Says:
see? disagreement can happen when you aren’t part of the hive mind!
Now that’s what I call reasoned and polite “disagreement.”
March 5th, 2009 at 7:11 pmWell see, AlGore, I’m not the one crying in my parent’s basement, and obviously not as thin-skinned as you. Did Zooey scare you?
March 5th, 2009 at 7:12 pmAnd another one bites the dust. What is with Team Messiah and these nominees?
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Do you have an agenda or something?
March 5th, 2009 at 7:16 pmRealness Says:
Did Zooey scare you?
Of course, Have you ever seen her? HOLEY CRAP! Not only does she swear like a drunken sailor, she kinda looks like one too.
March 5th, 2009 at 7:18 pmHe has removed himself from consideration to focus more on his medical career and his family.
I love when powerful, big-buck guys say they’re going to focus more on “their family”. Usually they’re just one step ahead of the indictment or pink slip.
March 5th, 2009 at 7:22 pmThe Good Doctor would be great, but Rahm Emmanuel will never allow it. Rahm didn’t like the 50 state strategy, won’t admit it was part of the victory in November, and apparently knows how to carry a grudge.
March 5th, 2009 at 7:23 pmOf course, Have you ever seen her? HOLEY CRAP! Not only does she swear like a drunken sailor, she kinda looks like one too.
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March 5th, 2009 at 7:26 pmI think she is hot and either way you need some manners
I flagged AlGore for polluting the environment.
March 5th, 2009 at 7:28 pmright Algore, because all of the Maxims scattered around your sad basement “apartment” make you a good judge of women.
or maybe you just cozy up to pictures of Coulter and Palin?
March 5th, 2009 at 7:29 pmI don’t think we know what the problem is with Howard Dean and the Obama administration – we’ve heard about head-butting with Rahm Emanuel, but we really don’t know the facts.
March 5th, 2009 at 7:33 pmSurgeon General is not a cabinet post, but a holds a public position on health for Americans.
Why not Howard Dean for that post? I think so!!
M. Jocelyn Elders was a good surgeon general (a pediatrician). She was ahead of her time. She advocated sex education, abortion rights and and she wanted to explore legalizing marijuana.
March 5th, 2009 at 7:44 pmClinton was having to fight republicans for 8 years and he couldn’t take the controversy that her honest remarks provoked.
It’s great news that this shallow, self-centered media/corporate whore will not be our next Surgeon General.
From wikipedia.org:
Here’s the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjay_Gupta
March 5th, 2009 at 8:08 pmMarie Says:
M. Jocelyn Elders was a good surgeon general (a pediatrician). She was ahead of her time. She advocated sex education, abortion rights and and she wanted to explore legalizing marijuana.
>>>
I agree wholeheartedly that Elders should get the job.
March 5th, 2009 at 8:31 pmI recommend Dr. Mae Jemison, the first black female astronaut and physician. I heard her speak at the National Association of Community Health Center meeting in 2005.
She cited the greatest cause of death and disease, war and internal strife. Besides the direct damage done by violence, food and medicine supplies are interrupted, clean water becomes scarce and sewage can become a problem.
March 5th, 2009 at 8:46 pmTotally. Zooey is way hot.
But then I’m into intelligent, witty women. I’m not intimidated by them.
March 5th, 2009 at 9:00 pmwoke @42
That is a joke, right?
My comment on Elders was a reply to an earlier post criticizing her.
March 5th, 2009 at 9:23 pmI imagine that Zooey is hot. She can also hold her own and I think she’s probably not that concerned with the manners of AlGore.
Especially, if he saves the world from global warming.
I am intimidated by smart women. And girls that wear leather. And smart women that wear leather? Forget about it.
March 5th, 2009 at 9:27 pmElders was ahead of her time. She was a little too frank for the political environment. Even today’s political environment. But, she was right.
March 5th, 2009 at 9:30 pmbackup either compliment the lady or don’t compliment the lady.
March 5th, 2009 at 9:43 pmdbadass. I think that was a compliment.
She’s hot, she can hold her own, and she’s probably not phased by the insults of AlGore.
That is nothing but love.
I also believe she’s intelligent.
The leather thing was just an aside.
March 5th, 2009 at 9:59 pmSeems we are in agreement then doesn’t it?
March 5th, 2009 at 10:16 pmEvery once in a while. This one was just a no-brainer. ; )
March 5th, 2009 at 10:20 pmdbadass, B-cup must be in agreement with some of us on occasion.
Otherwise his concern trolling doesn’t work.
March 5th, 2009 at 11:19 pmI didn’t know this site was owned by the center for american “progress”. Progress towards what exactly?
Anyway, that (and therefore this site) is nothing but a pipe for sucking up the soros propaganda disseminated to the useful idiots.
This is truly orwellian. Sad, but true…
March 5th, 2009 at 11:32 pmGupta has a much more lucrative career as a pill shill rather than working for the people.
March 6th, 2009 at 7:56 amNo Marie, it’s not a joke. It’s “high” time the USA ends it’s WAR on Americans who smoke marijuana…..spending billions for years on end and incarcerating millions of people for possessing same.
Sex education that is more than “just saying no” to natural human desires will go a long way toward stopping unwanted preganancies and STD’s.
And allowing women to decide what to do with their own bodies represents actual freedom…..as opposed to allowing a group of (limited in sex, hypocritical and faux moralist) old white men dictate to women what they can and cannot do.
I know you agree.
So, what’s wrong with Elders?
March 6th, 2009 at 10:15 amI have it. How about someone who has actually RUN the senate for a few years and has shown the ability to work with both sides of the aisle, also has healthcare connections and knowledge and has written a book on reforming healthcare.
If only there was someone perfect like that and whom supported Obama from the beginning…..eh?
Oh, well, the neocons and their corporate media mouthpieces would probably make a mountain out of a molehill and hammer him endlessly until he withdrew…
eh?
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