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Surgeon general post is a big job for a big lady
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Posted on 07/16/2009 12:57:04 PM PDT by traumer

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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
She’s just “big-boned!”

And it's a good thing that her bones are so big -- they've got a lot of weight to pack around.

21 posted on 07/16/2009 1:09:40 PM PDT by Bob
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To: traumer

The man appointed a known tax cheat as Secretary of the Treasury. So why should anybody be surprised when he appoints a fat beast to head the Public Health Service?


22 posted on 07/16/2009 1:10:10 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: dead


23 posted on 07/16/2009 1:12:19 PM PDT by Sir Francis Dashwood (Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???)
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To: traumer

She has the most important qualification for an Obama nominee: She’s a pro-abortion Catholic.


24 posted on 07/16/2009 1:12:26 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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>>In fact, if this Alabama physician can connect with fat Americans of all ethnic groups because of her own weight, she stands a very good chance of reaching them about the problem.<<

Uh, I don’t think so. Being fat shouldn’t disqualify this person from being surgeon general, but the writer’s statement is off base. If you’re overweight, seeing and being around fat people makes you feel like you’re fine the way you are. It’s seeing thin, fit people that spurs you to action. I was about 30 pounds overweight until I started working in an office where the two bosses are triathletes and one of my co-workers (probably inspired by the bosses) lost 140 pounds a few years back. Being around that bunch made me feel like a slob, and I’ve lost weight because of it.


25 posted on 07/16/2009 1:12:51 PM PDT by FelixFelicis (When can we *change* back? [Get yer bumper sticker at www.cafepress.com/deepright!])
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The linked article is great - the ever-present lose weight ads are engulfed by the article:

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That just slays me.....:)

26 posted on 07/16/2009 1:13:02 PM PDT by libertarian27 (Ingsoc: Life, Liberty and the Department of Happiness)
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To: CholeraJoe
Sergeon General endorsed...
27 posted on 07/16/2009 1:14:17 PM PDT by traumer
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Great personality, though...


28 posted on 07/16/2009 1:28:12 PM PDT by jagusafr (Kill the red lizard, Lord! - nod to C.S. Lewis)
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To: Joe 6-pack
Obesity Tsar....
29 posted on 07/16/2009 1:28:14 PM PDT by traumer
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I’ll say it again...

I and several members of my family have met Dr. Benjamin, and though we’re on opposite sides of the political spectrum — I respect her, her sacrifices and her work..

I disagree with her position on abortion - but there isn’t a SINGLE Republican politician I agree with 100%.

I believe this woman to be HONEST, INCORRUPTIBLE, DEDICATED to SERVICE with ACCOMPLISHMENTS that are undeniable. What you see is what you get.

She’s a DOER....she walks the walk.
Folks can function and get past being over ideal weight, but once stupid, they’re stuck. We’ve got far too many of those stupid bastards in office already.


30 posted on 07/16/2009 1:42:40 PM PDT by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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I doubt whether anyone would be making an issue of it if the Surgeon General’s job in a Nanny State didn’t include adding new regulations against anything judged to make Americans fat.

Also, being pro-abortion is a serious problem, because she is in a position to pretend that killing babies is a basic aspect of “health care.” It wouldn’t matter so much in some posts, but it matters in this one.

Finally, I’m not even sure if it’s a good thing that she is someone who gets things done, if what she gets done is Obama-style health care. As Rush says, it might be better to wish that she fails.


31 posted on 07/16/2009 1:50:56 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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She is not overweight, she is just under tall.

Yeah, under 9 feet.

32 posted on 07/16/2009 2:02:19 PM PDT by 3niner (When Obama succeeds, America fails.)
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To: traumer

HEY...IT’S A THYROID PROBLEM!!!


33 posted on 07/16/2009 2:04:28 PM PDT by demsux
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To: demsux
oops

/s

34 posted on 07/16/2009 3:45:17 PM PDT by demsux
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To: Cicero
Believe me - I understand your points exactly..
I'll admit to sharing your concern.

But - given the character of most politicians today, especially those in Obama’s administration and in this Leftist controlled Congress — this lady would be a breath of fresh air as someone who has reached across race lines and actually ACCOMPLISHED works of personal service with groups of every ethnicity living in the areas she served...

For those who don't know - her clinic in Bayou La Batre, Alabama served far more whites and Asians - mostly Vietnamese - than any other ethnicity... Blacks probably never accounted to more that 10% of the population in this shrimp fishing port. If memory serves - she also built and ran a clinic to serve the poor in Mobile, AL.

As much as I disagree with her position on abortion - I have a feeling she would be a Surgeon General whose ability and accomplishments will be head and shoulders above those in recent memory....

35 posted on 07/16/2009 8:50:38 PM PDT by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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