firedoglake.com - 1/9/2009
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I understand the critiques launched by Paul Krugman , John Conyers and others against Sanjay Gupta -- he did accuse Michael Moore of "fudging the facts" in Sicko when Moore had done no such thing. But in the end he apologized and admitted he was wrong, which is a lot more than ...
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/6/2009
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So apparently Obama plans to appoint CNN's Sanjay
Gupta as Surgeon General. I don't have a problem...
with Gupta's qualifications. But I do remember his mugging of Michael Moore over Sicko. You don't have to like Moore or his film; but Gupta specifically ...
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The trouble with Sanjay Gupta
huffingtonpost.com - 1/8/2009
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huffingtonpost.com —
Rep. John Conyers, one of the most prominent
Democrats in the House of Representatives, is publicly opposing...
the nomination of Dr. Sanjay Gupta for Surgeon General. In a letter sent on Thursday, Conyers asked his Democratic colleagues to "join me ...
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Conyers: Obama Should Not Nominate Sanjay Gupta
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The Latest on Air America —
Firedoglake's Jane Hamsher likes Sanjay Gupta and she has know problem telling you why. Okay. We know the economy is teetering over an abyss the likes of which we've not seen during most of working America's lifetime. As Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman warned a few days ago, it is imperative that we get this economic stimulus thing right. So, how's Obama do? I can't type the words (but note the lack of exclamation points). Lucky (or sadly) for you, ...
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DownWithTyranny! —
... . It isn't; instead, taken on face value at least, it's a disaster. As Jane Hamsher pointed out in her savvy defense of the Sanjay Gupta appointment yesterday, you can't always take all this political stuff at face value. Gupta's appointment, she asserts, is primarily ceremonial and is a smart move if it will help sell Obama's health care plan and counteract the certain and well-funded "Harry and Louise" style campaign by the Insurance and HMO giants aimed at tanking it. Of course, that begs the more important question of what, exactly, Daschle and Obama will have Gupta ...
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the-reaction.blogspot.com 1/9/2009 — By Michael J.W. Stickings I'm still not sold on Sanjay Gupta for surgeon general. In fact, the more I think about it, the more I dislike the very idea of putting Gupta in charge of public health. As I wrote on Tuesday , when the story broke, Dr. ...
James Floyd, M.D: CNN's Gupta: Not What the Doctor Ordered
huffingtonpost.com 2/3/2009 — When word leaked out that neurosurgeon and CNN journalist Sanjay Gupta was up for the Surgeon General post, many said he was a natural to be the government's top spokesperson on public health issues and a major player in crafting and selling ...
Conyers’s opposition to Gupta is connected to Michael Moore
thehill.com 1/9/2009 — Citing a lack of experience, Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) is leading an effort to thwart Barack Obama’s expected nomination of CNN’s Sanjay Gupta to become surgeon general. But there are also indications that Conyers’s opposition is linked to a ...
Sanjay Gupta for surgeon general?
the-reaction.blogspot.com 1/9/2009 — By Michael J.W. Stickings The WaPo's Howard Kurtz is reporting that Obama has asked celebrity tele-Dr. Sanjay Gupta, he of CNN and CBS fame, to be the new surgeon general. Now, I'm in no position to question Gupta's abilities as a neurosurgeon ...
The Intersection: Sanjay Gupta for Surgeon General? Here's My Gripe
scienceblogs.com 1/9/2009 — art.sanjay.gupta.cnn.jpg CNN is reporting that one of its own is being considered for the Surgeon General post. I have nothing against Sanjay Gupta, and I don't think he's unqualified. In fact, someone with so much television and communication ...
Conyers opposes Gupta
firstread.msnbc.msn.com 1/8/2009 —
From NBC's Mike Viqueira Rep. John Conyers , Michigan Democrat and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, urging Obama not to tap Dr. Sanjay Gupta for Surgeon General.
"[T]here are highly experienced medical professionals who ...
Senate set to OK Daschle as health secretary —
Reuters: Politics 1/8/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle pledged to restore confidence in federal agencies and base decisions on science, not politics, as he began making his case to the U.S. Senate on Thursday to become President-elect Barack ...
For Daschle, Round One —
First Read 1/8/2009
From NBC's Carrie Dann
A quick note about Opening Day of confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill:
Tom Daschle , Barack Obama's nominee for Health and Human Services Secretary, appeared this moning before the Senate Health, ...
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