Senate approves Obama pick for surgeon general

WSFA ^ | 12-15-2014 | MATTHEW DALY and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press

[Citizen Zed]

The Senate on Monday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of Dr. Vivek Murthy to serve as U.S. surgeon general, despite opposition from Republicans and some Democrats over his support for gun control.

Murthy, 37, a physician at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital and instructor at Harvard Medical School, won confirmation on a vote of 51-43. He's a co-founder of Doctors for America, a group that has pushed for affordable health care and supports Obama's health care law.

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said most of Murthy's career has been spent as an activist focused on gun control and other political issues, rather than on treating patients. "Americans don't want a surgeon general who might use this position of trust to promote his own personal campaign against the Second Amendment of the Constitution," Barrasso said.

[old curmudgeon]

Thank you.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Although a doctor since 2006, he has never practiced.

That makes it clear he's more a politician than a doctor. It also makes it clear this is a political appointment, intended for political action, rather than a skilled medical advisory position. If he's politically loyal and glib, he gets a political red star. If he's black, his stars are doubled.

[skeeter]

Oh they’ll fix it alright. Fix it so the next republican Senate can’t use it.

[molson209]

Where does Obama find these freaks ?

[BillyBoy]

>> Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) was the only 'Pub for him. <<

Well now, isn't that special?

But, of course, we "had to" elect that marxist scumbag because he was "the best we can get". Instead of purging RINOs like him, we should spend ALL our time and money working to purge people who do what we want 95% of the time and are staunch allies of Ted Cruz *cough* Pat Roberts *cough* . Somehow this will result in a conservative majority.

[Impy]

Oh it’s so wonderful to see COLLINS and MURKOWSKI vote the right way but Kirk still vote wrong.

How would we rank our 3 prize turds?

[Kickass Conservative]

Oh goody, he made it a “Bipartisan” selection.

[SkyPilot]

IF Ted Cruz had used Senate procedural tactics against the budget that HE KNEW he could not stop, then Harry Reid would not have been able to introduce the nominees for passage.

Thanks Ted, you narcissistic jerk.

It is ALL ABOUT YOU!

[BillyBoy]

>> Looks like Kirk clinched it for this Murthy character.

And now thanks to Kirk's treason, Obama can claim his commie was approved with "bipartisan" support.

But not to worry, a bunch of freepers tell me that a guy from Kansas who votes conservative 95% of the time is MUCH worse than a 100% pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage, pro-gun grabbing, pro-illegal alien, cap n' trade socialist "Republican" from Illinois.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Kirk (R-IL), Yea
Cochran (R-MS), Not Voting
Chambliss (R-GA), Not Voting
Johanns (R-NE), Not Voting
Rubio (R-FL), Not Voting

[Rome2000]

Yeah, I’m not going to lose any sleep over this schmuck.

Just another incompetent useless token apparatchik.

[Jet Jaguar]

Ping.

[marktwain]

“Yeah, I’m not going to lose any sleep over this schmuck.

Just another incompetent useless token apparatchik.”

I read “In the Garden of the Beasts” about pre-war NAZI Germany. A lot of Germans said that Hitlers team were jokes, as well.

Thank God that Obama is no Hitler or Stalin.

This is directly, incredibly, “In Your Face” to most of the country.