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Critics Slam Overweight Surgeon General Pick, Regina Benjamin
abcnews.com ^ | July 21, 2009 | SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES

Posted on 07/21/2009 2:01:19 PM PDT by kellynla

Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, Obama's pick for the next surgeon general, was hailed as a MacArthur Grant genius who had championed the poor at a medical clinic she set up in Katrina-ravaged Alabama.

But the full-figured African-American nominee is also under fire for being overweight in a nation where 34 percent of all Americans aged 20 and over are obese.

Critics and supporters across the blogsphere have commented on photos of Benjamin's round cheeks, saying she sends the wrong message as the public face of America's health initiatives.

But others support the 52-year-old founder and CEO of Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic, citing new research that shows you cannot always judge a book by its cover when it comes to obesity.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: bhosurgeongeneral; obesity; overweight; reginabenjamin; surgeongeneral
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To: kellynla

From her Wiki (which has been totally revamped in the last2 weeks)...

“Also in accepting her nomination, Benjamin described her own hardships faced by disease and illness in her own family. She noted her brother, who died of HIV, as well as her father, who died of high blood pressure and diabetes, and her mother who died of lung cancer.
All of which, she implied, were “preventable diseases.”

So, being the “genius” Doctor she is supposed to be, why didn’t she prevent them?


41 posted on 07/21/2009 2:43:14 PM PDT by papasmurf (RnVjayB5b3UsIDBiYW1hLCB5b3UgcGllY2Ugb2Ygc2hpdCBjb3dhcmQh)
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To: Callahan

That pic is huge and eats up bandwidth like crazy. I have 5 meg up and 1.5 down, and it took several minutes to load. LOL


42 posted on 07/21/2009 2:45:24 PM PDT by papasmurf (RnVjayB5b3UsIDBiYW1hLCB5b3UgcGllY2Ugb2Ygc2hpdCBjb3dhcmQh)
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To: John123
If I had a dime for every time I saw someone riding a bicycle or doing something strenuous with a cigarette in their mouth... I would be a millionaire...

Here in Floriduh! it is not unusual to see a grossly overweight middle-aged man on a motorcycle, with no helmet, and smoking cigarette while driving.

43 posted on 07/21/2009 2:45:37 PM PDT by RightField (A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.)
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To: xcamel

lol she’s House, M.D. Get it?


44 posted on 07/21/2009 2:45:42 PM PDT by Callahan
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To: papasmurf

I didn’t realize it was that big when I posted it but it sort of adds to the effect no?


45 posted on 07/21/2009 2:46:57 PM PDT by Callahan
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To: HungarianGypsy

Why is a an orange an orange, but a banana not a “yellow?”


46 posted on 07/21/2009 2:49:24 PM PDT by drew
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To: altura; All
"Well, the president smokes (not that there’s anything wrong with that) and the SG is obese."

"Setting an example for Americans everywhere."


47 posted on 07/21/2009 2:50:23 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see a REAL C.O.L.B. BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Albion Wilde

Ah, he also likes young tight booty from the looks he gave it on his last trip.


48 posted on 07/21/2009 2:54:23 PM PDT by chiefqc
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To: kellynla

Perfect—a morbidly obese Surgeon General.

She can hide his cigarettes in her flowing moo moo.

The perfect bunch to impose a marxist healthcare system on us.


49 posted on 07/21/2009 2:54:51 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: kellynla

Actually, busy, successful people are often over weight.

Work 14-18 hours, no time for a proper meal, exercise, or sleep, will do that to you.


51 posted on 07/21/2009 3:02:17 PM PDT by papasmurf (RnVjayB5b3UsIDBiYW1hLCB5b3UgcGllY2Ugb2Ygc2hpdCBjb3dhcmQh)
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To: Albion Wilde

chunky munky?


52 posted on 07/21/2009 3:06:35 PM PDT by rottndog (WOOF!!!!!)
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To: Churchillspirit
.........the good doctor does not believe that doctors should make a profit.

Wow, that should start a stampede to enroll at medical schools. How can anyone resist the opportunity to work free? ;-)

53 posted on 07/21/2009 3:09:57 PM PDT by varon (Allegiance to the constitution, always. Allegiance to a political party, never.)
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To: papasmurf
"Actually, busy, successful people are often over weight. Work 14-18 hours, no time for a proper meal, exercise, or sleep, will do that to you".

Bravo Sierra...ya have to “make time” for exercise & sleep and it's actually quicker and more affordable to "prepare" wholesome meals than to "eat out" ...

And I “think” Hussein could have found at least ONE PERSON in America with an M.D. who was “fit” to be the Surgeon General...and he/she could have even been “Black” to satisfy Hussein's own prejudice.

54 posted on 07/21/2009 3:11:53 PM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: kellynla

...and once again, white males need not apply.

Wasn’t the whole point of the civil rights movement in the mid-60s to make race a non-issue? And then gender as well?

Hmmm. Seems like race and gender are everything with this guy, when it comes to appointments. Unless cronyism beats race and gender to the punch...


55 posted on 07/21/2009 3:12:51 PM PDT by Tigerized (Exactly what part of "shall not be infringed" DON'T you understand?!)
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To: kellynla

I’ve always thought surgeon general was a dumb post anyway, so I don’t really care how chunky she is.


56 posted on 07/21/2009 3:13:49 PM PDT by discostu (Jeff's imagination has gone beyond the fringe of audience comprehension)
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To: kellynla

I agree that he could have, and should have. But it’s not BS that very busy people are often overweight.


57 posted on 07/21/2009 3:14:34 PM PDT by papasmurf (RnVjayB5b3UsIDBiYW1hLCB5b3UgcGllY2Ugb2Ygc2hpdCBjb3dhcmQh)
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To: Callahan

Man - Chaka Khan has really let herself go...


58 posted on 07/21/2009 3:17:40 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Impeach the sumbeech)
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To: kellynla

RE: “Obama appoints a “tax cheat” head of the IRS and a Racist judge who doesn’t pay her dental bils to the Supreme Court; so what is the big(pardon the pun) deal, if he appoints some oveweight woman to be Surgeon General...”

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Yeah, no biggie — this fat middle aged ‘minority’ female probably won’t last long anyway. She sure fits the profile of one who is at the very least, pre-diabetic, and thus predisposed to heart disease as well.


59 posted on 07/21/2009 3:21:11 PM PDT by CaliforniaCon
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To: kellynla
citing new research that shows you cannot always judge a book by its cover when it comes to obesity.

Uh, I'm pretty sure you can...

60 posted on 07/21/2009 3:24:51 PM PDT by wastedyears (The Tree is thirsty and the hogs are hungry.)
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