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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.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: bhosurgeongeneral; obesity; overweight; reginabenjamin; surgeongeneral
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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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posted on
07/21/2009 2:01:19 PM PDT
by
kellynla
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:02:06 PM PDT
by
kellynla
(Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
To: kellynla
Hahahhaha! Why not just get weight loss advice from Michael Moore!
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:02:22 PM PDT
by
domenad
(In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
To: kellynla
She’s a public health heavyweight.
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:02:36 PM PDT
by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
To: swain_forkbeard
And she will be telling us not to overeat or smoke.
To: kellynla
Wasn’t Joceylyn Elders a chunky lady too?
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:03:27 PM PDT
by
Carley
(OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
To: kellynla
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:03:51 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
( Jim Thompson for President.)
To: domenad
*YAWN* Another made-up controversy by the MSM. Where is the “slam.” This is an attempt to get us to be sympathetic for this woman and her ideas.
What a joke.
To: kellynla
The lady appears to be a nice person. Of all the things to pick on to delay her , they say she is too fat.
How about running a clinic in the Bayou doesnt qualify you to be America’s top doc.
She hasnt the experience or the knowledge to be the Number One health authority of this nation.
Being a nice person doesnt cut th mustard.
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:05:10 PM PDT
by
Venturer
To: kellynla
Well, uh, she might be a bodybuilder...all muscle under there, yeah that’s the ticket!/s;)
To: kellynla
Oh come on!!! It’s do as I say not as I do, in the Bam administration.
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:05:52 PM PDT
by
kenmcg
(THE)
To: kellynla
But others support the 52-year-old founder and CEO of Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic...Oh, brother. More Katrina/FEMA/Bush moralizing to come...
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:06:16 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
( Jim Thompson for President.)
To: kellynla
Obama likes big booty.
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:07:16 PM PDT
by
evets
(beer)
To: kellynla
is also under fire for being overweight in a nation where 34 percent of all Americans aged 20 and over are obese.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...
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:08:35 PM PDT
by
John123
(Turn on your teleprompter Obama and read your lips... "No New Taxes!!")
To: domenad
Having a fat-ass for Surgeon General does pose a problem I’d say. Wonder if she’d be forced to pay tax on sugar or trans-fat?
More dem hypocracy?
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:08:47 PM PDT
by
FlorianG
To: kellynla
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:10:05 PM PDT
by
isthisnickcool
(GIVE ME YOUR MONEY BITCH! - President Obama)
To: kellynla
Mmmmmmm! Creole cookin'!
Fried fish and hushpuppies.
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:10:42 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
( Jim Thompson for President.)
To: kellynla
Lots of “junk in da trunk”
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:11:14 PM PDT
by
xcamel
(The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
To: kellynla
Well, the president smokes (not that there’s anything wrong with that) and the SG is obese.
Setting an example for Americans everywhere.
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:13:23 PM PDT
by
altura
(http://auntmarysdailymusings.blogspot.com/)
To: kellynla
Dr. Regina Benjamin is clearly overweight. Perhaps the flap over her weight might motivate her to eventually lose it and encourage others to do the same,
a la Oprah Winfrey.
Not to worry, the MSM will bury this by tomorrow. After all, their political Messiah can do no wrong.
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:14:20 PM PDT
by
Jim Scott
(Do not go gentle into that good night)
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