Comments on: New Surgeon General?

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:36:50 +0000

He said one thing to get the nomination, a second thing when running, and something else when he won. There was no need for the shift. People wanted real change from what had gone on for 8 years, and we are still seeing all of the illegal, illogical claims regarding executive power and many other policy that made people extremely angry at Bush, and caused the rest of the world to distrust the US.

More of the same, is not change anyone can believe in.

Of course, the real problem may be that he doesn’t actually believe in anything.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:27:10 +0000

It seems to me that Obama is trying hard to be a consummate ‘middle-of-the-road’ guy. Everything he has done lately has been very much middle-ground. It seems to me he is trying to please everyone, and we all know that’s doomed to massive failure. It never works. In the runup to President, I thought he was a very intelligent man. Now I’m truly not so sure. Clever perhaps, and as my Mother would have said “too clever by half”. I guess that was to be expected really, He’s a product of the Illinois political machine. *shrug*

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:52:43 +0000

In reply to hipparchia.

Without a date/time stamp it is rather meaningless to talk about Obama’s “position” on anything.

I’ll stay with “I don’t know.”

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:35:22 +0000

doesn't look too horrible, the miami herald reports:

President Barack Obama's nominee for surgeon general is a Catholic best known for founding an Alabama clinic that treats the poor, but her lesser-known support for abortion rights puts her at odds with her church and some of the groups that have praised her work. Regina Benjamin's Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic doesn't perform abortions. A clinic employee who declined to be identified said by telephone that patients seeking information about abortions would be referred to providers in the state. But White House spokesman Reid Cherlin said Benjamin "supports the president's position on reproductive health issues."

.-= ´s last blog ..fizzickz lab =-.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:43:18 +0000

She’s a GP, so can’t perform any abortion procedures legally in Alabama, so I can’t be sure of her position, but I doubt she would be getting all of these awards and support from the conservative side of the Catholic Church if there was any record of support for choice.

Obama continues to suck up to the crowd that will never compromise with him, support him, or assist him. He takes support from the left for granted, and that has to stop if anything approaching real change is to occur.

His support dropped to 57%, but it will have to sink lower before they understand that the support of the left is no longer to be assumed.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:24:18 +0000

I was willing to reserve judgment until DonoWho’s announcement. What is Obama up to, anyway?