Sanjay Gupta for Surgeon General?

[CardiacCoug]

Interesting and kind of strange. I always think of physician medical correspondents as basically flunky doctors that must not have been able to hack it in medicine.

I also thought the Surgeon General was supposed to have some type of academic public health background. I guess Obama disagrees.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/...ral/index.html

[SoonerCoug]

I was really pulling for Jocelyn Elders to be reappointed:

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[venkman]

BO's a celebrity politician, makes sense to have a celebrity doctor. Personally, I would've gone for Dr. Drew, but that's just me.

[il Padrino Ute]

BO's a celebrity politician, makes sense to have a celebrity doctor. Personally, I would've gone for Dr. Drew, but that's just me.

Dr. Doolittle would have been a good choice too.

Or Dr. Seuss. Word has it that he was a socialist bastard as well.

[creekster]

Dr. Doolittle would have been a good choice too.

Or Dr. Seuss. Word has it that he was a socialist bastard as well.

I always thought someone should have tabbed Dr. Marcus Welby, M.D., and his sassy assistant Consuela.

[il Padrino Ute]

I always thought someone should have tabbed Dr. Marcus Welby, M.D., and his sassy assistant Consuela.

That brings back memories of being a kid and having my mom tell me to not bother her while she was watching that show. Not even if the house was on fire.

[ERCougar]

Interesting and kind of strange. I always think of physician medical correspondents as basically flunky doctors that must not have been able to hack it in medicine.

I also thought the Surgeon General was supposed to have some type of academic public health background. I guess Obama disagrees.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/...ral/index.html

I'm not sure that people outside of medicine realize how funny this choice would be. I'm trying to think of a good analogy...Johnny Cochran for Attorney General? But that doesn't even work, as Attorney General is such a political position that a populist choice isn't all that out there. This is like a figurehead for the direction of medicine.

[Guest]

I'm not sure that people outside of medicine realize how funny this choice would be. I'm trying to think of a good analogy...Johnny Cochran for Attorney General? But that doesn't even work, as Attorney General is such a political position that a populist choice isn't all that out there. This is like a figurehead for the direction of medicine.

BHO's appointments are like an episode of Battle of the Network Stars; lots of people who were on TV a few years ago, now trying to act serious in roles out of their element.

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[LiveCoug]

How 'bout this guy? He'd be a good choice...

http://www.drrobertrey.com/

[SoonerCoug]

If Obama wants an SG who will be good at communicating with the public, I think Sanjay would be fine.