This is good – I think the saying “protect me from friends, I can deal with the enemies” applies.
With Sanjay Gupta’s withdrawal (this is starting to resemble W’s “war tzar” search), Dean’s little fans are at it again.
Within hours — maybe even minutes — of Gupta’s withdrawal, liberal bloggers threw out the possibility of Dean as the nation’s top doc. After all, he acknowledged this week that he really would have liked the Health and Human Services job. And he’s a physician to boot.
The story made its way to CNN Friday, elevating the idea beyond Internet chatter.
“Elevating” the idea? Funny, that. Anyway, CNN says he’d take it
One Democratic strategist close to Dean made clear the former DNC chair would take the position if it is offered. “He’ll do whatever the President would like him to do,” said the strategist. “He’s certainly well-suited and well-qualified for that job. It would certainly shut up a lot of Dean supporters.”
Sure enough, now Dean has to pretend yet again that he doesn’t want it
Indeed, Dean associates were quick to bat the idea down, saying he has not been contacted. When the idea of surgeon general was floated a while ago, he tried to politely make it clear that he wasn’t interested, according to a person close to Dean.
Also, Politico makes no bones that Emanuel is the absolute barrier
It’s a matchup that is difficult for political insiders to fathom. Dean had very open disagreements with White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel over electoral strategies when Dean headed the Democratic National Committee and Emanuel led the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
I mean, it’s not like Obama would feel he needs to show any love to said bloggers (David Sirota will have to live with the memory of that phone call, last year)
Here’s a sample of the hopeful masses
Dean under consideration! Bones to the base! Man your barricades! Discuss. Fanfare. Disbelief. Small bones, big bones, not gonna happen bones?
And another, full of hope for change
4. If he does I hope he does away with the dumb ass uniform they wear.
yeah, something in red and gold would do the trick They wear an uniform???? You mean, like a General? )
Are there hats?
Another one for my Schadenfreude list
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March 7, 2009 at 5:53 am
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March 7, 2009 at 7:46 am
Grail Guardian
Based on O’s last dis of Screamin’ Howie, I’d suggest that the Dean bots not hold their breath. Except that would mean they’d start breathing again and lose some of their carbon credits. Guess they’ll just have to “take one for the team” and die of self-asphyxiation. Remind me to cry.
March 7, 2009 at 8:33 am
garychapelhill
Yeah, there’s a uniform, here is C.Everett Koop in his. I much prefer this one, however. The hat is fabulous
March 7, 2009 at 8:37 am
edgeoforever
Agree with your choice! A sword is a must! How else will we fight the common cold?
March 7, 2009 at 11:37 am
lee M.
Maybe if Patrick Fitzgerald would do his job and release the tapes of Blago’s conversations with Rahm Emanuel, Rahm would go to jail and the field would be clear.
I despise Howard Dean though, and do not want to see him in a public position.
March 7, 2009 at 2:13 pm
SweetSue
Yes, they wear some kind of Navy uniform-looks anachronistic.
March 7, 2009 at 8:54 pm
angrynana
Dean gets what he deserves—nothing. I think he is one big reason Hillary was thrown under the DNC bus.
March 12, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Robert D. Bruce
In point of fact, it is the uniform of the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service, one of the Nation’s 7 uniformed services (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, USPHS and NOAA Corps). The Surgeon General leads the 6200+ officers of the Commissioned Corps. And while the Surgeon General is referred to as the “Nation’s Doctor” and is seen as Nation’s top health educator, the statutory role of the Surgeon General is leading the PHS Commissioned Corps.