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GOP Congressman Blasts Obama Clean Out of the Water over Ebola
Posted by: Fire, Ready, Aim ()
Date: October 24, 2014 06:42AM

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) says Ron Klain is "off to a bad start" in his new role as the president's Ebola response coordinator, and that the U.S. Surgeon General should be the one leading the effort. But what Chaffetz doesn't seem to realize is that there hasn't been a surgeon general for more than a year.

“Why not have the surgeon general head this up?" Chaffetz asked in a Wednesday appearance on Fox News. "I think that’s a very legitimate question. At least you have somebody who has a medical background whose been confirmed by the United States Senate.”

“It begs the question, what does the surgeon general do?" he added. "Why aren’t we empowering that person?”

President Barack Obama nominated Dr. Vivek Murthy to serve as the nation's top doctor in late 2013, but his nomination has stalled in the Senate ever since. The reason? The National Rifle Association has been pressuring Republicans and conservative Democrats to oppose him over his positions on gun control. Murthy has advocated for an assault weapons ban, and in 2012, he tweeted that gun violence is "a health care issue." That didn't sit well with the NRA's chief.

"Simply put, confirmation of Dr. Murthy is a prescription for disaster for America's gun owners," Chris Cox, executive director of the NRA's legislative arm, wrote to Senate leaders in February.

The result is the country is now dealing with cases of Ebola without a surgeon general at the top, providing public education and guidance on the situation. The last surgeon general, Regina Benjamin, left the post in July 2013. Boris Lushniak has been the acting surgeon general ever since.

Murthy otherwise has solid credentials for the job. A physician at a top Boston hospital and a teacher at Harvard Medical School, he cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee in February with the backing of all Democrats and one Republican. He would be the first Indian-American surgeon general, if confirmed, and he's supported by more than 50 organizations in the health and wellness community, per the White House.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is holding an Ebola hearing Friday and invited Klain to testify, but the White House says he won't be attending since he just started his new job on Wednesday.

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Re: GOP Congressman Blasts Obama Clean Out of the Water over Ebola
Posted by: stupid rednecks elect MORONS ()
Date: October 24, 2014 08:21AM

lol, they blocked the Surgeon General on behalf of the NRA.

These fuckin teabaggers are DUMBASSES

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Re: GOP Congressman Blasts Obama Clean Out of the Water over Ebola
Posted by: Target Hit ()
Date: October 24, 2014 08:26AM

stupid rednecks elect MORONS Wrote:
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> lol, they blocked the Surgeon General on behalf of
> the NRA.
>
> These fuckin teabaggers are DUMBASSES

So there were no other Surgeon General candidates who weren't fervent anti-constitution nuts?

None?

None?

Obama had a responsibility to get someone in that job, not find a mouthpiece for his anti-gun beliefs.

Looks like Obama didn't care that this post was not filled.

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Re: GOP Congressman Blasts Obama Clean Out of the Water over Ebola
Posted by: too many teabaggers ()
Date: October 24, 2014 08:43AM

Target Hit Wrote:
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> stupid rednecks elect MORONS Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > lol, they blocked the Surgeon General on behalf
> of
> > the NRA.
> >
> > These fuckin teabaggers are DUMBASSES
>
> So there were no other Surgeon General candidates
> who weren't fervent anti-constitution nuts?
>
> None?
>
> None?
>
> Obama had a responsibility to get someone in that
> job, not find a mouthpiece for his anti-gun
> beliefs.
>
> Looks like Obama didn't care that this post was
> not filled.

shut the hell up you stupid redneck

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Re: GOP Congressman Blasts Obama Clean Out of the Water over Ebola
Posted by: Sonny Corleone ()
Date: October 24, 2014 08:58AM

too many teabaggers Wrote:
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> Target Hit Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > stupid rednecks elect MORONS Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > lol, they blocked the Surgeon General on
> behalf
> > of
> > > the NRA.
> > >
> > > These fuckin teabaggers are DUMBASSES
> >
> > So there were no other Surgeon General
> candidates
> > who weren't fervent anti-constitution nuts?
> >
> > None?
> >
> > None?
> >
> > Obama had a responsibility to get someone in
> that
> > job, not find a mouthpiece for his anti-gun
> > beliefs.
> >
> > Looks like Obama didn't care that this post was
> > not filled.
>
> shut the hell up you stupid redneck

You sure know how to win the argument!

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Re: GOP Congressman Blasts Obama Clean Out of the Water over Ebola
Posted by: Range Master ()
Date: October 24, 2014 09:04AM

He sure does. Handed you your ass.

Sounds like Republican Jason Chaffetz is a fucking moron.

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