Michael Tomasky: CVS, Smokes and ‘Liberal Fascism’

[Playinghardball]

In Fox News Land, no one does anything in the public interest. It’s just Obama’s commie thugs bullying a corporate giant to do what the president thinks is ‘good for you.’

Bravo, CVS. That’s a bold and even historic move, banning cigarettes. It’s true it isn’t costing the company much—the sticks accounted for just $2 billion of its $123 billion in revenue last year, according to The New York Times. But even so, it’s a decision by an American mega-corporation that was made in… sit down and steady yourself… the public interest! Everyone’s for that, right? Right? Wait, what’s that rumble I hear over the gloaming?…

Why, it’s Fox News! And they aren’t happy. Yes—you read that right. On Fox News, CVS’s decision not to sell an addictive product that kills hundreds of thousands of Americans prematurely every year stinks of a big commie plot. Daytime host Gretchen Carlson said something idiotic Wednesday even by daytime Fox News’s idiotic standards….

More here: http://news.yahoo.com/cvs-smokes-liberal-fascism-104500372--politics.html

Found on the Obama Diary

[Chorophyll]

1. Gee, I though conservatives were in favor of private corporations doing whatever they want!

Silly me.

[Historic NY]

2. Plain and simple cigarettes & tobaacco products ..

should be sold elsewhere that a drug store. The onlytheingthey should be offering is tobacco abatement products. Says this apporaching 10 yrs ex-smoker. I recall the days when the doctor sat smoking a butt at his desk while writing a prescription.

War is Peace
cigarettes are healthy..:

[Blue_Tires]

3. Fox certainly didn't have a problem with some CVS not selling birth control pills

[tosh]

4. The motive behind the CVS move was NOT

the public good.

They are preparing to expand their in-store clinics and intend to seek Medicare reimbursement for those services.

It's a corporate move for profit with a fabulous PR "icing on the cake".

[shenmue]

5. A commie plot against cancer?

Good, it's about time.