Obama First Candidate To Criticize Bush's Surgeon General Choice ("Office No Place For Bigotry...")

[Hissyspit]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2007/06/obama_wins.html

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Obama wins
June 07, 2007 3:00 PM

…in the race between Democratic presidential candidates to be first to criticize the Bush administration's appointment of Dr. Jim Holsinger to be surgeon general…

“America’s top doctor should be a doctor for all Americans, and so I have serious reservations about nominating someone who would inject his own anti-gay ideology into critical decisions about the health and well-being of our nation," Obama said this morning. "As with other nominees, I will listen to the testimony of Dr. James Holsinger, but this Administration must know that the United States Surgeon General’s office is no place for bigotry or ideology that would trump sound science and good judgment.”

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Gay and lesbian Democrats being a key constituency in the Democratic primaries, I wondered who would be first out of the box on this…

[William769]

1. But will he be there to actually vote.

And as a Gay Democrat Hillary Clinton still has my vote.

[DFW]

2. Anyone else besides me smell the next recess appointment in the air?

[Sapphire Blue]

3. Time & time again we've heard the criticism of bush's nominees; then, on the day of the vote...

... after reviewing testimony, blah, blah, blah, the majority vote 'YEA'. The criticism seems to be nothing more than a pacifier. I hope this time is different... but I won't hold my breath.