GAAAAAHHH!! Have you seen Betsy McCaughey? (warning....)

[Happyhippychick]

Today it was revealed that she has no credentials whatsoever. No ph.d., no m.d., no scholarly articles written on healthcare. She's perfect for the Party of Dum.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. That means I know more about health care than she does

because I'm the chief cook and bottle washer here at the clinic!

[Captain Hilts]

2. She got a letter to the editor in the WP this morning. nt

[mascarax]

18. she also had a LTTE in the NY Times too

yesterday or day before...still spouting off on her lies and misreadings after Jon Stewart so deftly exposed her.

[oligarhy]

3. was this the one on The Daily Show?

...

[Stephanie]

7. Yes

She's a notorious nut in New York, now the rest of the country has learned it too. She was so nuts that when she was Lt. Gov under Pataki they first shunned her and then kicked her out.

[Stephanie]

4. Is that true about the credentials?

Link?

[Happyhippychick]

10. Linky loo, pour vous!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/04/obamas-top-health-care-op_n_277782.html

[Stephanie]

14. Thanks - she *does* have a PhD, but it's in history, not medicine

So WTF is she still talking?

[Happyhippychick]

15. The "pubies don't need credentials to spout their b.s.

[Turbineguy]

26. How can a repub get

a PhD in history? Is that possible? Do they have a special curriculum?

[spanone]

5. ...and the media will have her debating phd's, md's etc.

[drm604]

6. Are you familiar with her Daily Show interview and subsequent loss of a job?

She's quite a piece of work.

[Stephanie]

8. Some background on Betsy

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=6365739

[Voice for Peace]

9. but she has blonde hair and whitened teeth,

what's wrong with you???????

[Happyhippychick]

11. Talk about teeth! They go on for miles!

[Berry Cool]

12. A poem...

Betsy McCaughey
Gives me no jaughey
A Republicans' taughey
She will only annaughey

As they tire of her plaughey
She makes each girl and baughey
Whether Jewish or gaughey
Simply want to say "Oaughey!"

[Joanie Baloney]

13. Bravo!!

That was one of the best uses of f-ed up pronunciation in poetry I have ever seen.

Well done!!

:D

-JB


:applause:

[Happyhippychick]

16. "Jewish or gaughey"....

:rofl:

[Sebastian Doyle]

19. Too bad Jon Stewart is on a three week vacation

He'd probably love that, and use it on the air. :rofl:

[immoderate]

24. Well done! That calls for the cheering section...

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--imm

[kestrel91316]

17. Who is she, and why do we care?

[Stephanie]

20. She's annointed herself an authority on health care reform

And Jon Stewart ripped her to shreds a few weeks ago.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/nyregion/26about.html

[Happyhippychick]

21. She's the main opponent of health reform. She inspired the "Death Panel" thing

[gratuitous]

23. A typical right-wing know-nothing "expert"

For some reason, she is afforded a platform in the popular media to go on and on about health care reform, even though she doesn't have any particular expertise. As for why we care or don’t care, it’s instructive to remember that once one of these newly-minted conservawhacko darlings gets some airtime, the popular media will keep fluffing them. It would be great if we could just ignore them and they’d go away; but unfortunately our public discourse doesn’t work that way.

[BeHereNow]

22. So what corporate board did she wash in from?

You KNOW she was ushered in the revolving door of
some pharma cartel company.
I'm too lazy to look it up right now, but I'd take
a bet on it later...

BHN

[BeHereNow]

25. From Cantel Medical CORPORATION; Ha! I knew it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_McCaughey

Another corporate interest appointee.

BHN