Joe Lieberman for HHS

[Perky]

:rofl:

[Coexist]

1. Bill Frist for HHS!

[mod mom]

4. Hey, according to Matt Tiabbi, Frist was the only who topped Daschle in the corporate whore

for healthcare ranking, so don't even think that thought.


Tiabbi:
Obviously there has been some dire news on that front already. When Obama picked Tom Daschle to be the HHS Secretary, I nearly shit my pants. In Washington there are whores and there are whores, and then there is Tom Daschle. Tom Daschle would suck off a corpse for a cheeseburger. True, he is probably only the second-biggest whore for the health care industry in American politics — the biggest being doctor/cat-torturer Bill Frist, whose visit to South Dakota on behalf of John Thune in 2004 was one of the factors in ending Daschle's tenure in the Senate.
But in picking Daschle — who as an adviser to the K Street law firm Alston and Bird has spent the last four years burning up the sheets with the nation's fattest insurance and pharmaceutical interests — Obama is essentially announcing that he has no intention of seriously reforming the health care industry. .
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http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/02/01/daschle/index.html

[MarjorieG]

9. Unrealistic to think reform will come without having any industry. Dachle really knew ...

the big picture to get it done quickly, and he really does want universal care. I am more tired at the writers, at this point, even the ones I like. I want results, so does Obama, but purity can't exist alongside with experience and know-how to get this done.

I don't want another Hillary care, with our own guys leading the naysayer charge.

[connecticut yankee]

2. You can't be serious!

Aside from the fact that he's totally loathesome, Jody Rell, the Repuke Gov of my beloved state, would appoint one to take his place.

[Barack_America]

3. I second it! Joe Lieberman for HHS...

...in Afghanistan.

:evilgrin:

[SoxFan]

5. I know this post is sarcastic, but...

Lieberman has a very, very good record on health care and human services issues.

Take a look at his health plan from the 2004 campaign. It's virtually identical to Howard Dean's and is, if anything, a bit more progressive.

[ddeclue]

6. Depends on whether the Gov of CT is a Dem or not..

I think he's a Republican though.

Liarman wouldn't take the job though for fear that Obama would fire him later.

[vaberella]

7. What ever happened to good ol' Joe? He just sort of faded into oblivion. n/t

[Dinger]

8. You Asshole

I fell for that hook, line & sinker.