Anderson Cooper interviews Alan Grayson regarding 'Go Elsewhere' doctor

[Tx4obama]

Run time: 02:55 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0KoDb6yd10   Posted on YouTube: April 03, 2010 By YouTube Member: RepAlanGrayson Views on YouTube: 302   Posted on DU: April 03, 2010 By DU Member: Tx4obama Views on DU: 2863

 

[CLANG]

1. Go Grayson!!

[Pharaoh]

14. Got to love Alan Grayson!!

Woo Hoo! Go big Al!!!!! :toast: K&R

[ProgressOnTheMove]

2. Why is good question, they are just real real.... unique. My most diplomatic word for it.

[ProgressOnTheMove]

19. *is a

[bluestateguy]

3. DIck Grayson has done it again

He should run for president in 2016.

[stlsaxman]

17. So... are you calling Grayson a "dick"?

[blue sky at night]

4. I have a question...

why does the media, specifically CNN defend this guy? Why can't they ever see the forest for the trees and ask the right questions? Anderson Cooper, never have liked the guy, never will. Alan Grayson, the guy is awesome, wish we had another 50 like him.

[democracy1st]

10. trying to get freakin ratings CNN is horrid!

[scarface2004]

5. a coop is a moran!!!

it actually could be illegal...the licensing board in that state could very well have unambiguous rules regarding such as "dr" cassell is doing.

[szatmar666]

18. I think he pointed out the obvious

Dr. Jackass did not refuse care from anybody so that's a fact. What I still don't understand however, and that's why I am angry at cable news in general, is what is "substantively" in the law that this jackass is protesting. I would have let him talk specifics about what he "found" to be troubling to him in the law, allow him to discredit specifics of his teabagger position and then let experts from CNN analyze what's actually in the law as opposed to what this doctor says he thinks it's in it. That would have actually informed the electorate for a change and would have gone beyond the left vs right hate dynamic that these cable news charlatans feed off of.

[AlbertCat]

24. Dr. Jackass did not refuse care from anybody so that's a fact.

Then why the sign?

Is he practicing medicine or politics?

And if both, how are the commingling? Can he legally?


Actually, it's a public service, that sign. It tells anyone with a brain that this doctor does not have just healing in mind while he practices. Go somewhere else indeed.

[tabatha]

6. Two points:

Grayson's last sentence was spot on "Why are Republicans so obsessed with denying health care".

And, Republicans are poor, poor losers - when would a Democratic doctor or any other professional deny service based on voting record where the Democrats lost?

[rasputin1952]

7. Cooper was outclassed on that one...

he tried to turn the tables and wound up under it. Grayson made Cooper look like a complete idiot, not the hardest thing to do, but it was fun to watch.

Would be interesting if this urologist had 75% of his business lost because of the D element that goes to him...:D

[Pharaoh]

15. He's a Urologist!!

Ha! What A Total DICK!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Why Syzygy]

8. This is so silly.

The AMA has very few doctors as members. They hardly speak for a majority, nor are they experts. Doctors have always had the right to deny treatment to anyone for any reason.

[Zoeisright]

11. No, they do NOT have the right to refuse treatment 'for any reason'.

The AMA's Code of Ethics applies to all doctors. Doctors cannot refuse to treat patients for many reasons, including emergencies, to ensure continuity of care, or for any reason that is illegal, i.e. discrimination based on sex or religion.

And stuff THIS in your pipe:

"Under no circumstances should physicians allow their differences with patients or their families about political matters to interfere with the delivery of high-quality professional care. - AMA Code of Ethics, 9.012."

You'd better know something about a topic before you open your mouth about it and say something stupid.

[Why Syzygy]

21. lol ...

Check your facts. Doctors DO tell patients they will no longer see them. For ANY reason. There is no recourse. Medicare answer line will back up this fact. About 17% of doctors belong to the AMA. A MINORITY. The membership of AAPS is increasing, according to news accounts > http://www.aapsonline.org/

I had a doctor 'fire' me. Friends have had dentists (DDs) fire them. It happens all the time. For ANY reason. Now who said something stupid?

The AMA is a private membership organization. Why in the world would you think it applies to ALL doctors? :crazy:

[AlbertCat]

25. Doctors have always had the right to deny treatment to anyone for any reason.

yeah... Hippocrates be damned!

[Why Syzygy]

26. Hippocrates also said

"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food". How much is that practiced these days?

[democracy1st]

9. dayum AC is a punk

[Richd506]

12. I like this Grayson guy

[perdita9]

13. Free Clinics Treat Everyone Who Comes in the Door

Maybe they should turn down a few Republicans. Maybe that would wake up the Tea Baggers to how offensive this Urologists' position is.

[eleny]

16. Saw it last night on AC360 and it was priceless

Grayson always prepares himself with at least one nugget. His last statement left Cooper speechless just as Grayson intended.

I've come to appreciate how Grayson is aware of just how much time he has left in an interview and makes the most of it by saving a bombshell for the last few seconds.

[Hulk]

20. ac is a stinking shill....

I can't take this little "silver spoon" prick.

Representative Alan Grayson showed way too much respect to this pimp.

[proud2BlibKansan]

22. "He turned his office into a shrine of right wing nuttery"

:rofl:

Gotta love Grayson's gift with language.

[blueredneck]

30. Favorite line

hahaha. That was my favorite line. Grayson is so to the point all the time. Whoever else said it...we need so many more like him.

[theFrankFactor]

23. Coop Blows

[livingonearth]

27. Did this doctor go into medicine to help people or spew his politics?

I'd like to see a picture of that shrine of right wing nuttery waiting room. That would be fun to see.
:rofl:

[liquid diamond]

28. Cooper is an asshole. n/t

[howmad1]

29. Maybe CNN should trade this putz, Anderson Cooper......

for Fuck's news' Sheppard Smith. Oh wait, CNN is trying to be Fucks news.

[teknomanzer]

31. The death of journalism...

There is a kind of irony with the mainstream media in that the desire to APPEAR objective has destroyed any real objectivity in their reports. Cooper says he isn't taking sides (he wants to look impartial and nonpartisan) -- nor is he reporting any facts (there is no objectivity without facts.) Real journalism is more that just being a mediator in a discussion between two parties, but corporate media is not about journalism its info-tainment garbage.