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Person Who Answers To Wolf Blitzer Will Run America’s Doctors

Hey Obama waited until the last minute to pick a surgeon general, the government’s top doctor! SHIT SHIT SHIT who should he pick?? Uh uh uhhhhhh… quick, without even thinking: name a famous real-life teevee doctor! Him? Sure, fine, whatever, he can run America’s doctors.

This fine piece of Man here is Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the dude who pops up on CNN whenever Jack Cafferty has a question about his thyroid pills, or when America wants to know how long it will be until John McCain dies. This is Gupta’s job. He’s a great role model for his fellow Mexicans, and he’s richer than all of you people combined, ever.

Now he will be surgeon general, toiling the hours away for Barack Obama just like every other douchebag. He is expected to accept Obama’s offer within days. He’s obviously irreplaceable at CNN, so now Americans will have to figure out on their own that eating shitty food all day and literally never standing up, ever, will kill you.

Obama Wants Journalist Gupta for Surgeon General [The Trail/WP]


4:32 PM on Tue January 6 2009
By Jim Newell
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  1. I would have preferred that other guy on the TV, whathisname, House.

  2. comradepaulson says at 4:37 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Sherman T. Potter was unavailable?

  3. DCStaffer says at 4:37 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Obviously you pick Sanjay Gupta - Name another famous doctor besides Doogie or even your own doctor… everyone loves the Gupta. Also with Richardson gone we needed another one of those tan folks to replace him somewhere.

  4. CrunchyKnee says at 4:37 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Hopefully his scrotum is taut!

  5. chascates says at 4:38 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Oh come on! Andrew Weil would have been a better choice.

  6. AngryBlakGuy says at 4:38 pm, January 6th, 2009

    DAMN II!!! I was really pulling for Dr. Dre!

  7. BigDupa says at 4:39 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Do we know where he falls in the “beat off/ don’t beat off” STD prevention question? Hopefully, he’s pro-whacking.

  8. AngryBlakGuy says at 4:40 pm, January 6th, 2009

    …for a second I thought he chose Bobby Jindhal!

  9. lenorecutie says at 4:40 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Was I the only one rooting for Dr. Phil? I thought his in your face attitude could shake up the medical industry.

  10. Doglessliberal says at 4:40 pm, January 6th, 2009

    CrunchyKnee: well, he does do neurosurgery, so maybe he sidelines in scrote lifts? He did one on himself first to test the procedure.

  11. space stout says at 4:41 pm, January 6th, 2009

    what is his, erm, position on teh masturbation?

  12. shortsshortsshorts says at 4:41 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Gupta is a televised troll. Every fucking time he comes around the tee vee fills with two hours of drug commercials advertising anything from back pain to limp dick to bone loss to child loss to restless legs to elephantiasis and right back to back pain again. Fuck him and the crappy tee vee dood he has ridden on for the last MILLION years.

  13. AngryBlakGuy says at 4:41 pm, January 6th, 2009

    …and I guess hoping for Kieth Olberman as Press Secretary wasn’t so much of a stretch.

  14. Cape Clod says at 4:41 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Well, since Dr. Johnny Fever is dead, it might as well be him.

  15. WagTehGod says at 4:42 pm, January 6th, 2009

    See, it’s a good thing we didn’t get Hillary or we’d have the whole cast of Grey’s Anatomy.

  16. actor212 says at 4:42 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Listen, at least it’s not Sanjay Gupta!

    Oh. Shit. It is!

  17. Sorry to break it to you guys, but this Sanjay is so loaded with indian casino wampum, he’ll never take this job seriously and just drink the firewater

  18. What a depressing choice. I’ll never forget the smear job he did on Moore’s “SICKO” and how dishonestly he defended it when Moore called him on it. In the name of “balance” he asserted several times that Moore had his facts wrong, but when Moore quoted his sources to him he pretended he had only argued that there were different studies and different interpretations. No, Goopy, you said he had lied, not that you were quoting some pharma company’s alternate interpretation. Only when Moore came on CNN and challenged your report did you start back-peddling.

    He has no intellectual honesty and he’ll kowtow to powerful interests if his paycheck depends on it. That’s about all I know about Goopy. Terrible, terrible choice.

  19. Doglessliberal says at 4:44 pm, January 6th, 2009

    I like the picture the WaPo chose in the linked story. Wet t-shirt shot? Nice.

  20. BigDupa says at 4:44 pm, January 6th, 2009

    FYI people, he’s Indian/Pakistani, not Mexican. Get to know your brown people– his people run the 7/11, not hang out in front looking for work.

  21. Pat Pending says at 4:45 pm, January 6th, 2009

    He was my favorite on Idol. Glad to see he’s cut his hair and gotten back on his feet, since the singing thing was not-so-much.

  22. rubybuckaroo says at 4:45 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Dr. Bombay?

  23. SayItWithWookies says at 4:45 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Will Rex Morgan, MD never get the recognition he so richly deserves?

  24. FamilyLost says at 4:45 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Come on…we need Dr. Drew!

  25. CrunchyKnee says at 4:46 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Not only teh masturbation but I wonder what his take on PUMA vaginal hygiene is???? (I just can’t let it go.)

  26. Joehoya says at 4:46 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Crap. Trapper John, Richard Kimble and House MD must’ve turned him down.

  27. Tommy Says Soooo says at 4:46 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Sheesh you steal the entire continent from ‘em and now they want to be Surgeon General. Well there goes the “infected blanket” ruse.

  28. chowkster says at 4:47 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Hurray. This will be a BIG news in India. Expect front page news reports in rags like Times of India and Indian Express.

  29. rocktonsammy says at 4:47 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Damn, Brock keeps giving jobs to people that already have jobs, wtf?

  30. dannygutters says at 4:47 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Dr Drew must have turned him down. Seriously, isn’t this mostly a PR position to phych up americans about brushing your teeth and the sit and reach?

  31. rubybuckaroo: Bombay Sapphire, you mean. What’s his position on a Gin and Tonic?

  32. SayItWithWookies says at 4:48 pm, January 6th, 2009

    BigDupa: Oh, great — just when the CIA was closing in on Pancho Villa, too.

  33. JimNewell says at 4:48 pm, January 6th, 2009

    BigDupa: This was called a “joke.”

  34. V572625694 says at 4:50 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Dr. Feelgood?
    Dr. Demento?
    Dr. Quinn (medicine woman, I hasten to add)?
    Dr. J?
    Doc Watson?
    Doc Adams from “Gunsmoke”?

  35. Doglessliberal says at 4:50 pm, January 6th, 2009

    CrunchyKnee: I don’t think he would be too happy with the PUMAs in general, because he is a huge proponent of exercise, staying fit, and eating well, and, well…the samples we have seen…

  36. jagorev says at 4:50 pm, January 6th, 2009

    BigDupa: You do know that most Indians or Pakistanis don’t like being referred to as Indian/Pakistani, right? How would you feel if someone called you American/Canadian?

  37. V572625694 says at 4:51 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Jim Newell: “Ha!” “Ha!”

  38. Dramatist says at 4:51 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Tom Daschle is a Curry Queen, clearly.

  39. Scandalabra says at 4:52 pm, January 6th, 2009

    At least he didn’t offer Judge Judy the Justice slot.

  40. Gorillionaire says at 4:52 pm, January 6th, 2009

    BigDupa: Don’t read Wonkette much do you.

  41. jagorev says at 4:52 pm, January 6th, 2009

    This is a HUGE slap in the face. Hillary Clinton was passed over for this job, and for what? An inadequate black male?

  42. gurukalehuru says at 4:52 pm, January 6th, 2009

    A fine choice. The cabinet was looking a little short of people with silly names.

  43. queeraselvis v 2.0 says at 4:53 pm, January 6th, 2009

    I was hoping for Dr. Seuss, personally.

    I’ll let Manchu come up with a suitable Seussian ditty.

  44. Doglessliberal says at 4:54 pm, January 6th, 2009

    jagorev: but he is actually a child of an Indian and a Pakistani. From the Post piece. “The Michigan-born son of Indian and Pakistani parents, Gupta has always been drawn to health policy.”

    His official bio doesn’t mention it, not that it should. (and the photo as not as good asthe one Jim used)
    http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/gupta.sanjay.html

  45. dannygutters: Don’t forget about the dire warnings on smoking and anal hygiene and the importance of using a lube. The SG might just save your life, or possibly your TruckNutz.

  46. jagorev says at 4:55 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Udargo: Oh boo hoo, he failed some ideological purity test one time so he must be ostracised. Go cry about it on DailyKos or that Glenn Greenwald’s Salon.com.

  47. gurukalehuru: Wait…Sanjay Gupta, Surgeon General SG:SG. The choice is obvious.

  48. Not to worry. My personal guru, Six Pack Chakra, could easily replace him on CNN.

  49. AngryBlakGuy: Barry forgot about Dre.

  50. wheelie says at 4:56 pm, January 6th, 2009

    I dunno about this - his Bollywood movies are pretty derivative.

  51. quoth teh Raven says at 4:56 pm, January 6th, 2009

    shortsshortsshorts: Thank you… What a douche.

  52. gjdodger says at 4:57 pm, January 6th, 2009

    V572625694: Don’t forget Dr. Frazier Crane! Just wait till Sanjay does soft drink commercials. “You can trust me, by golly gosh–I’m a doctor!”

  53. FreshCliches says at 4:59 pm, January 6th, 2009

    V572625694: Doc Johnson still provides the most bang for my buck.

  54. jagorev says at 4:59 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Doglessliberal: Oh, wow, he’s transcendent of national divisions and whatnot, like a less white Barack Obama.

  55. bitchincamaro says at 4:59 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Did you know?: If you anagram “Sanjay Gupta”, all you come up with is “Sanjay Gupta”.

  56. Dramatist says at 5:01 pm, January 6th, 2009

    wheelie: What about the one where there’s the guy and the girl, but they can’t be together, and then it goes on for four hours?

  57. My wife totally wants to bone Dr. Sanjay, and now he’s moving to DC. My marriage is in trouble…

  58. Monsieur Grumpe says at 5:02 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Dr. Jack Kevorkian is looking for work and I think he’s out of jail now.

  59. rambone says at 5:03 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Apu?

    If Obama goes around hiring all the A-rabs, who’s going to drive my cab to the airport and such?

  60. Doglessliberal says at 5:03 pm, January 6th, 2009

    jagorev: totally. This is the Racial/National Division Transcendance Admin! Now we need a Muslim in for Commerce to replace New Mexican Huggy Bear.

  61. Texan Bulldoggette says at 5:04 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Barry needs to add Fareed Zakaria to his administration. This will confirm that he is indeed a muslin for hiring all his brown-skinned brothers. (Plus Fareed is pretty hot; Sanjay so-so.)

  62. Vanity Smurf says at 5:04 pm, January 6th, 2009

    I guess Oprah wouldn’t let him have Dr. Oz.

  63. hrhkingfriday says at 5:04 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Maybe he meant another Dr. Sanjay Gupta? I’m sure there are hundreds in DC alone.

  64. wheelie says at 5:05 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Actually Jim Newell, he does not advise Jack Cafferty on thyroid pills, and there are currently no price reductions on Truck Nutz, contrary to your fallacious and deceiving claims.

    For more rebuttals, see http://www.NewellWatch.com

  65. Mista Eko says at 5:05 pm, January 6th, 2009

    V572625694: Matt Smith the newest Dr. Who?
    Christopher Lloyd revamping his role as Doc Brown?
    Yadier Molina as Doctor Octopus?
    Doc from Nintendo’s Punch Out?
    Doctor Robotnik?

  66. magic titty says at 5:06 pm, January 6th, 2009

    BigDupa: New fish!
    AngryBlakGuy: Which one??

  67. BigDupa says at 5:06 pm, January 6th, 2009

    jagorev: I’m sure Canadians would take great offense. I believe one parent is from India and the other from Pakistan thus my duel reference. He was born in Michigan so he knows about suffering. He left MI so he can’t be that dumb.

  68. NoWireHangers says at 5:07 pm, January 6th, 2009

    If you’re gonna pick a teevee doctor for Surgeon General at least get Oprah’s billion dollar Dr. Oz.

  69. jagorev says at 5:08 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Look, this godlike man once helped to save the life of Jesus. No joke:

    http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/29/gupta.iraq.btsc/index.html

  70. Kev-O-Tron says at 5:09 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Jim Newell: What are these “jokes” you speak of? According to that earlier article I am writing “snarks”. All this time I thought snarking was something you do between meals.

  71. jagorev says at 5:09 pm, January 6th, 2009

    BigDupa: Oh man, I can’t wait till Michelle Bachmann hears about the fact that a possible half-breed Muslin terrorist is going to be surgeon general. I want to taste her sweet despairing tears.

  72. Kev-O-Tron says at 5:10 pm, January 6th, 2009

    I wish he would have picked George Clooney or one of those other secksee ER doctors.

  73. ManchuCandidate says at 5:10 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Damnit Barry! Sanjay’s a hack, not a doctor.

    Sad that no one mentions Dr McCoy…

  74. dennymcden says at 5:10 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Dramatist: Sanjay Gupta makes us all Curry Queens, especially dogless muslin vampire, Barry.

    Sorry - OUR dogless muslin vampire, Barry.

  75. magic titty says at 5:11 pm, January 6th, 2009
  76. bitchincamaro says at 5:11 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Did you know (#2)?: If you drink scotch too slowly from a plastic cup, the vessel will melt before you finish the drink.

  77. hockeymom says at 5:11 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Dr. Rachel Maddow?

  78. Good news: not another Clinton retread. Bad news: further Oprahization of this administration. Worst news: Barry really is choosing this pop culture icon. Blerg.

    Two of his kids are named Sage and Sky. Maybe they’ll find love in Wasilla.

  79. grevillea says at 5:13 pm, January 6th, 2009

    NoWireHangers: I heard he’s one of BHO’s Ayrab friends. Wait, I’ve got the email right here somewhere…

  80. NoWireHangers says at 5:13 pm, January 6th, 2009

    This post was good enough to tear me away from that Puma post ever briefly, but still not good enough to tear me away from that Puma post entirely.

  81. jagorev says at 5:14 pm, January 6th, 2009

    ManchuCandidate: He’s a professor of medicine at Emory University…

  82. BigDupa: He’s a Michigander of South Asian decent. Also, Go Blue!

  83. Voyou Charmant says at 5:15 pm, January 6th, 2009

    FamilyLost: Backed 100%

  84. NoWireHangers says at 5:15 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Yes, but is Gupta half breed muslin? Inquiring minds what to know.

  85. jagorev says at 5:16 pm, January 6th, 2009

    ella: naming an experienced neurosurgeon who has credentials in neurosurgery, psychiatry, neurosciences, is adept at working with the media, and is experienced in combat surgery and the needs of combat medicine to be surgeon general for a nation involved in two wars is exactly like appointing Oprah to the Supreme Court, or something.

  86. Let’s hope he shares Jocelyn Elder’s view on masturbation.

  87. actor212 says at 5:19 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Mista Eko: Yadier Molina as Doctor Octopus?

    That explains how he was able to catch Rick Ankiel!

  88. ManchuCandidate says at 5:19 pm, January 6th, 2009

    jagorev:
    True, but I’m really not enamored with his lousy mathematical defense of For Profit Healthcare during the whole Sicko discussion which is why I consider him a hack.

  89. Dildo Baggins says at 5:20 pm, January 6th, 2009

    When I was in grad school in the 80’s, my Indian roomate used to get publications from his mother that were essentially arranged marriage catalogues. Nice pictures, with a brief description of particulars, e.g., caste, income, degrees, etc. Most of the ones I remember were women, but my guess is that this picture was Sanjay’s (from about the same time, judging by the designer jeans).

  90. How will CNN fill its 8:00 AM time slot on Sundays?

  91. populucious says at 5:21 pm, January 6th, 2009

    I want the dude from Esquire/Oprah, the one who wears surgical scrubs with dark dress socks and shoes. Any man who can make scrubs look as starchy as a 3 piece suit has what it takes to manage the whole of America’s erectile dysfunction and saggy vajayjays.

  92. Dramatist says at 5:21 pm, January 6th, 2009

    dennymcden: For the record, I was a Curry Queen before Sanjay Gupta. After Sanjay Gupta, I was THE Curry Queen.

  93. Dramatist says at 5:21 pm, January 6th, 2009

    ph7: Oh God, if he even says the word “Masturbation” at me, I’m going to shoot America all over his face. Again.

  94. Dramatist says at 5:22 pm, January 6th, 2009

    j6n: Dr. Campbell Brown.

  95. HopeyDope says at 5:22 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Hey! How did the guy from my office’s mailroom get his application in so fast?

  96. chauncey says at 5:22 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Keep your friends closer, enemies closer etc… this ties Gupta’s influence to Obama’s success, and keeps him from running for the nomination in 2012

  97. space stout says at 5:22 pm, January 6th, 2009

    wheelie: fellatious?

  98. bitchincamaro says at 5:23 pm, January 6th, 2009

    How does “fine piece of Man” and “Filthy cock jackal” come from the same mind???

  99. lawrenceofthedesert says at 5:23 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Oh my god, it’s the famous Curry with the Syringe on Top!

  100. shortsshortsshorts says at 5:24 pm, January 6th, 2009

    ManchuCandidate: I agree with you on this one. Gupta is the hack of all hacks. I’ve had plenty of professors who were self-loathing neo-fucktards. Gupta is no exception to this.

  101. effinHel says at 5:24 pm, January 6th, 2009

    jagorev: What the hell do you people have against American/Canadians anyway? To white for the Obrowna’s!?! It’s not like it’s hard enough to get a job but now some people are to white eh! For Shame!!! After all the brave American/Canadians have been through to protect our freedom.

  102. WadISay says at 5:24 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Doglessliberal: His parents should have named him Kashmir and fought over him.

  103. Dramatist says at 5:27 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Every answer that Sanjay Gupta gives in his confirmation hearing is a key to his life experience, told in flashback and ending in a Bollywood number.

  104. canadasteve says at 5:27 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Yikes! When I see The Goop on CeeEnnEnn, I always feel he’s shilling for some drug company. Time to buy stock in big pharma!

  105. bitchincamaro says at 5:28 pm, January 6th, 2009

    effinHel: *Too*, also.

  106. FreshCliches says at 5:28 pm, January 6th, 2009

    lawrenceofthedesert: Chicks will fuck all geeks like This Curry.

  107. c-freak says at 5:28 pm, January 6th, 2009

    i’m pretty sure over on the puma blog some largish menopausal hag was boasting about a “doctor” being amongt them. and they got that fox news cred & all. must’ve slipped past the team.

  108. Fivetree says at 5:29 pm, January 6th, 2009

    When I first read this I thought they meant Sanjaya. Imagine my relief.

    Hey, I LIKE him. And he can depress MY tongue anytime he wants. Didn’t he and Andy Cooper and Jeff Corwin go prancing off around the world to save the planet or something? I thought they made a cute threesome. Maybe Anderson Cooper can be Obama’s Ambassador to Gayworld and Jeff can run the EPA. Then they can all share an apartment in Washington and have fab parties and their pick of all the hot Abercrombie models.

  109. Rebel Countess says at 5:29 pm, January 6th, 2009

    I smoke like a chimney and drink like a fish.

    I got REALLY tired of doctors (male and female) zeroing in on my breasts and cervix every damn time I got a physical, instead of on the body parts that will most likely do me in, and haven’t seen a one of them in dog years.

    I do have health insurance. What good is it, if the doctors are such tools and fools?

  110. Capitol Hillbilly says at 5:30 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Paging Doctor Kildare.

  111. WadISay: Win for sophisticated geopolitical humor.

  112. Thegreatbacon says at 5:35 pm, January 6th, 2009

    An over-achieving Indian doctor — what a cliche. I never thought Barack would fall for stereotyping like that.

  113. pdiddycornchips says at 5:36 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Steven Segal would have been an inspired choice. I once saw him heal himself from several gunshot wounds using only hot stones and candles.

  114. shortsshortsshorts says at 5:37 pm, January 6th, 2009

    pdiddycornchips: Win for taking something horrible and making it beautiful.

  115. bitchincamaro says at 5:37 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Rebel Countess: Self-examinations (like I’m doing now at my desk) are the most accurate and fun.

  116. Thegreatbacon says at 5:39 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Personally, I would have preferred if he had chosen the hot scatter-brained daughter of a VIP, who is unsure of whether she got through med school on her own or through her parent’s pull. She will get teased and mocked in the first term (first two seasons of the show), only to learn to trust herself and become a great Surgeon General in the second term (seasons 3 through 5). That’s the kind of compelling Surgeon General I want.

  117. HuskyMescan says at 5:39 pm, January 6th, 2009

    I showered after the puma blog (never look back!), and I think Gupta would be great! It’ll drive the wingnut-librulmedia conspirators crazy, too.

  118. Datsun510 says at 5:40 pm, January 6th, 2009

    CrunchyKnee: You should let go of PUMA vagina. In fact, you shouldn’t touch it in the first place.

  119. Rebel Countess: I’m pretty sure it will be breasts that do me in, somehow.

  120. rev_matt_y says at 5:43 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Man, I was so hoping for Doctor Detroit (woo woo!). Gupta >>>>>>>> Weill. Not enough “greater than’s” in the world to express that. Dr. Scholls would be better than Dr Weill.

  121. Dinsdale says at 5:43 pm, January 6th, 2009

    I came here for some Dr. Spaceman jokes and since there are none I’m taking Wonkette off my blogroll. Goodbye forever!

  122. crookedE says at 5:43 pm, January 6th, 2009

    ManchuCandidate: Agreed. He is a tool.

  123. Incredulicious says at 5:45 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Secretary of the Treasury: Suze Orman
    Attorney General: Joe Brown
    Director of NASA: Art Bell
    Chairman of NEA: Michael Israel
    Head of EPA: The Crying Indian

  124. Chet Kincaid says at 5:57 pm, January 6th, 2009

    WadISay: Pump your breaks, kid. That man’s a national treasure.

    I think Obama should have appointed the keyboard player in the lab coat from The Revolution.

  125. CollegeStudent says at 6:04 pm, January 6th, 2009

    AngryBlakGuy: Dr. Dre is in, Gupta is just going to be “Caretaker” until Detox is done…so some time during the second term.

  126. AnnieGetYourFun says at 6:09 pm, January 6th, 2009

    AngryBlakGuy: Me, too. I was like “Wow, when did Bobby become not ugly? Oh.”

  127. But when will Obama officially appoint Nate Silver as America’s Boyfriend?

  128. AnnieGetYourFun says at 6:13 pm, January 6th, 2009

    BigDupa: FYI, if you don’t know if someone is technically from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, etc., you can use the term “South Asian” or even “desi” if you want to be “down”. Also, shut up.

  129. Bad choice, in this day and age of bailouts, we need an american-made doctor: like this guy

  130. S. Cullen Bonz says at 6:36 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Wait until Focus on the Family finds out Gupta wants to put the Kama Sutra in the classroom.

  131. atsegga says at 6:38 pm, January 6th, 2009

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    $30 billion ends world hunger
    $550 billion is the US Defense budget

    This organization has the ability, resources, and policy-makers to suppress the threat of global poverty by enacting legislation here in the US, which is tied to the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals. Please support organizations such as The Borgen Project so that we may rid the world of poverty.

  132. Hostile Michigander says at 6:49 pm, January 6th, 2009

    ella: Actually, Sanjay used to work for Hillary, so it is another Clinton retread!

    Somewhere in Arkansas, the guy who writes Bill’s prescriptions for penicillin is thinking to himself, “I missed it by that much!”

  133. daisy chain says at 7:08 pm, January 6th, 2009

    V572625694: ahem… Dr.Dre, beeotch.

  134. daisy chain says at 7:09 pm, January 6th, 2009

    jagorev: … or Wonaketeer/PUMA

  135. Citizen Kang says at 7:11 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Dr. Nick and Dr. Julius Hibbert weren’t down with being surgeon general? Even with the snazzy uniform?

  136. randomsausage says at 7:15 pm, January 6th, 2009

    S. Cullen Bonz: +1. With perhaps Barry and Michelle illustrating The Congress of The Crow in the text book.

    http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/relationships/259066/Kama-Sutra-positions–The-Congress-of-the-Crow

  137. bunnyhead says at 7:21 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Monsieur Grumpe: I second Dr. Jack Kevorkian. His approach may help some escape the Great Depression II in ways other than jumping out of buildings, or cutting their wrists like the French guy who lost all his money to Madoff. And the whole process could be green, like Soylent Green…

  138. spymoose says at 7:22 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Shit … I thought the Weather Channel’s Dr. Anna Marie would become the Grand Poobah.

  139. Bearbloke says at 7:28 pm, January 6th, 2009

    FamilyLost: Agree! If we have to have a “TV doctor”, since those are the only type that us 200 million insurance-free ‘Merekin are actually familiar with, I’d totally pick Dr. Drew also. We know where he stands on the wacks-on/wacks-off question, his advice (as heard on the Loveline show) seems to be largely based in reality and experience, and he doesn’t seem to be a total BigPharma-whore.

  140. Bearbloke says at 7:35 pm, January 6th, 2009

    jagorev: I’ve always been confused on what to call the tech-support/Squishee-machine guys, but I heard somewhere that the ‘correct’ word is “Desi”, which I think is the Paki/Indi/Bengli/Lanki equivalent of “Scandinavian”….

  141. smellyal8r says at 7:40 pm, January 6th, 2009

    So, SG the SG? He had a bigger audience at CNN. Now, he’ll enter governmental obscurity (though I think he can order up a bitchin’ uniform that makes him look either like Cap’n Crunch or the doorman of an Upper East Side building). After he’s done, maybe Dr. Cox or Dr. Dorian might make the grade. Also, the first time I saw him on the air with Andy Cooper, I wanted them to totally start making out. Hmm…I still feel that way.

  142. smellyal8r says at 7:49 pm, January 6th, 2009

    rev_matt_y: What about the Web MD?

  143. DustBowlBlues says at 7:58 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Udargo: This makes me so sad. I think Sanjay is hot and liked to imagine what his bedside manor would be but now, Udargo who pays attention to shit, you have ruined it for me. I hope you’re proud of yourself.

  144. DustBowlBlues says at 8:04 pm, January 6th, 2009

    BigDupa: Besides working at the 7-11, his people also dominate in IT and heart surgery. And kick-ass at spelling bees.

  145. DustBowlBlues says at 8:12 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Texan Bulldoggette: I’m more into Sanjay’s hotness than Fareed’s, but I would totally second putting Fareed and his brilliant brain into the State Department. He could completely remake our middle east and near east policy and, hell, south Asia while we’re at it, and bring pragmatism and realism to the job.

    After eight years, I’d a fed up up up with government by greed co-mingled with ideology. Lecture ended.

  146. JSDC007 says at 8:19 pm, January 6th, 2009

    I was in school with Fareed and he’s not that smart and he’s definitely NOT hot. He is smarter than any other political commentator on teevee but that aint saying much.

    Sanjay Gupta now is a very hot, very smart, very media savvy neurosurgeon. If this man can put together the brains of an Iraqi child while driving in a humvee as bombs explode around him he’s overqualified for the job of Surgeon General. After all, how hard is it to say “use condoms,” “don’t swallow’” and “if you do, use a good mouthwash?”

  147. DustBowlBlues says at 8:21 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Kev-O-Tron: You rat-bastard. I was so about to say George Clooney. Because, you know, if I suggested Dr. Ben Casey, that brooding hunk of Vince Edwards cheesy doctor, you kids would be very confused.

    That I can remember that but not where I put the glass of water I was drinking four minutes ago is proof that Bell’s Palsy is the first clear symptom of Alzheimers.

  148. Never say “don’t swallow”.

  149. Bearbloke says at 8:26 pm, January 6th, 2009

    smellyal8r: You really think AC/DC 365/24 would get his multi-culty B-list lovin’ on in public? Especially after Kathy Griffin threatened to “knock the dicks outta” his mouth on the TV-machine? No, he’s waiting until he & his honey get to their little love-nest on Fire Island…

    randomsausage: I’m sure President & Mrs. Half-breed Muslin also enjoy doing the terrorist ugly-bump in the Milk-and-Water-Embrace:

    http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/relationships/266200/Kama-Sutra-positions–Milk-and-Water-Embrace
    (I like this one, since Mrs. Hopey has a nice rack)

    After the Big Inaugural Balls have been spent and the Obamas have their private sexytime (since historical studies have shown that First Ladies are NEVER more wet for their men than right after the Ball) it’s time to get freaky-deeky with the Pair-of-Tongs:

    http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/relationships/259093/Kama-Sutra-positions–The-Pair-of-Tongs

  150. DustBowlBlues says at 8:28 pm, January 6th, 2009

    lawrenceofthedesert: Curry with the fringe on top made me laugh so hard I was about to make one of those spewing on the keyboard jokes that the wonkette overlords hate so much. Don’t look at me, Sara, it was lawrenceofthewhatever who did it.

  151. slavojzizek says at 8:43 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Isn’t this the guy who went against Michael Moore when Sicko came out? Yes, it is:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR2U_SAWHdQ

    Couldn’t Obama have named House or McDreamy?

  152. god you 13 yr old retarded boyz are so tiresome. Gupta first got famous for reporting from Katrina-swamped hospitals and that’s the shout-out here.

  153. gradgrind says at 9:11 pm, January 6th, 2009

    bitchincamaro: NOT TRUE! There are 751 anagrams, including at least 200 that’ll sound dirty to a Wonkette-trained ear. I predict the Family Research Council’s favorite will be SATAN YAP JUG.

  154. Winsome says at 9:45 pm, January 6th, 2009

    rubybuckaroo: I believe it is now Mumbai.

  155. smellyal8r says at 10:10 pm, January 6th, 2009

    I do think it’s nice that after the Bush administration we are finally going to get a brain surgeon in the administration (man, what a jump we’ve made from the Princeton wrestler who served as SecDef for 43). If SG had been in the Bush Admin, he’d have had nothing to operate on….thank yew, thank yew and g’nite.

  156. ushutyurmouthwhenurtalkintome says at 10:16 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Wasn’t anyone from General Hospital available?

  157. Mr Blifil says at 10:25 pm, January 6th, 2009

    It would suck if he showed up at his confirmation ceremony with high explosives strapped to his middle.

    Also he accused Michael Moore of “fudging the facts.” So we know he’s into the fudge. What this country needs is a Surgeon General who is unafraid to level with the American people on the safest and sanest methods to have healthy buttsecks.

  158. Mr Blifil says at 10:31 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Bearbloke: It would be sad if the confirmation process were to become heated, resulting in a Suspended Congress.

    As far as nookie on the first night in Da Houze, I personally would choose to bone Michelle on Nixon’s bowling lanes, holding out the possibility of perhaps using a spare pin or two as marital aids of some kind. Unfortunately, it won’t be my call.

  159. HuddledMass says at 10:33 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Cape Clod: Johnny Fever of WKRP? He’s dead? I haz a sad…

  160. gliberal says at 10:39 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Paging Marcus Welby. You’re wanted in re-write. I wonder if Sanjay will grow one of them there gopher butt beards like C. Everett Koop. Chicks dig that shit. Say what you will, San-J was the bomb on American Idol.

  161. gliberal says at 10:41 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Coming to the side of a Marlboro box soon: Sanjay says this shit will kill you. Knock it the fuck off.

  162. Michael Moore is ready to start shooting his new movie tomorrow.

  163. sanantonerose says at 11:51 pm, January 6th, 2009

    Cape Clod: WIN

  164. PsycGirl says at 12:10 am, January 7th, 2009

    Bearbloke: to hell with the milk and honey…I would be impressed with anyone who who managed the Pair of Tongs.
    http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/relationships/259093/Kama-Sutra-positions–The-Pair-of-Tongs

  165. Bitter-Elitist says at 12:30 am, January 7th, 2009

    Surely this job was made for the good Dr Ron Paul? When will America Learn?

  166. StephanieInCA says at 12:55 am, January 7th, 2009

    Dude, do you know that Dr. Sanjaya and Wolf the Insipid Ewok are sworn enemies? Ask anybody at CNN! For serious!

  167. villageatrois says at 1:50 am, January 7th, 2009

    Bitter-Elitist: I was waiting for someone to mention Dr. Paul. He’s a real doctor. Favors ending the War on Drugs. Is skeptical of pharmas, and supports natural remedies. And as to healthy behavior warnings, he’s used to being ignored.

  168. villageatrois says at 2:13 am, January 7th, 2009

    bitchincamaro: “If you anagram “Sanjay Gupta”, all you come up with is “Sanjay Gupta”.

    JAS. UP YA TANG.

  169. Chief Grinning Eagle says at 2:55 am, January 7th, 2009

    Will I be able to get my health insurance to pay for yoga classes? Can he stand on his head? Can he stand on one leg and grab his other foot and pull it past his ear staying on balance? He’s not sitting on a chair in that photo. That’s a good sign. Maybe he’s a good choice.

  170. regisgoat says at 9:20 am, January 7th, 2009

    I concur with the majority opinion here, that it should have been Dr. House, especially since he endorsed hot girl-girl action on last night’s episode.
    Seriously, though: Is this quack for national health or what? I don’t care what he looks like or where his ass is from. Was he just going after Michael Moore because he, Gupta, is a doctor, and Moore isn’t?

  171. regisgoat says at 9:28 am, January 7th, 2009

    Well, here’s the answer to the rhetorical question: no opinion.

    http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/blogs/paging.dr.gupta/2008/01/candidate-health-care-plans.html

  172. rockstarjoe says at 9:58 am, January 7th, 2009

    Come on, no Dr. Octagon? 1-800-PP-51-DOODOO?

  173. Jackie Treehorn says at 11:14 am, January 7th, 2009

    What was wrong with Dr. Steven T Colbert, DFA or as mentioned earlier, Dr. Nick Riviera?

  174. problemwithcaring says at 11:23 am, January 7th, 2009

    OK, so are we all agreed? Anyone who has ever disagreed with Michael Moore is not fit for modern public office.

    The End.

  175. hobospacejungle says at 12:19 pm, January 7th, 2009

    Dr. Hook? I loved that song about “sharing” the night together when I was a kid.

    Unfortunately it appears Dr. Hook is several people. What the hell, can’t hurt to have backups.

  176. Dude is SO hot. Is he gay married?

  177. Test

  178. Barack seems intent on assembling a pretty administration. Between his own fine self and his dishy Chief of Staff… Sanjay! Yeah, baby! All he’s got to do now is take on Evan Bayh, and they can pull America out of recession by selling erotic calendars.

  179. cantsayno says at 3:30 am, March 6th, 2009

    Dr. Evil’s got my vote

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