I told you that Keroack was just a ten-year old pretending to be a doctor!
Check out the last lines in this WaPo piece on the wacky non-doc:
Pearson also acknowledged yesterday that Keroack is not currently certified as an obstetrician-gynecologist. That is not a requirement for the job, but HHS officials had cited Keroack's expertise in defending his selection.
Hells yeah they did!
The Washington Post, 11/21/2006:
An HHS spokeswoman said Keroack is a skilled doctor and a nationally recognized expert on preventing teenage pregnancy. "We have confidence that he'll perform his duties effectively and in accordance with the law," HHS spokeswoman Christina Pearson said by e-mail.
The Washington Post, 11/17/2006:
John O. Agwunobi, assistant secretary for health, said Keroack "is highly qualified and a well-respected physician . . . working primarily with women and girls in crisis."
Liar, liar, pants on fire!
Fortunately, folks aren't taking this quack's appointment sitting down. Letters from both the House and Senate (spearheaded by Rep. Henry Waxman and Sen. Barbara Boxer) were sent to Secretary of Health and Human Services, Mike Leavitt, urging him to reject Keroack's appointment.
Related: Check out this great cartoon about Keroack in The Boston Globe.
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What a surprise...a doctor who is not a doctor is "practicing" medicine by advocating the ban of medicine and reproductive rights.
Bush Administration's war on science continues. Only this time, instead of ignoring or attacking evidence (i.e. global warming), they've dispensed with the idea that you need professional certification as a medical scientist in order to do professional medical science.
A non-doctor who says birth control is demeaning to women put up for the job of supervising Title X(?) monies. As with so many other appts by Bush -- see Michael Brown and several others, it would be hilarious if it weren't so serious.
Seriously, if a non-board certified vet was nominated for an administrative position in the USDA you'd be damn sure to see an uproar among not only animal health specialists, but also the meat industry, the horse racing industry, etc. But, since this is to do with WOMEN, less valuable than either red meat or race horses, they aren't being called out by professional peers as they ought to. If an immunologist were appointed to an oncology position, there would be a mighty uproar, but again, vaginas? Birth-control? Fuck it.
Yes well, if your goal is to clean up those shameless trollops and their filthy vaginas, doesn't it kinda make sense to appoint a giant douche?
Wait a minute. I think this appointment is as inappropriate as anyone does, but some comments refer to the nominee as a non-doctor. A lapse in board certification in a particular specialty is quite a different matter from not being licensed as a physician generally.