Anti gun Surgeon General will likely never get appointed:
The post of the surgeon general has been vacant since July, and it looks likely to remain that way for some time thanks to a strident campaign led by the National Rifle Association and libertarian Senator Rand Paul against President Obama’s nominee, Dr. Vivek Murthy.
Murthy has medical and business degrees from Yale, works as an attending physician and instructor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School and has founded several health businesses and nonprofits. He has also expressed support for limited gun safety measures like a ban on assault weapons, mandatory safety training and limits on ammunition, and so the NRA has declared it will “score” his confirmation vote, putting pressure on Senate Democrats running tight re-election races in red states to block Murthy’s confirmation. As The New York Times reported on Saturday, the White House is “recalibrating” its strategy towards Murthy’s nomination, meaning the Senate vote will either be delayed or never happen.
But but Michael Bloomberg can Out-spend the NRA!!!!!!
Though I knew it was The Nation ( spit ) I followed the link and read the article. Now I feel dirty, despite getting to howl with laughter at the absudity of the quotes from Kristen Rand of the VPC.
So… if they’ve got more money and support of 90% of the US population… how could they ever lose?