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NRA Vs Dr. Vivek Murthy
by Guest Sun Mar 23, 2014 1:25 pm
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/03/22/how-nra-thwarted-good-doctor/NNITaLJtBNiGK21uu1xH1J/story.html
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The editors of the New England Journal of Medicine last week accused the National Rifle Association of political blackmail because of the group’s efforts to block the nomination of Dr. Vivek Murthy as surgeon general.
One particular tweet by Murthy from 2012 “haunts” the nominee. In it, the physician wrote he was “tired of politicians playing politics w/guns, putting lives at risk b/c they’re scared of NRA. Guns are a health care issue.”
......what’s almost certain is that the NRA is about to claim another victory. It crosses a new line, calling upon senators to reject Murthy because of “the likelihood he would use the office of surgeon general to further his preexisting campaign against gun ownership.”
At his confirmation hearing, Murthy testified that gun control advocacy would not be his platform. He wants to focus on obesity. Yet the NRA ginned up a campaign against him on the basis of what the gun lobby considers his “radical” personal views. They include support for an assault weapons ban and limits on ammunition sales.
Unlike some of President Obama’s picks for ambassadorships, Murthy has every qualification Americans should want for the position of surgeon general. The child of parents who immigrated from India, he was educated at Harvard and Yale. He practices medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He was one of the founders and the current president of Doctors for America, an organization dedicated to broadening access to health care. He has served on a presidential advisory group and founded a nonprofit organization working on HIV prevention and education.
But all that means nothing up against a tweet that only underscores the truth.
Excerpts:
The editors of the New England Journal of Medicine last week accused the National Rifle Association of political blackmail because of the group’s efforts to block the nomination of Dr. Vivek Murthy as surgeon general.
One particular tweet by Murthy from 2012 “haunts” the nominee. In it, the physician wrote he was “tired of politicians playing politics w/guns, putting lives at risk b/c they’re scared of NRA. Guns are a health care issue.”
......what’s almost certain is that the NRA is about to claim another victory. It crosses a new line, calling upon senators to reject Murthy because of “the likelihood he would use the office of surgeon general to further his preexisting campaign against gun ownership.”
At his confirmation hearing, Murthy testified that gun control advocacy would not be his platform. He wants to focus on obesity. Yet the NRA ginned up a campaign against him on the basis of what the gun lobby considers his “radical” personal views. They include support for an assault weapons ban and limits on ammunition sales.
Unlike some of President Obama’s picks for ambassadorships, Murthy has every qualification Americans should want for the position of surgeon general. The child of parents who immigrated from India, he was educated at Harvard and Yale. He practices medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He was one of the founders and the current president of Doctors for America, an organization dedicated to broadening access to health care. He has served on a presidential advisory group and founded a nonprofit organization working on HIV prevention and education.
But all that means nothing up against a tweet that only underscores the truth.
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