Comments on: US Surgeon General nominee James Holsinger Jr.- ethical personal conduct? http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2007/09/01/us-surgeon-general-nominee-james-holsinger-jr-ethical-personal-conduct/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:24:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Bene D http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2007/09/01/us-surgeon-general-nominee-james-holsinger-jr-ethical-personal-conduct/#comment-92342 Bene D Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:46:48 +0000 http://www.benedictionblogson.com/?p=3387#comment-92342 I started following this from day one because Frank Lockwood broke the story and he is a solid journalist. It's quite facinating, and I'm not sure it's just a Bush thing. As you say, a lot of people like the guy, but the more his actions with the IRD come out, the less stellar he looks as a candidate for office. When C. Everett Koop was the US SG, it was conservatives who gave him grief. He didn't have background clutter like Holsinger Jr. and put medicine and the welfare of citizens first. I have read nothing on background that convinces me Holsinger Jr. has done very well in that regard. I started following this from day one because Frank Lockwood broke the story and he is a solid journalist.
It’s quite facinating, and I’m not sure it’s just a Bush thing.

As you say, a lot of people like the guy, but the more his actions with the IRD come out, the less stellar he looks as a candidate for office.

When C. Everett Koop was the US SG, it was conservatives who gave him grief. He didn’t have background clutter like Holsinger Jr. and put medicine and the welfare of citizens first. I have read nothing on background that convinces me Holsinger Jr. has done very well in that regard.

]]> By: Mark Byron http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2007/09/01/us-surgeon-general-nominee-james-holsinger-jr-ethical-personal-conduct/#comment-92295 Mark Byron Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:58:12 +0000 http://www.benedictionblogson.com/?p=3387#comment-92295 I'm not quite up to speed on all the flak that Holsinger is under, but one of my colleagues at Sullivan U worked for him at UK and speaks highly of him as a professional; she leans a bit to the left on balance and wouldn't be hauling water for Dubya on this one. That's not to say that he might have been both a good boss and done the things his critics have charged him of, but I've got one colleague who's vouching for him. I’m not quite up to speed on all the flak that Holsinger is under, but one of my colleagues at Sullivan U worked for him at UK and speaks highly of him as a professional; she leans a bit to the left on balance and wouldn’t be hauling water for Dubya on this one.

That’s not to say that he might have been both a good boss and done the things his critics have charged him of, but I’ve got one colleague who’s vouching for him.

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