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| December 21st, 2020 at 12:23:41 PM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | Gorka has a Phd, but apparently there is some controversy about its legitimacy. See the controversy section of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Gorka "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| December 21st, 2020 at 12:40:46 PM permalink | |
| Gandler Member since: Aug 15, 2019 Threads: 27 Posts: 4256 |
I don't know much about Goldberg, except that she has a lot of fans, and people clapped when she said that. I have not seen that clip until now. But, when somebody says "She is a great Doctor she would make a great Surgeon General" its pretty clear she is trying to push to her audience that she is a medical Doctor or at the very least some medically related scientist.... I don't know if she believes that or not... But, to me it comes off as her trying to push the idea of Jill Biden being a medical doctor... (Also, if she doesn't know Jill Biden how would she know that she is "a great doctor")? |
| December 21st, 2020 at 1:02:52 PM permalink | |
| Mission146 Administrator Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 4147 |
I'm guessing she doesn't and she wouldn't. She saw the, "Dr.," before Jill Biden's name, assumed she was a medical doctor and then proceeded to make a statement that had no logical foundation whatsoever. As far as the people who clapped are concerned, they applaud when the little light tells them to...and even if not...they almost certainly don't know what sort of doctor Jill Biden is. And, does anyone really take Whoopi seriously? Is that the concern? Meghan McCain is probably the smartest of the lot of them...so not really a high bar there. "The View," is what would happen if Tucker Carlson and the Sally Jesse Raphael talk show had a mostly liberal baby. A paycheck is a paycheck, but the entire ensemble consists of barely relevant High-C listers...and sometimes the daughters of people of mild political import. Anyone turning to the show for legitimate political discourse probably deserves to believe that Jill Biden should be the Surgeon General. Sad thing is, I like Whoopi Goldberg. Have to love Guinan on TNG and I remember thinking the movie Corrina, Corrina, was pretty okay when I was a kid. "War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen..let us give them all they want." William T. Sherman |
| December 21st, 2020 at 1:14:59 PM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4969 | Outside of a medical environment I don't refer to anyone by their title. Even my back surgeon is just Vladimir when I see him outside the office. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
| December 21st, 2020 at 1:36:19 PM permalink | |
| SOOPOO Member since: Feb 19, 2014 Threads: 22 Posts: 4178 |
I will break a rule..... but DRich has confided in me that Putin performed his surgery... I will say that some just call me ‘Doc’ when playing basketball... ant because of my similarities to Julius Erving... |
| December 21st, 2020 at 2:03:21 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18212 |
Dentists yes. Psychologists NO. Psychiatrists yes. The President is a fink. |
| December 21st, 2020 at 2:09:22 PM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4969 |
Never mind I misread that as Psychiatrists NO and Psychiatrists YES. That would have been funnier. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
| December 21st, 2020 at 3:05:01 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11804 |
Sometimes Doc is simply a nickname and I wouldn't use any other name then Doc I'm a huge Doc Watson fan What a beautiful deep voice Got to see him quite a few times One time sitting in with Dolly Parton He was blind RIP Doc Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| December 21st, 2020 at 3:18:38 PM permalink | |
| JimRockford Member since: Sep 18, 2015 Threads: 2 Posts: 971 |
Doc Ellis claimed he pitched a no-hitter while tripping on acid. The mind hungers for that on which it feeds. |
| December 21st, 2020 at 3:41:58 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11804 |
Let's not forget Dr J He operates on the other team Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |