Bring on the Men in White Coats
When I joked yesterday that the White House photo (fl)op with all the doctors in white coats could have been staged, I was damned near right:
President Obama yesterday rolled out the red carpet — and handed out doctors’ white coats as well, just so nobody missed his hard-sell health-care message.
In a heavy-handed attempt at reviving support for health-care reform, the White House orchestrated a massive photo op to buttress its claim that front-line physicians support Obama. …
The physicians, all invited guests, were told to bring their white lab coats to make sure that TV cameras captured the image.
But some docs apparently forgot, failing to meet the White House dress code by showing up in business suits or dresses.
So the White House rustled up white coats for them and handed them to the suited physicians who had taken seats in the sun-splashed lawn area.
If the lab coats were fake (did they say Casey, Kildaire, and Welby on them?), isn’t the next revelation that the doctors were also frauds? Or even human? They can do incredible things with styrofoam these days.
How long before President Obama trots out Professor Irwin Corey to promote his education reform?
“Why do I wear tennis shoes? That’s a diffficult question, so to make it easier I’ll divide it into two parts. First: Why? Why is a question of incredible depth and subtlety, one that has engaged and frustrated the great philosophers from Socrates up through the modern age. To even attempt to answer would be to insult this great and brilliant tradition by suggesting that someone like myself deserves to be among their august company even for the briefest moment. Now, as for the second part of your question: Do I wear tennis shoes? Yes.”