Sebelius Tapped for HHS

Terrific! Now, let’s see if the Republicans will try to trash her. Somehow I suspect that they will be too busy trying to find someone for Obama to pound in the 2012 elections.

Hurry up and get her out of KS!!! We need to balance our budget and Katy is more worried about the NEA than the rest of the state!! GOOD RIDDANCE!

Good riddance. She was trying to illegally transfer money and stopped income tax refunds and almost had no money to make state payroll.

“If the problem is Emauel, my polite suggestion is that Obama fire Emauel and hire Dean.”
Nothing will happen with Sebelius. Just right for this administration.
Isn’t it Gibbs who doesn’t like Dean? Dean’s worth a dozen of ANYone in the “Obama” organization. Especially hahaha Gibbs.

I have relatives in Kansas who will be glad to see this governor leave their state as they did not approve of her handling of things. At any rate, I don’t know what she’ll do as Secretary of Health and Human Services but I think if she gets in, we should give her a chance.

PB0 is such a disaster.
Good luck and good night.

When the guv gets to DC everyone that asked “Whats the Matter With Kansas?” will have their question answered.

>>Dean would have been an excellent PRESIDENT … and spared us Iraq and all that … except for wannabe uber-WASP John Kerry, who brought … the ghastly Obama.>>
1. The Iraq war was in full swing when Dean ran for president so please explain how he would have spared us.
2. Also, how is Kerry, a Catholic of Jewish heritage, a WASP–uber or otherwise? Me thinks you don’t know what you’re talking about!

Is this the same kat that kept posting that divide by zero equals zero?
Posted by: Common Sense | Feb 28, 2009 6:31:44 PM
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Nope. That was the real one, a Smartest Clueless PB0 supporter, i.e., your kind.

For the record, for the most part, H1Bs only COPY what Americans create then outsource the knowledge to India. India then turns around and charges Americans more for what was developed in the U.S. They did the same thing to the medical industry after we paid for the medical research.
Please get a clue.
Posted by: Common Sense | Feb 28, 2009 6:31:44 PM
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Where there is a Smartest Clueless Leader, there are lots of Dumbest Clueless Followers.
No wonder he got elected. What a pity!

“how is Kerry, a Catholic of Jewish heritage, a WASP–uber or otherwise?”
Aside from the fact that Kerry’s “Jewish heritage” snuck up on him by surprise during his throwing of the last election — and that his marital history’s waaay more WASP-ish than “Catholic” — the word “wannabe”, in “wannabe uber-WASP” is key.

If gains tax goes from 15% to 39%, or 28% or whatever increase congress comes up with for President Obama will all that own stock with a realizable gain sell off this year to save the taxes? ….Just askin

Perhaps now that the Guv is leaving we will get the new power plants and the thousands of jobs that could have been had she not vetoed the plants

I agree that Dean would have made another excellent choice. But the President hires his staff….like Bush hired Rumsfeld…and Scoooooter and above the law Rove. All States are struggling…Kansas isn’t the only one. This is the result of Bush, Wall Street and greedy bankers. The ‘scumbags”

Oh lord.

“FYI, Catholics can convert, you know.”
Doesn’t Kerry still claim to be “Catholic”? Maybe he still thinks he can be … Pope?

Claire McCaskill should stop worrying about her friend Sebelious and worry about her own political future. Maybe the Obama administration has something for her because she’s going to have a tough time getting re-elected in Missouri.

That is the best news I have heard all day. Get her out of the state of Kansas. Now maybe we as Kansas people can start keeping more of our money!!!

Obama has exactly ONE liberal in his cabinet. Pathetic.

Unless I am sadly mistaken, the gov. of kansas should be an excellent choice for the job. She is one smart cookie. Good choice Barak.

Thanks for the info Jake I will alert the IRS…..wait.. turboTax Timmy is a tax cheat and criminal too…darn

I find it strange that everyone on this blog today just happens to be from Kansas. C’mon!
Again, as long as she changes her stance on H1Bs while Americans are unemployed to the tune of 10% in California, I hope she will do well. Otherwise, although I am behind Obama 100%, I will speak out against her position on that issue.

Walker Evans,
Mine was one of the paychecks she didn’t have money to pay. Thankfully she complied with the law and allowed the legislature to legally transfer money so that she could meet the state’s obligations.

Common Sense, I get what you’re saying that it makes no sense. The HHS secretary doesn’t set labor policy. And Solis is going to push for the administration’s position, regardless of what Sebelius or anyone else wants.

Carolinagirl,
“Common Sense, I get what you’re saying that it makes no sense. The HHS secretary doesn’t set labor policy.”
I get the labor policy, yes. But I don’t ignore the influence part. That is the part that is disturbing.
I’ve seen how is this done. There are loads of news/articles that can be googled that indicate that HHS in some states is practically entirely staffed by non-state contractors on H1B. They find every way possible to get around the law and import H1Bs and lay off Americans.
At the same time, the digitizing of healthcare information could be subjected to H1B-dependent companies notorius for fraud — 11 recently arrested. For example, it was an H1B contracting firm that was recently busted for manipulating doctor’s rates/co-pay rates by using their proprietary software sold to most medical professionals and insurance companies.
Yes, Obama will set policy. But I’m equally sure Obama won’t be micromanaging the HHS Secretary.
Contrary to what some others have said here, this is not about being racist. As Holder has already implied, those that are NOT racist can talk about it openly.
Indian fraud using the H1B visa as its tool is big business at the expense of Americans’ jobs, prospects, health and future. The HHS’s stance on the matter does matter.

“Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!”
Good riddance Kate, you were from Ohio anyway!!!

Common Sense has some sort of fixation with H1B that makes the rest of us laugh. Hey, whatever the problem is, I’m sure Sebelius will take care of it. Or not.
Once again–yawn…

Who actually cares who the HHS Secretary is? What are the five greatest accomplishments of past HHS Secretaries?
Yawn…
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FH,
Are you suggesting that when His Lordness deigns to favor a subject, you are . . . bored? Surely not. I am confident this event will prove to be as amusing as previous appointments.
What are the odds that the lady governor is a miscreant tax chiseler? Looking at His Lordness’s record, the appointment of THIS HHS could very well prove to be quite memorable.

FascistHyena, I care who HHS secretary is, since that person will be a point person in the Obama administration’s efforts to alter health care in our country. I want to stay as far from universal health care managed by the government as possible.
OH, and I do not hold a H1B visa, so my post will be of no interest to Common Sense.

Good Health care is government controled health care. The insurance companies dont cafe about our health , they just want to make money, and if you get sick ,they cancel your insurance.And It may cost ten or fifteen thousand dollars a year. the government may only be less than one thousand in a year, and will cover every thing and every body and will give the best care, and treatment , not what some insurance company may or may not allow.

Forget about HHS, it time for the government to be prepared to bailout PB0′s good friend Buffet. His company is bigger than the auto companies.
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Derivatives, the investments Warren Buffett famously scorned as “financial weapons of mass destruction,” are proliferating at Berkshire Hathaway.

Sebelius gets a save from 0bama. Sebelius is hated and despised in Kansas where she has run ruffshod over the state and its citizens. There’s no way she would have won re-election in Kansas, and the people of Kansas are thrilled to get rid of her. Sebelius is typical of the horrible, horrible people that liberal democrats are.

JD:” Sebelius is hated and despised in Kansas where she has run ruffshod over the state and its citizens.”
Funny how she has consistently had a high approval rating (upper 50′s versus a disapproval in the upper 30′s), including in a December poll. And was widely feared by Republicans as a Senate seat threat in 2010. Republicans will be quietly happy at this pick as there is no one else popular enough to put Kansas in play (and the Republicans who count on politics for their meal ticket are smart enough to read the polls they commission).

Danley,
Unfortunately it was hard to miss your guy, since all the cable networks were running him non stop. CNN, the Conservative News Network, ran the entire thing non-stop without commercial!
I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating: What really IS the difference between a radical right wingnut blowhard, and the “mainstream media”?

“Could it possibly be that it’s the president who sets the mission?”
Oh right: flim-flam on Iraq on Friday is followed on Saturday with self-praise on fighting hahaha lobbyists. Except for military lobbyists, insurance, pharmaceutical, etc.
All talk and crappy appointments. Only Obama could make the Republicans look good.

What makes people think that Sebelius can run HHS? She can’t even run a small state (Kansas = serious budget crisis), let alone get universal healthcare implemented within the state during her term. How can she be expected to run HHS, implement universal healthcare on a broad scale, and reform Medicare (which is inherently insolvent)? Additionally, why do people think that universal healthcare can succeed when it is also inherently insolvent? Arbitrary Vote outlines a lot of this nicely. The misinformation out there is phenomenal.

jhw539:”Because it has succeeded to varying degrees in every other first world nation.”
The perception that it has succeeded is largely based on misinformation provided by the WHO. Whether these systems have experienced some successes doesn’t dismiss the many failures within them, and most importantly, the fact they are insolvent business models over the long term.
jhw539: “And because we HAVE universal healthcare – it is illegal for a hospital to leave someone to die on their doorstep regardless of whether they can pay. We just have amazingly inefficient healthcare that results in poor people spending a couple days in the ICU rather than get $20 of antibiotics for free.”
Yes, which is why our costs are so high, and why universal healtcare will only add to those costs.
Again, the Arbitrary Vote site outlines a lot of these concepts nicely.

“…the government…will cover every thing and every body and will give the best care, and treatment…”
Really? Name the country where government-run health care does that. Do you honestly think that the US is going to cover “everything” for you? Think again. As you age, the government will decline to provide services that do nothing more than extend your life if those services don’t offer a cure for your ills.
Try getting an MRI in Canada or the UK. Try getting a bypass operation or a heart transplant. What’s the average wait time?
Brother, are you in for a rude awakening…

Conclusion of a study by the Canadian Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2006:
“Long wait lists for coronary-artery bypass grafting are associated with increased probability that a patient dies before surgery. Physicians who advise patients where to undergo cardiac revascularization should consider the risk of pre-surgical death that is associated with the length of a surgical wait list.”
But hey–it’s free!

Kathleen Gilligan Sebelius is the daughter of former Ohio Gov. John Gilligan, a one-termer who is viewed as one of the worst Guvs in Ohio history. Sebelius has been unimpressive herself. Obama could do better in a HHS choice. I am all for Obama choosing more females as his record so far is not any better than GW Bush, but Sebelius is simply not qualified for the position. Bill Clinton had the best record on female appointments. So far, Obama has been a real disappointment to this Democrat. This massive spending must end. 9,000 “earmarks” in the Obama budget from the Obama who campaign promised “no earmarks”??? Obama has lied about most everything and most importantly the out of control spending and the war, he’s escalating not ending the war as he promised. His so-called anti-war stance was got him support in the first place and Dems betrayed Hillary on this issue. I didn’t fall for his lies, I supported Hillary and still do. Hillary is the only bright spot in this Presidency.

To fools, what do you think the government is doing, they are bailing out warren buffet, with the stimulus plan, he owns GE and a lot of the so-called infrastructure money goes to GE.
It is now pay back for all the support during the campain. GE owns MSNBC and NBC

Fascist Hyena,
“Not really. We took care of ourselves, purchased health insurance, and accumulated wealth. Now we live comfortably in our golden years.”
I take care of myself, too. Unfortunately, old people like you are so selfish that us younger people have to keep paying for your care while we don’t get the benefit of using it and neither will our future generations. You must be mighty proud!

It is not national heath care but national health insurance. Nothing will change with the hospitals or the doctors – it’s just that we can now all get cheaper health insurance. It will benefit workers AND companies.