{"id":175,"date":"2009-10-06T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T16:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/i-may-not-be-a-doctor-but-i-get-to-play-one-in-the-rose-garden"},"modified":"2009-10-06T12:00:40","modified_gmt":"2009-10-06T16:00:40","slug":"i-may-not-be-a-doctor-but-i-get-to-play-one-in-the-rose-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=175","title":{"rendered":"I may not be a doctor, but I get to play one in the Rose Garden?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are accustomed to see people in white coats selling us nostrums<br \/>\non TV, so we shouldn&#39;t be surprised to see the White House using a<br \/>\nsimilar tactic to sell the Health Care bill. \n<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, our Campaigner-in-Chief held another Photo Op to show that doctors overwhelmingly support his Health Care bill.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef0120a5c43bd3970b-800wi\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Obama_doctors_health_care7084958--500x380\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfac253ef0120a5c43bd3970b \" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef0120a5c43bd3970b-450wi\" style=\"width: 450px;\" \/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Those who did not show up in white coats were given one for the photo<br \/>\nshoot. Unlike free enterprise commercials, no disclaimer was made on<br \/>\nhow many of those present do not have a medical practice.<\/p>\n<p>\nHaving given the standard pitch for the umpteenth time, Obama leaves for his next campaign stop.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef0120a61a8456970c-800wi\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Obama_doctors_health_care1084830--500x380\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfac253ef0120a61a8456970c \" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef0120a61a8456970c-450wi\" style=\"width: 450px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Your tax dollars at work. Medical Astroturfing at its best.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story at the <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ybp4c3o\" target=\"_blank\">NewYork Post<\/a>:&#0160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are accustomed to see people in white coats selling us nostrums on TV, so we shouldn&#39;t be surprised to see the White House using a similar tactic to sell the Health Care bill. Yesterday, our Campaigner-in-Chief held another Photo &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=175\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1822],"tags":[297,298,299],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-2P","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}