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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-27-09 01:37 PM
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Surgeon Resigns Over Obama 'Witch Dr.' Pic
Surgeon Resigns Over Obama 'Witch Dr.' Pic
Fla. Doctor Apologizes For Forwarding E-Mail

POSTED: Monday, July 27, 2009
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A Florida neurosurgeon has resigned from his post with a county medical association after forwarding an e-mail with an image portraying President Barack Obama as a witch doctor.

Dr. David McKalip submitted his resignation as president-elect of the Pinellas County Medical Association last week, and plans to remove himself as a delegate with the American Medical Association.

McKalip forwarded an image depicting Obama in a loincloth and with bones in his nose. The caption read, "ObamaCare, coming soon to a clinic near you," and was forwarded to about 150 people.

The doctor has apologized for his actions, telling a Tampa radio station it was a "very bad mistake."

http://www.clickorlando.com/health/20190351/detail.html
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-27-09 01:38 PM
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1. Hey, McKalip
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Bleacher Creature Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-27-09 01:39 PM
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2. How long until he starts trying to play the victim?
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-27-09 01:41 PM
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4. Apologized my ass... only after attempts to blame the "liberal media"
and everyone else you can think of failed.... See TPM for quite a bit of reporting on it.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-27-09 01:58 PM
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9. I don't think computers can calculate that short a period of time ...
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Garbo 2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 10:32 PM
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16. He already has portrayed himself as a victim. His apologies have been pro forma. nt
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imdjh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-27-09 01:40 PM
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3. I'm starting to feel black.
A black pal of mine says she sometimes sees a headline cringes and thinks, "Please don't let it be the black guy."

I sometimes feel that way about Florida in general and this area in particular. "Please, don't let this be coming from here."
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-27-09 01:42 PM
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5. oops.. glitched
Edited on Mon Jul-27-09 01:44 PM by SoCalDem
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-27-09 01:44 PM
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7. At our house, we play "Florida? or Texas?"
When we hear of really odd news articles, often then don;t tell all of it until later, so when we hear the tease, we will say "F or T"..and damned if most of the time, it ends up being from one of those states:rofl:
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imdjh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-27-09 01:58 PM
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8. It's the effect of Climate Change. It really is.
Florida attracts rootless weirds from all over the Eastern Seaboard and even foreign countries like England and California. People come here because everything they thought was in California is actually here.

Even the retirement home for Haight era hippies is here in Florida.

MICANOPY - In its 186 years, this Alachua County village has been home to Seminole tribes, pioneer traders, Jewish utopians, pot-growing hippies, Hollywood crews, a B&B ghost and even a celebrated family of actors.


When people want to change their climate, to move to the land of summer, warm Gulf waters and tropical breezes they come to Florida. When people want to escape child support and protection orders, they come to Florida. When people are tired of being poor in Ohio and California, they come be poor in Florida. It's not a bad place to be poor.
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ejpoeta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-27-09 01:43 PM
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6. did these idiots support palin after she was shown to be having a witch doctor
pray over her???? probably
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-27-09 02:13 PM
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10. A neurosurgeon has what? Seven years of higher education?




Obviously in this clown's case none of it sunk in.

And he was President-elect of his local medical assn. :eyes:

What does that say about his peers, those who elected him?

OxyRush would be proud.


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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 10:00 AM
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11. Good! n/t
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 10:39 AM
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12. I'm a little surprised but glad..
I'd heard he apologized and now resigned!

Lots of these idiots don't apologize and most certainly stay in where they are.
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Garbo 2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 10:30 PM
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15. His apology was pro forma. In another venue, a winger list serve, he was not so apologetic.
He's a victim of the left, dontchaknow. :eyes:
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-29-09 07:52 PM
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17. Then he's talking out of both sides
Edited on Wed Jul-29-09 07:52 PM by Cha
of his mouth..which makes more sense coming from a Dr who would pass that bigoted crap on.
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Maru Kitteh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 10:43 AM
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13. Good RIDDANCE to the ugly, racist MF'er. "Mistake" my ass!
There was no mistake.

I hope his entire career is lost to this.
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 10:45 AM
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14. Do these idiots read the paper at all? nt
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