Did President Bush ignore important public health reports?

White House accused of putting Politics over Science

Former Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona told a Congressional committee today that top officials in the Bush administration repeatedly tried to weaken or suppress important public health reports because of political considerations.

No doubt a ploy buy jihad sympathizers to ruin the President’s impeccable image, or maybe impeachable is more appropriate.

Dr. Carmona, who served as surgeon general from 2002 to 2006, said White House officials would not allow him to speak or issue reports about stem cells, emergency contraception, sex education, or prison, mental and global health issues because of political concerns. Top administration officials delayed for years and attempted to “water down” a landmark report on secondhand tobacco smoke, he said in sworn testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

It isn’t surprising that President George W. Bush would have his hands in every cookie jar, but to dictate the outcome of reports to the public is getting pretty ‘out there’.  You wouldn’t believe this stuff if conspiracy theorists tried and forced it on you.  Well, this is no conspiracy, in sworn testimony before Congress it looks like Bush’s true colors are starting to reveal themselves.  At some point, his ‘friends’ will have no way to defend what amounts to extremism and possibly illegal activity that the White House is involved in.

Fred Soto is an Attorney and Entrepreneur from the Silicon Valley.
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