The Wizard of Oz
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I'm sorry, I meant the Senator of Oz.
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon best known as the host of TV’s Dr. Oz Show after rocketing to fame on Oprah Winfrey’s show, announced Tuesday that he is running for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat as a Republican.
Oz, 61, will bring his unrivaled name recognition and wealth to a wide-open race that is expected to among the nation’s most competitive and could determine control of the Senate in next year’s election.
Oz — a longtime New Jersey resident — enters a Republican field that is resetting with an influx of candidates and a new opportunity to appeal to voters loyal to former President Donald Trump, now that the candidate endorsed by Trump has just exited the race.
In a video message on social media, Oz casts himself as a sort of champion for people’s health, who “took on the medical establishment to argue against costly drugs and skyrocketing medical bills” and is prepared to fight a government that he said has mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jesus.
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon best known as the host of TV’s Dr. Oz Show after rocketing to fame on Oprah Winfrey’s show, announced Tuesday that he is running for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat as a Republican.
Oz — a longtime New Jersey resident — enters a Republican field that is resetting with an influx of candidates and a new opportunity to appeal to voters loyal to former President Donald Trump, now that the candidate endorsed by Trump has just exited the race.
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@horace said in The Wizard of Oz:
Oprah sure can pick them. Who's worse, Dr Phil or Doctor Oz?
Dr. Phil is a fraud.
Dr. Oz is a board-certified heart surgeon.
@george-k said in The Wizard of Oz:
Dr. Phil is a fraud.
Dr. Oz is a board-certified heart surgeon.Dr. Phil touches the parts of the heart that mere surgery cannot reach.
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Isn't Phil a psychologist?
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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@jolly said in The Wizard of Oz:
Isn't Phil a psychologist?
By training, yes. By licensure, no.
McGraw stopped renewing his Texas license to practice psychology in 2006.[48] The California Board of Psychology has determined that he does not need a license in that state because he does not practice psychology on his show.
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@jolly said in The Wizard of Oz:
Isn't Phil a psychologist?
By training, yes. By licensure, no.
McGraw stopped renewing his Texas license to practice psychology in 2006.[48] The California Board of Psychology has determined that he does not need a license in that state because he does not practice psychology on his show.
@george-k said in The Wizard of Oz:
@jolly said in The Wizard of Oz:
Isn't Phil a psychologist?
By training, yes. By licensure, no.
McGraw stopped renewing his Texas license to practice psychology in 2006.[48] The California Board of Psychology has determined that he does not need a license in that state because he does not practice psychology on his show.
As far as he's concerned, a distinction without a difference.
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@george-k said in The Wizard of Oz:
@jolly said in The Wizard of Oz:
Isn't Phil a psychologist?
By training, yes. By licensure, no.
McGraw stopped renewing his Texas license to practice psychology in 2006.[48] The California Board of Psychology has determined that he does not need a license in that state because he does not practice psychology on his show.
As far as he's concerned, a distinction without a difference.
@jolly said in The Wizard of Oz:
As far as he's concerned, a distinction without a difference.
That's right, and he's making a TON more money doing what he's doing rather than practicing his trade (Just ask D2 what a doctorate in psychology earns).
If you don't have a license, you're not a doctor. You're just someone who's very well educated in a field.
It's really a distinction WITH a difference.
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@jolly said in The Wizard of Oz:
As far as he's concerned, a distinction without a difference.
That's right, and he's making a TON more money doing what he's doing rather than practicing his trade (Just ask D2 what a doctorate in psychology earns).
If you don't have a license, you're not a doctor. You're just someone who's very well educated in a field.
It's really a distinction WITH a difference.
@george-k said in The Wizard of Oz:
@jolly said in The Wizard of Oz:
As far as he's concerned, a distinction without a difference.
That's right, and he's making a TON more money doing what he's doing rather than practicing his trade (Just ask D2 what a doctorate in psychology earns).
If you don't have a license, you're not a doctor. You're just someone who's very well educated in a field.
It's really a distinction WITH a difference.
Well, not quite.
Whether you have a license to practice, you're still a doc. BTW, quit slacking, check to make sure your license is good and go terrorize some residents...
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As long as he's an elected Republican, I don't care if he has cloven hooves and horns on his head.
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I haven't been following the Pennsylvania senate race all that closely other than to be aware that the Democrat candidate (Fetterman) had a stroke a while ago, and at his last public appearance, he appeared, well, Biden-esque.
OTOH, I know little about Oz (R-Oprah) other than he
iswas a credible board-certified heart surgeon. His medical credentials seem solid and he has had multiple academic appointments.BUt...he's said some pretty strange things, which make me wonder.
