{"id":6333,"date":"2022-01-21T04:04:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T12:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/?p=6333"},"modified":"2022-01-21T08:05:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T16:05:10","slug":"dr-oz-for-the-u-s-senate-or-the-happy-huckster-goes-to-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/2022\/01\/21\/dr-oz-for-the-u-s-senate-or-the-happy-huckster-goes-to-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Oz For The U.S. Senate\u2014Or, The Happy Huckster Goes To Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;19px||23px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; global_module=&#8221;2637&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GPB-Bank-Local-Banner.jpg&#8221; 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featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_font=&#8221;Georgia|700||on|||||&#8221; title_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; title_font_size=&#8221;40px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; title_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; title_font_size_phone=&#8221;31px&#8221; title_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.6&#8243; header_2_font=&#8221;Georgia|300|||||||&#8221; header_2_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-5px||0px||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2>The highly respected charlatan is running to rep Pennsylvania<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.3&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Author&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243; header_4_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_6_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_6_font_size=&#8221;13px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||2px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h6>By Ed Goldman<\/h6>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.0&#8243; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.6&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;3px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span class='et-dropcap'>T<\/span>he news near the close of 2021 that Dr. Mehmet Oz would be running to represent Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate was hardly a medical or political breakthrough.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After all, as of the 2017-2019 session, there already were 16 physicians in both houses of Congress. &#8220;(A)ll were male and 14 were members of the Republican party,&#8221; according to the often-correct Wikipedia, which added, there were &#8220;also one podiatrist, one dentist, and one optometrist.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9mZWF0dXJlZF9pbWFnZSIsInNldHRpbmdzIjp7fX0=@&#8221; alt=&#8221;Edgy Cartoon&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Highly Recommended&#8221; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;on&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.2&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;src&#8221; width=&#8221;80%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;93%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;95%&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; max_width=&#8221;95%&#8221; max_width_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; max_width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; max_width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;1px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.6&#8243; 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custom_padding=&#8221;||1px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Okay, to be something Oz isn&#8217;t\u2014honest\u2014I may have overstated my list. According to the Huffington Post, &#8220;Oz deems absolutely essential for everyone to take: a multivitamin, omega-3 fatty acids, and calcium with magnesium.&#8221; On the other hand, he&#8217;s also got into some trouble by hawking:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pure Green Coffee (&#8220;The magic weight loss cure for every body type,&#8221; he gushed);<\/li>\n<li>Garcinia Cambogia (&#8220;a revolutionary fat buster,&#8221; he said on his show 10 years ago);<\/li>\n<li>the Raspberry Ketone Diet (a &#8220;miracle fat burner in a bottle\u201d he proclaimed the same year);<\/li>\n<li>something called Conjugated Linoleic Acid, which sounds to me like a grammatically correct floor covering;<\/li>\n<li>safflower oil (&#8220;a new supplement that will help you lose inches off your waist without diet and exercise,&#8221; says he);<\/li>\n<li>hot pepper jelly (&#8220;a way to ignite your metabolism &#8230; without doing anything else. I&#8217;m not telling you to go running or jogging or weight lift or anything else&#8221;); and<\/li>\n<li>red palm oil (&#8220;the miracle solution of 2013&#8221; which he said could even prevent dementia and Alzheimer\u2019s).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/AmazonPremium-Beauty.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;AmazonPremium-Beauty&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/amzn.to\/3nwR9ph&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Amazon &#8211; Banner &#8211; Beauty Gift Guide&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#eee&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px|10px|10px|10px|false|false&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;1px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; global_module=&#8221;3399&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.6&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>That this over-educated mendicant is being taken seriously as a political candidate\u2014just as the under-educated Donald Trump was, and is\u2014may offer further evidence that (a) our country&#8217;s in critical condition and (b) its greatest threat may not be COVID nor all its spinoffs.<\/p>\n<p>In short, the fault lies not in our media stars, but in ourselves, as Cassius almost said to Brutus in Shakespeare&#8217;s &#8220;Julius Caesar.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.6&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>If Oz can be taken seriously as a candidate, who else from the personality pantheon might hit the hustings in the next couple of years? A very short list:<\/p>\n<p>1. DR. PHIL. While Phillip Calvin McGraw earned a doctorate in clinical psychology, the not-always-wrong Wikipedia reports he stopped renewing his license 16 years ago after ethics charges were made against him &#8220;for having an inappropriate non-physical relationship with a patient in 1989&#8230; for practicing psychology without a professional license or certification &#8230; and also for violating doctor-patient confidentiality regarding Britney Spears.&#8221; To summarize, he&#8217;s a disgraced former shrink and would fit right in with the disgraced public officials who used to be the Republican Party.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Adsense Horizontal&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.10.7&#8243; width=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; max_width=&#8221;90%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_module=&#8221;1433&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- gs_horizontal_new --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     style=&#8221;display:block&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-client=&#8221;ca-pub-8489921453224987&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-slot=&#8221;5069548950&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-format=&#8221;auto&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-full-width-responsive=&#8221;true&#8221;><\/ins><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/script>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;endingG&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.6&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>2. CHRIS CUOMO. Another celebrity whose job title can be preceded by the adjectives Former and Disgraced. Cuomo, who may be even more of a narcissistic on-camera preener\u00a0\u00a0than his former &#8220;great friend&#8221; and &#8220;brother&#8221; Don Lemon, is handsome, opinionated, buff, rude and, unlike a number of male members of Congress, blessed with what appears to be his original head of hair. His journalistic ethics are a perfect match for his actual brother Andrew&#8217;s overall code of honor (which I believe is &#8220;Grab and Go!&#8221;). Maybe he should run for the New York governor&#8217;s seat from which Andy resigned heartbeats before his own party&#8217;s legislative majority was going to impeach him. If voters are wary of electing someone whose only ethics violations seem to be as a newsman, rest assured that lil&#8217; brother Chris was also outed for groping a fellow employee, who wasn&#8217;t a fellow: &#8220;A veteran TV journalist said Friday that CNN anchor Chris Cuomo groped her in 2005 while they were both employees of Walt Disney Co. &#8216;s ABC News. &#8230; Cuomo said in a statement that the incident happened 16 years ago in a public setting,&#8221; according to the Wall Street Journal. Note that Chris&#8217;s explanation was that it occurred in the distant past and that he did it in front of lots of people. Ah, the old\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;Slime in Plain Sight&#8221; defense. Put that man on the ballot!<\/p>\n<p>Well, back to Dr. Oz. If he wins the seat, I&#8217;d like to propose a new motto for the state: &#8220;Pennsylvania. Founded by a Quaker. Represented by a quack.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Ed PBS&#8221; module_class=&#8221;yellowLink&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.6&#8243; text_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#E02B20&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;20px|53px|20px|53px|true|true&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;5px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; border_style_all=&#8221;dotted&#8221; global_module=&#8221;4088&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>ED TV? Ed Goldman <a href=\"https:\/\/vids.kvie.org\/show\/studio-sacramento\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discusses the outlook<\/a> for 2022 on KVIE-TV&#8217;s &#8220;Studio Sacramento&#8221; with host Scott Syphax and McClatchy California editor Marcos Breton at this <a href=\"https:\/\/vids.kvie.org\/show\/studio-sacramento\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.2&#8243; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto||0px|false|false&#8221; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; border_color_top=&#8221;#E02B20&#8243; global_module=&#8221;1122&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;About Ed&#8221; module_class=&#8221;AuthorBioBox&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.7&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Georgia||on||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#444&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px||10px||true|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/about-ed\/\">Ed Goldman&#8217;s<\/a> column appears almost every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 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