You will be after you read this.
Sure technically the Surgeon General’s powers are, well, none. And, it’s office has been used for political purposes before. So, I bother because this is a plain to see microcosm of how this government has been run.
Political cronies (aka Republicans) have been using his office to push the Republican and Right Wing theological platforms with impunity. Obliterating sound science from any public discourse. Demanding the inclusion of “Bush” at least three times on every page of any given speech. He was asked to make speeches to support Republican political candidates and to attend political briefings. They even went so far as to try to prevent him from attending the Special Olympics because it would help “them”. Whose them, you ask? No, not the hadicapped participants, that would be evil. But not as evil as the Kennedy’s, who are the “them” in this case.

The White House response will give you a final dry heave:

“It’s disappointing to us,” Ms. Lawrimore said, “if he failed to use this position to the fullest extent in advocating for policies he thought were in the best interests of the nation.”

Surgeon General Sees 4-Year Term as Compromised – New York Times

hat tip: Kate & Rachel