Jackson Jambalaya

1) Does she have any medical qualifications?

2) How will this help the dreadful morale at the Dept. of Health?

More pandering to the wingnuts

Appointing people with no education or experience...

What's he trying to do, emulate Jackson's "leaders" methods to better fit in with the city?

Just because you're surrounded by morons Phil, doesn't mean you have to act like one too.

12:02: he's not acting. Barbour knew how to use such people. Bryant believes in them.

She has been nominated for a non physician position. No experience required. That being said, she has lots of experience watching how butchers like Dr. Booker caused the deaths of women ( above those killed in abortions).

There is nothing wrong with having a woman that is pro-life on that board. What's the matter with you "Phil haters"? Would you rather have a pregnant transgender man instead? Hmmmmm?

Personhood. Chewing out IHL. Now this among other things. Cliff Finch of 2013.

3:01 There are plenty of pro-life qualified physicians in the state; I wouldn't have a problem with any of them regulating my practice. They could give her non-voting observer status, like Eleanor Holmes Norton, to keep her from causing trouble in areas beyond her comprehension.

All of the above posts (both pro and con) assume that Teri Herring is a one dimensional, single issue political operative. While I don't know her well enough to call her a friend, I can say she is anything but that. It is true that her public persona is focused on the abortion issue. However, I have had to deal with her one-on-one and she comes across to me as an intelligent, informed conservative on a wide range of issues. Also, she is also politically savvy and has some charm. I suspect she will prove to be a very good Board of Health member.

I don't know much about Herring so I really don't have an opinion one way or the other.

4:57 you say Terri isn't a one-issue voter. I know her well, and in my opinion she is absolutely a one-issue voter. Pro-life issues are the only ones she cares about. I think there are better and less-divisive people that could be nominated to serve.

She has stopped all bills that banned abortion! Why? Because they would cost her a job.

704. When your husband is a millionaire developer Clint Herring, losing a paycheck ain't a concern.

If the goal is to ban abortion, one would simply lobby for a bill where the state board requires the abortionist to have hospital privileges. You know, because you botch so many of then and hesitate to call them ambulances. When that happens, mommy dies too

Yes Clint is a millionaire Who came to town with nothing. He has done well honestly.

So much for Bobby Jindal’s suggestion that we "stop being the Stupid Party." First a school prayer law and now an abortion clinic protester on the Board of Health.

While Phil panders to the dumbest common denominator of the electorate, the democrats celebrate. This is the kind of idiocy that democrats use to substantiate their claim that the Republican Party is waging an evangelical Christian jihad against women. Dumbass moves like this make national news and get spread like wildfire thanks to prominent left-wing blogs. We lost 67% of single female voters in the last election. Pandering stunts like this do nothing to close that shameful gap.

If Phil gives a rip about the Republican Party winning again, he should put Granny’s Bible away and focus on things that matter. In other words, stop acting like the village’s evangelical idiot.

I'm sure the Ayatollahs and Imans in Iran approve.
Fanaticism trumping competence is working so well there.

I have had a few converstions with her and been to her home. In my view she would be as most are saying a one issue board member. T me this makes the Guv look like a democrat. Here's why - the democrats are a collection of folks who are will to sell their entire vote for support on one issue that is dear to them. Suppose yu are a big "green earth" type person. Welcome to the Demoractic party. We will support you on green earth iss use. In return you support us on gay marrage, abortion, illegal immigrants, gun cntrol, Obomacare, cutting miltiary spending, unions, affermative action,

but wait don't the Republicans do the same thing. Want to vote against abortion, vote rebuplication. But then you are also voting against .....all these things. The difference as I see it is that you can take the Republicans and put ther list of things together and actually govern the country in a logical way. The Domoractic posistions are a bunch of unrealted thins that cannot be combined into a geverning strategy that has any chance of being sucessful.
Boom like I agree with a lot of folk - get someone who is against abortion but also has a widrer range of knowledge about healthcare.

What? Was Roy McMillin not available?

"The difference as I see it is that you can take the Republicans and put ther list of things together and actually govern the country in a logical way"

This happens to be false. The GOP wants low taxes, high defense spending, and realizes it's stuck with Medicare and Social Security because those are welfare for its base. That can't add up. Not that the Democrats' ideas cohere either, but don't kid yourself that they are any more confused than the Republicans.