“It is extremely satisfying to see a politician being made the rube by just the kind of sensationalism (in this case satiric) that they seem to adept at manufacturing these days.”
—Blogger Hudson Hongo, who latched onto Congressman John Fleming’s Facebook post, remarking on the Louisiana lawmaker’s falling for a satire story on The Onion about the opening of an $8 billion abortionplex.



Having been treated at Dr. Fleming’s clinic about 30 years ago, my spouse and I quickly determined there were better sources of health care around. My husband noted to the effect that there was a medical degree on the wall, but it certainly didn’t indicate where in his class he finished.
Our impression is that the doc has always been more interested in wheeling and dealing than human service. Medicine is a convenient sideline to garner big money contacts.