McCain delays releasing medical records again, raising suspicion
John Byrne
Published: Friday April 4, 2008
Declined to provide files three times to New York Times
A little noticed remark in the press is generating heat for McCain's presidential campaign.
On Wednesday, McCain's campaign told CNN that the Arizona senator's medical file would be produced May 15. Trouble is, they previously said they'd be released April 15, and they've refused to turn the records over to the New York Times on at least three occasions.
This has led some on the left to question, "What's he hiding?" -- as is the banner headline on the politics section of liberal blog, The Huffington Post.
"Mr. McCain has yet to make his full medical records or his physicians available to reporters," the Times veteran medical correspondent Dr. Lawrence Altman penned in March. "At least three times since March 2007, campaign officials have told The New York Times that they would provide the detailed information about his current state of health, but they have not done so. The campaign now says it expects to release the information in April."
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While there is nothing to be ashamed of if he has PTSD, it is a question that needs to be answered, now more than ever as he tries to become the President. We've all seen enough of the side problems PTSD causes to know we have a right to worry. His anger issues, mood swings, memory loss are all issues that need to be addressed. Above all is the fact that experts say the rate of PTSD in people who have been tortured is 100%, assuming this is correct, the American people have a right to know if McCain is mentally disabled and at what level if he is to be even considered for the job of President. As President he will have to make very important decisions, deal with world leaders and have very clear thinking. While McCain's age is a concern, it is not the most pressing one.
McCain wants to run on being a POW Veteran and seems to believe this alone qualifies him to lead the nation as well as stand as Commander-in-Chief, however his voting record is something he is either apparently avoiding or forgetting about. His record on veterans issues as well as the care of the Armed Forces plainly sucks. It's one thing for the media to think he's charming, but I want the media to think more about his ability than his charm. They already showed how little they care about who leads this nation when they adopted Bush and pushed him on the public instead of asking and investigating answers.
Showing posts with label Senator Hothead. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Senator Hothead. Show all posts
Friday, April 4, 2008
Thursday, March 6, 2008
PTSD question follows McCain as "Senator Hothead"
It doesn't come easy for battle-scarred McCain
Reuters Wednesday, 05 March 2008
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
John McCain secured the Republican presidential nomination as the ultimate survivor – winning it eight years after his first failed attempt and decades after cheating death in the Vietnam War.
Easy to laugh and easy to anger, McCain carries with him the scars of battle in both armed conflict as a naval pilot and in the political wars of Washington as a US senator from Arizona.
The 71-year-old McCain would be the oldest American ever elected to a first presidential term if he is able to defeat the Democrats' choice in the November election. He is also a cancer survivor, having undergone surgery for two malignant melanomas in 2000.
Polls initially put him in a strong position to compete against either Democrat Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.
That would seem at least in part a credit to a strategy aimed at attracting independent and moderate voters rather than exclusively courting the Republican Party's right wing.
On the campaign trail, he often travels with his wife, Cindy, and has a repertoire of old jokes that he tells repeatedly, such as, it is so dry in Arizona that the trees chase the dogs.
Or there was one about the man who came up to him and said, "'Did anybody ever tell you, you look like Senator John McCain?' I said yes. He said, 'Doesn't that make you mad as heck?"'
A hawk on military matters, McCain served as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee when Republicans held control of the Senate in recent years and is now a ranking member for the minority party.
Sometimes known by his colleagues as "Senator Hothead," McCain can be quick to lose his temper, which is what happened last May when he and Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn quarrelled over the details of proposals to deal with illegal immigration.
"(Expletive) you! I know more about this than anyone else in the room," McCain was said to have told Cornyn.
Reuters Wednesday, 05 March 2008
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
John McCain secured the Republican presidential nomination as the ultimate survivor – winning it eight years after his first failed attempt and decades after cheating death in the Vietnam War.
Easy to laugh and easy to anger, McCain carries with him the scars of battle in both armed conflict as a naval pilot and in the political wars of Washington as a US senator from Arizona.
The 71-year-old McCain would be the oldest American ever elected to a first presidential term if he is able to defeat the Democrats' choice in the November election. He is also a cancer survivor, having undergone surgery for two malignant melanomas in 2000.
Polls initially put him in a strong position to compete against either Democrat Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.
That would seem at least in part a credit to a strategy aimed at attracting independent and moderate voters rather than exclusively courting the Republican Party's right wing.
On the campaign trail, he often travels with his wife, Cindy, and has a repertoire of old jokes that he tells repeatedly, such as, it is so dry in Arizona that the trees chase the dogs.
Or there was one about the man who came up to him and said, "'Did anybody ever tell you, you look like Senator John McCain?' I said yes. He said, 'Doesn't that make you mad as heck?"'
A hawk on military matters, McCain served as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee when Republicans held control of the Senate in recent years and is now a ranking member for the minority party.
Sometimes known by his colleagues as "Senator Hothead," McCain can be quick to lose his temper, which is what happened last May when he and Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn quarrelled over the details of proposals to deal with illegal immigration.
"(Expletive) you! I know more about this than anyone else in the room," McCain was said to have told Cornyn.
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It's almost as if he thinks he deserves to be President because he is a veteran. We all know what he did since he got into the Senate and he has not been a good veteran. Voting against veterans should remove any doubt that when it comes to veterans, his record speaks too loudly.
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