Lieberman: I've Talked To Doctors, McCain "Will Live To 85 At Least"

[Fleshdancer]

With friends like Lieberman....

:rofl:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/27/lieberman-promises-voters_n_138278.html

In an audio clip of the Tampa, Florida, event obtained by the Huffington Post, Lieberman acknowledged that he has spoken "to doctors and insurance actuaries" about McCain's health, "because I get asked this question so much."

"People say to me, oh jeez, he's 72 and he's got skin cancer," Lieberman said, adding: "I can tell you he's been in remission for eight years. Secondly, I talked -- because I get asked this question so much -- I talked to doctors and insurance actuaries. And they tell me based on McCain's age, his health, including skin cancer, he'll live till at least 85. And probably longer."

[Ian David]

1. Joe LIEberman is McCain's Medical Proxy under Connecticut's Domestic Partner law, so he should know.

Some people say.

[holiday]

23. He's a joke

[stray cat]

2. So Lieberman is playing god? Last I heard life span wasn't a guaranteed product

[LSparkle]

3. We're supposed to accept the prediction of "Joementum"???

He's been SO right about SO many things ...

:eyes:

[TheGambit]

4. Can he tell me how long I will live?

[Raven]

5. They are really down to the short straws, aren't they? Wow! n/t

[Riddler]

6. He may be "expected" to live until 85, but I doubt any doctor or insurance actuary said he WILL live

to 85.

[billyoc]

7. I hope you both live to 150.

Go away now.

[kwolf68]

8. Joe...don't go away mad

JUST GO AWAY

[tpi10d]

9. he's missed his calling

Fortune teller, soothsayer-low budget.

[RagAss]

27. Yeh...Drive-Thru Fortunes by Bert the Turtle !

[votetastic]

10. Lieberman would have us believe that McCain's doctors

violated HIPAA?

[BurtWorm]

11. In other words, don't NOT vote for McCain just because Palin is a peabrain?

Isn't that what he's really saying here? Don't not vote for McCain because he made a stupid choice for veep, because his doctor says the american people and the world won't have to pay for his mistake even if we elect him?

Brilliant logic, droopy.

:eyes:

[Two Sheds]

12. I know you think he'll die in office BUT...

I have asked scores of professionals if THEY think John McCain will die in office and they all say "No. I do not think that John McCain will die in office."

What an idiot. Just for "he's 72 and he's got skin cancer."

Why, other than being a shill for the insurance industry, would you ask an actuary about a specific medical history?

[grantcart]

13. and when is he going to have his stroke lol

[DebbieCDC]

14. Oh, so now Moses is making health predictions huh?

[Fleshdancer]

46. I wonder if he'll predict my life span

I should write and ask :D

[Gidney N Cloyd]

15. I'm glad MY friends aren't trying to calculate how long I'll live.

That's just creepy (if true).

[AlCzervik]

16. i wish Lieberman would get caught with a hooker and a pool boy and maybe some livestock.

[Two Sheds]

18. not now! Not when he's doing such great things for Obama/Biden

by not being able to shut up.

[Gato Moteado]

17. it was dr. frist he had talked to.....

...and frist made the diagnosis from a couple photographs of mccain.

[Happyhippychick]

19. Joe: "I spoke to Miss Cleo and she swears he's going to meet a handsome stranger."

[Arrowhead2k1]

20. You can do that? I have to call my doctor and get an estimate myself.

[Feron]

21. But will he be mentally competent?

Thats the big question.

True, age doesn't necessarily mean that you will be senile. My great aunt is 89 and is sharp as a tack.

But some of McCain's behaviors remind me of my grandmother before we found out that she had dementia. And that disturbs me.

The longer the campaign drags on, the more McCain loses it. That doesn't bode well for preforming well in a super high stress job like the presidency.

And god help this country if Palin becomes president.

[Cha]

22. Good ..he'll have a nice long life

to contemplate his shit.

[yellowcanine]

24. To be fair, maybe Joe showed a video of McGrumpy to Bill Frist.

And Fristy was able to do a diagnosis that McGrumpy appears to be "responsive."

[Fleshdancer]

28. That's the only answer that makes any sense

Lieberman must have called Frist. :rofl:

[Strawman]

25. Wow. He's morphed completely into Bill Frist

[BootinUp]

31. lol nt

[karynnj]

26. NO doctor would ever make that statement of anyone

not even an 84 year old in perfect health - there is no conditional word here.

[ddeclue]

29. If Lieberman said it, you know it's a lie.n/t

[BlueIdaho]

30. A drooling vegetable - but yes, 85 it is! nm.

[yardwork]

32. Who'd he ask - Bill Frist? mwahahahaha!

[JBoy]

33. No real actuary would write you a policy to reflect that. In fact they'd bet against it.

[goclark]

34. Trader Joe is really going off the deep end.

[No Elephants]

39. Trader Joe LIEberman or Traitor Joe LIEberman? Works either way.

[Kadie]

35. Dr. Frist maybe?

:rofl:

[doc03]

36. I've had melanoma myself and

I was told I have about an 83% chance of surviving 5 years because mine was caught very early. John McCain's looks like it was pretty well advanced and he had I think 3 bouts with it so far I would say is chances of living 5 years more less than 50/50.

[No Elephants]

42. Exactly. His brain is fried. When he forgets something, he starts over from the beginning, like

the recordkeeper in Kunta Kinte's African tribe. It's sad, except that it makes me mad that he insists on running for President. I mean, he must have noticed that he's losing it. If not, the people around him, proppping him up, must have noticed.

And why are LIEberman, Palin and/or Cindy always standing right behind him through his speeches? It's bizarre.

[rniel]

37. Great

I hope he runs again in 2016 and gets the republican nomination.

[opihimoimoi]

38. Living till 85 don't mean crap if your brain is comp'd like his is...McLost is already babbling

incoherently...look at um....we gonna do this and we gonna do that...yeah...my ass he will.

[AZBlue]

40. Yeah, but did they say what Wednesday's powerball numbers would be?

I mean, since they're psychic and all...

[Rocknrule]

41. I'll bet Lieberman performed McCain's prostate exam personally

[yellowcanine]

43. Horrible horrible mind picture. Thanks a lot.

[greenbriar]

44. did he diagnose Teri Schivo too?

jebus they are ignorant

[Monk06]

45. Well then he has fifteen years to enjoy his retirement. n/t