Kgo announces bad news coming from McCain's medical records tommorrow!

[ej510]

He's throwing it out during the weekend dump.

[ecstatic]

1. noooooo... i want to run against mccain!!! nt

[ej510]

2. SF Chronicle to run a big article tommorrow!

McCain will not release all of his medical records.

[MADem]

5. I'm betting he'll redact any info about "social" diseases, certainly.

He's acutually not releasing shit, IIRC. He's doing a "come in, you can LOOK, no pictures, no copies" thing.

Or so I thought.

[mcctatas]

7. Republicanism is a social disease

;)

[MADem]

11. Not always.

Lincoln wasn't so bad. Neither was Ed Brooke. Hell, MLK was a Republican.

Lately, though, they've managed to make it a pretty dirty word.

[ej510]

13. Bush has made it an expletive.

[Kool Kitty]

24. Don't be too sure. Just hearing the word

"republican" makes my nether parts itch. ;)

[SlipperySlope]

29. Teddy Roosevelt was a Republican

He was also arguably the first progressive President.

[Kool Kitty]

36. I know that. I was joking.

I make bad jokes, I'm a little smarter than I seem.

[SlipperySlope]

38. Well, if you're cute and the right gender...

...then I could come over and whisper "Republican" in your ear all night.

[Kool Kitty]

41. Oh, jeez-you got me all itchy!

:evilgrin:

[Spider Jerusalem]

60. So was Bob LaFollette.

But would they be Republicans today? I doubt it.

[anonymous171]

56. Roosevelt was the last good republican.

[MADem]

57. Ed Brooke was a great senator. Linc Chaffee was, too. NT

[ej510]

58. McCain had some great moments before he decided to kiss Bushes ass.

[MADem]

64. I have to say I never was on his page. His views on choice have always been out of line.

I think, anyway. I am much more of a social liberal than he is--which is probably why I liked Brooke and Chaffee.

McCain cultivated that "maverick" thing because it worked out west.

[hogwyld]

66. Eisenhower wasn't so bad if I recall correctly

Here are some excerpts from his presidency:

Negotiating from military strength, he tried to reduce the strains of the Cold War. In 1953, the signing of a truce brought an armed peace along the border of South Korea.

In domestic policy the President pursued a middle course, continuing most of the New Deal and Fair Deal programs, emphasizing a balanced budget. As desegregation of schools began, he sent troops into Little Rock, Arkansas, to assure compliance with the orders of a Federal court; he also ordered the complete desegregation of the Armed Forces. "There must be no second class citizens in this country," he wrote.

Before he left office in January 1961, for his farm in Gettysburg, he urged the necessity of maintaining an adequate military strength, but cautioned that vast, long-continued military expenditures could breed potential dangers to our way of life. He concluded with a prayer for peace "in the goodness of time." Both themes remained timely and urgent when he died, after a long illness, on March 28, 1969.

[napi21]

14. Yep, that's the way they're doing it, but they're allowing too many

medical prefessionals too much time for much if anything to remain secret. I listened to Gupta talking about this today. He said he has no doubt they will learn all the meaningful stuff.

I know If I were part of that group, we'd all work together. Split the pages up between us and do a thorough review of our own section and share the results. I suspect that's what is going to happen.

[ej510]

15. If his records show a reocurrence of cancer this could sink his canidacy.

[napi21]

40. I actually doubt they're going to show anything like that. More

important is his cholesterol levels, blood pressure, and other age related diseases.

[libnnc]

22. wasn't his nickname in the Navy "swamp dick"?

:scared:

[ej510]

50. You're right he will not release any damaging information.

[Radio_Lady]

47. This is the latest story I've seen... from March 2008. I know it's old, but I hadn't read it.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/NYT_Few_mention_McCains_melanoma_bout_0308.html

[ej510]

52. This may be a precursor of things to come.

[jasmine621]

3. Hope you have my posts that say McCain will NOT be the GOP

candidate come November. I think this my be the beginning.

[woolldog]

6. Maybe....I remember asking what would happen if he suddenly had

to drop out for medical reasons. There was a time his face looked really swollen and it got me to thinking....

[cliffordu]

32. Yep - I have believed for some time that he is just a place holder for

someone that will "energize the base" and not have a lot of time to defend themselves on the campaign trail....

IT means that Obama will get the full monty till the election and 'plan b' will only have to go through the 'vetting process' for the last several weeks or couple of months......

They'll be in just long enough to give the preachers time to get out the vote..


I dunno who that will be yet, but they HAVE to have a plan b....

[CitizenLeft]

4. he's a nutcase, that's what.

What was that a journalist was saying the other night? That they'll only have 3 hours to look over the medical records, can only take notes, no electronic devises allowed, and it'll be behind closed doors. Must be some toxic stuff in there.

[ej510]

8. Kgo's Christine Craft mentioned possibly skin cancer. I hope not

that would suck.

[ej510]

9. She also mentioned that he will try to cover up his medical

problems.

[newmajority]

25. He's had skin cancer before, so that wouldn't really come as a surprise

There's obviously something wrong with the left side of his head. It always seems to be bulging out, and the camera's usually shoot him from the opposite side as much as possible.

[MADem]

35. That's where they dug out all the cancer--they had to go deep, too. NT

[Youphemism]

28. He's already got melanoma

He's had two bouts with it. 40% chance of it returning. CNN had Dr. Gupta talk about it.

There are so many better reasons not to vote for him though.

With people like Karl Rove, that's the last republican mole I'd worry about.

[WA98296]

10. McCain is LIMITING access to his medical records to handful of SELECTED reporters who

may not make photocopies. Seems like a big deal.

[redstate_democrat]

12. PTSD? They need to thoroughly look through all physician notes for any hints.

[MadBadger]

16. Holy Josiah Bartlet Batman!

[ej510]

19. They are talking about his psychiatric records. And his avoidance of pschologist!

[ruby slippers]

51. is it erectile dysfunction? Bob Dole can help him with that.....

[ej510]

53. That is just wrong!

:rofl:

[babylonsister]

17. Link? I thought his med. records were already released, but we will

never see his psychological records. Is this recycled news?

[ej510]

21. This is all suppose to come out tommorrow morning.

[babylonsister]

27. I thought it had happened, but here's a link: nothing about mental health?

McCain to release 400 pages of medical records
Fri May 23, 2008 1:04am EDT


By Steve Holland

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Republican John McCain will release 400 pages of medical records on Friday to try to put to rest lingering questions about his health and ability to handle the rigors of the presidency.

McCain will be 72 in August and the oldest American ever elected to a first presidential term if he wins the November election.

One source of concern about McCain for many Americans is his age, and McCain has sought to address any questions by pursuing a vigorous campaign, but until now has not released detailed information about his health.

He is doing so under tightly controlled circumstances on the Memorial Day holiday weekend. A small group of reporters will be allowed to study the documents for three hours at a hotel conference room near a branch of the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. They may take notes but cannot make copies.

more...

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2254556520080523?sp=true

[ej510]

31. This is not the story that I was talking about. The SF Chronicle will

have a major story out tommorow. McCain was out here in the bay area and in sockton, ca today.

[babylonsister]

33. Fine, but my link/story is still valid, no? nt

[ej510]

37. Check out sfgate.com in the morning!

[dana_b]

18. I sincerely dislike him BUT I can't rejoice in someone's ill health. n/t

[SlipperySlope]

30. Bump

It is never in good form to rejoice in someone else's ill health.

[ej510]

34. I agree that's why I said I hope he does not have cancer again.

[lonestarnot]

20. And the worst news will remain a secret.

[ej510]

23. I agree.

[EFerrari]

26. I wonder. The info world gets smaller all the time. n/t

[ej510]

39. McCain made major mistake today by not talking to the bay area press.

He will be thoroughly vetted by the bay area press. If you snub them they take you down. Just ask Giambi and Bonds.

[EFerrari]

43. The press doesn't have that kind of power any more imo, but

since there is an exploding fusion of information streams, whatever he's trying to suppress will come out. There is no such thing as privacy any more, not really.

[ej510]

46. The press are owned by corporations and if the think that they will make a profit

they will run any story.

[EFerrari]

48. Exactly. So, it's not about journalism or even retribution but profit. n/t

[anigbrowl]

55. It's the newspaper business, not the newspaper service. But...

don't get the idea that public broadcasters are so different in other countries. They're not.

[Douglas Carpenter]

42. an interesting thought that crosses my mind, "Who would replace McCain as a nominee - if for some un

unexpected reason - he was unable to accept the nomination and run in the general election?"

Now I agree that's really getting ahead of things - and it is certainly macabre if not sinister to hope for the worst of medical news for anyone. "Rejoice not when thine enemy stumbles." to use the Biblical proverb.

Still, I think it is fair to say that Sen. McCain was probably the only candidate the Republicans had running for the nomination that even has a chance to win.

His two greatest protagonist Huckabee and Romney would have been far, far easier candidates to beat.

Romney doesn't have a personality and he is Mormon. Nothing against Mormon's, the late Morris Udall was a Mormon - but Democrats and social liberals don't care and most didn't know or were not interested. But The right-wing Evangelical base would have a REALLY big problem with that. Huckabee would satisfy the same folks who would have a problem with voting for a Mormon. But he would be completely unacceptable to almost everyone else within the Republican Party. The former New York Mayor Mr. Guiliani is in spite of being a complete total foreign policy nut-case that would make Paul Wolfowitz look relatively sane, is still essentially pro-choice and at least somewhat pro-Gay rights. That would completely split the GOP.

[ej510]

44. Giuliani has lost his luster in ny.

[my3boyz]

45. I absolutely do not wish him to be ill or anything like that but

I would really like it if Barack did not have to run against McCain (although I still think Barack would win). I think running against McCain is tougher for Dems. Mainly because Independents (and some Dems) like him. Yeah, we can tie him to Bush to a certain extent but he is a war hero and independents like him so it is a bit harder. I think it would be a landslide against any other Republican.

[ej510]

49. I agree. I would prefer Romney.

[Quixote1818]

54. The kind of Cancer he had, has a good chance of coming back

That would be my guess. Not that his cancer is back, but that it will probably be back during his term as president if he wins.

[Political Heretic]

59. I think they'd put huckabee up in his place if he couldn't run

I don't know what Romney would have to say about that and I don't know how it would work. But I think they only last hope would be to bank on the "aw shucks" "charm" of the Huckster for a win.

Between the two, I'd rather have Romney, but I'd be happy to take either of them on.

[texasleo]

61. shouldn't it be up by now?

[MonkeyFunk]

62. Well, they have a story up now.....

but his health sure isn't the headline.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/22/MN4I10R2RJ.DTL

McCain Talks Issues as Troubles Pile Up

(05-22) 16:03 PDT Union City - -- Facing a pile of controversial campaign troubles - including incendiary comments by televangelist John Hagee that forced him to reject Hagee's endorsement - Sen. John McCain tried mightily to shift the focus to economic issues and his Democratic opponent Barack Obama on Thursday during a California campaign swing.

McCain, speaking at a Silicon Valley forum on economic issues alongside Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, issued a renewed call for "comprehensive immigration reform" as a top agenda item for the next president. He called for a "temporary agricultural program," saying, "We need a way for an ordinary person to apply for citizenship in this country in a way that they can count on and trust."

Later, at an evening rally in Stockton, the Arizona senator and presumptive Republican presidential nominee launched into a slashing attack on Obama. He said the Illinois senator "doesn't have the knowledge, background or judgment to lead this country in these dangerous times," adding sarcastically that "for a young man with very little experience, (Obama) has done well."

Only a brief mention of his health records later in the story.

[TornadoTN]

63. A saw a small article run across my news reader about him not realeasing info

Apparently, he is refusing to share the details of his health record and will restrict access to it.

That's the only thing I see about his health anywhere right now.

[high density]

65. all of the headlines say he's doing great

Maybe in 24 business hours we'll know more.