Senile old geezer in the Whitehouse

Pragmatist · 07-22-2008, 12:40 PM

Daily Kos: State of the Nation

Check out the videos on the above link and tell me this is actually the guy you want running the country.

Pragmatist · 07-22-2008, 12:53 PM

Not to mention the fact he has one foot in the grave. Just the type of guy well suited to one of the most difficult and stressful jobs imaginable!

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McCain's health terrible
John McCain and his handlers finessed nicely his dreadful medical records which were released last Friday. They opened them up to only a handful of media outlets on a Friday afternoon before the long Memorial Day weekend. Simultaneously, they cynically announced that McCain would host a barbeque for three men, all touted in various quarters as possible vice presidential candidates when in fact none of them would be acceptable to Republicans. There was Mitt Romney, McCain's arch rival, and a Mormon who has a poor following. The 35-year-old Governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, a man of South Asian descent with a fraction of the experience in politics that Obama has. And finally, Charlie Crist of Florida, who many believe is gay -- a lifestyle that the religious in the Republican party would never abide.
It was all manipulation designed to take attention away from the fact that John McCain's health is pretty terrible which has frightening implications for the country and its economy should he be elected. Frankly, he's falling apart which not only raises the issue as to whether he will die in office but, most importantly, whether he will be sick, in pain, anxious or preoccupied with health near-misses if he should win the White House.
I think the guy's a medical mess and here are the highlights which were buried in other news (Hillary's reference to Bobby Kennedy's assassination that same day overtook all political coverage):
-- We all know that he has Stage II melanoma which means that he must undergo extensive tests every month. There must be blood tests, catscans and his body has to be carefully examined from top to bottom. He is one lesion away from Stage III which is fatal at his age.
-- He has serious arthritis and may need a joint replacement. Which joints are involved here were unspecified.
-- He recently had benign polyps removed from his colon.
-- He has dizzy spells.
-- He was treated for an enlarged prostate
-- He underwent cataract surgery
-- He suffers from vertigo.
-- He takes medication for high cholesterol
-- He had early stage squamous cell cancer this year.
I'm no physician but anyone will tell you that the lifespan of anyone who has had serious heart problems or cancer before their 70th birthday isn't going to make the cut. Conversely, if someone has remained cancer and heart disease free until that age they can expect to live to 87 years on average.
Voters, and one in five Republicans, are concerned about his age. I'm not but I'm concerned about his health. Reagan was as fit as a fiddle and slightly younger when first elected. Even so, toward the end he began exhibiting symptoms of the alzheimers that he eventually succumbed to.
A poll last week by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center found that 50 percent of registered voters say they're less likely to support a candidate in his 70s -- higher than the share of voters who would be less likely to support a Muslim (48 percent), or a gay (46 percent), or a Mormon (32 percent). That poll didn't mention McCain by name, but Pew did so in a separate survey and found that 19 percent of Republicans deem him too old for the job.
On top of it all is the fact that the medical records and opinions trotted out about McCain came from his personal physician and friend.
I think Americans deserve a second opinion.

Notmyrealname · 07-22-2008, 01:05 PM

I'm not really going to judge McCain on these videos alone... but that's not to say this point doesn't have some teeth.

McCain is getting old, and you can tell he has some medical problems. I believe it will play a role in the campaign, rightly so.

And so it proves what I say... if Obama loses this election it really won't have anything to do with Republicans. It will be because Obama couldn't get the white democrat vote.

sid2112 · 07-22-2008, 01:26 PM

You lost me at Daily Kos.

ViperOne · 07-22-2008, 02:12 PM

I hate the fact McCain will be in the White House but he is better, even though just marginally, than the ever so dim Senator Obama.

Pragmatist · 07-22-2008, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by sid2112

You lost me at Daily Kos.

The vids weren't manufactured at Daily Kos but I understand your refusal to see what is apparent to normal people.

Pragmatist · 07-22-2008, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ViperOne

I hate the fact McCain will be in the White House but he is better, even though just marginally, than the ever so dim Senator Obama.

What a fuckin stupid remark. McCain is about as sharp as a marble compared to Obama.

Ronin Tetsuro · 07-22-2008, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Pragmatist

What a fuckin stupid remark. McCain is about as sharp as a marble compared to Obama.

Don't expect sense from some Americans. Television and caffeine has made them dullards, totally uninterested in reality or logic. Just looking for their next fix and whoever will give it to them will be their god of the hour.

Just junkies filling out ballots.

tagurit · 07-22-2008, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Ronin Tetsuro

Don't expect sense from some Americans. Television and caffeine has made them dullards, totally uninterested in reality or logic. Just looking for their next fix and whoever will give it to them will be their god of the hour.

Just junkies filling out ballots.

Yep, you're right.

Quote by Goldwater: " You can ask for Obamas acomplishments all day but Democrats don't care if he has any."

Dullards just buying the label on an empty box.

Pragmatist · 07-22-2008, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by tagurit

Yep, you're right.

Quote by Goldwater: " You can ask for Obamas acomplishments all day but Democrats don't care if he has any."

Dullards just buying the label on an empty box.

What the fuck do you want him to have done? Solve world hunger as an Illinois senator? The guy is sharp and he is intelligent. It's about time we stuck somebody in their with some brains and not a fuckin 72 yr old set in his pacificistict ways (like that word?). Give me somebody younger and smarter and I don't give a shit what color his skin is.