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Questions Linger About McCain's Prognosis After Skin Cancer
Washington Compost ^

Posted on 10/17/2008 6:57:20 PM PDT by Chet 99

By David Brown

Washington Post Staff Writer

Saturday, October 18, 2008; Page A04

In May, the presidential campaign of 72-year-old cancer survivor John McCain tried to put to rest doubts about his health by allowing a few reporters to inspect his medical records, but the effort has failed to quell questions about his odds of surviving an eight-year tenure in the White House.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2008; health; mccain; mccainrecord; mccaintruthfile
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To: Chet 99

Just Obama trying to rile up the Anti-Palin crowd.


21 posted on 10/17/2008 7:06:17 PM PDT by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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To: Lancey Howard

“I was wondering, if Obama’s gay lover Larry Sinclair is HIV positive now, was he positive in 1999 when he and Obama had gay sex and did cocaine in the back of that limousine in Chicago?”

You know, I’m going to have to ask for forgiveness in my prayers tonight. Because my firs thought after reading that is: “I hope so.”

Mom taught me to never wish ill on others. Sorry mom.


22 posted on 10/17/2008 7:07:28 PM PDT by brownsfan (Algore makes P.T. Barnum look like a piker.)
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To: Chet 99

The hospital where I work employs a surgeon who is over 80 years old and is one of the best surgeons you could have. I’ve seen him cure many terrible wounds and save many a life.

Age can also mean experience you know. McCain has 25 years in the Senate, Obama working on 4.


23 posted on 10/17/2008 7:08:17 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Chet 99
...but the effort has failed to quell questions about his odds of surviving an eight-year tenure in the White House.

Right off the top the premise is wrong. McCain needs to win the first term before he can even think of a second. There is no statute (or moral obligation) of any sort that if one runs for the Presidency that one is obligated to be healthy enough to serve for two terms. This is really beyond belief.

24 posted on 10/17/2008 7:09:22 PM PDT by torchthemummy (Why Is The Educational Establishment Comfortable With Ayers' Unrepentent Radicalism (Terrorism)?)
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To: Chet 99

Next question from the MSM. “Let’s see Joe the Plumber’s health records”.


25 posted on 10/17/2008 7:09:38 PM PDT by 6SJ7 (Welcome PUMAs!)
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To: brownsfan
Mom taught me to never wish ill on others. Sorry mom.

I know what you mean. It is hard to show restraint and not tempt karma when talking about a group of people who see the worst in our country and delight when people have suffered the past several years so that they can gain some sort of political advantage.

26 posted on 10/17/2008 7:09:45 PM PDT by CatOwner
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To: Chet 99

Did Obama fry his brains with drugs? Enquiring minds want to know.

Release his health records!


27 posted on 10/17/2008 7:10:36 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Chet 99

We only elect our Presidents for 4 years, so his 8 year prognosis is immaterial.


28 posted on 10/17/2008 7:13:49 PM PDT by brytlea (Obama--Keep the change!)
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To: John W

HIPAA. Yeah, IIRC Clinton pushed that thru, Right? Billy Jeff never released his records either. Damned shame for algore that the heart attack happened after 2000.


29 posted on 10/17/2008 7:14:57 PM PDT by hotshu (Words are good in a polite society, bullets may become necessary in an uncivil one.)
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To: Chet 99

McCain? What about Barack Hussein Obama? As a Black man, he is more prone to high blood pressure, sickle cell anemia, heart disease and AIDS. I’d say we need to investigate his medical background.


30 posted on 10/17/2008 7:16:09 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Barack Hussein Obama will get rid of your guns.)
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To: torchthemummy

I think he has already said he wants only one term.


31 posted on 10/17/2008 7:16:23 PM PDT by hotshu (Words are good in a polite society, bullets may become necessary in an uncivil one.)
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To: Chet 99

McCain isn’t doing 8 yrs. Governor Palin can run after his first and only term. He knows that is all he needs to do.


32 posted on 10/17/2008 7:16:43 PM PDT by Twinkie (DEMOCRATS ARE SOCIALISTS / COMMUNISTS . . .)
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To: Chet 99

So I guess Biden’s history of aneurisms isn’t a concern, although with some of the things Joe comes up with, he might want to have his head examined again. Having slanted eyes these days can’t be helping with the blood flow that much.


33 posted on 10/17/2008 7:17:55 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Chet 99

Obama is an admitted drug user, and smoker. He should release his medical records.

When McCain’s campaign was strapped for cash, I saw a video of his carrying his own bags in the airport. I admit at that moment I knew I could vote for him. I felt he had the stamina to be president.


34 posted on 10/17/2008 7:19:59 PM PDT by I still care (A thousand screaming Germans, some fake columns and swooning girly-men does not a campaign make.)
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To: Chet 99

Obama’s mother died of cancer at a young age, has any of the media asked about his risk factors?


35 posted on 10/17/2008 7:21:05 PM PDT by rabidralph (Yeah, she's all that.)
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To: Question Liberal Authority
"What are the odds of a 47 year old African American smoker who used to perform gay sex for drug money living for the next 4 years?"

And being married to Michelle-my-Belle sure isn't going to help with longevity.

36 posted on 10/17/2008 7:21:38 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Chet 99

Do these idiots not realize that the President has access to the best healthcare in the world? If he has so much as a headache, he’s going to get all kinds of tests. The odds of sudden death of a President are extremely small. Granted, he could get cancer, but even that’s likely to be detected early enough for surgery to “cure” or for other treatment to at least greatly prolong his life.


37 posted on 10/17/2008 7:22:48 PM PDT by NinoFan
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To: Question Liberal Authority

Or perhaps his high blood pressure from living with Michelle.
Or what about Biden’s brain?


38 posted on 10/17/2008 7:31:38 PM PDT by donnab (Will the real Obama please stand up?)
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To: Chet 99

Hmmmmm. Wonder what the wash post is so worried about. Does it look like their client, BO, is slipping in their internal polls? Why else would they drag this out and try to run it up the flagpole again? For the 12 time, by my own personal count. I think this is a positive development.


39 posted on 10/17/2008 7:44:30 PM PDT by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours.)
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To: Chet 99

I’m a melanoma survivor. You either are cured or they tell you to go home and put your affairs in order because you’ll probably be dead in a year. My doc admits that the skin damage occurred 45 years ago and so although I use a 40 spwhatever, I don’t hide from the sun. You gotta die from something.


40 posted on 10/17/2008 7:50:37 PM PDT by Mercat
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