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Posted on 09/26/2022 3:33:18 PM PDT by conservative98
The principal intent of campaigns is to give voice to the candidates’ positions on major issues. When casting their ballots, voters consider personality, party allegiance, character traits and other factors. In Pennsylvania’s Senate election, a candidate’s personal health has come to the fore, and the outcome could be a key in determining control of the Senate.
In my experience, politicians who are not fully transparent in disclosing their health information can become vulnerable to the spread of misinformation, rumors and antics that detract from the candidate’s stances on major issues. That risk is playing out in the Fetterman-Oz race in Pennsylvania.
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But the Fetterman campaign has given the public little opportunity to clarify his medical issue. Over the years, my reporting has found that, for various reasons, doctors’ statements concerning a political leader are not always as complete as they should be. The Fetterman campaign has released only one statement from his cardiologist, in June. Although his campaign has said the candidate has received normal scores on cognitive tests, it has not released his full cognitive testing results or information from a neurologist about the stroke-affected area of his brain.
Mr. Fetterman may have avoided his health becoming a political issue had he, party officials and journalists met their civic responsibilities to check on his health when he entered the primary campaign. Mr. Oz, a former heart surgeon, only just released his own personal medical information, on Friday.
In an election, voters expect that candidates can fulfill their duties for a full term. In my view, no ailment should prevent individuals from seeking elected office provided they have disclosed their full medical information. Voters define and decide fitness for office.
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What kind of fantasyland is the writer living in? Look at Joe Biden. Then spout some bs about transparency.
What kind of fantasyland is the writer living in? Look at Joe Biden. Then spout some bs about transparency.
Huh?
All Republicans would be disqualified. No democRATs would ever be disqualified.
The weaponization of psychiatry is an old Stalinist tactic, and the 'RATs have already tried using it.
Years ago I read a biography of Jefferson where he said something like this:
Whenever a man puts himself forward for a public trust he casts aside all privacy. For how else can the people judge his worth for that trust except through his private dealings.
*Huh?*
I would refer you to Paula Jones.
Like biden
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