Posted on 10/09/2022 1:29:35 PM PDT by conservative98
Of all the issues defining the U.S. Senate race between Republican Mehmet Oz and Democrat John Fetterman, Mr. Fetterman’s health should rank close to last. Even so, it has loomed large in an increasingly tight contest for a potentially pivotal U.S. Senate seat. Mr. Fetterman can diminish the influence of this distracting side-issue by releasing his medical records now and allowing reporters to question his physician.
In September, a Post-Gazette editorial called on both U.S. Senate nominees to release their medical records. Mr. Oz, 62, released his two days later, indicating he was in good health. Mr. Fetterman, 53, who suffered a life-threatening stroke in May, has not released his.
As a matter of transparency, all candidates for a major political office should release their medical records, disclosing conditions that might affect their ability to serve. Medical records are not a perfect indicator of health, but they are more reliable than biased and self-serving assessments by the candidates themselves.
That said, medical records are not a reason to vote for a candidate. Other, far more important considerations, including character and positions on key issues, should determine which candidate a voter supports. Nor are medical records any guarantee of how healthy a person will be two years from now.
By not releasing his medical records, however, Mr. Fetterman is elevating their importance and generating suspicions that may be entirely unwarranted. Mr. Fetterman’s failure to release his medical records has allowed Mr. Oz to make Mr. Fetterman’s health a major campaign issue.
Mr. Fetterman also is showing a fundamental lack of faith in people’s ability to put health into perspectives and fairly decide his overall fitness for office.
(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...
“The results of this election could determine which party controls the U.S. Senate. Mr. Fetterman can stop inflating the importance of his medical records by releasing them now.”
The PPG Editorial Board is getting worried.
RCP Adjusted Poll Avg Oct. 9 Oz +2.2.
RCP Projection: Republican Hold.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2022/senate/elections-map-rcp-projection.html
And Friday onThe Sean Hannity Show...
Matt Towery: Dr. Oz is really catching fire in Pennsylvania in the last week and a half. When they start accusing you of killing puppies, that’s when you know they are really nervous. It’s just ridiculous. I see Pennsylvania as really potentially going Republican.
John McLaughlin: It’s headed for the Republicans now.
How did a thug like Fetterman get to be Louie Governator?
They don't actually care, but still want to make themselves believe they appear somewhat neutral.
When a commie like Fetterman has lost the libtard PPG, he’s in trouble.
Not hard to imagine that 38% of Democrat voters are hard left, is it?
Serious medical issues are now a side issue
Thanks.
He seems to have a bit more git-up-and-go than the usual fascist-commie AntiFa. Not sure about now, in his present state.
> When a commie like Fetterman has lost the libtard PPG, he’s in trouble. <
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette used to be a reliably liberal mouthpiece. But they’ve definitely moved to the right in recent years. I’m not sure what prompted the change, but their editorials are now way more balanced.
Well, the PPG editors apparently don’t know that the Republican candidate is a medical doctor and should be called “Dr. Oz”, not “Mr. Oz”.
Nothing has been done by the RINO-controlled legislature to address any of the 2020 fraud. What’s to stop Philly and Pittsburg from ‘finding’ enough cheat-by-mail-in ballots that can be counted up to a week after the election, when they will know how many votes they need to get ahead of the Republican? Dr. Oz, endorsed by Trump, defeated the Turtle’s pick McCormick, and of course the RINOs hate MAGA Mastriano. RINOs will be happy to again turn a blind eye to cheating.
“Mr. Fetterman’s health should rank close to last”
What a bunch of BS that is.
Lamb fools a lot of people because he talks like a moderate.
“Pittsburgh Post-Gazette” attempting to be helpful to the Democrat. /sarc Of course they know the reason that Fetterman will not release the records, and they don’t really care despite the editorial handwringing.
It might do him more harm to release them, depending on what they would reveal. Hiding and covering things up always invites negative inferences.
It's likely phoniest fetterman's thug act was more polished before he stroked out.
The guy is uninspiring, completely lacking in leadership skills.
He is a hoodie running for the Senate.
Who are his voters and how to they care for themselves?
“It might do him more harm to release them, depending on what they would reveal.”
What’s the risk? Just get him elected and then if he meets misfortune, the Dem governor can just appoint another Dem, who will have the advantage in the next election.
You bet, Post Gazette! Other things are much more important than supporting another mentally challenged individual to high office.
Primarly what is required is a nice, presentable leftist who will vote thoughtlessly for our collective national decline.
One thing that is clear, though, is that journalism needs an intellectual high colonic.
Well, the PPG editors apparently don’t know that the Republican candidate is a medical doctor and should be called “Dr. Oz”, not “Mr. Oz”.
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I wonder what they call Jill Biden?
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