Group pushes for more detail on McCain's health

[Not a robought]

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/09/group_pushes_fo.html

With Sarah Palin's popularity, Democrats and supporters of Barack Obama are more directly raising the issue of John McCain's health.

MoveOn.org became the latest today, calling on McCain to release all his medical records. McCain, who turned 72 on the day he introduced Palin as his running mate earlier this month, would be the oldest person elected to a first term as president. And he has had several bouts of skin cancer.

"If McCain got sick while in office, the leader of the free world would be Sarah Palin -- someone with no foreign policy experience and a domestic agenda more extreme than George Bush's. Voters deserve to know how likely that might be," the leaders of MoveOn.org told members in an email today.

The antiwar group passed along a video made by its "friends at Brave New Films" that shows doctors discussing the risks and prognosis of melanoma. The video also points out that when McCain's campaign gave access in May to the last eight years of his health records and had doctors give him a clean bill of health, it only gave selected reporters about three hours to go through more than 1,000 pages.

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Today I got very acquainted with the numerous public flip flops Mc* has demonstrated. He is like a sheet in the wind that I find myself wondering where his judgement is if he truly stands for anything. His campaign, like him, looks very much like an empty vessel adrift in the waters of credibility.

He seems to flip flop so absentmindedly that I'm wondering how much his POW experience, his odd mix of advisers, spokespeople and lobbyist buddies, the campaign fatigue and the condition of his health have an effect on his brain. It's hard to keep up with Mc* and his spokespeople when he's contradicting them, himself or vice versa with mixed amateurish messages and baffling to watch amongst their onslaught of lies.

Mc* campaign is so tremendously underwhelming, so base pandering, I sometimes wonder if they're actually just looking to throw the election.

[Democat]

1. McCain has been looking confused during interviews lately

He seems to give random answers to questions, not always directly related to the questions that are asked. It's not clear if he isn't hearing the questions clearly or isn't understanding them, but either way it's pretty clear that the stress of the campaign is having some negative effects on his mental health.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

2. He seemed confused, and stumbled several times in his speech

in Tallahassee yesterday. DUer Jackpine Radical wrote of his?/her? concern here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6644909

[Claire Beth]

3. Good...because McShame seems a bit

confused at times and forgetful.

[polichick]

4. Neither of them is "all there" - McCain probably because of age & POW related illnesses...

...and Palin because she's simply insane. But anyone who would vote for them is not "all there" either.