Well, they skated on Palin's Medical Records, didn't they?

[TomInTib]

They knew they were going to lose, and just ran out the clock so as not to alienate her Base.

[redqueen]

1. Do they honestly think that if she tries to run again

that other conservative campaigns won't bring it right back up?

[The Wielding Truth]

2. Do they have to be regularly presented to the citizens of Alaska?

:shrug:

[opihimoimoi]

3. Her records include Psychiatric Care at the Fruit Fram?? When was taht?

[hisownpetard]

5. Personally, I like my Fruit Frams with a swirl of whipped cream on top!

[TomInTib]

11. Serve up a great pair of Fruit Frams....

and I will whip the cream.

[opihimoimoi]

13. Bwahahahaha.....LOL :o)

[dissemination]

4. They released a summary letter as did Obama.

[livetohike]

6. Do you have a link for that (summary letter)?

I don't remember seeing anything released on Palin's medical history except her verbal comments about her health.

[dissemination]

23. here you go. also it was posted here on DU:

http://www.mercurynews.com/politics/ci_10891122

[livetohike]

33. Thanks!

:-) I was out campaigning on the 3rd and working at the polls all day on the 4th. Obviously I missed it.

[nxylas]

7. What's the big deal with her medical records?

I keep seeing calls for them to be released, but what's supposed to be in them that is so damaging?

[TomInTib]

9. The options list is long.

Psychiatric care?

Was she really pregnant last year?

Meds?

Tubal ligation, five years ago?

[mtnsnake]

10. There is mounting speculation among scientists that she might not have a brain

and it's possible that her medical records would substantiate that.

[salguine]

27. No, it's 'cause she's no woman...she's a MAN, BABY!

[Skittles]

8. am I the only one not interested in seeing someone's medical records?

[JuniperLea]

12. I'd be curious to know why you wouldn't be

Interested in seeing the medical history of someone you are considering voting into the most powerful position on Earth, and their sidekick.

[trudyco]

16. Guess so. Seems natural and proper to require medical clearance

from a nonbiased source or bi-partisan panel at the least. Especially as this vice president had a higher than usual chance of becoming president due to McCain's age and past history. You want to make sure she wasn't likely to have a mental break down or die, too.

The fact that she stalled says a lot about her: she's arrogant like Bush and/or she's hiding something pertinent to the campaign. It says a lot about the media for not pushing it more, too.

[Skittles]

22. Palin had plenty wrong with her without going there

it's fucking asinine and stupid

[Owl]

29. Totally disagree.

[hisownpetard]

19. Yes.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

34. I'm interested if it can affect their performance in office

After President Woodrow Wilson's stroke in 1919, his wife, Edith, and the White House doctor, Cary Grayson virtually ran the government. Calvin Coolidge slipped into such a deep depression following the death of his son that he became a completely incapacitated President, sleeping 11 or 12 hours a day and unable to mentally concentrate, to the point that he turned the reins of his administration over to his wife as well.

I think any Presidential or Vice Presidential candidate owes it to the American people to reveal any physical or mental impairment either in their past or present that can affect whether they will be able to be effective either before they get elected and take the oath of office or any time thereafter.

As scary a notion as Sarah Palin might be as President, the thought of Todd Palin actually running things behind the scenes is even scarier.

[kskiska]

40. Wilson's wife wanted to run him for a THIRD term

but the Democratic Party refused to give him the nomination.

[jazzjunkysue]

14. Now that the GOP is done with her the truth about the baby will get leaked.

And there won't be a GOP force to defend her.

[KatyaR]

15. I was telling a friend today that I hope the press keeps tabs on

her daughter's pregnancy. If she doesn't have a baby in December, I think it should be all over the news--not because I want the daughter to suffer, but because I want the world to know they lied.

[truthisfreedom]

32. We've been pridicting for months that there will be no pictures of Bristol and she'll "miscarry"

conveniently sometime soon.

[BlooInBloo]

17. Um, *who's*?

[WritersBlock]

18. I had an interesting chat with my doctor today.

We got to talking about the election and I said, "Okay, you're a doctor. You tell me... a woman on her 5th pregnancy; she's in Austin, Texas, and her water breaks. So she gets on a plane and flies to Alaska and then has an hour-plus drive to a rural hospital to have the baby?"

He just smiled and shook his head. "Impossible. Never happened. She didn't have that baby."


:shrug:

[TomInTib]

25. Exactly

They just blew by that one, didn't they?

I am convinced that was a doll they were dragging around.

While I have no doubt there is a real baby, that was a doll.

[Ozma]

28. We can believe ANYTHING from that woman...........she is a farce, a true

phony, a real mess..........and the BEST the REPUBLICAN party has to offer in 2008 as a VP candidate.

WOW....now we know how DESPERATE Republicans are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And those that worship her..........let's hope a few of them wake up in the next few years. Oh, I know, it's a long shot, but some of them will die in auto accidents, too.

[Avalux]

36. Maybe Trig isn't hers or Bristol's.......maybe.......

She purposely and very quiety adopted a child with Down's syndrome as a way to turn herself into the 'ultimate' mother and pro-lifer; champion of children with special needs.

As ambitious as we know Palin is - this stunt is certainly within the realm of possibilities; she obviously has been thinking of ways to advance her political career for quite some time. Obtaining that child increased her stock in the GOP and may have been one of the reasons she was picked.

[PRETZEL]

39. Given her personality,

I very seriously doubt that she does anything purposely and quietly.

If she were to have done this, this would have been full front page news. That would have been more the story than Trig being Down Syndrome.

[PRETZEL]

38. Another question,

http://www.adn.com/626/story/382864.html

This is the ADN story about the birth of Trig,

Maybe it's me being dumber than Sarah herself, but would this be odd?

On Thursday she called her doctor and told her about the leakage, both the doctor and her agreed that it wasn't active labor (calling Dr. Frist,)

Gives her speech later that day, then high tails it to Alaska,

Next day, Sarah Palin is induced and Trig is born,

What triggered from not being in labor on Thursday in Texas to having to be induced within 24 hours in Alaska? All without her seeing a doctor along the way?

[Liberal_in_LA]

20. yep.

[amoreena]

21. Sarah Palin and her family could easily be on a Jerry Springer show

[TomInTib]

26. Welcome to DU, amoreena

And you are on the money, with that comment.

[leftofthedial]

24. those abortions wouldn't make the lunatic fringe happy.

[dissemination]

30. none according

to her doctor.


http://www.mercurynews.com/politics/ci_10891122

[leftofthedial]

31. I don't see where her doctor said yea or nay about abortions

[dissemination]

35. Read the part obout her pregnancies and perhaps you will understand.

[leftofthedial]

37. nothing yea or nay about abortions

"In the letter, Dr. Cathy Baldwin-Johnson, of Anchorage, Alaska, described Palin's pregnancies, including the birth of her son, Trig, earlier this year at 35 weeks." and then continues to describe the Trig pregnamcy.

:shrug:

[dissemination]

41. The report says she had 5 pregnancies. She has 5

live children.


If she has an abortion the report would say she had 6 pregnancies.

A women needs to be pregnant before she can have an abortion (or miscarriage).


Questions?

[leftofthedial]

42. the linked article doesn't say "5 pregnancies."

It says just "her pregnancies."

Maybe the report says more than is quoted in the article

plus, it is an interpretation to assume that the doctor would necessarily know about abortions. There is no evidence in this report that the pregnancies were observed or that evidence of them was observed clinically. Even if the report specifically said "5 pregnancies," it could merely be "5 pregnancies" that the patient told the doctor about.

This report is *not* medical records.

Questions?