Oct 08 2008
What Does Sarah Palin Know, II?
Last week I posted on this topic, and I referenced the unreliability of the sources of information. I also stated that McCain needs to provide his medical records so we would know facts, not suppositions and innuendo based on external evidence. I stand by that argument.
In so doing, I’m obliged again to report a new medical concern for John McCain. Apparently, John McCain is taking an herbal supplement to enhance mental focus and energy. Ok, no biggie. Lots of people do that. This supplement also purports to aid in Alzheimers and dementia. Well… supplements claim all sorts of things, and generally come with a disclaimer that the statements are not FDA approved. Snake oil claims are often wrapped around otherwise innocent herbs. If my grandparents were living and I found them taking this, I’d check with a doctor to make sure the herbs wouldn’t negatively interact with other medications, and if the doctor said it was ok, I’d figure “probably won’t help, but can’t hurt, and might do some good, though unlikely to do what it’s claiming.”
Those are the disclaimers. Having said that – a 72 year old man taking, or being given by his campaign, herbs making this claim is alarming – not because the herbs are likely to do anything, but because it could suggest that either the man or the campaign has something to worry about.
I’ll go one step further. What if there has been a late breaking diagnosis? What if some of McCain’s unwillingness to look at Obama has more to do with being angry at being cheated out of his chance at the presidency, but knowing he needs to step aside? What if the oddness of the vice presidential candidate going against the wishes of the top of the ticket reflects her fighting back, with hopes that he wins, so that she steps in at a sooner than expected crucial moment?
Well – that last paragraph is conspiracy theory, and I don’t tend to live in that space. The blog that talks about the supplement reads a bit like conspiracy theory to me. But I persist in saying – until we have McCain’s medical records – odd health news has to carry some weight.
QT
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Hey Queen, nice site you have here.
I completely agree with you. Everything is on the table. If John McCain wants to know what Obama’s “real relationship” is with William Ayers and continues to push the idea that Obama isn’t being truthful, then I want him to be completely truthful as he claimed he was on Letterman last night. I want complete disclosure of all his medical records. I want Cindy McCain to make her tax records available. Lay it all out there, Maverick, or shut your piehole and go back to Arizona.
What’s good for the goose…
Hi Broadway Carl! Nice to see you here! I for my part, am sick as a dog (strep throat) on top of every thing else, so I’m not entirely coherent. But yeah. We have every right (and even responsibility) to insist on real answers… and as to the Ayers thing – I’m comfortable that the issue has already been fully vetted.
I’ll go one step further. It wouldn’t bother me a lick if Obama was quite well acquainted with Ayers or any other of the politicos in Chicago – many of whom are political liabilities. Chicago is what it is – coming out of Chicago politics means coming out of it with shady associations. The more pressing matter is what did you do with or for those associations? And with the exception of Rezko – Obama came out squeaky clean. Add in Rezko and you’ve got a spot the size of a pin on his record.
That – by the way – says a LOT about Sen. Obama… and people tend to forget that one of the reasons Obama ran so early in his career was because of timing, and because he hasn’t had time to really develop unfortunate relations. He’s always said – there won’t be another run, because he’ll be different next time.
That’s something to think about…
BTW – I am going to need a guest blogger or two, the way Bob has with JumpyPants. If you know someone who’d be interested, let me know. I realize that my schedule doesn’t let me blog as often as I should, but the pov of this blog is kinda different, and I’m needing someone who “gets it.”
QT