Slog - Comments on Going After McCain's Health http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health I read this morning that this ad was coming (helped along by DNC Chairman Howard Dean's brother, who runs Democracy for America, one of the groups behind the spot). Here it is, via Ben Smith: It's the kind of thing that Democrats always say Republicans would do if the shoe were on the other foot—and then don't do themselves. But now it's being done. As for the substance, the ad, it seems to me, makes a pretty legitimate point. (In it's own partisan, scary-picture-showing way of course.) As Andrew Sullivan says: Release all the candidate's medical records. There are basic... Copyright 2008 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:45:01 -0800 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:12:03 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Medina Slimey and sleezy politics. Don't go there. Dude is done either way.

]]> Medina http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150271 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150271 2008 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:00:28 -0800 Comment by eliza Nope; laying out the facts is necessary. McCain is worse than a pig in a poke.

]]> eliza http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150277 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150277 2008 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:03:36 -0800 Comment by Juris Next ad:

"John McCain: He's got that old man smell. You know what we're talking about, America. Yuck."

]]> Juris http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150279 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150279 2008 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:04:58 -0800 Comment by sara Medina, dude may be done in Seattle, but outside our sweet bubble of reason you can't count him out. They're not hitting him on his health so much as his secrecy surrounding his records. Go for it.

]]> sara http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150281 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150281 2008 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:07:02 -0800 Comment by violet_dagrinder You know, though. . . it's relevant. Particularly because he has chosen a totally unqualified VP. Knowing the status of his very malignant cancer seems like a reasonable expectation.

]]> violet_dagrinder http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150284 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150284 2008 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:10:29 -0800 Comment by DOUG. I love the stethoscope-around-the-neck look. Very convincing.

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150291 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150291 2008 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:14:09 -0800 Comment by Glenn Fleishman Folks, I've had cancer (10 years ago, clean bill of health since). My mom has cancer. Many people close to me in the last decade have had cancer, several have died.

And I still think this ad is entirely reasonable. If I were running for office, and refused to release medical records relating to my cancer, its treatment, and my prognosis, I would be doing a disservice.

Perhaps current and former cancer sufferers should form CrabPAC to raise money to push McCain to talk about his health history.

]]> Glenn Fleishman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150297 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150297 2008 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:15:48 -0800 Comment by Hernandez Making some sleazy, ad hominem attack ad about his age would be one thing, but questioning why he won't release his medical records is perfectly legitimate.

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150299 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150299 2008 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:16:48 -0800 Comment by Julie in Chicago I was going to say that this ad was a little too sleazy in the vein of the Bill Ayers attack ad against Obama. But then I realized that every single thing state or implied in this ad is true. He is 72. He's had cancer 4 times. And he won't release his medical records. Hard to argue with that...

]]> Julie in Chicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150306 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150306 2008 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:22:03 -0800 Comment by superyeadon A long time ago, James Carville said ... "When your opponent is drowning, throw the asshole an anvil."

That's all this is ... it's nothing personal, John.

]]> superyeadon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150310 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150310 2008 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:28:02 -0800 Comment by dwight moody One word on why he's withholding the records:

Viagra. Shitloads of Viagra.

]]> dwight moody http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150314 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150314 2008 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:32:54 -0800 Comment by randy beaver What about that penis enlargment surgery he had in South America in the mid 80's-you'd think it would be a issue...

]]> randy beaver http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150315 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150315 2008 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:32:54 -0800 Comment by Betsy Ross Seriously, JMC's most important health issue is whether or not he can think straight. He seems to have trouble saying much without mixing up a word or two. Is that the person we want representing us?

]]> Betsy Ross http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150325 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150325 2008 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:41:32 -0800 Comment by superyeadon He might have always been like this. But regardless, I really doubt a guy that age is up to the job. My apologies to all the old people who read this. Nothing personal. You probably weren't going to be president, anyways.

]]> superyeadon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150329 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150329 2008 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:46:40 -0800 Comment by Mr, X How do we give these guys money to run this most effective ad?

]]> Mr, X http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150354 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150354 2008 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:08:15 -0800 Comment by Andrew I want to give these people money and lots of it NOW!!!

I want these sort of ads all over the place NOW!!

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150358 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150358 2008 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:09:51 -0800 Comment by artistdogboy It's extremely relevant. Simply think about Palin being a heartbeat away.

]]> artistdogboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150438 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150438 2008 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:10:45 -0800 Comment by wench Didn't he already release his medical records? Yeah, there was a time limit and a lot of nonsense going on - but they were released, right?

]]> wench http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150440 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/going_after_mccains_health#c1150440 2008 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:12:03 -0800