SURE you can see his medical records.... but LOOK QUICK!!

annabanana

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Fri May-23-08 06:35 AM
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SURE you can see his medical records.... but LOOK QUICK!!

Edited on Fri May-23-08 06:35 AM by annabanana

Get this. There are "preconditions" for access to McCain's medical records!
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/05/22/mccain-set-to-release-medical-records-under-shady-circumstances/

UPDATE: It�s even sketchier than I first thought. Via dKos, these are the circumstances under which McCain will make his records �public�:

:bluebox: only a small, select group of reporters will have access to the records in a secure room in Phoenix, AZ
:bluebox: access is limited to only three hours, between 7 and 10 AM on Friday
:bluebox: no copying of the records is permitted
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/22/122053/300/229/520477

Nothing to see here, people. Move along.

So look quick! And if you're one of the "select group of reporters" I sure hope you have a photographic memory.

IN FACT.. More than 1/2 hour of your "looking time" is already up!!

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fasttense

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Fri May-23-08 06:44 AM
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1. McCain is perfectly healthy, just like Reagan during his last years in office. n/t

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MiniMe

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Fri May-23-08 06:47 AM
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2. I read that he had banned a reporter with medical background

It was on another thread at DU. Things that make you go hmmmmmm.

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annabanana

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Fri May-23-08 07:10 AM
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6. I had not heard that... . . .n/t

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MiniMe

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Fri May-23-08 07:20 AM
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7. Took me a minute to find it

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3328106

BTW, McCain is also finally releasing his medical records--after postponing doing so for a year. But he's making these records available for only three hours on a Friday before a holiday weekend--to guarantee less media coverage--and his campaign has sort of banned New York Times reporter Lawrence Altman, one of the leading medical reporters in journalism, from reviewing the records. Only a handful of media outfits selected by the campaign will be permitted to send reporters to a conference room in Phoenix to examine the records. And the Times was not chosen. None of the reporters will be allowed to make any copies of the records.

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Political Heretic

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Fri May-23-08 06:56 AM
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3. By being so cryptic about it, he pretty much guaruntees its going to get leaked at some point

Someone will dig and get a source. :)

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annabanana

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Fri May-23-08 08:48 AM
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8. I sure hope so..n/t

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Fleshdancer

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Fri May-23-08 07:00 AM
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4. I suppose the reporters aren't smart enough to work together?

They know it's 400 pages, why not separate documents into smaller pieces, take notes, then compare notes? I know it goes against the whole getting the first scoop concept, but it's better than not getting any information at all.

Too naive? Too logical? :shrug:

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Frank Cannon

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Fri May-23-08 07:02 AM
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5. It doesn't go against the "first scoop" concept

It goes against the "speak no ill of Republicans" concept.

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DS1

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Fri May-23-08 08:56 AM
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11. exactly what I was thinking

or, hoping anyway

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Bluebear

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Fri May-23-08 08:50 AM
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9. "Ah what's this about lithium, mania and..." SORRY TIME'S UP

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Seedersandleechers

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Fri May-23-08 08:54 AM
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10. And who exactly are these reporters?

Have they released their names?

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Bluebear

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Fri May-23-08 08:57 AM
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12. CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta, for one - of dissing Michael Moore's "Sicko" fame

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