Oh, but you do. That might play into my contention that we are becoming a nation divided between those who believe and rely on the news from the MSM and those of us who don't. 

Otherwise, we may have become a nation of amnesiacs...

McNotObama '08

What does it matter? Unqualified is unqualified, right? If she is, then he is. If he isn't then she isn't. Can you at least admit that???

"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008

"I don't think the chances of Biden having to step in for Obama are anywhere in the same galaxy as the chances of Palin having to step in for McCain, though, right?" 

Bal:

Let me begin by saying that the public's need to know the entire medical record of a candidate is perverse.  I don't agree that the public has a right to know every last centimeter of a candidate.  A statement by the candidate's attending physician should suffice.  Sarcastically speaking, you would think all the rabid anti-Bush folks would agree by now that anyone can be president - the Dems have positioned Nancy Pelosi to be second in line behind the VP for pete's sake! - so chill out on the medical records issues.  Life is a crapshoot, and no one knows when they will die, except those actively performing euthanasia in Oregon.  McCain has proven he's a tough bird and Obama could fade in a heartbeat. 

In all honesty, putting my physician hat back on, I don't know because I don't know the actual medical record of any of the players.  At first blush, Obama would appear to have less risk of morbidity and mortality during the next 8 year span.  But I wouldn't bet the farm on it yet.

What I do know of Obama is that he has some relatives that survive to eldery age and others that do not.  There is a parental history of cancer, alcoholism and either anger management issues of psychiatric issues.  I have no other information about the family.  Family history can be very informative about health risk to the patient.

What has been released about Obama is that he is a smoker, unknown pack year history and possibly discontinued, his blood pressure is 90/60 and his pulse rate is 60 beats per minute.  He also exercises, up to 3 miles jogging in a day, though no indication of how many days per week and totality of the exercise or it's duration - these parameters matter when determining risk and risk reduction via an instrument like the Framingham Cardiovascular Risk Score. (Note that some of the necessary data has not been released by Obama to determine his risk nor understand what he is doing to reduce his risk.)

A blood pressure of 90/60 may be wonderful or it might not.  Same for a pulse rate of 60.  For instance, 90/60 may be normal and appropriate for Obama or it might be a clue towards an improperly acting neuro-hormonal feedback system.  It might also mean he is superbly conditioned (doubtful since his activity level is too low) or he is genetically blessed (more likely of these two possibilities).  The pulse rate of 60 per minute is similarly perceived.  Is he symptomatic?  Are there medications altering these parameters.  We don't know if he has any medical problems, besides the smoking.  Obama has not released his records or made his physician's available for questions.

If you are suspicious or distrustful concerning the health of McCain, then you should be equally as vigilant about Obama and Biden, or any politician who may have or already does have power over your life.

The idiot physicians that fearmongered over McCain's medical history could and should, probably did in fact, know the risks of Melanoma recurrence.  But the real issue they bring up is the caustic notion that a history of cancer is still a Scarlet "C", a death sentence, and that those afflicted should be marginalized because of a POSSIBILITY of recurrence, disability and/or death.  This is a chapter out of Eugenics and a highly dangerous position to promote, especially revolting because they are physicians, one being a "hospice and palliative medicine" specialist.

This reminds me of the Objectivist that recently said that Down's Syndrome fetuses should be aborted because they are a drain on a Capitalist society.

Can you feel the love, Bal?

So realistic it's spooky.

He's already made his own presidential seal, so why not his own national anthem?

BTW.... MD - Physician or Maryland?

You just reminded me what Loony Tunes character Obama sometimes sounds like:  Porky Pig.

Now I'll be waiting for him to stammer out:

Ebidee, ebidee, ebidee, uhhh.... That's all folks!

No wonder Zer-O-bama talked about lipstick and pigs.  He's actually revealing some of his deepest desires.