Yet another Robert Greenwald film. I make no apologies for posting all of these, because 1) he invites everyone to do so, and 2) it’s important that this stuff get out. In this day and age, people absorb information through video better than through the written word. I won’t get into whether this is good or bad (okay, it’s bad, but it’s a fact of life).
This is an issue that has acquired additional relevance, because we now know that if McCain is elected, his successor will be the most uniquely unqualified person to ever stand in the line of succession. She is an unprecedented combination of ignorance, incompetence, corruption, bigotry and cronyism. She makes George Bush look like a Renaissance Man.
McCain managed, with the help of a compliant press still largely enamoured of his “straight talkin’ maverick” image, to finesse the issue of his health last spring when he “released” 1100 pages of medical records to selected members of the press corp who were not allowed cell phones, the internet, copiers, or computers to assist them. It was a classic case of Republican obfuscation. This is an issue that should be revisited. Who knows, now that the press seems to be emerging from the state of denial into anger at the way their affection has been cast aside, it will look at this issue anew. The point made in the video is absolutely true: the American people have a right to know if the man who is asking for a four year job is reasonably likely to die or become disabled in the middle of his term.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvesa49zSIM[/youtube]
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