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Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy bacon
Thanks Deputy PM Freeland
Wendy: trump tried to grab me by the Frosty"I pardon Wendy, a great great American"
Trump, probably
Wendy's fined for violating child labor laws
Did Bernie hire his staff from the Trump leftover pool? Comparing asking for his medical records to the birther movement? HIS OLD ASS LITERALLY JUST HAD A HEART ATTACK
I'm not sure if I'm proud of you or disappointed that you went right past the Roast Beef joke.Arby's: Trump tried to grab me by the short n curly fries.
So, he didn’t release full medical records like he had said he would the day before then right?The request is ridiculous, in fairness. He promised to release medical records. He released letters from three doctors, two of them cardiologists, which included blood work and test results, history of medications and procedures, and baseline physical results, summarized and interpreted and contextualized, including tests relevant to his heart attack and his prospects of recurrence or recovery. Providing more would be absurd, and the general public wouldn't even know what to do with the information. The cardiologists who evaluated him said he's at no outsized risk for a repeat event or down-stream consequence, and that he's in sufficient health to run for and serve as president. I'm not sure what further evidence he needs.
What are "full" medical records, exactly, anyway? His entire medical history? He doesn't owe that to anyone, and demanding it of him would set a dangerous precedent, allowing the weaponization of chronic conditions, disabilities, and mental health treatment which in no way reflect the capability of doing the job. Especially since bad-faith actors could take little, out of context tidbits and blow them up into something major, when in fact most of the information wouldn't be in any way accurately predictive of future health.
Maybe likening it to birtherism is a reach, but it certainly contains elements--the assumption that releasing what he has and no more means he's hiding a nefarious truth, and the refusal of the provided information as valid/trustworthy/sufficient.