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highplainsdem

(49,044 posts)
Sun Feb 23, 2014, 12:02 PM Feb 2014

GOP Candidate Allegedly Joked About Gunshot Patients’ X-Rays on Facebook

Source: Mediaite

GOP candidate for U.S. Senate Milton Wolf responded to charges that he posted X-rays of injured gunshot patients on social media and joked about them. Wolf, who says he is a distant relation of President Barack Obama and is the author of First, Do No Harm: The President’s Cousin Explains Why His Hippocratic Oath Requires Him to Oppose ObamaCare, is challenging incumbent Senator Pat Roberts (R-KA) in Kansas’ GOP primary.

In one instance, Wolf posted an X-ray of a patient “decapitated” by gunfire. “One of my all-time favorites,” he wrote. “From my residency days there was a pretty active ‘knife and gun club’ at Truman Medical Center. What kind of gun blows somebody’s head completely off? I’ve got to get one of those.”

“It reminds (me) of the scene from Terminator 2,” he continued, “when they shoot the liquid metal terminator guy in the face at close range and it kind of splits him open temporarily almost like a flower blooming. We all find beauty in different things.”

In a separate instance Wolf joked about repositioning a murdered patient’s head for an X-ray of his fatal gunshot wound. “It’s not like the patient was going to complain,” he wrote. Topeka Capital-Journal’s Tim Carpenter alleged that according to the date of the posting and the comments, the X-ray was posted before the victim’s funeral. (Wolf refused to speculate on that.)

-snip-

Read more: http://www.mediaite.com/online/gop-candidate-allegedly-joked-about-gunshot-patients-x-rays-on-facebook/



Video of the interview at the link.

Wolf said in response to another of the reporter's questions that his posting the x-rays was "an educational thing for people."

Only in the sense that he's teaching people that he's a psychopath.
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GOP Candidate Allegedly Joked About Gunshot Patients’ X-Rays on Facebook (Original Post) highplainsdem Feb 2014 OP
hey, now, they were educational mopinko Feb 2014 #1
It's who they are. Grins Feb 2014 #2
GOP politicians with MDs are the most heartless sadistic psychopaths jsr Feb 2014 #6
I can think of several people who would vote for him. Katashi_itto Feb 2014 #16
What got me was... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #18
Sociopaths are especially emboldened of late Cirque du So-What Feb 2014 #3
Another one of the legacies of the Bush Jr. years... Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #26
"The next Ted Cruz" - with an M.D. jsr Feb 2014 #4
This guy is a total ass... SummerSnow Feb 2014 #5
what about hippa--patient confidentiality dembotoz Feb 2014 #7
The hospital chain he works for & his partners irisblue Feb 2014 #8
TPM & Twitter: the Senate Conservatives Fund is defending Wolf against this "smear": highplainsdem Feb 2014 #9
Above all, do some harm. n/t albino65 Feb 2014 #10
Do unto others - hey, it's in the Bible aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2014 #20
So HOW is Dr. Creepy "related" to the President? SoapBox Feb 2014 #11
Per Wikipedia wercal Feb 2014 #21
wow...that's a long stretch... Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #25
A perfect representative of the GOP aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2014 #12
Jerk. marble falls Feb 2014 #13
Why people would hear about this guy and then vote for him is unfathomable. QuestForSense Feb 2014 #14
As long as he claims awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #19
And love gund, don't forget! nt tblue37 Feb 2014 #27
So Wolf-Boy is related to Our President... bayareaboy Feb 2014 #15
Did he take the Hippocratic Oath.... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #17
I'm sure he also expressed a burning desire to help the underserved jsr Feb 2014 #22
Who would have ever expected to support another Pat Roberts term? Judi Lynn Feb 2014 #23
Sick fuck tabasco Feb 2014 #24
What do you say? proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #28
It's exactly people like this area51 Feb 2014 #29
Don't forget to review his book. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2014 #30
Definite HIPAA violation. n/t Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2014 #31
He's still a piece of shit, but prolly not a HIPAA violation if photos were de-identified TacoD Feb 2014 #32
The date and type of injury is easily identifiable. Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2014 #37
What a fucking piece of shit. liberalmuse Feb 2014 #33
I've reached my breaking point.. time for an internet and news blackout. mountain grammy Feb 2014 #34
Of course you can report him on Facebook. CBHagman Feb 2014 #35
Are these patients or corpses.. Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #36

Grins

(7,239 posts)
2. It's who they are.
Sun Feb 23, 2014, 12:12 PM
Feb 2014

Ladies and gentlemen, I bring you today's Republican Party:

"What kind of gun blows somebody’s head completely off? I’ve got to get one of those.”

And he's a doctor. An MD.


 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
18. What got me was...
Sun Feb 23, 2014, 03:06 PM
Feb 2014

"we all find beauty in different things". That sounds like something a serial murderer would say.

Cirque du So-What

(25,997 posts)
3. Sociopaths are especially emboldened of late
Sun Feb 23, 2014, 12:22 PM
Feb 2014

and this guy is definitely 'out of the closet.' If nothing else, his candidacy will bring out a lot more erstwhile 'closeted' sociopaths.

jsr

(7,712 posts)
4. "The next Ted Cruz" - with an M.D.
Sun Feb 23, 2014, 12:27 PM
Feb 2014
http://www.miltonwolf.com/

MEET DR. MILTON WOLF

Milton Wolf is a doctor, not a politician.
He believes America must re-embrace the Constitution
and the divinely-inspired American Idea of individual liberty,
limited government and free-market values.

Want to drive Barack Obama crazy? Send his very own fearless
conservative cousin -- "the next Ted Cruz" -- to the
United States Senate!

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
5. This guy is a total ass...
Sun Feb 23, 2014, 12:29 PM
Feb 2014

he says Obama is the worse President in history but he is making fun of murdered people. WTF?! Obama should deny they are even related.

http://www.wnd.com/2014/02/obamas-cousin-hes-worst-president-in-history/

highplainsdem

(49,044 posts)
9. TPM & Twitter: the Senate Conservatives Fund is defending Wolf against this "smear":
Sun Feb 23, 2014, 01:12 PM
Feb 2014

From TPM:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/wolf-x-rays-serious-injuries

"For any doctor to make patient records public and then use the records for public discussion and entertainment is just unthinkable," (Pat Roberts') spokesman Leroy Towns said. "Allegations of such lack of judgment demand extensive scrutiny and investigation."

Wolf reponded to Roberts in a statement Saturday, according to the Capital-Journal.

"The attack will not only target me," Wolf said, "but will, through its implications, cast a wider net to vilify all doctors."

The Senate Conservatives Fund, which has endorsed Wolf, defended him on Sunday.


Those tweets from the SCF:

https://twitter.com/SCF/status/437614338619097088

Pat Roberts is trying to smear Dr. Wolf because Roberts doesn't live in Kansas anymore and lied to voters about it for years. #KSsen


https://twitter.com/SCF/status/437617461865611264

Pat Roberts is dropping like a rock in the polls and is now desperately trying to destroy the reputation of a good doctor. #KSsen



Of course it's Wolf who's destroying his own reputation.

And while it's true that Roberts hasn't lived in Kansas for years, Wolf obviously isn't living in reality (and yes, I know, this makes him an ideal Tea Party candidate).

wercal

(1,370 posts)
21. Per Wikipedia
Sun Feb 23, 2014, 06:46 PM
Feb 2014

"Obama and Wolf are related through Thomas Creekmore McCurry (1850–1939), President Obama’s great-great-grandfather, and Wolf’s great-grandfather.[5] Obama's grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, was Wolf's mother's cousin.[7] Obama's mother and Wolf's mother were friends in Wichita, Kansas, where the president’s mother, Ann Dunham, was born and spent part of her childhood.[8]"

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
25. wow...that's a long stretch...
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 12:04 AM
Feb 2014

He seems to be getting much more mileage out of this "Obama's cousin" label than he deserves to...

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
12. A perfect representative of the GOP
Sun Feb 23, 2014, 01:44 PM
Feb 2014

His longing for a gun that completely blows a guy's head off should make him a very attractive candidate for them.

bayareaboy

(793 posts)
15. So Wolf-Boy is related to Our President...
Sun Feb 23, 2014, 02:16 PM
Feb 2014

So am I and so are you. We all belong to the family of mankind. Although some folks don't don't take the right tract and become Re-PUG-li-CANTS!

jsr

(7,712 posts)
22. I'm sure he also expressed a burning desire to help the underserved
Sun Feb 23, 2014, 07:11 PM
Feb 2014

in his personal statement when applying for med school.

Judi Lynn

(160,644 posts)
23. Who would have ever expected to support another Pat Roberts term?
Sun Feb 23, 2014, 07:34 PM
Feb 2014

It's either that or finally allow Kansas to elect a decent senator by sending a Democrat.

Can you believe this absurd campaign photo for G.O.P. sociopath, Milton Wolf?

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area51

(11,925 posts)
29. It's exactly people like this
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 04:59 AM
Feb 2014

that lead me to call the republican party the nazi party. This arrogance & disdain for human life.

TacoD

(581 posts)
32. He's still a piece of shit, but prolly not a HIPAA violation if photos were de-identified
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 05:50 PM
Feb 2014

And if he did not have permission from the owner of the images then it could be a copyright violation of some sort.

Fantastic Anarchist

(7,309 posts)
37. The date and type of injury is easily identifiable.
Tue Feb 25, 2014, 12:49 PM
Feb 2014

I work at a CRO, and we have very stringent guidelines in order to be HIPAA compliant. Granted, I don't work on the medical side (I work as an analyst), but if the patient can be identified via date and type of injury, I'm sure that's a violation.

CBHagman

(16,990 posts)
35. Of course you can report him on Facebook.
Tue Feb 25, 2014, 08:37 AM
Feb 2014

There are options for issuing complaints. I don't know how effective it is, but at least show there are consequences.

There's more than one Facebook page for him, by the way -- same guy, different listings.

Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
36. Are these patients or corpses..
Tue Feb 25, 2014, 09:23 AM
Feb 2014

There are different standards for handling that data.

Either way what a sick and not social media bright mofo.

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