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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 10:48 AM
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Doctor Caring For Cheney's Victim Nabbed in Iowa for Prescription Abuse
Steve Gilliard this AM asks why Whittington was taken to the tiny hospital farther away than to the closer hospital with the trauma center. He also points out that Whittington's doctor, David Blanchard, was sanctioned by Iowa for prescription abuse....

http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com/

Here the doc is getting slapped on the wrist by Texas, apparently for the same incident....

http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:03_MGpaatwsJ:www.tsbme.state.tx.us//news/Newsletter/June_July_2003_Newsletter.htm+David+Blanchard+Victoria+prescribing+excessive&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3&ie=UTF-8

Nothing but the second-best for Good Old Harry....He took one for the team (snicker)
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TayTay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 11:08 AM
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1. It just never ends with these people.
Why am I not surprised that Wittington would be taken to a 'Dr. FeelGood.' Sigh!
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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 11:23 AM
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5. You now, the more I think about it
the more I think the DUer calling himself Rex_Goodheart was right the other day. The reporting delay wasn't so much that Deadheart Dick had been drinking, and more that they were waiting and hoping that Harry would die of his wounds, so they could claim it was Harry's accident and Cheney had nothing to with it.
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 11:52 AM
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12. It just dawned on me. These very connected, evil people, have
dragged us down into the gutter they live in.
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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 11:10 AM
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2. This Is Like Watching "Dallas"
Or Deliverance...I'm still not sure.

All the wicked little webs all interwoven here.

Problem is, there's so much that smells on this scandal, what to focus on?
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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 11:24 AM
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6. You're right on the money....
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 01:50 PM
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26. Damn you nailed it
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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freedom_please Donating Member (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 11:18 AM
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3. Wow... look at this story featuring Dr. David Blanchard
I'm assuming this is the same Dr. Davic Blanchard featured in this story... take a look at his very timely quotation:

"But Blanchard said that, by far, the drug most abused by ER patients is alcohol, and accidents related to that legal drug outpace those connected to illegal drugs by a wide margin."

Here's the rest of the story:
http://snipurl.com/Dr_Blanchard_quot
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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 11:25 AM
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7. Sure seems like him....
Notice there's no mention of him working in Iowa, but there is one of him working in Victoria....
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 11:18 AM
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4. The Missing 14 hours
What went on really? There are a million questions.....
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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 11:26 AM
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8. And the number of questions continues to grow....
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Divernan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 11:31 AM
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9. Tiny hospitals are more easily silenced/bribed.
That lil ole hospital will be getting all kinds of government grants for assisting in the coverup of this man's condition.
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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 11:52 AM
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11. You got it....
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medeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 12:02 PM
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14. my rural hospital
actually paid attorney fees and insurance to lure evil docs!
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Oilwellian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 12:29 PM
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18. And...
that lil ole hospital probably doesn't have near the ability to treat Mr. Whittington's wounds, as Spohn hospital does. You would think DICK would want the best and nearest of care.
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Kingshakabobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 11:36 AM
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10. Two words: Mob Doctor
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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 11:54 AM
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13. I suspect you're right....
You might recall that the goof who did the autopsy of the intern who died in Joe Scarborough's office and declared it was "natural causes" (although the cops who brought her to the morgue said she had head trauma) had had his license to practice medicine lifted in another state (Missouri?).
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Tin Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 12:05 PM
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15. I don't understand how "didn't go to nearest hospital" meme got started
look at a map, and you'll see the locations are arranged as follows (from south to north) :

Armstrong Ranch
Kingsville
Corpus Christi

In terms of proximity, it makes sense to go to Kingsville first.
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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 12:18 PM
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16. The first reports had Whittington IN Corpus Christi
http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4491110
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Tin Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 12:24 PM
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17. right, that piece says Whit went to Kingsville first, then Corpus
"Armstrong said emergency personnel traveling with the vice president treated his wounds and he was transported to Christus Spohn Kleberg Hospital. He was then transported by air ambulance to Christus Spohn Memorial Hospital in Corpus Christi."

I think the confusion comes from the similar names of the two hospitals:

Christus Spohn Kleberg Hospital is in Kingsville, while
Christus Spohn Memorial Hospital in Corpus Christi
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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 12:44 PM
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22. So now is he BACK in Kingsville after a stop in CC?
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Tin Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 12:53 PM
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23. No, he's still at Spohn MEMORIAL hospital, in Corpus Christi
Whit first went to
Chistus Spohn Kleberg Hospital in Kingsville
then transferred to trauma center at
Chistus Spohn Memorial Hospital in Corpus Christi
where he remains today.
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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 01:15 PM
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24. Thanks...
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 07:53 PM
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29. It's also a huge chain
The one in Kingsville and Corpus are the same chain. It is still fascinating that such a sleeze was the doctor though.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 12:31 PM
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19. Oh my God
They can't even help their friends! Remember at first Cheney called him a friend but when word got out things were getting worse for him he was than called his "acquaintance"? :eyes:
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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 01:48 PM
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25. Amazing, isn't it?
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Gregorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 12:33 PM
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20. They could have just called Rush Limbaugh to the scene.
This is so incredible. Well, not anymore. Anything is believable now.

But really, Rush could have given him all of the pain killer he needed. Speaking of which, why isn't Limbaugh in jail yet? Oh, nevermind.

This too shall pass. Like a kidney stone.
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donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 12:34 PM
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21. Blanchard is already a criminal - he'd be easy to bribe, blackmail,

bully, threaten
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Wilms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 02:14 PM
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27. Kick and Recommend n/t
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RazzleDazzle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 07:35 PM
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28. Please post a permalink
The one you posted for gilliard's blog is half useless already.
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