I am not trying to be funny here ..... McCain seriously looks seriously ill

Did anyone see his statement today?

He **really** looks very ill. It was like watching a shooting victim make a statement at the hospital to the local teevee reporter.

The man looks seriously ill to me.

It's become very hard, very physical to run for President, nowadays. You need to be in tip top shape, eat right, sleep enough, exercise just the right amount and handle the stress.

Things which become harder when you're 72, even with military background.

I think that McCain is starting to fatigue and if the GOP wants to replace him, it's now.

Romney would probably take over.

Has he had a minor stroke?

for his facial melanoma.

My guess is that some nerves were cut during the surgery. Hence, the droop, which probably gets worse when he gets tired.

But how would melanoma metastasized in the brain manifest? Could that not also appear (early on) as a stroke might?

(no TV) but I agree, he looks seriously ill, and has for a while now, and looks worse all the time. As much as I despise him, it distresses me to see such an old, sick man trying to run for President.

he's under threat now, having been exposed as a coward and a liar, we are watching a panic attack

He looks to me like a dying man.

what ever causes that I wonder. puffy, deflated, wrinkled, smooth - then the left side sagging like it does.

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:scared:

he's not going to win.

I taught school decades ago. I've seen this look on kids who weren't paying attention and when I called on them - they had no idea what we were talking about.

I don't feel sorry for him. The job of President is beyond his abilities, imo.

and quieter than normal, like Cheney used to do. I certainly don't think he's any pillar of health, but I don't think he was any sicker today than any other day either.

Naomi Wolf:
"Reputable dermatologists are discussing the fact that in simply actuarial terms, John McCain has a virulent and life-threatening form of skin cancer. It is the elephant in the room, but we must discuss the health of the candidates: doctors put survival rates for someone his age at two to four years."
http://www.alternet.org/story/100069/has_sarah_palin_been_picked_as_the_titular_head_of_the_coming_police_state

for a week or more. If he really has a serious illness, he and the country would be so much better off if he faced up to it. Given his age, cancer history and time in a prison camp, he isn't the picture of health, but these last few days he has looked like walking death.

Yeah ..... that's how it appears to me, too.

I recall the last days of both my parents. Neither from cancer, but both from chronic illness.

He almost looks like a stroke victim. What would happen if....?

Many of us did not expect him to last through this campaign. What we didn't consider is that Sarah Palin would make anyone ill let alone a sick old man.

I know he has nerve damage on one side of his face but he honestly looks like there's more weakness than before.

I'm not trying to imitate grave digger Frist ...... but he really, seriously looks sicker'n shit.

There is a statistical 40%-60% chance that McCain's melanoma will move to his brain.

Hunters do that right..shoot wounded, suffering animals.

I have had lymph node removal performed twice to check for cancer. From one day to the next, that area of my body can look drastically different. Sagging from excess fluid can be seen under my arms, around my lower neck, where my breasts used to be.

When I am too active, or don't get enough rest, the swelling is more pronounced.

If McCain is retaining fluid where the lymph nodes had been, the excess weight would cause the sagging that is so obvious in his left cheek and eye area today.

I am not saying this is what is definitely going on with McCain, just throwing it out there as a possibility.



This explains it better than I can:

"The lymphatic system has three primary functions. First of all, it returns excess interstitial fluid to the blood. Of the fluid that leaves the capillary, about 90 percent is returned. The 10 percent that does not return becomes part of the interstitial fluid that surrounds the tissue cells. Small protein molecules may "leak" through the capillary wall and increase the osmotic pressure of the interstitial fluid. This further inhibits the return of fluid into the capillaries, and fluid tends to accumulate in the tissue spaces. If this continues, blood volume and blood pressure decrease significantly and the volume of tissue fluid increases, which results in edema (swelling). Lymph capillaries pick up the excess interstitial fluid and proteins and return them to the venous blood. After the fluid enters the lymph capillaries, it is called lymph."

http://training.seer.cancer.gov/module_anatomy/unit8_1_lymph_functions.html

and it's the right eye that looks odd. They don't match, but try covering one side of his face and then the other to see which eye looks strange.

And the swelling being more pronounced in response to activity or lack of rest is especially revealing.

I believe I've read that McCain has a very limited campaign schedule, and probably even that is too much for him at this point.

That Thing On His Face. Look at the picture below. This is not more than a week or so old. In the lower center of the disfigured part of this face is a small, sharp shadow. directly a above that is a spot that looks to me to be an active ulcer.

Again, I'm not trying to do a Ghoul Frist. Just commenting on what I can see.

Seriously, the texture of his hair seems to have changed to me. We noticed changes in the texture of my stepfather's hair well before he was diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Not trying to play cat killer Frist either, merely stating an observation.

After a constant parade of Old White Men has fucked up my country beyond redemption, I'm supposed to feel sorry for him exactly WHY?

You ain't GOT to be funny. Old White Men are doing it FOR you.

:evilgrin:

And that would be WORKING class.

spell poorly which makes me want to digitally kick your e-ass.

In addition most people consider firefighters working class.

David

why he was not going to vote for McCain. Among other things:

(snip)
Most of us who survived that experience are now in our late 60's and 70's. Sadly, we have died and are dying off at a greater rate than our non-POW contemporaries. We experienced injuries and malnutrition that are coming home to roost. So I believe John's age (73) and survival expectation are not good for being elected to serve as our President for 4 or more years.
(snip)

http://www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,164859_2,00.html

BTW, this is why McCain and other POWs collect what is known as "presumptive disability" pay from the VA. Someone like McCain could look like the picture of good health when you first see him. Then again, he could drop dead or become disabled from a heart attack or stroke the next day.

I should know - that happened to my father, a former WW II POW (start of Battle of the Bulge December 1944). In late January 2005, I last spoke with him. During the Christmas holidays a few weeks back, I could see he was getting on in age (he was 81). However, he sounded good and seemed to be in good spirits. The next morning, my mother called to tell me he died in his sleep.

:hangover:

And while in good health for her age, she's the picture of health when compared to McCain, but then she's a good, honest woman - democrat, naturally. Being evil takes it out on you eventually.

Plus she knows how social security works. :)

TlalocW

:scared: :nuke:

:scared:

He went negative, people didn't like it.

:hi:

When he's not exhausted-looking, he's cranky and mean-spirited.

Not a good combo mix for a president.


:hi:

:hi:

Earlier this year, when there was a discussion of how exhausted Clinton and Obama looked, John Kerry spoke of how running for President was phsyically the hardest thing he had ever done - and Kerry is unusually fit and atheletic.

McCain is about 8 years older and has had more health problems. Even Obama much younger than either has looked tired at points - and he, like Kerry, is very fit.

even setting politics to one side. His speech patterns and appearance suggest serious mental and physical problems. I can't believe that he is a well man.

.... this has nothing to do with politics.

Sick is sick.

He's sick.

searching for coins on the seashore, with his new

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His poll numbers are sinking as fast as the Dow Jones Index

The Wasilla Wonderwoman get flummoxed by the likes of Katie Couric on national television.

His campeign manager got caught in a big lie regarding payments for lobbying for Freddy Mack.

Obama's coming on strong.

Right now Gramps is probably about ready to go on a long retreat to one of his many houses and sit down for a nice long bridge tournament with Bob Dole.

Sister Sarah's romp in the igloo with Todd's business partner complete with polygraphs and signed affadavits.

Ouch

Bad, bad.

Ashen pale skin... cyanotic blue lips... droopy eye.. bent over alot.... lapses in speech... not alert and oriented times 3.... OMG... Sarah Palin? Nooooooooooo...........