The Media Go Mad Over Trump’s Medical Report

It’s called “projecting,” my friends in the press—why the media went mad over a medical report—David Harsanyi of The Federalist weighs in.

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  1. FredGoodhue Coolidge

    You made a good point that I don’t hear much. An important condition in stable democracies is that the losing side accepts a loss and just tries to do better the next time.

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    • January 17, 2018, at 8:00 AM PST
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  2. JuliaBlaschke Coolidge

    I agree that the press went nuts as usual but that medical report was a load of BS. Not that it matters.

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    • January 17, 2018, at 8:40 AM PST
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  3. colleenb Member
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    Great to hear Kathryn Jean Lopez on the pro-life message and adoption. I am not a Never Kevin Williamson person but being strongly pro-life is certainly a positive for him and NR in general.

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    • January 17, 2018, at 8:47 AM PST
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  4. Arahant Member

    I hope that when you say you named a son “Mencken” that it is a middle name.

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    • January 17, 2018, at 8:53 AM PST
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  5. Arahant Member

    JuliaBlaschke (View Comment):
    I agree that the press went nuts as usual but that medical report was a load of BS.

    Have you examined the patient, Doctor Blaschke?

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    • January 17, 2018, at 8:55 AM PST
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  6. JuliaBlaschke Coolidge

    Arahant (View Comment):

    JuliaBlaschke (View Comment):
    I agree that the press went nuts as usual but that medical report was a load of BS.

    Have you examined the patient, Doctor Blaschke?

    No thanks, but I’ve seen him in golf gear. And I’ve never had slurred speech from taking Sudafed.

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    • January 17, 2018, at 9:31 AM PST
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  7. Arahant Member

    JuliaBlaschke (View Comment):
    No thanks, but I’ve seen him in golf gear. And I’ve never had slurred speech from taking Sudafed.

    Well, good for you. Personally, I’ve had slurred speech from drinking tea at times.

    But really, I think you’re putting your medical credentials in jeopardy attempting to evaluate and diagnose patients via a few television appearances.

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    • January 17, 2018, at 10:14 AM PST
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  8. JuliaBlaschke Coolidge

    Arahant (View Comment):

    JuliaBlaschke (View Comment):
    No thanks, but I’ve seen him in golf gear. And I’ve never had slurred speech from taking Sudafed.

    Well, good for you. Personally, I’ve had slurred speech from drinking tea at times.

    But really, I think you’re putting your medical credentials in jeopardy attempting to evaluate and diagnose patients via a few television appearances.

    And I think you are being disingenuous. Or at least I hope you are.

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    • January 17, 2018, at 10:24 AM PST
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  9. Arahant Member

    JuliaBlaschke (View Comment):
    And I think you are being disingenuous. Or at least I hope you are.

    That’s a big word there, Doctor Blaschke. Let me look it up. “Lacking in candor.” Does that mean you think I’m lying? No, caffeine just affects me in an odd way. Too much and I fall asleep. Same thing with non-drowsy formulations, like with sinus medications. I’ve heard of plenty of others who have the same reaction. At least anecdotally, there seem to be a lot of us out there. I’m sure you’ve run into a few of us in your practice or in the medical literature.

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    • January 17, 2018, at 10:32 AM PST
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  10. Hypatia Inactive

    FredGoodhue (View Comment):
    You made a good point that I don’t hear much. An important condition in stable democracies is that the losing side accepts a loss and just tries to do better the next time.

    Wha’? So the losers are those who hoped Trump,would be sick? And they’ll “try to do better”?

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    • January 17, 2018, at 11:02 AM PST
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  11. Arahant Member

    Hypatia (View Comment):

    FredGoodhue (View Comment):
    You made a good point that I don’t hear much. An important condition in stable democracies is that the losing side accepts a loss and just tries to do better the next time.

    Wha’? So the losers are those who hoped Trump,would be sick? And they’ll “try to do better”?

    I believe he means that those hoping Trump would be sick are a sign of instability in the Democracy, since they are the losers who will not acknowledge that they lost.

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    • January 17, 2018, at 11:07 AM PST
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  12. Hypatia Inactive

    JuliaBlaschke (View Comment):

    Arahant (View Comment):

    JuliaBlaschke (View Comment):
    I agree that the press went nuts as usual but that medical report was a load of BS.

    Have you examined the patient, Doctor Blaschke?

    No thanks, but I’ve seen him in golf gear.

    uh…I guess maybe you didn’t hear, but: body shaming? Not cool!

    And I’ve never had slurred speech from taking Sudafed.

    Well, yea, verily, each of us is as unique as a snowfla–no, not them, but let’s just say each human body is a splendid temple like no other!

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    • January 17, 2018, at 11:15 AM PST
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  13. FredGoodhue Coolidge

    Arahant (View Comment):

    Hypatia (View Comment):

    FredGoodhue (View Comment):
    You made a good point that I don’t hear much. An important condition in stable democracies is that the losing side accepts a loss and just tries to do better the next time.

    Wha’? So the losers are those who hoped Trump,would be sick? And they’ll “try to do better”?

    I believe he means that those hoping Trump would be sick are a sign of instability in the Democracy, since they are the losers who will not acknowledge that they lost.

    I was referring to the 2016 election and the Democrats’ attempt to overturn the election, like impeaching for a non-existent scandal, or removing from office for trumped up charges of incapacity.

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    • January 17, 2018, at 12:08 PM PST
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