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On John McCain's Cancer Problem
Open Left - Front Page — A cancer surgeon named Orac responds to my post calling McCain a 'crazy cancer-ridden dishonest madman'. "Crazy cancer-ridden dishonest madman"? Nice. I wonder if Matt spit out the term "cancer-ridden" with the same amount of contempt and venom while typing as he did when he spit out the terms "crazy," "dishonest," and "madman." I wonder if he thinks "cancer-ridden" is just as bad an insult as the other terms. As a cancer surgeon, I found that bit about "cancer-ridden madman" to be a truly despicable rhetorical gambit, not to mention irrelevant.  John McCain had melanoma. He was successfully treated for ...

To Matt Stoller, cancer is the new cooties
RedState: Conservative News and Community — If you wish to insult me in a meaningful way, look to my ideology, my pen-pushing proclivities, or my cancer. Sure, that's fine. I was not surprised that a few Sundays ago, a lad named Matt Stoller had referred to John McCain as "a crazy cancer-ridden dishonest madman [sic]." (The bracketed Latin is there because he skipped the commas. ) This was after a rant in which he complained that Obama "should crush" McCain. He blames David Plouffe for not consulting the lefty netroots on how to do this. (Mr. Stoller really wants to talk to Axelrod, and Axelrod has probably heard what happened to Ned.) True ...

To Matt Stoller, cancer is the new cooties
RedState: Conservative News and Community — If you wish to insult me in a meaningful way, look to my ideology, my pen-pushing proclivities, or my cancer. Sure, that's fine. I was not surprised that a few Sundays ago, a lad named Matt Stoller had referred to John McCain as "a crazy cancer-ridden dishonest madman [sic]." (The bracketed Latin is there because he skipped the commas. ) This was after a rant in which he complained that Obama "should crush" McCain. He blames David Plouffe for not consulting the lefty netroots on how to do this. (Mr. Stoller really wants to talk to Axelrod, and Axelrod has probably heard what happened to Ned.) True ...

John McCain's Health
The Next Right — Matt Stoller has gotten some criticism for calling John McCain a "crazy cancer-ridden dishonest madman".   Most of the criticism focuses on the "cancer-ridden" claim, which is both insulting to cancer victims and contradicted by all available evidence.   I'm also curious how Stoller can claim in a single post that "[McCain] did let the media peek at his records", followed by  "McCain wouldn't let reporters look at his records". But ...

Alan Grayson Has Some Explaining To Do
RedState: Conservative News and Community — Congressman Alan Grayson has some explaining to do. He is a Democrat Congressman in a district Charlie Cook lists as leaning slightly Republican. The district went strongly for Bush twice and barely for Obama in 2008. Grayson has some serious judgment issues. Congressman Alan Grayson has hired a blogger named Matt Stoller to be his “Senior Policy Advisor” Stoller is a crazy blogger — he sees racism and conspiracies in every shadow. Grayson had to have known about Stoller and we can truly suspect that the man Grayson chose to be his Senior Policy Advisor is out of touch with ...

Alan Grayson Townhall Tonight
RedState: Conservative News and Community — Alan Grayson, who has been hiding from his constituents, decided to do a last minute townhall tonight at a union hall. He waited until the last minute to announce it to anyone other than the unions. You can get the details here. The meeting will be at 7:45 p.m. Monday at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 606 Union Hall at 820 Virginia Drive, [Orlando, FL]. Beyond questions about healthcare, our RS Insider — one of our Capitol Hill sources we let blog here — has some questions people should ask Alan Grayson tonight: Congressman Grayson, do you ...