So, did they misspeak, or did they just let the cat out of the bag? 72 hours ago would have been Wednesday morning, the morning after the debate. As for his doctor's rosy statements, after Woodrow Wilson's massive stroke his doctor announced that he suffered from a touch of indigestion and “a depleted nervous system.” And that's not the only time a president's physician has lied through his teeth about his patient's health.
Dr. Sean Conley said the President wasn’t on oxygen on Thursday, and not on oxygen on Friday “while he was here,” suggesting that he may have been on supplemental oxygen at some point on Friday before admission to Walter Reed. He repeatedly declined to say if Trump was ever on oxygen. The doctor also said Trump tested positive 72 hours ago or Wednesday morning. Trump did not tweet he was positive until Friday at 12:54 a.m.
“The President’s vitals over the last 24 hours were very concerning. And the next 48 hours will be critical to his care. We are definitely not on a clear path to a full recovery.”
The statement came through the Walter Reed press pool and also given to fringe reporters. CNN is seeking a name to put with the quote.
The ‘Bottom Is Falling Out’ for Republicans October 3, 2020 By Taegan Goddard
Mike Allen: “Some top GOP operatives, privy to data from swing states, tell me that this week’s chaotic presidential debate had a calamitous effect on Republican chances in tight Senate races.”
Said one GOP insider: “The bottom is falling out everywhere. Everyone knew Trump was capable of this kind of behavior. But these voters had never had 90 straight minutes of that behavior thrust in their faces.”
“This insider said the debate didn’t faze hardcore Trumpers. But he said it turned off ‘open to Trump’ swing voters, especially women in suburbs.” ==================
The Wall Street Journal reports that Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell plans to cancel votes for next two weeks. Three Republican senators - Mike Lee, Thom Tillis and Ron Johnson – have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last few days. However, McConnell still plans to hold hearings for the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the supreme court starting on 12 October.
Two people close to the White House said in separate interviews that the president had trouble breathing on Friday and that his oxygen level dropped, prompting his doctors to give him supplemental oxygen while at the White House.
OK, here is a tweet allegedly from DT. But I don't see any misspellings or grammatical errors, which makes me suspect that it was actually sent by someone else with access to Trump's account--which has happened before. =================================== Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) Doctors, Nurses and ALL at the GREAT Walter Reed Medical Center, and others from likewise incredible institutions who have joined them, are AMAZING!!!Tremendous progress has been made over the last 6 months in fighting this PLAGUE. With their help, I am feeling well!
"Attorney General William Barr is choosing not to quarantine after recently coming in close contact with members of President Trump’s inner circle who have tested positive for Covid-19, CNN reports."
The unnamed source who provided more dire information about President Trump’s medical condition after the official briefing appears to be White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who spoke to reporters without cameras and was caught on a feed asking to be off the record. The Associated Press actually named Meadows as the official contradicting Trump’s own physician. ================================ Gabriel Sherman: “One reason Trump could be withholding truth of his condition: he doesn’t want calls for transfer of power to grow. At what point does Cabinet consider 25th amendment?” ================= Two people close to the White House told the New York Times “that the president had trouble breathing on Friday and that his oxygen level dropped, prompting his doctors to give him supplemental oxygen while at the White House and decide to transfer him to Walter Reed where he could be monitored with better equipment and treated more rapidly in case of trouble.” ================== [Alleged] Trump tweet urges Congress to pass new coronavirus stimulus: ‘GET IT DONE’ [Click] =================== Politico: The virus slams into a broken Washington [Click] “Most D.C. crises follow an expected pattern. Not this one.”
Not quite that bad I think (GW won only 52 electoral votes), but landslide territory more likely than not. But time will tell, and there is significant time remaining!
It sure is a clusterfuck; tighten your seatbelts, break out some booze, or whatever does it for you. But if I were running for president, I'd sure rather be in Biden's shoes than Trump's. Interesting times!
The October of Doom for Republicans [I’ll drink to that!] Trump’s Condition Was More Dire Than Reported [And his fear of death greater] Trump Relaying Messages Through Rudy Giuliani Trump Staffers [in WH and campaign] Don’t Know What’s Going On
I presume that it is Rudy G. telling folks that he is relaying messages from Trump. But that seems at odds with the Twitter posts allegedly from Trump himself. It could all be fake.
“This was strictly a precautionary test, as I have done multiple times over the last few weeks — going to the White House, going to the Oval Office, being in Air Force One,” Johnson said. “This is the exact same thing. I’ve never quarantined after a test, there’s no reason to do so, because I’m not sick.”
He said he got his positive result on the way home from the dinner. At the news conference, he said he still opposes a statewide face mask mandate.
Guess the guy hasn't seen, or more likely has ignored, the evidence that people without symptoms can spread the disease. Well, if he selectively spreads pestilence among Republicans, I suppose that's something in his favor. As long as they don't expect us to pay for their medical care. [Pardon my poor attempt at humor.]
Three retail businesses in Charlotte, North Carolina closed for deep cleaning after a visit from Ivanka Trump, the Charlotte Business Journal reports.
Politico: “In a role reversal, the president who mocked his rival for being weak and hiding ‘in his basement’ is stuck in isolation under doctors’ supervision while Biden jets off to states like Michigan on Friday and Florida on Monday, with the battleground map all to himself.” “It’s a contrast the Biden campaign intends to sharpen as long as Trump is sidelined from coronavirus. Only a month remains until Election Day, and a record 3.2 million Americans already cast early ballots in 21 states, with Democrats out-voting Republicans so far.”
Two sources tell Gabriel Sherman that doctors gave President Trump an ultimatum on Friday: “he could go to the hospital while he could still walk, or doctors would be forced to take him in a wheelchair or on a stretcher at a later point if his health deteriorated… Trump waited to leave for the hospital until the stock market closed on Friday. After spending months denying the dangers of COVID-19, Trump is expressing an emotion aides have rarely seen: fear. On Friday, Trump grew visibly anxious as his fever spiked to 103 Fahrenheit and he was administered oxygen at the White House… Two sources told me Trump experienced heart palpitations on Friday night—possible side effects of the experimental antibody treatment he received. Trump has wondered aloud if he could defeat the disease.”
Trump Releases Video from Hospital [Click] New York Times: “He looked wan and sounded less energetic than usual in a rambling message that included campaign talk and boasts about his record.”
Joe Biden’s campaign said Saturday it will now disclose the results of every coronavirus test the candidate takes.
Fed Up in Flyover Country [Click] “Donald Trump has alienated many of his former supporters in Nebraska. It’s not his policies. It’s him.” Hint: Check the results in NE-2 the morning after election day.
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ReplyDeleteAnd there was great rejoicing!!
DeleteI saw that on the last thread. Good news!
DeleteHey! Hello there, puddle!
ReplyDeleteThe Busy Week When Trump Met the Virus [Click] They had probably been hanging out together the whole time.
ReplyDeleteOn the Decision to Go To Walter Reed [Click] Better to be filmed while he was still able to walk unaided.
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ReplyDeleteRose Garden announcement of Supreme Court nominee potential 'super spreader' event, with Trump plus [at least] six others getting COVID [Click] And that is probably only one of several superspreader events hosted by Our Dear Leader.
WSJ Video Presentation of Trump’s Activities of the Week Before His Hospitalization. [Click] He sure was getting around. . .
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ReplyDeleteClickable: Dipti S. Barot: As A Doctor, Here's The First Thing I Thought When I Found Out Trump Has COVID-19 [Click]
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ReplyDeleteDT’s Doctor to give update at 11:00am.
GOP Senator Ron Johnson tests positive.
DT's doctor's veracity is as dubious as DT's. Of course there are lots of DT's supporters who will want to believe unduly positive reports.
DeleteNYT: ‘If He Doesn’t Win Ohio, It’s Over’: Trump Slips in the Heartland [Click]
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Date Biden Trump
FOX News 9/20 - 9/23 50 45 Biden +5
Quinnipiac 9/17 - 9/21 48 47 Biden +1
Rasmussen 9/1 - 9/2 49 45 Biden +4
Chris Christie tests positive
ReplyDeleteDT’s doc’s day he’s doing well.
ReplyDeleteThey also said he was “diagnosed 72 hours ago.”
Sooo, when was he first tested?
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DeleteSo, did they misspeak, or did they just let the cat out of the bag? 72 hours ago would have been Wednesday morning, the morning after the debate. As for his doctor's rosy statements, after Woodrow Wilson's massive stroke his doctor announced that he suffered from a touch of indigestion and “a depleted nervous system.” And that's not the only time a president's physician has lied through his teeth about his patient's health.
DeleteSo there’s that famous question:
ReplyDelete“What did the President know and when did he know it?”
Via politicalwire.com:
DeleteDr. Sean Conley said the President wasn’t on oxygen on Thursday, and not on oxygen on Friday “while he was here,” suggesting that he may have been on supplemental oxygen at some point on Friday before admission to Walter Reed.
He repeatedly declined to say if Trump was ever on oxygen.
The doctor also said Trump tested positive 72 hours ago or Wednesday morning. Trump did not tweet he was positive until Friday at 12:54 a.m.
A source familiar with the President’s health (unnamed):
ReplyDelete“The President’s vitals over the last 24 hours were very concerning. He is definitely not on a clear path to recovery.”
The statement came through the WH press pool. CNN is seeking a name to put with the quote.
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Delete“The President’s vitals over the last 24 hours were very concerning. And the next 48 hours will be critical to his care. We are definitely not on a clear path to a full recovery.”
The statement came through the Walter Reed press pool and also given to fringe reporters. CNN is seeking a name to put with the quote.
The ‘Bottom Is Falling Out’ for Republicans
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Mike Allen: “Some top GOP operatives, privy to data from swing states, tell me that this week’s chaotic presidential debate had a calamitous effect on Republican chances in tight Senate races.”
Said one GOP insider: “The bottom is falling out everywhere. Everyone knew Trump was capable of this kind of behavior. But these voters had never had 90 straight minutes of that behavior thrust in their faces.”
“This insider said the debate didn’t faze hardcore Trumpers. But he said it turned off ‘open to Trump’ swing voters, especially women in suburbs.”
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PROSIT!
It occurs to me to wonder if these women in suburbs will go on a sex strike until their significant others vote for Biden. Vide Lysistrata. . .
DeleteAnd if the President is doing so well as his personal physician says, WHY ISN'T HE TWEETING?
ReplyDeleteThe Wall Street Journal reports that Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell plans to cancel votes for next two weeks. Three Republican senators - Mike Lee, Thom Tillis and Ron Johnson – have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last few days. However, McConnell still plans to hold hearings for the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the supreme court starting on 12 October.
ReplyDeleteFor that to happen, Chuck Schumer would have to agree.
DeleteTwo people close to the White House said in separate interviews that the president had trouble breathing on Friday and that his oxygen level dropped, prompting his doctors to give him supplemental oxygen while at the White House.
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DeleteThink unconscious bias training is a fad? It's been going for at least 2,000 years [Click] Author references Jesus, St. Paul, those sorts.
ReplyDeleteI was relieved to discover that the author wasn't claiming Jesus was biased, but rather that he decried bias.
DeleteI see now that there is some ambiguity in the headline.
DeleteNew Battleground State Polls
ReplyDeleteOctober 3, 2020 By Taegan Goddard
From New York Times/Siena:
FLORIDA: Biden 47%, Trump 42%
PENNSYLVANIA: Biden 49%, Trump 42%
OK, here is a tweet allegedly from DT. But I don't see any misspellings or grammatical errors, which makes me suspect that it was actually sent by someone else with access to Trump's account--which has happened before.
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Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
Doctors, Nurses and ALL at the GREAT Walter Reed Medical Center, and others from likewise incredible institutions who have joined them, are AMAZING!!!Tremendous progress has been made over the last 6 months in fighting this PLAGUE. With their help, I am feeling well!
"Attorney General William Barr is choosing not to quarantine after recently coming in close contact with members of President Trump’s inner circle who have tested positive for Covid-19, CNN reports."
ReplyDeleteThe more the merrier?
QAnon is fake. Here’s the real conspiracy that should worry California Republicans [Click]
ReplyDeleteThe unnamed source who provided more dire information about President Trump’s medical condition after the official briefing appears to be White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who spoke to reporters without cameras and was caught on a feed asking to be off the record. The Associated Press actually named Meadows as the official contradicting Trump’s own physician.
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Gabriel Sherman: “One reason Trump could be withholding truth of his condition: he doesn’t want calls for transfer of power to grow. At what point does Cabinet consider 25th amendment?”
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Two people close to the White House told the New York Times “that the president had trouble breathing on Friday and that his oxygen level dropped, prompting his doctors to give him supplemental oxygen while at the White House and decide to transfer him to Walter Reed where he could be monitored with better equipment and treated more rapidly in case of trouble.”
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[Alleged] Trump tweet urges Congress to pass new coronavirus stimulus: ‘GET IT DONE’ [Click]
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Politico: The virus slams into a broken Washington [Click] “Most D.C. crises follow an expected pattern. Not this one.”
OHIO: 157,966 cases and 4,925 deaths.
ReplyDeleteToo much reading to remember where I got this, but. . . . Seems der turnip is in or very near Goldwater territory. . . . [MASSIVE loss]
ReplyDeleteNot quite that bad I think (GW won only 52 electoral votes), but landslide territory more likely than not. But time will tell, and there is significant time remaining!
DeleteProblem being, we've never ever had a month like the one coming up. Absolutely NO guidlines whatsoever! Yikes.
DeleteIt sure is a clusterfuck; tighten your seatbelts, break out some booze, or whatever does it for you. But if I were running for president, I'd sure rather be in Biden's shoes than Trump's. Interesting times!
DeleteHeadlines from politicalwire.com [Click]
ReplyDeleteThe October of Doom for Republicans [I’ll drink to that!]
Trump’s Condition Was More Dire Than Reported [And his fear of death greater]
Trump Relaying Messages Through Rudy Giuliani
Trump Staffers [in WH and campaign] Don’t Know What’s Going On
I presume that it is Rudy G. telling folks that he is relaying messages from Trump. But that seems at odds with the Twitter posts allegedly from Trump himself. It could all be fake.
DeleteBefore being taken to Walter Reed Medical Center, Trump kept asking aides: “Am I going out like Stan Chera? Am I?”
DeleteChera was Trump’s New York City friend who died of Covid in April.
Chris Christie check into the hospital on account of coronavirus infection and history of asthma.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't bet a nickel nut bar on Trump's chances of getting out on the campaign trail again before election day.
ReplyDeleteWaPo UPDATE~!
ReplyDeleteThe person who says that DT's vitals are not good and that the next 2 days are critical was none other than WH Chief of Staff Mark Meadows!
Biden will be tested again tomorrow.
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Sen. Ron Johnson went to GOP fundraiser while awaiting positive test
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“This was strictly a precautionary test, as I have done multiple times over the last few weeks — going to the White House, going to the Oval Office, being in Air Force One,” Johnson said. “This is the exact same thing. I’ve never quarantined after a test, there’s no reason to do so, because I’m not sick.”
He said he got his positive result on the way home from the dinner. At the news conference, he said he still opposes a statewide face mask mandate.
Guess the guy hasn't seen, or more likely has ignored, the evidence that people without symptoms can spread the disease. Well, if he selectively spreads pestilence among Republicans, I suppose that's something in his favor. As long as they don't expect us to pay for their medical care. [Pardon my poor attempt at humor.]
DeleteThree retail businesses in Charlotte, North Carolina closed for deep cleaning after a visit from Ivanka Trump, the Charlotte Business Journal reports.
ReplyDeletePolitico: “In a role reversal, the president who mocked his rival for being weak and hiding ‘in his basement’ is stuck in isolation under doctors’ supervision while Biden jets off to states like Michigan on Friday and Florida on Monday, with the battleground map all to himself.” “It’s a contrast the Biden campaign intends to sharpen as long as Trump is sidelined from coronavirus. Only a month remains until Election Day, and a record 3.2 million Americans already cast early ballots in 21 states, with Democrats out-voting Republicans so far.”
Two sources tell Gabriel Sherman that doctors gave President Trump an ultimatum on Friday: “he could go to the hospital while he could still walk, or doctors would be forced to take him in a wheelchair or on a stretcher at a later point if his health deteriorated… Trump waited to leave for the hospital until the stock market closed on Friday. After spending months denying the dangers of COVID-19, Trump is expressing an emotion aides have rarely seen: fear. On Friday, Trump grew visibly anxious as his fever spiked to 103 Fahrenheit and he was administered oxygen at the White House… Two sources told me Trump experienced heart palpitations on Friday night—possible side effects of the experimental antibody treatment he received. Trump has wondered aloud if he could defeat the disease.”
Trump Releases Video from Hospital [Click] New York Times: “He looked wan and sounded less energetic than usual in a rambling message that included campaign talk and boasts about his record.”
Joe Biden’s campaign said Saturday it will now disclose the results of every coronavirus test the candidate takes.
We spent an hour pulling weeds this evening. Looks pretty impressive.
ReplyDeleteFed Up in Flyover Country [Click] “Donald Trump has alienated many of his former supporters in Nebraska. It’s not his policies. It’s him.” Hint: Check the results in NE-2 the morning after election day.
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