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My New Hero, Dr. Cranford
Calling MSNBC and Scarsborough on their bloviations.
It was just a matter of time before a doctor being subjected to this media circus let the bloviators have it as a matter of professional pride.CRANFORD: I have been at the bedside of these patients. I know what they die from. I've seen them die. And this is all bogus. It's all just a bunch of crap that you are saying. It's totally wrong.
DANIELS: Well, with all due respect, Doctor, it sounds like you think that you know what you are talking about, so let's ask you about that.
CRANFORD: Sure.
DANIELS: Are you 100 percent correct in your opinion that Terri Schiavo is in a persistent vegetative state? Do you agree with that?
CRANFORD: I am 105 percent sure she is in a vegetative state. And the autopsy will show severe irreversible brain damage to the higher centers, yes.
DANIELS: Why are you so sure, Doctor?
CRANFORD: Because I examined her. The court-appointed guardian examined her. Four neurologists at the hospital where she was has said she's carried a diagnosis of vegetative state for 12 years. Every neurologist that examined her, except for Dr. [William] Hammesfahr [a neurologist selected by Terri Schiavo's parents], who is a charlatan, has said she is in vegetative state. That's what the court found. Just because you don't like --
[crosstalk]
DANIELS: Doctor, was a CAT scan -- Doctor, your critics would ask you, was a CAT scan used? Was an MRI taken? Were any of these tests taken?
CRANFORD: You don't know the answer to that? The CAT scan was done in 1996, 2002. We spent a lot of time in court showing the irreversible -- you don't have copies of those CAT scans? How can you say that?
The CAT scans are out there, distributed to other people. You have got to look at the facts. The CAT scan is out there. It shows severe atrophy of the brain. The autopsy is going to show severe atrophy of the brain. And you're asking me if a CAT scan was done? How could you possibly be so stupid?
I'd have more sympathy for Lisa Daniels being caught in the crossfire if it weren't for that last bit. How could she have the gall to represent that in this 15 years and all the litigation involved in this case that a CAT hadn't been done? If she didn't know, then Dr. Cranford was right, she's stupid. If she did know, then she should take note of today's Supreme Court ruling.
Media Matters has the video.
You are one busy lady boadicea. It sure would be nice if a few Democrats
learned how to be as blunt as Crawford was. Why is it so hard for them to
tell the media "You really must be stupid."? It should be a standard
talking point for the Democratic party on every issue.
Once they got the hang of "You must be really stupid." they might be able to progress to "Bush is a monumental liar." and "Republicans are more corrupt than the mafia." When the host asked them, "How can you say that?", they could fall back on "You must be really stupid."
Sometimes I get a head of steam up. Yesterday I was highly exercised and
able to steal some time from work.
My favorite rejoinder when shit is being spun into silk is (I actually did this to one of Tom Delay's staff members during the campaign) "Do you even believe this shit you're trying to sell me?
Threw him off his stride for just half a beat and he was back on the spin, but it was satisfying to startle him with the idea that saying didn't make it so.
I try to be polite, but pointed. Heh.