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Maybe it’s time to let John McCain be John McCain
I saw this one coming
a mile away. Slowly
but surely, the' crew
that battled and outsmart
ed the GOP establishment
to propel John McCain to
the Republican presidential
nomination is being shoved
aside and replaced by old
hand Bush-Cheney political
operatives. Oh, happy days
for McCain.
It’s all about money. Up
until the changes in staff
that put longtime Bush
folks in charge, the “estab
lishment” side of the GOP
- those who backed former
Massachusetts Gov. Mitt
Romney, for example - have
been sitting on their wal
lets. They’ve been playing
coy about whether and how
much they would support
McCain.
Trust me. The deal has
been cut. Those who danced
with McCain - those who
“brung him here” - are
playing secondary roles.
And that makes me all the
surer that no matter how
many speeches Minnesota
Gov. Tim Pawlenty gives, or
how many women Florida’s
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Pain associated with foot
and ankle deformities or
pathologies fall in one of
two categories acute pain or
chronic pain.
Pain is a symptom that lets
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thing is wrong with either
the joints, tendons, bones,
ligaments, nerves or other
soft tissue within the foot
and ankle.
Other related deformities
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largely from injuries such
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Poor alignment of the foot
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bearing functions also is a
primary source of foot and
ankle deformities. Once the
pain has been identified and
diagnosed via X-Ray, MRI
or CT scan by a specialist,
such as podiatrist, it must
be appropriately treated.
Treatments are performed
either conservatively or non
conservatively. Conservative
treatments are non-surgical
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McCain’s running mate,
whether McCain likes it nor
not.
Here’s the big problem
that no one wants to con
front: The Republican elec
torate didn’t vote for Mitt
or Rudy Giuliani or the rest
of the GOP field in the pri
maries because they are
just plain tired of the same
warmed-over GOP robots.
They wanted someone who
could appeal to moderates
and mavericks. They want
ed a sharp-tongued, quick
witted, no-games-playing
nominee. They wanted John
McCain.
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was that no one in the GOP
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and usually is the first line
of defense against pain
Such treatment utilizes
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If conservative treatments
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such as surgical corrections
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line of treatments.
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establishment, as it has been
reshaped and maintained
by the Bush administration,
wanted McCain. He beat
them at their own game.
Their retribution is to
withhold their full support
from him and to make him
tap dance for money. Some
of them have pondered
whether to just let him sink
beneath the waves, as a way
to clear the decks for a candi
date more to their liking four
years from now.
They want to rein in
McCain, to bring “order” to
his campaign. As Dr. Evil of
the “Austin Powers” com
edy films would say ever so
slowly, “Right.”
Who among this group of
Republican elites came up
with the brilliant idea of
sending McCain to Mexico
on the Fourth of July? Is this
really in the candidate’s best
interest?
Who has him suddenly
dropping the sharp rhetori
cal edge he used to display
so brazenly, trading in it in
for a more buttoned-down
approach, as if he were some
one’s retired uncle?
about deformities of the
rearfoot. Pain associated
with the rearfoot is often
linked with trauma, falls,
a sprain or sports-related
activities.
Most common presenta
tion into the office are seen
as swelling, severe pain upon
ambulation or weight-bear
ing; discoloration of blister
around the ankle joint, pain
with motions, patient are
often seen coming into the
office on crutches or from
the ER or referral from
urgent care hospital.
In addition, rearfoot trau
ma can also be caused by
motor cycles or car accidents,
falls from heights, pot holes,
irregular grounds, unsta
ble ankle joint. Rearfoot
injuries may require more
intense testing and evalua
tions including x-rays, MRI,
Ct scan or ultrasound.
Conservative treatments
include bracing, padding,
strapping, cortisone injec
"They want to rein In McCain, to bring
'order' to Ms campaign. As Dr. EvH of the
'Austin Powers' comedy Dims would say
ever so slowly, 'Right.'
These campaign engi
neers want McCain’s famed
“Straight Talk Express” to
run on time. The question is,
where is it headed?
I could tell the same old
crowd had taken over when
our firm released a poll show
ing Barack Obama seriously
challenging McCain in the
usually reliable GOP state of
Georgia. Rather than admit
that this one Southern state
might be a concern because
of its huge African-American
vote, huge voter base of
young people, and its own
former GOP congressman
running as the Libertarian
candidate, Team McCain
trotted out two Georgia U.S.
senators to say that McCain
had a 10-point lead in the
Peach State, so not to worry.
Now that makes a lot of
sense, doesn’t it? Rather
tions, removal of fluids from
joints, medication; casting,
rest, ice elevation, compress
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tion op the injuries.
Surgical treatments
include scoping, open repairs
of bones, ligaments or ten
dons, bone grafts, or even
fusion of bones or joints.
Rearfoot injuries can
include Achilles tendon
tears or ruptures, fractures,
heel spurs, plantar fasciitis,
sprains, chronic ankle insta
bility or history of multiple
sprains without proper or
appropriate treatments.
Rearfoot injuries can lead
to arthritis or chronic pain
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than use the potential tight
ness of a race to energize
your base, you instead try
to convince your voters that
there is no reason to put up
signs, donate money or try a
little harder. That’s the team
I’ve known from the past:
too proud and self-satisfied
to bend their strategy to take
advantage of reality.
The GOP had better wake
up and realize that the best
thing it has going in the
McCain campaign is McCain
himself. Try to turn him
into George W. Bush, and he
will lose in a landslide. Try
to “choreograph” his state
ments and control his per
sonality, and it will be the
inside-job political assassina
tion of Bob Dole in 1996 all
over again.
John McCain doesn’t
have a lot of true friends
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in the GOP South Carolina
Sen. Lindsey Graham is
one of the few. My advice to
McCain: Let Graham watch
your backside. Because if the
“new leadership” oversee
ing the McCain campaign is
allowed to body-snatch the
real McCain and replace him
with a Republican drone,
it’s going to guarantee even
larger Democratic House
and Senate majorities next
year, and a crushing defeat
for McCain himself, who is a
much better candidate than
any of them seem to recog
nize.
Matt Towery served as the
chairman of former Speaker
Newt Gingrich’s political
organization from 1992 until
Gingrich left Congress. He
is a former Georgia state
representative, the author
of several books and cur
rently heads the polling and
political information firm
Insider Advantage. To find
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