What's going on with mccain's cheek?

[warrior1]

[NNN0LHI]

1. Carrying acorns? n/t

[Oceansaway]

2. does he chew ?

[katmondoo]

3. That is where he had cancer a few years ago

I have noticed the growth lately. Not a good sign.

[Eurobabe]

7. It looks like either scar tissue or a tumor regrowth

[dogday]

10. I think it keeps coming back

He has had surgery like twice to remove that tumor but it keeps coming back...

[LisaL]

19. That's what it looks like for sure. A tumor of some sort.

[NJCher]

4. Republican talking points stuffed away?

Cher

[Oceansaway]

5. LoL...n/t

[against all enemies]

6. I guess it was more than a hug with Bush.

[sui generis]

8. technically Cushing's Syndrome

many cancer survivors get some form of steroid treatment and the outcome is a permanently wider face (and jowls) after it subsides.

anyway who cares. It's McCain - a "principled" republican who just toes the party line in the end no matter what does not have principles, and I have no respect for him as a politician, even though he claims to be a "moderate".

ha ha, I made a funny. "Principled" republican. :rofl:

[LisaL]

20. It looks like he has it one one side only, though.

[DoYouEverWonder]

9. Here's a better pic

But since I'm not a Senator/Doctor I'll refrain from making a diagnosis.

[SmokingJacket]

13. Oy, looks ominous.

Could be scar tissue.

If he were my husband, I'd make him have that looked at.

[DoYouEverWonder]

28. That big lump to the right of his scar

look really bad.

[DoYouEverWonder]

34. Here's a pic from 10/2004 for comparison

Whatever is going on in his face, it appears to have gotten much worse since his last surgery.

[MODemocrat]

33. Even though I'm not a McCain fan, I do feel sorry for him

That must be painful, or at least it looks as if it would be. I wonder how many times he's had that growth removed?

[Digit]

11. I have never seen it looking so lopsided before

It is even drawing down the corner of his mouth.

[alfredo]

12. It's a radio receiver/amp that plays central committee talking points

when he opens his mouth.

[leftofthedial]

14. he's getting that samed failed-lizard-people grafting

one-side-of-his-face-gone-droopy look as king george

he must be rejecting the lizard DNA.

[ldf]

15. ALIEN "5", The ReCONstitution

coming soon, to a legislature near you.

instead of coming out of the chest, the alien comes out of mccain's cheek.

[Digit]

16. The cancer question could hurt him in any primaries

Not that I mean anyone harm or disease...just stating a fact.

[LisaL]

17. Oh wow. Definitely something is in there.

[oasis]

18. He's so full of shit that his head's about to explode. (n/t)

:nopity:

[PCIntern]

21. I do believe that he had had

a melanoma removed from this area. He may have had a radical or a partial neck dissection which often leaves patients very scarred and full of lymph, or his parotid gland may be involved somehow, and growing - quite possibly benignly - out of control. those tumors can become larger than your head if left untreated, or it is possible that for whatever reason it can't be treated at this time.

Hard to say...


ON EDIT: Other's people's responses are very funny methinks, despoite the severity of the condition. Camera usually shoots him from the right.

[Ksec]

23. Hes all messed up .

I guess his arms came from being hung by them when he was a POW.

Hes a physical mess. I doubt that such health would be a good selling point to the RNC.

[PCIntern]

25. They don't care...you'd have to see who

the VP nominee is to get the real picture here.

[Ksec]

22. He turned the other cheek once too often

Bush beat him down and McCant said gimme more.

[CTyankee]

24. OMG! Maybe the poor guy is dying

This is not a good thing!

Wow. I certainly don't like his politics but I have nothing against him personally. If anything, I think he is a sad case, the way he panders for Bush's attention and love after what Bush did to him. Something is wrong here...

[Rainscents]

26. I was thinking the same thing.

[Bullwinkle925]

35. Difficult for me to understand as well.

My guess is that he covets the Presidency so much that he's willing to take anything that BushCo deals out. I would have definitely drawn the line when it came to Rove starting the rumor mill in regards to my children. Surprises me that McCain has sold his soul so cheaply after he has already demonstrated great strength during his POW years.

Go figure.

I wish him no ill health.

[rug]

27. He'll do anything for Bush except swallow.

[Gabi Hayes]

29. could he have swallowed some of this?

[Gabi Hayes]

30. when?

[KAT119]

31. McCain is being treated for MELANOMA last 6 years...

His nose has been reconstructed etc.

[in_cog_ni_to]

32. He always looks like that. I think it's from his skin cancer surgery. n/t