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highplainsdem

(49,004 posts)
Sun Feb 23, 2014, 12:02 PM Feb 2014

GOP Candidate Allegedly Joked About Gunshot Patients’ X-Rays on Facebook [View all]

Source: Mediaite

GOP candidate for U.S. Senate Milton Wolf responded to charges that he posted X-rays of injured gunshot patients on social media and joked about them. Wolf, who says he is a distant relation of President Barack Obama and is the author of First, Do No Harm: The President’s Cousin Explains Why His Hippocratic Oath Requires Him to Oppose ObamaCare, is challenging incumbent Senator Pat Roberts (R-KA) in Kansas’ GOP primary.

In one instance, Wolf posted an X-ray of a patient “decapitated” by gunfire. “One of my all-time favorites,” he wrote. “From my residency days there was a pretty active ‘knife and gun club’ at Truman Medical Center. What kind of gun blows somebody’s head completely off? I’ve got to get one of those.”

“It reminds (me) of the scene from Terminator 2,” he continued, “when they shoot the liquid metal terminator guy in the face at close range and it kind of splits him open temporarily almost like a flower blooming. We all find beauty in different things.”

In a separate instance Wolf joked about repositioning a murdered patient’s head for an X-ray of his fatal gunshot wound. “It’s not like the patient was going to complain,” he wrote. Topeka Capital-Journal’s Tim Carpenter alleged that according to the date of the posting and the comments, the X-ray was posted before the victim’s funeral. (Wolf refused to speculate on that.)

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Read more: http://www.mediaite.com/online/gop-candidate-allegedly-joked-about-gunshot-patients-x-rays-on-facebook/



Video of the interview at the link.

Wolf said in response to another of the reporter's questions that his posting the x-rays was "an educational thing for people."

Only in the sense that he's teaching people that he's a psychopath.
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hey, now, they were educational mopinko Feb 2014 #1
It's who they are. Grins Feb 2014 #2
GOP politicians with MDs are the most heartless sadistic psychopaths jsr Feb 2014 #6
I can think of several people who would vote for him. Katashi_itto Feb 2014 #16
What got me was... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #18
Sociopaths are especially emboldened of late Cirque du So-What Feb 2014 #3
Another one of the legacies of the Bush Jr. years... Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #26
"The next Ted Cruz" - with an M.D. jsr Feb 2014 #4
This guy is a total ass... SummerSnow Feb 2014 #5
what about hippa--patient confidentiality dembotoz Feb 2014 #7
The hospital chain he works for & his partners irisblue Feb 2014 #8
TPM & Twitter: the Senate Conservatives Fund is defending Wolf against this "smear": highplainsdem Feb 2014 #9
Above all, do some harm. n/t albino65 Feb 2014 #10
Do unto others - hey, it's in the Bible aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2014 #20
So HOW is Dr. Creepy "related" to the President? SoapBox Feb 2014 #11
Per Wikipedia wercal Feb 2014 #21
wow...that's a long stretch... Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #25
A perfect representative of the GOP aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2014 #12
Jerk. marble falls Feb 2014 #13
Why people would hear about this guy and then vote for him is unfathomable. QuestForSense Feb 2014 #14
As long as he claims awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #19
And love gund, don't forget! nt tblue37 Feb 2014 #27
So Wolf-Boy is related to Our President... bayareaboy Feb 2014 #15
Did he take the Hippocratic Oath.... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #17
I'm sure he also expressed a burning desire to help the underserved jsr Feb 2014 #22
Who would have ever expected to support another Pat Roberts term? Judi Lynn Feb 2014 #23
Sick fuck tabasco Feb 2014 #24
What do you say? proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #28
It's exactly people like this area51 Feb 2014 #29
Don't forget to review his book. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2014 #30
Definite HIPAA violation. n/t Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2014 #31
He's still a piece of shit, but prolly not a HIPAA violation if photos were de-identified TacoD Feb 2014 #32
The date and type of injury is easily identifiable. Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2014 #37
What a fucking piece of shit. liberalmuse Feb 2014 #33
I've reached my breaking point.. time for an internet and news blackout. mountain grammy Feb 2014 #34
Of course you can report him on Facebook. CBHagman Feb 2014 #35
Are these patients or corpses.. Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #36
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