One could mention that the NY Times and other leftist outlets had zero problem with Bill Clinton getting out of Vietnam, not too mention other Democrats. We could also note that the NY Times couldn’t be bothered to look at things that happened during the Obama administration years, such as Fast and Furious, IRS targeting, Hillary’s server, and so much more, much less look back at Obama’s pre-presidential history, such as his relationship with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers. Heck, they couldn’t be bothered to investigate his years in school, such as Columbia U. But, they can pull this
Did a Queens Podiatrist Help Donald Trump Avoid Vietnam?
In the fall of 1968, Donald J. Trump received a timely diagnosis of bone spurs in his heels that led to his medical exemption from the military during Vietnam.
For 50 years, the details of how the exemption came about, and who made the diagnosis, have remained a mystery, with Mr. Trump himself saying during the presidential campaign that he could not recall who had signed off on the medical documentation.
Now a possible explanation has emerged about the documentation. It involves a foot doctor in Queens who rented his office from Mr. Trump’s father, Fred C. Trump, and a suggestion that the diagnosis was granted as a courtesy to the elder Mr. Trump.
The podiatrist, Dr. Larry Braunstein, died in 2007. But his daughters say their father often told the story of coming to the aid of a young Mr. Trump during the Vietnam War as a favor to his father.
“I know it was a favor,†said one daughter, Dr. Elysa Braunstein, 56, who along with her sister, Sharon Kessel, 53, shared the family’s account for the first time publicly when contacted by The New York Times.
Elysa Braunstein said the implication from her father was that Mr. Trump did not have a disqualifying foot ailment. “But did he examine him? I don’t know,†she said.
So, this is all based on what, the feelings of his daughters? Here are the most important paragraphs of the “article”
No paper evidence has been found to help corroborate the version of events described by the Braunstein family, who also suggested there was some involvement by a second podiatrist, Dr. Manny Weinstein. Dr. Weinstein, who died in 1995, lived in two apartments in Brooklyn owned by Fred Trump; city directories show he moved into the first during the year Donald Trump received his exemption.
Dr. Braunstein’s daughters said their father left no medical records with the family, and a doctor who purchased his practice said he was unaware of any documents related to Mr. Trump. Most detailed government medical records related to the draft no longer exist, according to the National Archives.
It’s like telling a tall tale to your friends about going to Scotland and seeing the Loch Ness monster, then one of them demanding evidence, including the tickets for your flight, because they knew you were sitting at home playing video games all weekend.
This is some of the worst of journalism. When McCain was running, the NY Times ran a story twice where they were “just wondering” if McCain was actually eligible to be president, as he was born in the Panama Canal Zone. Other outlets ran just wondering articles, which are really just uncorroborated hitjobs featuring no evidence, using the tried and true maxim “people read the first three paragraphs or 30 seconds on the Internet.” How many Times viewers will see the headline and decide that Trump pulled something shady to get out of Vietnam, or just make it through 3-5 paragraphs, never getting to the part about “no paper (or any other) evidence”?
And they pull this stuff, yet when they aren’t protecting Democrats over issues, they refuse to investigate them.
