A new article in The New York Times makes one wonder about the release of medical information on all four major candidates for president. Barack Obama at first released a one-page statement from his doctor, and later released the results of some tests that said he was "normal," whatever the hell that means. Likewise, there are several holes in the records regarding Joe Biden's medical health, especially since he received emergency surgery for an aneurysm 20 years ago. This is a little troubling, although in neither case has either Obama or Biden had any sort of medical scare recently, and Obama seems to be a very healthy, very energetic 47 year old, who "relaxes" by playing basketball, and looking much younger than his chronological age.
But check out the Republican side of the equation, and you have to be truly afraid.
If McCain were to win, he would be the oldest man to ever be inaugurated for a first term, and the only one ever inaugurated while older was Ronald Reagan in 1985, and there is more than a little evidence that Reagan's health was a major problem in his second term. McCain also has the scars of a bout with melanoma. He released 1200 pages of medical records earlier this year, but they were heavily redacted, and his subsequent disclosures haven't disclosed much.
Read the entire article, and then think about this; if something happens to Obama, Biden takes over. if something happens to Biden, Obama can replace him with someone even better. If something happens to McCain, Caribou Barbie takes over, and it's not likely anything will happen to her, although we don't know for sure, since she hasn't released any medical records.
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