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So she’s not “fit to serve” but the incumbent POS is?

We had a previous president who suffered incapacitating migraines, for up to six weeks at a time.

His name was Thomas Jefferson. Obviously not fit to serve. Ol' Tom just wasn't presidential material, right?

"His name was Thomas Jefferson"

To be fair, it is different today.

Today you have approximately 30 minutes to make a life or death decision on behalf of the nation.

If you're zonked on Oxycodone to kill the EXCRUCIATING pain of a severe migraine, you are not in a position to make those kinds of decisions.

If stress brings them on and the result is debilitating migraine followed by pain killers, then she's just not presidential timber.

Still, I wish they had presented her with the story days in advance and given her time to respond cogently.

It smells dirty.

We had a previous president who suffered incapacitating migraines, for up to six weeks at a time. His name was Thomas Jefferson. Obviously not fit to serve. Ol' Tom just wasn't presidential material, right?

In the 21st Century, no, he wouldn't be.

In 1801, a fully loaded troop ship typically took between 8 to 10 weeks to make the Atlantic crossing.

In 2011, it takes an ICBM only 30 to 35 minutes to strike a target anywhere in the World.

Unless you fully intend to have a shared Co-Presidency with extensive use of the 25th Amendment, an individual that suffers an "incapacitating" medical condition, for up to six weeks at a time, is simply not capable of performing the leadership tasks required of a 21st Century President of the United States.

At the dawn of the 19th Century, when it took far longer than 6 weeks to send a message to the Prime Miniter of Great Britain and to get a reply back to America, your mileage obviously varied.