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President Obama deemed 'fit for duty'
Politico ^ | 10/31/11 | JENNIFER EPSTEIN

Posted on 10/31/2011 3:35:30 PM PDT by ColdOne

Obama, the doctor said, is “tobacco free,” “physically active,” “eats a healthy diet,” “stays at a healthy weight” and “on occasion drinks alcohol in moderation.”

In all, Obama is “in excellent health and ‘fit for duty,’” Kuhlman said. “All clinical data indicate he will remain so for the duration of his presidency.” The president is also “fit at 50” and “staying healthy at 50+,” the physician said.

The physical was performed at the White House last week with the assistance of consultants from the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

Though Obama likes to joke about his graying hair and photo comparisons offer visual evidence of his rapid aging in the White House, his health has, by some measures, improved since his last official physical in early 2010.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: unfitforcommand

1 posted on 10/31/2011 3:35:32 PM PDT by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

Not by me, he isn’t. He isn’t fit for dog food.


2 posted on 10/31/2011 3:36:59 PM PDT by jessduntno ("They say the world has become too complex for simple answers... they are wrong." - RR)
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To: ColdOne

They had to say “tobacco free”. I’ve never heard that description for any other president.


3 posted on 10/31/2011 3:39:55 PM PDT by Terry Mross (Where is the OPPOSITION party? I'll only vote for a SECOND party.)
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To: ColdOne

I wonder how long it takes to give TOTUS a physical exam?


4 posted on 10/31/2011 3:40:22 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Rick Perry engages in corporate welfare via Texas TEF/ETF)
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To: ColdOne

That’s a year and a couple months guarantee.


5 posted on 10/31/2011 3:40:30 PM PDT by John W (Natural-born US citizen since 1955)
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To: ColdOne

He might be “fit,” but he’s still an imposter ...


6 posted on 10/31/2011 3:41:58 PM PDT by Ken522
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To: Terry Mross

They didn’t mention cocaine or marijuana free.


7 posted on 10/31/2011 3:42:13 PM PDT by albie
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To: Terry Mross

Tobacco free means he told the doctor he doesn’t smoke...not that it is necessarily the truth. The turd has no will power..you know it and I know it.


8 posted on 10/31/2011 3:43:19 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: ColdOne
If there were any real journalists left in America:

Reporter: “Dr Pokeinthepus... did you run any definitive medical tests that would determine if chemical traces indicative of tobacco use were present in the president's blood stream”?

Dr Pokinthepus: “Why no... to my knowledge... there were no such tests administered”.

Reporter: “Then how did you know that the president was tobacco free”.

Dr Pokinthepus: “I just took the president at his word”.

LLS

9 posted on 10/31/2011 3:45:47 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer ("Americans are hungry to feel once again a sense of mission and greatness." Ronaldo Magnus)
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To: LibLieSlayer

Exactly. Or the one I was thinking.... How do you know he is tobacco free? He didn’t smoke during the examination.


10 posted on 10/31/2011 3:49:46 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: ColdOne

Is being “fanatical for Communism” considered “fit for duty” nowdays?


11 posted on 10/31/2011 3:50:41 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Mark Halperin - Learned the hard way what happens when you speak the truth on PMSNBC.)
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To: ColdOne

I find it hard to believe they can label him ‘tobacco free’ after only a year or so.


12 posted on 10/31/2011 3:53:21 PM PDT by SoJoCo
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To: ColdOne
Exactly... one thing about obama... he is 100% bullshit from his head to his hooves.

LLS

13 posted on 10/31/2011 3:53:57 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer ("Americans are hungry to feel once again a sense of mission and greatness." Ronaldo Magnus)
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To: ColdOne

Great. Hope he hangs around long enough to assume the reputation Carter has enjoyed for 30 years - THE WORST PRESIDENT IN MODERN TIMES.


14 posted on 10/31/2011 3:55:56 PM PDT by throwback ( The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid)
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To: ColdOne
"His HDL level, meanwhile, improved a bit, from 62 a year and a half ago to 69 now."

That HDL cholesterol is a little on the high side for a 50 year old male who only drinks moderately. It wouldn't be concerning in a woman, but he's not a woman. What is his doctor's definition of "moderate" alcohol consumption?

15 posted on 10/31/2011 4:05:57 PM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: ColdOne

Too bad for America


16 posted on 10/31/2011 4:08:45 PM PDT by funfan
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To: Terry Mross

I wonder if he is using an E-Cig which is fine by me. I am using one and am Tobacco free for 3 weeks because of it.


17 posted on 10/31/2011 4:10:07 PM PDT by funfan
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To: ColdOne

Did the good doctor indicate if he was gerbil free?


18 posted on 10/31/2011 4:13:38 PM PDT by islander-11 (Save Nantucket - Vote Republican!!!)
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To: ColdOne

So, how about no cocaine traces, or evidence of homosex?


19 posted on 10/31/2011 4:15:37 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: ColdOne

And Obama’s complete medical records/history are where?


20 posted on 10/31/2011 4:20:07 PM PDT by wolficatZ (Somebody once wrote "Revenge is a dish that has to be eaten cold".)
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To: ColdOne
Though Obama likes to joke about his graying hair and photo comparisons offer visual evidence of his rapid aging in the White House,

huh ? this guy has been dying his hair since before he became POTUS.
21 posted on 10/31/2011 4:38:53 PM PDT by stylin19a (obama -> poster boy for Einstein's definition of insanity)
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To: ColdOne

musta used the wrong yardstick.....


22 posted on 10/31/2011 4:42:45 PM PDT by G Larry (I dream of a day when a man is judged by the content of his character)
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To: ColdOne

Well clearly this was a political statement, from a doctor!

Clearly this ‘doctor’ only checked the physical....

We all know mentally and emotionally Obama is unfit.


23 posted on 10/31/2011 4:49:39 PM PDT by Freddd (NoPA ngineers.)
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To: ColdOne

can we get a psych eval as well?

certain jobs require them... reading from TOTUS should be one of them


24 posted on 10/31/2011 4:56:17 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: ColdOne

This and the DOW being down 276..... makes this a very suck day.

I may have to get my money back for my Obama Voodoo doll.

I refuse to give up hope..... there is always the slipping in the shower prayer I say several times a day.


25 posted on 10/31/2011 5:00:59 PM PDT by Gator113 (~Just livin' life, my way~... leaning for Newt 2012..."Save a pretzel for the gas jets.")
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To: Terry Mross

He found a doctor who´s a liar too.


26 posted on 10/31/2011 5:33:28 PM PDT by onedoug (lf)
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27 posted on 10/31/2011 5:43:07 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: ColdOne

Tobacco free? Normally, that would be a strange thing to report but not so in this instance. By his own words, Hussein claims he wants to stop smoking because of his girls. He never claimed he was smoking tobacco. He’s still a card carrying member of the choom gang so there’s marijuana and other substances to be smoked.


28 posted on 10/31/2011 5:51:07 PM PDT by bgill (The Obama administration is staging a coup. Wake up, America, before it's too late.)
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To: ColdOne

I thought for sure this was a sarcasm piece.


29 posted on 10/31/2011 6:09:03 PM PDT by huldah1776
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To: LibLieSlayer
Dr Pokinthepus:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

At first glance, I though this was Dr. **Potemkin**!!! :-)

30 posted on 10/31/2011 6:15:05 PM PDT by wintertime (I am a Constitutional Restorationist!!! Yes!)
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To: ColdOne
I find the things they do and do not report a bit odd.

Why anybody would care about his temperature, I have no clue. We weren't told his blood pressure nor the results of an EKG, though.

His tobacco usage status and how healthy his diet is or is not are both self-reported items. I'm not all that sure I believe them.

I also don't believe that the BMI is all that useful, either, as it fails to take into account things such as bone density and muscle mass.

Since black people tend to have heavier bones than whites, and Obama is part black, that might skew his BMI.

As far as I can remember, I don't think any Presidential physical has ever shown anything less than a fairly healthy individual, and the results have nothing whatsoever to do with the ability to lead or govern.

31 posted on 10/31/2011 6:18:34 PM PDT by susannah59
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To: Sooth2222

“That HDL cholesterol is a little on the high side for a 50 year old male who only drinks moderately.”

The doctor has told my husband that he would like to see his HDL above 60. It would seem that the Mayo Clinic agrees.

HDL cholesterol: How to boost your ‘good’ cholesterol

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hdl-cholesterol/CL00030


32 posted on 11/01/2011 4:02:06 AM PDT by Mila
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To: wintertime

hee hee

LLS


33 posted on 11/01/2011 4:06:04 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer ("Americans are hungry to feel once again a sense of mission and greatness." Ronaldo Magnus)
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To: ColdOne

HIV status?


34 posted on 11/01/2011 4:07:09 AM PDT by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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To: ColdOne

I want a second opinion!


35 posted on 11/01/2011 4:30:14 AM PDT by liberateUS
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