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Steve (recovering lawyer)'s avatar

Strangely enough, I am a Christian and I agree with every point you made! My Christianity tells me that, although all men are brothers, the first murder on record was a fratricide. So my brotherhood relationship with my fellow man clearly does not require me to turn a blind eye to my brother's ill intent toward me, nor to facilitate my brother's act of violence against me, my family or the property I acquired through dint of hard work.

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SDN's avatar

Sir, your proposal will never get past point 1.

"1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President without a full medical evaluation to include a cognition examination by a team of three doctors, one each selected by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Minority leader or leaders of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House."

It doesn't matter who picks them, when their current and future training, licenses to practice, and employment are controlled by organizations, such as the AMA, that are 100% Leftist captured. We won't even discuss any active measures, from frivolous malpractice suits, to false #MeToo claims, to Luigi Mangiones, that would encourage them to disqualify Donald Trump, JD Vance, etc.

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The Scuttlebutt's avatar

Yes, the AMA is leftist captured. That does not mean the doctors are. Allow me to point out that the Federal Managers are "100% leftist captured" in theory too, and yet I was the senior VP of the Federal Managers Association for three years, and had I not retired, could have probably gotten the Presidency (had I wanted it... I did not, that's a major pain in the ass!) If you think I'm leftist, you haven't read much of my stuff. ;^)

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SDN's avatar

No, I do not think you're Leftist. That's a strawman at best.

I simply think you are underestimating the scope of the problem. As we saw during COVID, honest doctors are thin on the ground, and many if not most were driven out of the field. The tools used to do that are still in use. Without some reform of the process for making replacements, your proposal will not be reliable enough to trust. Note that I haven't even mentioned the imported doctor issue. Probably needs to be a citizenship requirement in there.

The whole system is a nest of snakes, and any attempt to untangle it means we're getting bit. Pick your poison?

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Betsy's avatar

Biden’s *complete* medical records exist. They document his status before, during and after his term. Be a shame if those confidential documents were located and copied and made public.

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The Scuttlebutt's avatar

yeah, the trouble is, it's against the law, because HIPAA. Private medical records, and his are because he used a private doctor exclusively, can only be unveiled by the patient, and then he must be medically competent to make that decision. Dwell on that little piece for a second.

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Betsy's avatar

I know. Sigh.

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