McCain didn't spend 30 in a hospital.either. Epic. Fucking. Lie.

The election isn't for roughly 15 years and no one has even declared yet. Can these threads please wait a bit?

15 years? Did Obama declare himself president for 2 decades?

And Obi. McCain spent a few days in the hospital after his surgery but was back in the spotlight in less than 2 weeks. Plus skin cancer doesn't affect one's brain like a concussion. Hilly had a concussion and was out of the spotlight for a full month.

No one cared how many times Gerald Ford fell down except all the comedians making jokes about it.

Ronald Reagan managed to sleep through his presidency and keep his health problems secret until he left office.

To do a Bush made it into the Japanese language after Bush I threw up on the Japanese Prime Minister at a state dinner and blamed his medication.

@Draug:

...I didn't say McCain spent 30 days in the hospital...? O.o What are you even talking about with that first comment?

As to your third comment--

So...because Hillary decided to keep a low profile while recovering, that requires more public scrutiny than a candidate running for the Presidency while having skin cancer (and you can say it doesn't affect his brain, that's nice--it's still a health concern, so tell me why it's OK to have a fit over Hillary but not when we're one heartbeat away from President "Shootamoose," er, Palin?)

Do you need round the clock coverage the next time Peyton Manning or Tom Brady or whomever gets a concussion?

...Well, ESPN will give it to you because people flock to that kind nonsense, but still--do you REALLY need a day by day, hour by hour update?

"No, Obi, but they're quarterbacking an AFC football team--"

You're right! ...The AFC is totally irrelevant now, sorry, imagine that being an NFC quarterback, you know, on a team with an actual shot to win the Super Bowl?

:p

But really...

Are you really going to answer skin cancer < a concussion in terms of medical concerns? One can kill you, the other...not nearly so likely.

She fell, she hit her head, she recovered--that's worse than skin cancer?

(And I might add, with how much some Republicans complain--looking at you, krellin--about how much attention Hillary gets...you're saying you want MORE attention, Draug? And for what, because she hit her head, recovered, and decided not to go on Letterman and Rachel Maddow?)

" No one cared how many times Gerald Ford fell down except all the comedians making jokes about it."

^Exactly--I don't recall people launching into crisis mode like he was going to be the Patient of the Week for Dr. House, erm, I mean, *Insert 70s Medical Drama here.*

...Granted, it was...um, well...Gerald Ford as president...

But still!

"so tell me why it's OK to have a fit over Hillary but not when we're one heartbeat away from President "Shootamoose," er, Palin?"

I didn't vote for McCain for *exactly* that reason. I figured we'd end up with Palin as President and that scared the fuck out of me.

"Are you really going to answer skin cancer < a concussion in terms of medical concerns?"

One has no effect on your decision making abilities, the others leaves you talking like Muhammad Ali. Nuff said.

By that reasoning football players shouldn't be allowed to get into positions of power since they likely sustained concussions while playing. Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan played college football and Jack Kemp played professional football so who knows how much brain damage they had before politics.

"By that reasoning football players shouldn't be allowed to get into positions of power since they likely sustained concussions while playing. "

To a degree, I agree. I don't want Muhammad Ali as President. I don't want Hacksaw Jim Duggan as President. And I don't want 'Fridge Perry as President.

Any one who has ever suffered traumatic brain injury should not hold the highest office in the land. Do you really want Gary Busey as President? The guy actually *does* talk to inanimate objects.

@obiwan

Sorry that we're crossing sword again, my friend. But you're writing here absolutely begs a couple of questions:

1) Isn't accusing Mr. Rove of partisanship, in the format that you're making the accusation, also rather partisan?

2) If you're really keen on having Clinton serve as president, wouldn't you be better off emphasizing her credentials rather than simply accusing her political opponents of sexism? It seems to me that accusing people of sexism, especially without a strong foundation in facts and proof, is actually gender politics as it's very worst.

Votre ami dévoué,
Al