Posted By: inicky46
Re: I'd tell you not to be a horse's ass but you can't help yourself.
BPS's comparison was NOT about the relative merits of Reagan's and Biden's Presidencies, as you've implied. It was ONLY about their standing in the polls going into their re-election campaigns. But you, in your intellectually bankrupt way, pretended he did. That's called a lie.
But if you wanna talk about Reagan, I'm game. For example, in his second term Reagan was clearly suffering from he early effects of Alzheimers. No one seriously disagrees with that. He was so out of it that Poindexter and Ollie North were able to hijack our foreign policy and get into the totally illegal Iran/Contra affair.
Reagan was, at best, a genial joke with a reputation that was undeserved.
"Blasphemy OHHHH YOU'LL SMOKE A TURD IN HELL FOR THAT ! ! !"
Name the Movie BUT it applies nicely here. Reagan did not have Alzheimer's while in office. STOP "crying wolf, ER I mean LYING"
From the Article
Let’s put it clearly and simply: there is no truth to the notion of Ronald Reagan having Alzheimer’s during his presidency. Any piece of information that claims this is either taken out of context or is an outright lie from those who simply ignore history and know nothing about medicine.
Ask Ed Meese, President Reagan’s closest adviser, what he thought of President Reagan’s health. There will be nothing about Alzheimer’s. Ask others who worked closely with the President. There will be nothing. Ask for doctor’s notes or physicals or anything that would’ve meticulously been kept. What is there? Nothing. That’s how much truth there is to the canard. Reagan went to the Bethesda Naval Hospital each year for extensive testing, and each year of his presidency he passed with flying colors.
Following his presidency, he went to the Mayo Clinic for extensive annual exams starting in 1989 and was given an annual test for dementia and mental deterioration. Each year, he passed the exam without showing any signs of dementia beyond normal aging until his disease was diagnosed and revealed in 1994.
Those who want to use Reagan’s sad illness, the onset of which did not occur until a full five years after leaving office, for their own reasons or for political gain cannot seem to help it. They want to use a man’s disease to discredit a president who even those of a different political persuasion, such as former President Barack Obama, have looked up to.
‘No evidence’
Is there any medical evidence, doctors’ notes, counseling reports or any other information indicating that President Reagan suffered mentally in any way at any time in office? No. In fact, Dr. Lawrence Altman, longtime New York Times medical correspondent, looked for just such evidence and found none.
