Having A Sick President Is Not A Good Idea

Stephen Lendman has written a comparative analysis of US Presidents who had serious health problems. Here is an excerpt:

Presidential illnesses aren’t rare. Noted US heads of state took ill in office, became sidelined, couldn’t perform their duties properly, or at times at all. Woodrow Wilson was America’s 28th president. He served two terms from 1913 – 1921. His health was a state secret.In November 1912, he was elected president. In March 1913, he took office. Few knew his health history. In 1896, he suffered a stroke. It caused marked right upper limb weakness. Sensory disturbances affected his fingers. For almost a year, he couldn’t write. In 1904, he developed right upper limb weakness. It lasted months. In 1906, he lost vision on his left eye. He had multiple neurological problems. He experienced double vision.

He had severe episodic headaches. They lasted days. Hypertension and atherosclerosis affected him.

In summer 1918, he was frail. He suffered breathing problems. Much worse lay ahead.

On October 2, 1919, he collapsed. He experienced a debilitating stroke. For the rest of his presidency, he remained in seclusion. He was sidelined unable to govern.

Historian John Milton Cooper called his condition “the worst instance of presidential disability we’ve ever had.”

“We stumbled along … without a fully functioning president” for 18 months. Information about his health was suppressed. An official White House statement said he suffered from “nervous exhaustion.”

He was dying. Few knew. His top officials and congressional leaders weren’t told. His personal physician, Dr. Cary Grayson, said nothing. The public was entirely shut out.

He served two full terms. He hung on longer than expected. On February 3, 1924, he died.

You can read the rest @
http://www.globalresearch.ca/hillary-seriously-ill-from-dementia-seizures-and-blackouts-comparative-analysis-of-other-us-presidents-who-experienced-serious-health-problems/5541076

There is a provision in the US Constitution for transferring power from an incapacitated President. Here is what it says:

Amendment XXV
3: Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.

4: Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

I see at least two problems with this:

*President Hillary would NEVER execute Clause #3, even on her death bed; and

*If Hillary were President, no one would have the balls to execute Clause #4.

That means that if Hillary were incapacitated, Bill would wind up being de facto President.

Would you want that? I sure don't.