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So Trump Is Making "Strength and Stamina" A Campaign Issue ... (Original Post) napkinz Aug 2016 OP
Good thing he did not make size an issue - DURHAM D Aug 2016 #1
good grief! napkinz Aug 2016 #2
Blut und Eisen! struggle4progress Aug 2016 #3
Most jobs can require a physical examination, why not President? world wide wally Aug 2016 #4
Because we have the right to elect the infirm if we want to. Shrike47 Aug 2016 #5
Franklin Delano Roosevelt mothra1orbit Aug 2016 #6
We don’t just need to see Trump’s taxes — we need a real medical report on him napkinz Aug 2016 #8
... GoCubsGo Aug 2016 #7
strength & stamina ... napkinz Aug 2016 #13
What a dolt ailsagirl Aug 2016 #9
"He's referring to the phony letter, I'm assuming" ... yep napkinz Aug 2016 #10
Glad that Rachel brought it up in yesterday's show ailsagirl Aug 2016 #11
so far she is the ONLY one on MSNBC napkinz Aug 2016 #12
Chris Matthews asking Kellyanne Conway about Hillary's health now on Hardball napkinz Aug 2016 #14
Don " the duck " needs to release more than a letter from Kathy M Aug 2016 #15
Donald Duck ... napkinz Aug 2016 #16
Heard about this on the news earlier this evening Kathy M Aug 2016 #17
In a speech given in Virginia today, Trump repeated the claim that Hillary "lacks the napkinz Aug 2016 #18

world wide wally

(21,718 posts)
4. Most jobs can require a physical examination, why not President?
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 03:53 PM
Aug 2016

His original is OBVIOUSLY forged, so he should be required to submit to an independent physical examination.

napkinz

(17,199 posts)
8. We don’t just need to see Trump’s taxes — we need a real medical report on him
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 05:57 PM
Aug 2016

Donald Trump isn’t just a bloviating fraud, he might truly be physically unfit to be president

SOPHIA MCCLENNEN
AUG 10, 2016

There has been a recent flurry of news media coverage that has focused on whether or not Trump might not be well, whether he might suffer from dementia or Alzheimer’s, and whether or not his thin skin and uncontrollable temper might be a problem for a president. Even more disturbing we learned of his inability to understand why we should not nuke Europe. Then–after all that–we get the frightening and unhinged 2nd Amendment comment. Clearly we have reason to question whether or not he has the ability to do the job.

Anticipating that concern, Trump released a letter from his physician back in December attesting that“if elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency.” When the letter was first released many laughed it off. It seemed like yet another sign of a bombastic and surreal campaign. But now that we are only months away from the general election it is time to return to that letter and wonder if it is further proof that Trump is scamming the US public.

-snip-

The letter does not uphold even the flimsiest medical standard and it uses hyperbolic language that has no connection at all to facts. Aside from making the outrageous and completely unverifiable claim that Trump would be the healthiest president ever, it makes other odd statements. We read, for instance, that he has had a medical exam that revealed “only positive results.” In the medical community a “positive result” means a bad prognosis. What we want are “normal” results. The letter uses the word “excellent” twice in relation to medical tests—another oddity since again the standard would be to say “normal.” The letter also states that Trump’s only medical issue was an appendectomy but there is no mention of the bone spur, which kept him from serving in Viet Nam.

Apart from the lack of scientific rigor, the letter starts with “To Whom My Concern.” It is worth pausing to worry that the physician who has been taking care of Trump since 1980 has such a poor command of the English language. In fact, the language in the letter mirrors the same sort of bombastic language common to Trump-speak. The writing was so bizarre that it led Robert Reich to wonder if it had been written by Trump himself.

read more: http://www.salon.com/2016/08/10/we-do-not-just-need-to-see-trumps-taxes-we-need-a-real-medical-report-on-him/

ailsagirl

(22,837 posts)
9. What a dolt
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 06:05 PM
Aug 2016

He's referring to the phony letter, I'm assuming.

He must have us mixed up with his delusional followers who believe everything he says!!

napkinz

(17,199 posts)
12. so far she is the ONLY one on MSNBC
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 06:25 PM
Aug 2016

and nothing from CNN

Imagine if Hillary had done this. You know Andrea Mitchell and Wolf Blitzer would be all over it.

Kathy M

(1,242 posts)
15. Don " the duck " needs to release more than a letter from
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 07:09 PM
Aug 2016

a Dr . that specializes in Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine....... Why is Don seeing this kind of Dr ? One of the conditions
Dr Bornstein treats is Anxiety Phobic Disorder........


In link a little info on Dr Bornstein and the conditions treated by him

http://doctor.webmd.com/doctor/harold-bornstein-md-4307c79d-a3f1-40ea-ac4a-f37fb12de971-overview

Kathy M

(1,242 posts)
17. Heard about this on the news earlier this evening
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 12:51 AM
Aug 2016

Thank You for linking post , I did not see post earlier .... Great pictures !

napkinz

(17,199 posts)
18. In a speech given in Virginia today, Trump repeated the claim that Hillary "lacks the
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 07:12 PM
Aug 2016

strength and stamina."

On CNN, they showed the clip, and a Trump surrogate added, "Hillary is not up to the job."

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