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Reagan and Alzheimer's

 

My phone is acting up this morning, dropping messages and losing connections.? I don't know whether it's Verizon or Google.

Someone posted as a matter of fact that Reagan had Alzheimer's during his presidency.? Dave asked for a reference. ?

People didn't like Reagan used to claim it ad a matter of fact, but I've never seem any proof.? My recollections of Reagan was that he seemed on the ball and interacted with the press and off script a hell of a lot more than Biden is doing now.? I don't recall Reagan sluffing his words or shuffling in his walk or being consigned to the short stairs on Air Force One, while Biden is rapidly declining.? How long will it be before Biden needs a walker?
Ed
 

Use of a walker would not legally disqualify Biden from holding office,?I believe, but it might influence his reelection vote.

D


On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 7:26?AM Ed Lomas <relomas2@...> wrote:
My phone is acting up this morning, dropping messages and losing connections.? I don't know whether it's Verizon or Google.

Someone posted as a matter of fact that Reagan had Alzheimer's during his presidency.? Dave asked for a reference. ?

People didn't like Reagan used to claim it ad a matter of fact, but I've never seem any proof.? My recollections of Reagan was that he seemed on the ball and interacted with the press and off script a hell of a lot more than Biden is doing now.? I don't recall Reagan sluffing his words or shuffling in his walk or being consigned to the short stairs on Air Force One, while Biden is rapidly declining.? How long will it be before Biden needs a walker?
Ed
 

No, FDR was in a wheelchair, and the favorable press kept that secret, but being crippled by polio is not as serious as mobility problems due to advanced aging.? FDR was re-elected even when it was a poorly-kept secret that he was dying, which he did, five months after the election and three months into his 4th term, at the age of 63.
Ed


On Saturday, February 17, 2024, Darrell King <DarrellGKing@...> wrote:
Use of a walker would not legally disqualify Biden from holding office,?I believe, but it might influence his reelection vote.

D


On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 7:26?AM Ed Lomas <relomas2@...> wrote:
My phone is acting up this morning, dropping messages and losing connections.? I don't know whether it's Verizon or Google.

Someone posted as a matter of fact that Reagan had Alzheimer's during his presidency.? Dave asked for a reference. ?

People didn't like Reagan used to claim it ad a matter of fact, but I've never seem any proof.? My recollections of Reagan was that he seemed on the ball and interacted with the press and off script a hell of a lot more than Biden is doing now.? I don't recall Reagan sluffing his words or shuffling in his walk or being consigned to the short stairs on Air Force One, while Biden is rapidly declining.? How long will it be before Biden needs a walker?
Ed
 

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<<People didn't like Reagan used to claim it ad a matter of fact, but I've never seem any proof.? My recollections of Reagan was that he seemed on the ball and interacted with the press and off script a hell of a lot more than Biden is doing now.? I don't recall Reagan sluffing his words or shuffling in his walk or being consigned to the short stairs on Air Force One, while Biden is rapidly declining.? How long will it be before Biden needs a walker?

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Thanks for the link, I stand corrected. I was 10 years old when Reagan was elected, and had zero interest (as did my parents) in politics during my high school years, so I really don¡¯t remember anything about his presidency. Only that my soap operas were interrupted for like 2 weeks because of the Iran-Contra hearings. When I did get into following politics in college and afterwards, I had just heard/read many times that he had Alzheimer¡¯s during his years in office, and made the mistake of accepting that as fact without actually checking into the veracity of it. When David challenged me to list a source, or 3, I was surprised that there weren¡¯t any easy to find sources, but figured that was due to Google¡¯s search function being so dysfunctional. I¡¯m not a big fan of Snopes, but they do seem to have all the facts listed, and there is no actual evidence, and indeed seems unlikely, that he was suffering from Alzheimer¡¯s while in office.

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Rhonda

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On Feb 18, 2024, at 05:31, FreedomRocks <HomeOfLove69@...> wrote:

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<<People didn't like Reagan used to claim it ad a matter of fact, but I've never seem any proof.? My recollections of Reagan was that he seemed on the ball and interacted with the press and off script a hell of a lot more than Biden is doing now.? I don't recall Reagan sluffing his words or shuffling in his walk or being consigned to the short stairs on Air Force One, while Biden is rapidly declining.? How long will it be before Biden needs a walker?

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Thanks for the link, I stand corrected. I was 10 years old when Reagan was elected, and had zero interest (as did my parents) in politics during my high school years, so I really don¡¯t remember anything about his presidency. Only that my soap operas were interrupted for like 2 weeks because of the Iran-Contra hearings. When I did get into following politics in college and afterwards, I had just heard/read many times that he had Alzheimer¡¯s during his years in office, and made the mistake of accepting that as fact without actually checking into the veracity of it. When David challenged me to list a source, or 3, I was surprised that there weren¡¯t any easy to find sources, but figured that was due to Google¡¯s search function being so dysfunctional. I¡¯m not a big fan of Snopes, but they do seem to have all the facts listed, and there is no actual evidence, and indeed seems unlikely, that he was suffering from Alzheimer¡¯s while in office.

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Rhonda

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