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In reply to the discussion: Saying What Must Be Said: The President-Elect is MENTALLY ILL [View all]mopinko
(70,294 posts)of the disease, an mri would show that.
other testing would give very good clues. a standard neuropsyche exam at walter reed should be a part of any examination for fitness in office. perhaps submitting before the conventions, either voluntarily or compulsively, should become sop. perhaps this should be expected of serious candidates, as part of the health reports that have become customary.
hell, a smart candidate would do it while they are considering. wanting to be president should make one wonder about themselves.
just think of the suffering that would have been avoided if w and st ronnie had been examined in this way. even w the tools of the time, it would likely have at least excluded them from office.
i think that in this day and age we have some conclusive tools to answer some of these questions. there is a growing movement in the justice system to evaluate defendants for their neurological function.
a president elect should be examined for simple fitness before being inaugurated in the first place. perhaps this will be part of the legacy of the 2016 year of crazy- a 21st century understanding of crazy.
eta- and a full tox screen. like a convict.