You probably didn’t have time to review the report on President Joe Biden’s physical. He took it on Wednesday, Feb. 28. I read every word, so allow me to recap the high points.
Properly Subversive
– He’s developed obstructive sleep apnea, so the good docs at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center put him on a PAP device – that’s those weird looking masks you see on teevee commercials.
– He had a root canal in June. They didn’t have to put him under, otherwise Kamala Harris would have been in charge of the free world for 3 hours. We’re still here, so obviously that didn’t happen.
– The president’s heart beats “irregularly irregular.” He has “persistent a-fib,” but no symptoms. He takes Crestor to keep his cholesterol down.
– He has acid reflux for which he takes medication twice a day.
– Everyone can see the president’s precarious gait of late – arms bent straight out at the elbow, hands fisted and feet moving in mechanical baby steps. Not to worry, doctors explain. Since suffering a hairline fracture in his foot, his walk has “perceptively stiffened.” Docs make a point to say it’s orthopedic, not anything to suggest the dreaded “death shuffle” often seen in the elderly as their time nears.
– “An extremely detailed neurological exam” found no evidence of a “stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, or ascending lateral sclerosis.”
– He has “peripheral neuropathy in both feet” and his inability to sense heat or cold has now progressed up to his calves.
– His hip hurts.
– The cancer spot dug out of his chest previously is healing nicely.
– He takes these meds: Eliquis, Crestor, Dymistia, Allegra, Pepcid and Nexium.
– His skin shows “several areas of lentigo and actinic changes.” That means he has a bunch of liver spots and scaly skin.
Doctor’s Conclusion: “President Biden is a healthy, active, robust 81-year-old male.”
My Conclusion: Since baseball season is just around the corner, let me sum it up this way: If you want Joe Biden as your starting pitcher, you might want the bullpen warmed up before the game starts. This guy’s not going the distance.
OH, BY THE WAY
As noted by the news hounds at PBS (so don’t blame my conservative bias for pointing this out) President Biden refused to take a cognitive test as part of his physical. This comes on the heels of his own Justice Department reporting he’s so mentally deteriorated he’s unfit to stand trial for taking sensitive classified documents and storing them in open boxes in his garage.
That tells you all you need to know.
If he could pass a cognitive test, he’d take one. There’s no other way to see it. This ought to be routinely included in all reporting going forward. Like this:
“President Joe Biden visited the southern border today and again proclaimed it secure. President Biden, however, has yet to pass a cognitive test.”
JUST A GLITCH
So, Nevadans who failed to vote in the latest presidential primary found out via the Secretary of State’s website that magically they did vote. And, as you can imagine, that got people wound up about this pesky vote integrity thingy conservatives in the state are always fretting about.
Well, our election keepers – mostly liberal at the moment – tell us that after further review there’s nothing to see here. Just a glitch. Move along, silly people.
Here’s the fact check on the matter courtesy of the Nevada Independent:
“Did a recent glitch cause ballots from people who did not vote in the primary to be counted? NO.”
Says Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar: “This was a technical error that should not have happened, resulting from a patchwork, bottom-up voter registration system that has long needed to be replaced. The votes are actually accurate.”
My take: The only thing 100% trustworthy in that statement is this: The error “should not have happened.” A poor workman blames his tools. Stop hiding behind the machines and do a better job. Liberal, conservative or inbetween, we all simply want to feel a little – just a little – better about our elections. This episode lessened confidence.
ONE MORE THING
– As a kid I was so proud when someone said “you’ve gotten so big since I saw you last.”
As an adult, not so much.
(Sherman R. Frederick is a longtime Nevada writer and a member of the Nevada Press Association’s Hall of Fame. He can be reached at ShermFrederick@gmail.com.)
