The Rittenhouse Review

A Philadelphia Journal of Politics, Finance, Ethics, and Culture


Wednesday, December 01, 2004  

WHO’S AFRAID OF A LITTLE PHYSICAL?
National Guard, White House, No Difference

President Iatrophia, also known as President No Show, having skipped his annual physical examination last summer, citing his busyness, what with the campaign and all, has yet to report for the routine medical assessment to which every other president has submitted since time immemorial.

It now has been 29 days since Election Day, 29 days during which President Cough, Cough failed to, or couldn’t, make time for his annual physical examination.

This is a sad, suspicious even, situation.

Hell, even former Sen. Charles H. Percy (R-Ill.), a Christian Scientist, promised during his 1968 campaign for the presidency that he would keep a medical physician, and a Christian Science practitioner, on call. (Whatever happened to the likes of Senator Percy? He was [is, actually, as he's still living] a fine, a great, man, a principled and intelligent lawmaker laid low, sent to obscurity, I think, for having the audacity to promote an evenhanded approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.)

Just wondering . . . Is anyone covering the White House beat asking about this?

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