The US presidential election race reached new heights of reactionary ridiculousness this week, as Hillary Clinton's ability to effectively lead the world's most powerful country was called into question due to the fact she was taken unwell at an 11/9 (as it is called in British English) memorial ceremony.
Apparently, succumbing to an unfortunate bout of pneumonia is more of a bar to taking up office than kicking babies out of buildings, inciting an assassination attempt on your presidential rival, and insulting the parents of a deceased war veteran combined. The fact that US voters seem to place more importance on the physical fitness of their potential leaders, rather than their levels of intelligence or knowledge, tells you everything you need to know about the ludicrous political situation across the pond.
Rampant Trumpeteers are also conveniently forgetting the fact that Republican favourite (and fellow loudmouthed celebrity, rather than experienced politician) Ronald Reagan suffered from Alzheimer's during his presidency. Popular wartime president Franklin Roosevelt suffered from Polio for much of his time in office (a fact that even back then, was hidden from the population at large) and the famously tumultuous term of John F. Kennedy was completed despite his massive amounts of medication required to keep his Addison's disease in check.
I'm going to go out on a limb here, and state that the contributions of these supposedly sickly statesmen will certainly out trump anything that the man who publicly stated the tower bearing his name was the tallest in the area after the destruction of the twin towers has to offer.
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