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He always seems to be taking quick little baby steps, hard to describe, but he doesn't seem to take long strides...
A neighbor of mine has had surgery and takes quick little steps and I wondered if Romney had similar problems... My neighbor is a great guy and I am NOT making fun of him, just curious about Romney...
barnabas63
(1,214 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)yet he wants to keep 45 million Americans uninsured.
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)makes you walk that way
B Calm
(28,762 posts)aletier_v
(1,773 posts)you'd be damn angry, too.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)and discussion of whether Romney suffered a traumatic brain injury in the car crash he was in in France when a Mormon missionary.
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)at least not for this. There are so many non-physical reasons that I could make fun of.
If anyone thinks that I was, I didn't mean to sound "mean," but it's something that I have noticed and am glad that a few of you knew a bit about it.
No more about this will come out of me. Land sakes I have enough physical stuff wrong with me, but I at least I haven't relocated any factories to China.
aletier_v
(1,773 posts)"Because he's been running through my mind all night"
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)and in fact if he does have any lingering neurological issues from that accident I would think there's some legitimate question of whether they affect his fitness for the presidency.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)And the TBI is harder than nails to prove, but he has some musco skeletal issues that come from that.
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)...
C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)You'd be walking funny too...
Dude is so uptight he could crush coal into diamonds in that thing.
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)You can't just leave a debate when it's time to go, you know.
porphyrian
(18,530 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)that left him with hip problems.
That is why the way he walks is a non issue.
Evergreen Emerald
(13,069 posts)Early alzheimers. Apparently, a sign of dementia is an unusual gait, because the brain must coordinate many things in order to walk.
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)...we don't have Nancy's astrologer to pick up the slack.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)"...Muscular rigidity, slowed movements, shuffling gait, and stooped posture are also relatively frequent in people with Alzheimers disease. Delusions, psychotic behavior, agitation with aggressive behavior, and hallucinations may occur, but only in 20 percent of individuals. ..."
Romney may be showing early signs of late-onset Alzheimer's. It's a terrible disease and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy (my mother has it) but Americans have a right to know if Romney is afflicted with it.
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)It's a brutal disease, and the drug treatment can cause mental issues like fatigue, hallucinations, etc.
I wonder if there is any manifestations in his hands?
nycbiscuit
(46 posts)I thought that was just because he's a robot.
woodsprite
(11,924 posts)Or maybe it's the stick up his a$$ that gives him problems.
justabob
(3,069 posts)I walk like that when my back is in spasm.
MoonshadowLou
(10 posts)Ilsa
(61,698 posts)Or hip or joint disease, Parkinsons Disease, back problems, or a neurological problem.