Question about the house leader

[Andy823]

I know the president and the VP have to have a physical each year to make sure they are in good health, but what about the leader of the house, third in line to become president, do they also have to be checked out every year to see how their health is?

I really think Boehner needs a complete check up, both physical and mental exams. If he has a problem with alcohol, or if he has other issues he is covering up with alcohol, it needs to be brought forward. Someone with problems like he seems to have should not be third in line to become president of the U.S.!

[gateley]

1. Excellent question. Have we ever had a President who's an alcoholic? nt

[sharp_stick]

3. Didn't Ulysses S. Grant

enjoy his liquor just a bit too much? I think Tricky Dick enjoyed a few too many cocktails as well.

[shraby]

4. Just unloaded one in the 2008 election.

[T Wolf]

5. Shrub was (and is) one. Going back in history, there are probably a lot of characteristics of

those rich white men that we would be surprised (or not) at.

[HopeHoops]

6. Several - most recently the shrub. I don't think he's been sober for a minute since Jr. High.

[HillbillyBob]

8. Thats a good subjec for research

I m trying to remember ...then again I forgot what I had for lunch.


Medical History of U.S. Presidents - Alcohol
http://www.doctorzebra.com/prez/g19.htm

President Alcohol Issue In Office?

John Adams breakfast beer -

John Adams liked alcohol -

Martin van Buren heavy drinker -

William Harrison teetotaler -

Millard Fillmore nondrinker -

Franklin Pierce alcoholic yes

James Buchanan serious drinking -

Andrew Johnson not a drunkard yes

Ulysses Grant abuse? -

Rutherford Hayes poison ivy -

Chester Arthur lavish lifestyle yes

Grover Cleveland liked beer -

William Taft generally abstained -

Franklin Roosevelt alcohol intake? -

Ronald Reagan drank little -

George W. Bush alcohol abuse -

Not complete or very much to go on...

[hlthe2b]

2. May I point out that GW Bush* likewise had emotional issues...

and mental lapses that had many of us suspecting either he was still drinking heavily or covering up the long term effects of his drinking history. Yet, he did have to have those physical exams. Even noted psychiatrist Dr. Justin Frank suspected something amiss (authored "Bush on the Couch").

What makes you think the truth would be revealed even if he had a physical exam and alcohol or other related issues were uncovered?

[shraby]

7. Hell, they even kept Reagan's alzheimers secret from the

country. I suspected something at the time because they quit letting him talk to the media.

[Democrats_win]

9. Damn Socialists. Make him pay for his own medical exam.

Kidding.