loucoveyJun 28, 2024
@GottaLaff it might be time to point out that during the two world wars we had a president incapacitated by a stroke and one polio survivor in a wheelchair running the country and doing it better than TFG ran any business.
Show threadShannon Clark

@Loucovey @GottaLaff in the case of FDR the media actively helped him hide the full extent of his physical ailments (I’m not an expert - did major in history but it was medieval/early modern) but from what I’ve read the media largely agreed not to show him in wheelchairs and most people at the time did not know how disabled he was. According to the national park service out of hundreds of thousands of photos of him only 4 are known that show him in a wheelchair

See https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/prologue.htm#:~:text=FDR%20also%20pressured%20the%20press,of%20the%20president's%20health%20complications.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial - The Prologue Room (U.S. National Park Service)

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Show threadloucoveyJun 29, 2024
@Rycaut @GottaLaff still, he did the job
Show threadShannon ClarkJun 29, 2024
@Loucovey @GottaLaff oh absolutely. My point was he was exceptional at the job and of course helped by the lack of every person having a camera in their hands at all times as we have today. But also that the media (albeit with some pressure by him) helped him cover it up. And I would say somewhat rightfully so - as his physical ailments clearly didn’t disqualify him from the job in the least (though perhaps arguably since he did die in office might have been a factor in his last term)
Show threadShannon ClarkJun 29, 2024
@Loucovey @GottaLaff and to use a modern example someone like Senator Tammy Duckworth is an exceptional public servant and I hope continues to serve the country for years.