Should heads of state and candidates to high office pass a cognitive/ mental fitness test?

Source: https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2020/05/27/should-heads-of-state-and-candidates-to-high-office-pass-a-cognitive-mental-fitness-test/

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Is it fair to question a presidential candidate’s mental fitness? (Salon):

“My heart sank as he floundered his way through his responses, fumbling with his notes, uncharacteristically lost for words. He looked tired and bewildered,” Ron Reagan, the son of President Ronald Reagan, wrote of his father’s performance during the first 1984 presidential debate.

At the time, there had long been rumors that Reagan was suffering from cognitive i…

Source: https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2020/05/27/should-heads-of-state-and-candidates-to-high-office-pass-a-cognitive-mental-fitness-test/

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Is it fair to question a presidential candidate’s mental fitness? (Salon):

“My heart sank as he floundered his way through his responses, fumbling with his notes, uncharacteristically lost for words. He looked tired and bewildered,” Ron Reagan, the son of President Ronald Reagan, wrote of his father’s performance during the first 1984 presidential debate.

At the time, there had long been rumors that Reagan was suffering from cognitive i…

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