Facts: 14 of 43 Vice Presidents have gone on to be president. That's 33 % ---- 1 out of 3. Also -- from a study of people age 71 conducted by this medical article -
Of both samples (1700 for one, and 856 for another) they each concluded that 22% were shown to have cognitive impairment without dementia. Repeat it again -- Cognitive Impairment
Cognitive: the mental process or faculty of knowing (fundamentals of the economy are strong,) including aspects such as awareness ( how many houses he owns,) perception (offering a gas tax Holiday,) reasoning (Keating,) and judgement (Sarah Palin???)
Impair(ment): To cause to diminish, as in strength or quality (such as bowel control.)
So in conclusion we have by itself a 1 in 3 chance that Sarah Palin will become the next president of the United States of America - not including the added almost 1 in 4 chance that McCain at his current age is unknowingly besieged by cognitive impairment without dementia, plus the really unknown chance of the melanoma coming back to life ---- I would really want to know how a Vegas Handicapper (no pun intended) would lay the odds on Palin becoming POTUS within the first four years of a McCain term. My rough calcs come up to a 1 in 2 chance.
Another great Carlin Video:
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