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This is fucking Absurd, with a capital A. Jeff Steir’s article on Huffington Post today calls for Obama to release his medical records so that the public knows he is healthy enough to take office. Fair enough.

But here’s what isn’t fair and in fact, is ludicrous: Jeff suspects that cyrogenic septuagenarian John McCain is probably in better health than Obama simply because Obama smoked.

Jeff says “It’s not as if once you quit smoking, all of the health effects immediately disappear. In fact, after enough smoking, some health effects are irreversible. Consider just the arteries and lungs.”

He bases his claim on a 1998 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, which reported that a smoker’s excess risk of a stroke doesn’t return to that of nonsmokers until at least five, or as long as twenty years after quitting.

Which means he will absolutely, 100% keel over from a stroke, right? No. There are plenty of other factors that can lead to this medical emergency like high blood pressure and high cholesteral and there is nothing that says that you are certain to have a stroke if you smoke. Say Bam did get an arterial block that lead to a hemorrhage-trying fucking proving it is directly caused by a pack a day.

But who needs logic when you have alarm-ism and one off-based example of a guy who was also FAT. Steve asks us to “Recall Jim Fixx. An overweight smoker when he turned his life around at thirty-five, Fixx became the icon of fitness. He quit smoking and started running. Then he died in 1984 at age fifty-three — while running.”

Which again-there is no proof it was from smoking. Excess weight and the fact that he came from a family with a history of heart problems, probably factored in a bit. I’m just guessing though. Whichis exactly what Jeff is doing.

But wait..Jeff has more to say and it may actually be his real reason behind this dumb, pointless article. The last paragraph states: “Does he [Barack] have other risk factors for heart disease? Compared to whites, for instance, African-Americans are more likely to die of a stroke, according to the American Heart Association. This, in fact, is probably the only time race is a legitimate question.”

Except it’s not a legitimate question. White men are more likely to suffer heart disease, prostate cancer, and even have a mortality rate of 5.1% from stroke. Women have a high rate of heart disease. Hillary is in her 60’s - what if menopause makes her crazy and hot flashes keep her form keeping an eye on the country?

Yes, McCain has given up his health records but the man is way old and underwent extreme bodily stress while a POW. This does not mean everyone’s records should be public.

Obama is the youngest candidate, plays basketball and was recently voted one of Fitness Magazines healthiest men. In the country.

This whole article seems to me a way to call out Barack’s race. He may be using a cloud of cigarettes smoke to cover it, but it’s still pretty clear.

Thoughts?