# President Biden's Stroke/Aneurysm \[in 1988- edited title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 15, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bidens-stroke-aneurysm-in-1988-edited-title/954412 "2021-11-15T21:47:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bidens-stroke-aneurysm-in-1988-edited-title/954412/41 "2021-11-16T02:27:35Z")
I have heard that some people are _concerned_. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bidens-stroke-aneurysm-in-1988-edited-title/954412/42 "2021-11-16T05:07:23Z")
Sorry. Wrong number. Thanks for catching this, @kenobi_65 . ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bidens-stroke-aneurysm-in-1988-edited-title/954412/43 "2021-11-16T05:09:46Z")
@nelliebly: was that meant to go into another thread (specifically, the one below)? > [@Some parents now going after mental health programs in schools](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-parents-now-going-after-mental-health-programs-in-schools/954424): > > Claiming that mental health programs in schools are akin to indoctrination, some parents’ groups are [going after them now](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parents-protesting-critical-race-theory-identify-new-target-mental-hea-rcna4991?cid=mob_npd_nn_ios_mar&fbclid=IwAR3d-qEM_fDXkZbpT9IhsO_JYZLXXgRxQO3HKV6rz_E0jTQqeQGsoJmcTVw). Another example of parents fearing what they don’t understand. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bidens-stroke-aneurysm-in-1988-edited-title/954412/44 "2021-11-16T11:54:14Z")
I will say that the OP has managed to get an impressively wide array of posters, from all stripes, arguing against him. That should be worth some kind of badge. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bidens-stroke-aneurysm-in-1988-edited-title/954412/45 "2021-11-16T12:10:11Z")
Go easy on him, maybe he’s had a stroke (no cite). ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bidens-stroke-aneurysm-in-1988-edited-title/954412/46 "2021-11-16T14:31:34Z")
> [@Jim\_B](#): > > And it didn’t affect his policies or governing. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bidens-stroke-aneurysm-in-1988-edited-title/954412/47 "2021-11-16T14:52:25Z")
> [@Jim\_B](#): > > BTW you have to admit sometimes a cite is just redundant. No, I do not. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bidens-stroke-aneurysm-in-1988-edited-title/954412/48 "2021-11-16T17:11:54Z")
@Love_Rhombus Well, he’s still president. That’s all I can say. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bidens-stroke-aneurysm-in-1988-edited-title/954412/49 "2021-11-16T17:44:44Z")
Reagan is still president? I thought it was Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bidens-stroke-aneurysm-in-1988-edited-title/954412/50 "2021-11-16T22:30:37Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Go easy on him, maybe he’s had a stroke (no cite). That’s Trump. Every time he goes golfing, he has more strokes than he will admit, and lies about it. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bidens-stroke-aneurysm-in-1988-edited-title/954412/51 "2021-11-17T16:01:00Z")
Thats what the luciferians want you to think - its actuall Lincoln’s great great great grandson , JFK Jr who is actually president. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bidens-stroke-aneurysm-in-1988-edited-title/954412/52 "2021-11-19T03:01:09Z")
> [@Jim\_B](#): > > But really can anyone make a truly full recovery after such an event? Because we’re dealing with the brain. And brain cells don’t regrow. True, dendrites (the leaves and branches, if the brain cells are the trees) do regrow. But never the cells themselves. And some brain damage is reversible. The thing that seems to happen to many people who recover from an actual stroke is that the brain reroutes its active signal paths around the damaged tissue. The body, and brain, tends to be quite resilient and adaptable. And, of course, there is that quote attributed to Einstein, that we use a fraction of our mental capacity (sometimes given as 10%, sometime 20%), and while it is not true, there is a lot of redundancy and spare capacity in the animal in general. In other words, if there were any substance to your concerns, well, there really is not. ---
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bidens-stroke-aneurysm-in-1988-edited-title/954412/53 "2021-11-19T05:56:25Z")
> [@Jim\_B](#): > > BTW you have to admit sometimes a cite is just redundant. And I’ve seen instances where other posters omit it then. Things that are TRULY common knowledge typically do not need a cite. And by “common knowledge,” I mean things that a semi-educated person with a lack of curiosity would probably know. For instance, I have a cousin who simply does not follow the news at all. Yet even she knows who the President is. Statements like “The USSR shaped 20th-century geopolitics” would not need a cite. Statements like “President Kennedy was prescribed [drug] for his back pain” do need a cite. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bidens-stroke-aneurysm-in-1988-edited-title/954412/54 "2021-11-19T06:37:55Z")
> [@Bootb](#): > > Things that are TRULY common knowledge typically do not need a cite. And by “common knowledge,” I mean things that a semi-educated person with a lack of curiosity would probably know. For instance, I have a cousin who simply does not follow the news at all. Yet even she knows who the President is. That is probably not the best example, as quite a few Americans aren’t very good at knowing who the President is. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bidens-stroke-aneurysm-in-1988-edited-title/954412/55 "2021-11-19T18:17:21Z")
Sadly, this was true even before 2021. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bidens-stroke-aneurysm-in-1988-edited-title/954412/56 "2021-11-19T19:11:49Z")
I think if you look at the graph, January 20, 2021 is the corner of the hockey stick. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bidens-stroke-aneurysm-in-1988-edited-title/954412/57 "2021-11-19T20:20:17Z")
The Venn diagram of those who think the President isn’t the President and those who disbelieve in the hockey stick model is a circle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bidens-stroke-aneurysm-in-1988-edited-title/954412.md?page=2)