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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 29 Dec 2017

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    Woodrow Wilson, stroke, 1919-1920. Richard Nixon, alcoholism, 1973-1974; JFK, painkillers, 1961-63; Reagan, early onset alzheimer, 1985-1989. FDR not in great health in 1944-1945. https://twitter.com/JedediahSPurdy/status/946922890154467329 …

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      2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 29 Dec 2017
        Replying to @GregDjerejian @dick_nixon

        He was so drunk that the military de facto passed on nuclear decision making to Kissinger.

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      1. Thomas Levenson, Zṓiarchos‏ @TomLevenson 29 Dec 2017
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        You underestimate Reagan’s impairment

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      2. J.B.M. (he/him)‏ @vijamsonic 29 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        I think FDR was sicker earlier than '44, but hid it fairly well.

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      3. Joe Ro‏ @joero3 29 Dec 2017
        Replying to @vijamsonic @HeerJeet

        He was sick, but his cognitive abilities were not noticeably impaired -- at least not earlier than '44.

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      2. Rhys Needham‏ @Rhys_Needham 29 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Wasn't Ulysses S. Grant an alcoholic as well, or is that too early?

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      3. Vote NO on H‏ @markhamiltonmsw 29 Dec 2017
        Replying to @Rhys_Needham @HeerJeet

        Reading the [excellent] new Chernow bio on Grant. He was definitely an alcoholic, but seemed to have become a complete teetotaler by the time he was president.

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      1. Basil’s Rokoïsk‏ @utterlybasil 29 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        More like 1982-1989, amirite?

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      1. Hoya81‏ @Hoyarrow81 29 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Lincoln’s bouts of melancholy would likely be diagnosed as Chronic Depression by modern medicine.

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      1. Joe Ro‏ @joero3 29 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        I know that Nixon drank excessively at that time -- but I am not sure you can call it alcoholism. It was rather abuse of alcohol.

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