As various pundits on Prof. Reynold’s Instapundit are wont to say of such news, “Who had “Presidential candidates with brain worms” on their 2024 bingo card?“
The New York Times tells us today that in 2010, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “was experiencing memory loss and mental fogginess so severe that a friend grew concerned he might have a brain tumor.” After consulting several neurologists, RFK had the mystery solved. His cognitive problems were “caused by a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died,” Kennedy says.
Oh.
All righty then! What can we take from this development?
1. Kudos to RFK Jr. for candor and honesty. The other candidates haven’t been so forthcoming. President Biden won’t undergo cognitive testing, or if he will, he won’t reveal what the results were.
2. Yet the Times informs us that despite this startling revelation, Kennedy’s campaign refuses to release his complete medical records. There are worse things in there than the fact that a worm ate part of his brain? Oh-oh…
3. I still salute RFK’s courage. If this doesn’t launch a thousand jokes and memes, I’ll be disappointed. (I won’t offer any, because I don’t want to be accused of “worm-shaming.”)
4. Given Kennedy’s frequently extreme and even bizarre opinions, the reflex response from many will be, “That explains a lot.” Not from me though! Uh-uh.
5. When asked if any of Kennedy’s health issues could compromise his fitness for the presidency, RFK’s spokesperson, Stefanie Spear, replied, “That is a hilarious suggestion, given the competition.”
If she had not taken advantage of a straight line like that, I would have been disappointed. To her credit, Spear deposited that metaphorical hanging curve in the upper deck.
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So, his ideas are toxic, even to worms?
RIP, Brain Worm. Dead of Malnutrition.
You owe me a keyboard!
I was going to suggest that I might have voted for the worm, but your line is better.
He must have used Navage with tap water. A well documened phenomena!
One more reason to avoid shooting water up your nose. As if more were needed.
Query. Are “brain worms” a real thing? Neurologists diagnose them? I mean, I’ve heard of ear worms, but they’re metaphorical, right? Anyone? Beuhler?
They are.
Sheesh.
There are quite a few parasites that can do this by accident. Particularly ones that find themselves in the wrong host that’s not their target.
A common method of parasites is to seek exit via the lungs, where they can then be swallowed and attach to the intestines. When they exit the wrong place, bad things can happen. Some of the worst are liver flukes that target ruminants. When humans eat raw freshwater snails, they can get them. The worm then burrows through the abdominal cavity, doing massive organ damage.
Dammit. I could’ve had “brain worms” on my bingo card, but I decided on “one of the frontrunners will act like he should be on the list of one million best possibilities for POTUS.” That’ll teach me to bet on a longshot.
He evidently disclosed this in a pleading during his divorce over a decade ago. Not sure he gets any kudos (didn’t that term become a thing during the Kennedy administration, because of the wonderfulness of the Kennedy administration?) for revealing he’s been impaired. (Cue the Pythons during Bring out your dead! “But I got over it!”) And who dug this up? And why do such spade work just on a Biden opponent?
Oh, I’m sure they have done brain worm checks on all the candidates. It’s SOP, isn’t it?
So based on relative mental acuity (when compared to RFK), I’m guessing the worm in President Biden’s brain is the size of a reticulated python.
…and “I don’t want to be accused of worm-shaming” got an out-loud laugh from me. That was good!
Thank-you! I was proud of that.