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Should psychiatric tests be compulsory for those seeking the Presidency?

Should psychiatric tests be compulsory for those seeking the Presidency?

  • Yes

    Votes: 16 34.0%

  • No

    Votes: 28 59.6%

  • Other

    Votes: 3 6.4%
  • Total voters
    47
Aristaeus

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We are seeing what happens when someone who is mentally unstable becomes President. Should mental/psych tests be compulsory at some point in the Presidential race with nominees being barred from the office on the advice of medical professionals? Either before the polls or at the President-elect stage (and the veep possibly taking over).

edit: not letting me do a poll. A yes/no poll if any mods are listening!
 
Aristaeus said:
We are seeing what happens when someone who is mentally unstable becomes President. Should mental/psych tests be compulsory at some point in the Presidential race with nominees being barred from the office on the advice of medical professionals? Either before the polls or at the President-elect stage (and the veep possibly taking over).

edit: not letting me do a poll. A yes/no poll if any mods are listening!
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No, and here is why. Doing so would directly politicize medical examiners. The right will say the person examining the candidate is too liberal or the left will say the doctor is too conservative.

I get it I really do. Trump is unprofessional, unpresidential, incompetent and speaks like the drunken uncle at family reunions making everyone of his handlers cringe every time he grabs his phone to do a tweet for fear of the stupid that will come out of his mouth. The thing is, he isn't acting any differently than he did on the campaign trail. The 25th amendment is not the answer and people need to stop trying to invoke it. #1 it isn't going to happen. #2 it takes away from the real fight against Donald Trump and that is at the polls and the voting booth.
 
I am in favor of some “bipartisan” vetting, in secret, and anyone who is suspect is not allowed to advance in the primaries. Too much of a crapshoot with things as they are now.
 
Maybe, but they definitely should be required in order to get a drivers license.
 
We have a President in office who is obviously seriously mentally disturbed and represents a great threat to our nation, your world and all the people in it. We have to find some way to get rid of him ASAP and accept that a huge mistake was made. I do not know if what is suggested in the OP is the answer or how workable it is - but I do know that either Congress does something about this or - if they continue to enable this madness - at some point the villagers need to do the legal modern equivalent of grabbing the torches and pitchforks and storm the castle and burn that windmill to the ground.
 
haymarket said:
We have a President in office who is obviously seriously mentally disturbed and represents a great threat to our nation, your world and all the people in it. We have to find some way to get rid of him ASAP and accept that a huge mistake was made. I do not know if what is suggested in the OP is the answer or how workable it is - but I do know that either Congress does something about this or - if they continue to enable this madness - at some point the villagers need to do the legal modern equivalent of grabbing the torches and pitchforks and storm the castle and burn that windmill to the ground.
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Find a Women's March near you on Jan.20th.
 
haymarket said:
We have a President in office who is obviously seriously mentally disturbed and represents a great threat to our nation, your world and all the people in it. We have to find some way to get rid of him ASAP and accept that a huge mistake was made. I do not know if what is suggested in the OP is the answer or how workable it is - but I do know that either Congress does something about this or - if they continue to enable this madness - at some point the villagers need to do the legal modern equivalent of grabbing the torches and pitchforks and storm the castle and burn that windmill to the ground.
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I thought you were all for the "will of the people"....

The people have spoken through their electors. Trump is the legitimate President.

Are you proposing a rebellion?
 
Hell no!

All that would do is add yet another exploitable tool between the political dip ****s of the country who care more about their game of blind allegiance to tribe than the actual country they are supposed be taking care of. The Right would try to brand every Democrat as a loon; and the Left would try to brand every Republican as a dictator.

And Trump is not "mentally unstable," which implies a disorder. Describing him as such removes responsibility for what is actually just a very bad personality. His elitist and silver-spooned perspective of the world has led him to be deeply insecure, shockingly immature, lacking in a moral code which makes him very inconsistent and unreliable, and obviously very emotionally weak. He doesn't get to be excused because of some disorder. He gets to own this.

* Although, Reagan was noticeably less active in his last few years as President and was known to fall asleep during meetings. Five years after leaving the Office, he was diagnosed with Alzheimers. So, perhaps Trump does have a few screws loosening.
 
devildavid said:
Maybe, but they definitely should be required in order to get a drivers license.
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And to vote, of course. What good is it to have mentally unstable (deplorable?) voters allowed to select the wrong candidate?
 
ttwtt78640 said:
And to vote, of course. What good is it to have mentally unstable (deplorable?) voters allowed to select the wrong candidate?
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No, voting does no physical harm. But I'm guessing you're half kidding. I'm not really kidding about getting a drivers license, even though it can be taken that way. It's something that can be taken as joking that I would gladly put in place as a law. There are far too many drivers on the roads today, and a large percentage are not really mentally fit to to operate what amounts to a rolling weapon.
 
devildavid said:
No, voting does no physical harm. But I'm guessing you're half kidding. I'm not really kidding about getting a drivers license, even though it can be taken that way. It's something that can be taken as joking that I would gladly put in place as a law. There are far too many drivers on the roads today, and a large percentage are not really mentally fit to to operate what amounts to a rolling weapon.
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Yep, even if you are of exactly median intellect then half of the folks that you share the roadways with are dumber than you are.
 
Praxas said:
No, and here is why. Doing so would directly politicize medical examiners. The right will say the person examining the candidate is too liberal or the left will say the doctor is too conservative.

I get it I really do. Trump is unprofessional, unpresidential, incompetent and speaks like the drunken uncle at family reunions making everyone of his handlers cringe every time he grabs his phone to do a tweet for fear of the stupid that will come out of his mouth. The thing is, he isn't acting any differently than he did on the campaign trail. The 25th amendment is not the answer and people need to stop trying to invoke it. #1 it isn't going to happen. #2 it takes away from the real fight against Donald Trump and that is at the polls and the voting booth.
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I agree 100% with you and if that happened that would be bad but what psychiatric test determine liberal/conservative? Thats not the test that should ever be used. A general test to determine saneness should be used.

Working for military contracts and high level companies i have had to take the general ones quite a few times and I would be surprised if they dont give these tests to presidents and at least high state level politicians already . . if not they should (the general one)

then again the way we treat people never made sense to me. Drug testing the maintenance person but not the heart surgeon is just one example . seems backwards to me . .
 
I am in favor of the as long as its the same general test people take all the time

its actually shocking if this doesnt happen already since i have taken quite a few for my job field
 
Aristaeus said:
We are seeing what happens when someone who is mentally unstable becomes President. Should mental/psych tests be compulsory at some point in the Presidential race with nominees being barred from the office on the advice of medical professionals? Either before the polls or at the President-elect stage (and the veep possibly taking over).

edit: not letting me do a poll. A yes/no poll if any mods are listening!
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Where would the fun be?
 
devildavid said:
No, voting does no physical harm. But I'm guessing you're half kidding. I'm not really kidding about getting a drivers license, even though it can be taken that way. It's something that can be taken as joking that I would gladly put in place as a law. There are far too many drivers on the roads today, and a large percentage are not really mentally fit to to operate what amounts to a rolling weapon.
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Jury’s out on the bolded, but from experience, when my father in law was getting older and more unable to drive safely, his family had to circumvent his spineless doctor. The doctor did not have the requisite backbone to inform the state of FL as to the condition of his patient. His two daughters had to make a stealth run to get the state to intercede.
 
Aristaeus said:
We are seeing what happens when someone who is mentally unstable becomes President. Should mental/psych tests be compulsory at some point in the Presidential race with nominees being barred from the office on the advice of medical professionals? Either before the polls or at the President-elect stage (and the veep possibly taking over).

edit: not letting me do a poll. A yes/no poll if any mods are listening!
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We have 350 million of them. If you want your candidates screened like they do in Russia, the go to Russia.

We don't do that. Just because the election didn't go your way you want to have a "Plan B", eh?
 
Aristaeus said:
We are seeing what happens when someone who is mentally unstable becomes President. Should mental/psych tests be compulsory at some point in the Presidential race with nominees being barred from the office on the advice of medical professionals? Either before the polls or at the President-elect stage (and the veep possibly taking over).

edit: not letting me do a poll. A yes/no poll if any mods are listening!
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The question ignores the fact that all signs that Trump was mentally unfit for the job were on display well in advance of the election. The question assumes that he exhibited competence before the election and only turned out to be psychologically and mentally unfit afterwards.
 
haymarket said:
We have a President in office who is obviously seriously mentally disturbed and represents a great threat to our nation, your world and all the people in it. We have to find some way to get rid of him ASAP and accept that a huge mistake was made. I do not know if what is suggested in the OP is the answer or how workable it is - but I do know that either Congress does something about this or - if they continue to enable this madness - at some point the villagers need to do the legal modern equivalent of grabbing the torches and pitchforks and storm the castle and burn that windmill to the ground.
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Just can't get over he won, can you people... So you couldn't get him on stealing the election, and the Russia thing has fizzled, and the dementia accusation didn't fly, so now the strategy is make him out to be crazy. Yeah, he's coarse and boastful, but that's not a crime, nor a sign of insanity. I like the guy; he tweets exactly what he thinks; I wish ALL politicians did that. We'd have a much more honest government. And he's the most entertaining president we've EVER had.
 
I have been in favor of Presidential and Vice-Presidential medical screenings well before Trump. There are ways to eliminate the politicizing of it.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
I have been in favor of Presidential and Vice-Presidential medical screenings well before Trump. There are ways to eliminate the politicizing of it.
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Are we even sure they aren't already done?
I mean it would seem that they might not be but i still find it shocking if they arent done in any form.

I get them for my jobs sometimes and my position/job doesn't present nearly the danger that a runway president could. Certain military people get them too dont they?

Seems like common sense to give ALL politicians at at least the state level the basic reviews.
 
AGENT J said:
Are we even sure they aren't already done?
I mean it would seem that they might not be but i still find it shocking if they arent done in any form.

I get them for my jobs sometimes and my position/job doesn't present nearly the danger that a runway president could. Certain military people get them too dont they?

Seems like common sense to give ALL politicians at at least the state level the basic reviews.
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I am 100% there is no requirement. Most do get a physical and release it just like they do their tax returns, not because it is required but because it raises questions if they don’t. But the exam is done by a physician the candidate chooses and I have never heard of it including a psychiatric part.

I guess the requirement could be extended to all politicians but I am most concerned about ones in executive positions.
 
Aristaeus said:
We are seeing what happens when someone who is mentally unstable becomes President. Should mental/psych tests be compulsory at some point in the Presidential race with nominees being barred from the office on the advice of medical professionals? Either before the polls or at the President-elect stage (and the veep possibly taking over).

edit: not letting me do a poll. A yes/no poll if any mods are listening!
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No.Because the person doing the exam can't be trusted to actually be impartial.
 
Waddy said:
Just can't get over he won, can you people... So you couldn't get him on stealing the election, and the Russia thing has fizzled, and the dementia accusation didn't fly, so now the strategy is make him out to be crazy. Yeah, he's coarse and boastful, but that's not a crime, nor a sign of insanity. I like the guy; he tweets exactly what he thinks; I wish ALL politicians did that. We'd have a much more honest government. And he's the most entertaining president we've EVER had.
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Actually, Trump will get his justice for all those things you pretend are no problem for him.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
I am 100% there is no requirement. Most do get a physical and release it just like they do their tax returns, not because it is required but because it raises questions if they don’t. But the exam is done by a physician the candidate chooses and I have never heard of it including a psychiatric part.

I guess the requirement could be extended to all politicians but I am most concerned about ones in executive positions.
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Shocking really, we do things so backyards as i mentioned earlier about drug testing janitors but not heat surgeons.

Theres certain jobs and positions i couldn't get without going through the eval process and who the hell am i? lol but the presidents and state governors don't need one? just seems stupid.

Anyway I agree at least executive positions to start.
 
Seems to me that such tests should be more imposed on all the self proclaimed psychiatric "experts" that deem themselves qualified in making long distance diagnoses.

Upon those showing as positive, the holders to be confined to the very kitchen from which their psychology emits.
 
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