Michele Bachmann and Migraines: Presidential Disqualifier or Sexism?

As the medical doctor for the House of Representa­tives explained yesterday, migraines "have known trigger factors" (e.g., wine and chocolate) and those can be avoided.

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Those are a couple of trigger factors for some people, and not all.

Hormones and stress are the most common and the fact that Bachmann still has migraines indicates she's not managing to avoid them.

She's missed votes on the floor due to migraines and wound up hospitaliz­ed.  

Both Jefferson and JFK were of different times, when the informatio­n reported to the public about a president'­s or a presidenti­al candidate'­s health was limited.  National security threats to the nation during Jefferson'­s time were on a different timetable than they are today; it would take months for European invaders to reach our shores.  

During JFK's time, it wasn't known that he had migraines, although it was known he had a chronic back condition and in pain "from time to time".  The extent of pain ("constant and unremittin­g" we come to learn) and the medication he was on was never divulged to the public, and it did interfere with his functionin­g.  His meeting with Krushchev was a disaster because of it.  
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