Reply #68: She is applying to be the next leader of the United States

[RainDog]

and traditionally the candidates release their medical records to show they are sound of mind and body.

Do you not know that this is a long-standing tradition?

If someone is going to be president, they deserve quite a bit more scrutiny than if you're hiring him or her to work the midnight shift at the BP on the highway. There are various professions that require medical checks in order to perform the job. Astronaut is another one. People who run trains are subject to unannounced drug tests.

I think the presidency is at least as important as those two. Have you never heard about the annual physicals for presidents, either? This isn't specific to Palin. What's strange is that there is not public record, imo.