US Gets 1st Woman President for an Hour and a Half as Biden Gets Colonoscopy

It was peculiarly fitting: as the alleged president, Old Joe Biden, prepared to go under for a colonoscopy Friday, he transferred power to the ostensible vice president, Kamala Harris. Since they’ve been giving the nation a colonoscopy since January 20, it was entirely fitting that we had our first female president, even if it was only for an hour and twenty-five minutes, under such circumstances. In a larger sense, however, the whole charade was gratuitous. Biden wrote to Congressional leadership first that he was “presently unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office of the president of the United States,” and then later that he was “able to discharge the powers and duties of the office of the president of the United States.” Come on, man! Does anyone really believe that even on the best of days, that Biden is “able to discharge the powers and duties of the office of the president of the United States”? Even more importantly, does anyone really think that he is doing so? The man himself lets it slip during his Potemkin press conferences, when he says he was told to call upon this reporter or that reporter next, so that the proper staged questions and answers can be given. Who is telling Old Joe what to do and say remains unclear. But there is little doubt that the buck doesn’t stop with the amiable dementia patient and serial liar from Delaware.

“Biden found to be ‘healthy’ and ‘fit’ to be president, says White House physician,” by Kathryn Watson and Bo Erickson, CBS News, November 19, 2021:

President Biden “remains a healthy, vigorous 78-year-old male who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency,” White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor wrote in a memo to White House press secretary Jen Psaki Friday. But O’Connor also took note of a couple of issues evident in the president’s health profile after the completion of Mr. Biden’s routine physical Friday morning….

The president’s physical included a colonoscopy — he temporarily transferred his power to Vice President Kamala Harris Friday while he was under anesthesia for the procedure. The colonoscopy showed he had one benign-appearing polyp, which was removed “without difficulty.” Test results on the polyp are expected next week, the memo says.

The brief transfer of power — one hour and 25 minutes, to be exact — made Harris the first female acting president. She worked from her office in the West Wing during that time. White House press secretary Jen Psaki noted that President George W. Bush also transferred power temporarily for the same procedure in 2002 and 2007….

The president signed letters addressed to congressional leadership informing them of the temporary transfer of power.

“In accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, this letter shall constitute my written declaration that I am presently unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office of the president of the United States,” Mr. Biden wrote at 10:10 a.m. “Pursuant to section 3, the vice president shall discharge those powers and duties as acting president until I transmit to you a written declaration that I am able to resume the discharge of those powers and duties.”

In the subsequent letters to congressional leadership, Mr. Biden wrote at 11:35 a.m.: “In accordance with the provisions of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, I hereby transmit to you my written declaration that I am able to discharge the powers and duties of the office of the president of the United States and that I am resuming those powers and duties.”…