Malcolm Armsteen wrote: ↑Sun Oct 11, 2020 1:35 am
Not really, he was permanently paraplegic. But he maintained dignity, and didn't use it for sympathy. He also had the support of Eleanor, who was just as intelligent and forward thinking as he was.
That's beating it in my book. Hell, even as a pseudo-right wing Asshole, Dennis Leary* could recognise that he was the last real "macho" president, who could live with that disability, look it in the eye and say "fuck you". Nothing to fear but fear itself is a hell of an attitude. Compare to the intense fragility at the root of Trumpism.
*It's genuinely hard to tell how serious Leary was in the like of "No Cure For Cancer". My thought is that it's mostly satirical and he's probably not a bad bloke.