You would think that with the war in Iraq, the Israeli/Hebollah conflict, pending midterm elections, that it might just be a little stressful for the President. Nay, nay.

“The week brings some very dour news for the Hezbollah killers and their Iranian masters. No, it is not that the Lebanese government has ordered them to take their rocket launchers off the school grounds and out of the hospital parking lots. No, they remain free to use Lebanese as human shields while “world opinion” dizzily blames Israel for the civilian casualties.

The bad news comes from Washington. There our debonair president just had his annual physical, and his blood pressure was a mere 108/68. For a man his age a normal blood pressure is 130/90. Yes, after a weekend of counseling with his advisers on the troubles in the Middle East our Commander in Chief remained notably nonchalant, clinically nonchalant. And just before taking that blood pressure reading he announced that the world pressure on Israel to suspend hostilities in Lebanon “won’t address the root causes of the problem.” President George W. Bush still favored the Israeli offensive to extirpate Hezbollah from Lebanon.”

Let’s compare with his predecessor, from a physical Clinton had in 2001.

“Our 54-year-old President weighed in at 214 pounds, on his 6′2″ frame, and this weight is actually unchanged from last year’s physical. It falls within the normal range of 190 to 220 for a man of his height.

Highlights from his blood tests include a total cholesterol that is elevated this year, to 233 — 233. The triglyceride was 52; the HDL was 46. But the physicians were concerned about the elevated LDL or unhealthy
cholesterol of 177, with a ratio of 5.1. The cholesterol and LDL values, again, we noted are elevated over last year’s results and we recommended in addition to diet and exercise, we have started the President on medications to lower his cholesterol.”

More on Clinton’s crummy physical condition here. Which just proves the point that Clinton was always a heart attack waiting to happen.