washington it lasted just 85 minutes but the historymaking hourandhalf in america is unlikely to turn into an extended term white house physician dr kevin oconner gave a clean bill of health to us president joe biden on friday after a detailed physical examination including a colonoscopy procedure that required anesthesia due to which the president briefly ceded power as constitutionally mandated to vicepresident kamala harris president biden remains a healthy vigorous 78yearold male who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency oconnor wrote in a sixpage summary of the visit in which he noted only two mildly discordant notes the increasing frequency and severity of bidens throat clearing during speeches and his worsening gait both of which he said merited more detailed investigationthe throat clearing oconnor noted came from occasional symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux the president experienced and although the episodes have been more frequent and more pronounced examination found no signs of tumors or polyps and his vocal cords looked and worked normally bidens stiffened gait he suggested could be a result of degenerative wear and tear on his spine aggravated by a foot fracture that occurred last year when he was playing with his dogbut overall he said the exam showed the presidents health to be fundamentally unchanged from where its been previously the doctor said an extremely detailed neurologic exam was reassuring in that there were no findings which would be consistent with any cerebellar or other central neurological disorder such as stroke multiple sclerosis parkinsons or ascending lateral sclerosis dr oconnor wrote the open and transparent medical results which is customary for the us presidents came even as right wing conspiracy theorists worked themselves into a frenzy over biden briefly ceding power to vicepresident kamala harris and the liberal constituency rejoiced at the first woman in us history to momentarily serve as commanderinchief i recognize it was only about an hour and a half but i still think its something to celebrate that a woman of color was in this position in 2021 that said i want to see a woman president one liberal commentator noted the rightwing commentariat on the other hand went into paroxyms of rage kamala was potus for 85 mins today which is terrifying if we were to lose sleepy joe we would be left with kacklin kamala hard to know which is worse a fox news commentator fumed harris whose mother shyamala gopalan harris hailed from tamil nadu and lived in delhi and kolkota before coming to the america as a student and whose father is jamaican is already the only woman and of indian and black heritage at that to come the us vicepresident in her first speech as vice presidentelect last year she told young girls to dream with ambition after telling her cheering supporters while i may be the first woman in this office i wont be the last because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of