Migraines are evil. But to use the term “heavy pill use” to imply she’ a drug-user is downright despicable.
This may have a backlash. Millions of women (myself included) get his with migraines to some degree, and for the press to snidely imply we’re unfit to do anything because of “heavy pill use” is insulting.
My mom was periodically KOed by these terrible attacks. It was about the only rest she got from raising seven sons.
Obama on the other hand has been a drug user and remains a compulsive substance abuser. But I guess that is okay, right?
I demand to know her Midol intake! All female pols must calculate their Midol addictions. (Personally, it would disqualify me from running.)
I skimmed a hit piece on her in Rolling Stone, too.
She might be an interesting candidate.
My daughters both suffer from migraines. One daughter is especially prone to severe cases. She can feel them coming on when she sees an “auroa” and she finds herself “spacing out” —her term, not the medical term.
I DO know that when she has them, she is down and out. Period. Now, it doesn’t prevent her from driving. But, being a pilot is out of the question.
So, it is serious. It can be debilitating. And it is important to know whether or not the person in charge is down for 16 hours with a horrible migraine.
I do not know if MB’s migraines are that horrible. I am not passing judgement on her. I am just saying, from personal experience, this can be more than just a “thing.”
Grit your teeth, clench your jaw, folks, it’s going to be a long, nasty time leading up to November, 2012. Next, they’ll be accusing her of being an oxycontin addict.