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Clinton's self-inflicted wound: Misleading the press about her pneumonia
Fox News.com ^ | September 12, 2016 | Howard Kurtz

Posted on 09/12/2016 3:10:10 PM PDT by Kaslin

Just when Hillary Clinton was stepping up her complaints about media bias, it turns out her bigger problem is media aversion.

The way in which the Democratic nominee and her team utterly botched the belated disclosure of her pneumonia took a modest problem and made it a thousand times worse. It reinforced the image of excessive secrecy and calculated non-disclosure that has dogged Clinton throughout this campaign. It made a mockery of the campaign’s criticism of conservative critics who were speculating that she was really sick.

And it was all totally unnecessary.

I can’t say it any better than former Obama aide David Axelrod, who tweeted: “Antibiotics can take care of pneumonia. What's the cure for an unhealthy penchant for privacy that repeatedly creates unnecessary problems?”

Imagine an alternative universe in which Clinton had told the public she was under the weather when she had the series of coughing fits—rather than blaming it on seasonal allergies—and announced Friday that she’d just been diagnosed with pneumonia. Not an ideal situation two months before the election, but she could have taken a few days off the trail and the public would have been sympathetic

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hillary911; hillarypneumonia; hillaryrottenclinton; justafleshwound; lies; morelies
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1 posted on 09/12/2016 3:10:10 PM PDT by Kaslin
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Why in the world do the media people believe her this time?
Why not say she and her campaign staff CLAIM such and such.


2 posted on 09/12/2016 3:13:21 PM PDT by conejo99
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To: Kaslin

“excessive secrecy and calculated non-disclosure”

a.k.a.

LYING


3 posted on 09/12/2016 3:13:24 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (This posting is a microaggression.)
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To: Kaslin

Geez, talk about trying to put the most positive spin on the past week for Hillary!


4 posted on 09/12/2016 3:13:56 PM PDT by CatOwner
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To: Kaslin

I’m starting to wonder who they are going to send as surrogate debaters. The first debate is only 2 weeks away.

Sure Hillary should be able to get over her “preumonia” by then. Wink Wink Nod Nod Nod stupid grin seizure.


5 posted on 09/12/2016 3:14:00 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Kaslin

This is the only “pneu” thing about Hillary in a long time.

I do wonder how long she waited to actually see a doctor.


6 posted on 09/12/2016 3:14:01 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Kaslin

Hillary was “overheated”.......er, she has pneumonia.


7 posted on 09/12/2016 3:16:34 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: conejo99

They lie about lies.


8 posted on 09/12/2016 3:16:36 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: Kaslin

If she had really be diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday, they would have said THAT when she passed on 9-11, not blamed overheating, then said pneumonia.


9 posted on 09/12/2016 3:17:45 PM PDT by tbw2
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BS. The media are pissed because a vid leaked and they weren’t told how to spin it!


10 posted on 09/12/2016 3:19:24 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (<<<<< he no longer IS my 'teddy bear'.)
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To: Kaslin

Dutiful little lapdogs are so willing to take the word of a proven liar as long as they don’t have to do any journalism. What is there to lead anyone to believe that her condition has anything to do with pneumonia other than a statement from her camp? 5 days ago everyone who questioned her condition was a conspiracy nut. They rolled the dice, and a video popped up. This faux has to discount any questions about “unauthorized causes” and question Trump’s health to make it Murdock Balanced.


11 posted on 09/12/2016 3:19:27 PM PDT by Steamburg (Other people's money is the only language a politician respects; starve the bastards)
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“I do wonder how long she waited to actually see a doctor.”

Her entire adult life.
She knows no medical doctor has a cure for demonic possession.
And she doesn’t want the only Real cure.


12 posted on 09/12/2016 3:21:25 PM PDT by oldvirginian (If someone tells you biscuits and gravy ain't a meal, just walk away. You don't need the negativity.)
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To: Kaslin
The way in which the Democratic nominee and her team utterly botched the belated disclosure of her pneumonia took a modest problem and made it a thousand times worse.

"Pneumonia", or whatever made her pass out, is not a modest problem; it's a huge problem at her age. Still, I'll agree that the deceptions made it even worse politically. I say "deceptions" rather than "lies" because I believe she was overheated. Due to whatever causes, including but not limited to pneumonia, she probably had a fever of 105 degrees F by the time she collapsed, and it's not quite a lie to call that "overheated"!

13 posted on 09/12/2016 3:22:27 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
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Yeah, but she’s going to release “some more” of her medical records. Just like she released “some more” of her emails.


14 posted on 09/12/2016 3:23:54 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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Now her staff says “she is fine.” She is running around with Chelsea and the grandkiddies. Oh really?
15 posted on 09/12/2016 3:24:18 PM PDT by Awgie (Truth is always stranger than fiction.)
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To: Pollster1

That makes sense.


16 posted on 09/12/2016 3:26:48 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Even that communist SOB Axelrod knows they can’t get away with this one.


17 posted on 09/12/2016 3:29:38 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: Awgie
Now her staff says “she is fine.” She is running around with Chelsea and the grandkiddies. Oh really?

That's nice. Now let's see the video of her doing it.

18 posted on 09/12/2016 3:32:20 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: Steamburg
These SOB's are still lying about the BEAST having pneumonia, and the Press are participating in the cover up.

She has some kind of demonic possession that causes her head to spin around like the girl from the Exorcist.


19 posted on 09/12/2016 3:32:29 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: tbw2
Constantly changing her story proves that she is lying. Concussion, allergies, overheating, pneumonia... You can bet it is something else.

Look, you know your boss has pneumonia. She passes out. They stuff her in a car and rush her to...her daughter's apartment?

Something doesn't add up.

20 posted on 09/12/2016 3:34:09 PM PDT by fhayek
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