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DEBATE RULES: NO COUGHING BREAKS: Clinton demands a step-stool at debate podium to add height...
Drudge ^ | 23 Sep 16 | Drudge

Posted on 09/23/2016 9:44:44 AM PDT by xzins

**Exclusive** Fri Sep 23 2016 11:30:40 ET

If presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton slips into a coughing fit or any other medical crisis during Monday's high-stakes debate, she will have to power through, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned!

"There are no commercial breaks," a commission source explains. "Period."

Debate moderator Lester Holt does not have the authority to cut away from the stage during the epic 90-minute showdown. And microphone audio for either of the candidates is not to be manipulated.

Clinton has experienced severe coughing episodes throughout the election year. During a Labor Day campaign stop she suffered a 4-minute choking marathon.

Monday's throwdown could top out at 100 million viewers, making it the biggest political event in history.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The presidential debate commission settled an early flashpoint when Clinton demanded a step-stool at the podium to add height to her 5'4" frame. Campaign Chairman John Podesta expressed concern that Hillary would be dwarfed by 6'2" Trump. The request was quickly rejected. The commission is allowing for a custom-made podium, which will accommodate the difference in stature.


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KEYWORDS: 2016debates; clinton; debates; hillaryshealth; trump
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1 posted on 09/23/2016 9:44:44 AM PDT by xzins
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This is ridiculous. Trump is who he is and Clinton is who she is.

...The commission is allowing for a custom-made podium, which will accommodate the difference in stature.

2 posted on 09/23/2016 9:45:37 AM PDT by xzins ( Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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NO STOOLS OF ANY KIND!!!


3 posted on 09/23/2016 9:45:38 AM PDT by edie1960
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I don’t see it mentioned


4 posted on 09/23/2016 9:46:21 AM PDT by xzins ( Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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Will Trump demand both candidates be scanned for electronic listening devises and ear inspections?


5 posted on 09/23/2016 9:46:21 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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I don’t see it in the article, but it should be done.


6 posted on 09/23/2016 9:46:47 AM PDT by xzins ( Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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Er... Device


7 posted on 09/23/2016 9:47:08 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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“NO STOOLS OF ANY KIND!!!”

That’s what the Depends are for.


8 posted on 09/23/2016 9:47:36 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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The Duh Dems picked their non presidential candidate. Too bad.


9 posted on 09/23/2016 9:47:53 AM PDT by Red Steel
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3472620/posts


10 posted on 09/23/2016 9:48:06 AM PDT by Resettozero
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With today’s advanced technology, scanning for electronic listening devices/ear examinations should be mandatory.


11 posted on 09/23/2016 9:48:32 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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A step-stool might have been interesting, she would be required to get up on it and off it all by herself. Could she actually balance on a small step-stool without falling off for 90 minutes?

During the Ford-Carter debate in 1976, Carter, who was much shorter than Ford, at first demanded that Ford stand in some sort of hole to make him match Carter’s height. Ford’s people responding by saying that Carter could stand on a box. The problem was solved with each candidate got a podium that came up to their belt buckle.


12 posted on 09/23/2016 9:49:22 AM PDT by euram
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NO STOOLS OF ANY KIND!!!

Especially from sickly Canky... eeeewwwww.

13 posted on 09/23/2016 9:49:37 AM PDT by C210N
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3472606/posts


14 posted on 09/23/2016 9:49:49 AM PDT by Resettozero
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I’ll be in a minority, perhaps alone, on this thought; hillary should be allowed to use a stool. For one reason, it would be really, really cool if she fell off the stool. For another, her supporters won’t be able to rationalize a bad performance because the meanies in charge force her to stand for 90 minutes.


15 posted on 09/23/2016 9:50:03 AM PDT by grania (I'm Deplorable)
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What do you want to bet that Hillary’s ears will be completely covered by her hair this time. When Matt Lauer interviewed her she made the mistake of not hiding the device. She won’t do that again.


16 posted on 09/23/2016 9:50:21 AM PDT by Starboard
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Sure, as long as Trump gets one too.


17 posted on 09/23/2016 9:51:02 AM PDT by soycd
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They should install one of these at her podium.

-PJ

18 posted on 09/23/2016 9:51:14 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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They already absolved her of multiple federal felonies.

Now she literally wants them to change her appearance so she can compete?


19 posted on 09/23/2016 9:51:25 AM PDT by Regulator
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She’s already a stool sample.


20 posted on 09/23/2016 9:51:31 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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