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Hillary Clinton's Health Is Not a 'Real Issue' Because No Rational Person Would Vote on It
New York Magazine ^ | September 12, 2016 | Eric Levitz

Posted on 09/12/2016 9:38:32 PM PDT by Zakeet

Hillary Clinton is a politician with decades of experience in national government. Donald Trump is a reality star with decades of experience in finding ways to profit off of failed business ventures. Clinton has come to represent America's political Establishment; Trump, middle America’s rage at that Establishment. Clinton is campaigning on a progressive domestic agenda that includes higher taxes on the wealthy, a public health-insurance option, a pathway to citizenship for the undocumented, more environmental and financial regulations, and a promise to appoint Supreme Court justices who will uphold abortion rights. Trump is campaigning largely on white identity politics and his own supernatural "toughness" - but also on tax cuts for the wealthy, the abolition of the Affordable Care Act, mass deportation, a moratorium on financial and environmental regulations, and a promise to appoint Supreme Court justices who will render abortion unconstitutional.

There has rarely, if ever, been such a stark disparity between the two major-party nominees in terms of personal experience, political style, and policy preferences.

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If the mission of political journalism is to help voters make well-informed decisions at the ballot box, then reporters shouldn't cast Hillary Clinton's health as one of this campaign's "central debates." Because, unlike so many other debates in this race, it's an argument without stakes.

(Excerpt) Read more at nymag.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: health; hillary
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To: Zakeet

What if: They know Hillary is going to die soon. So actually, she’s the smoke screen, Kaine is the Trojan Horse. All they have to do is get her over the finish line.


41 posted on 09/13/2016 1:48:33 AM PDT by Scooter100
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To: Zakeet

I’m getting a strong vibe she is’nt even alive.


42 posted on 09/13/2016 2:14:16 AM PDT by Daniel Ramsey
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Every one of them looks like they got beat up on in school.


43 posted on 09/13/2016 2:19:44 AM PDT by AmericanMermaid
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To: BenLurkin

Yeah and Ronald Reagan was just a b actor with a monkey


44 posted on 09/13/2016 2:37:18 AM PDT by ballplayer (hvexx NKK c bmytit II iyijjhihhiyyiyiyi it iyiiy II i hi jiihi ty yhiiyihiijhijjyjiyjiiijyuiiijihyii)
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To: Zakeet

Excellent!!!!
Ka ching


45 posted on 09/13/2016 3:27:38 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Zakeet

Hillary Clinton’s Health Is Not a ‘Real Issue’ Because No Rational Person Would Vote on It


Actually, I completely agree with that statement.

The reason is simple: No rational person would vote for Hillary, therefore her health is completely irrelevant.


46 posted on 09/13/2016 3:45:45 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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To: Zakeet

But Jonathan Karl said she was being deceptive about her health so the Democrats voted for damaged goods?


47 posted on 09/13/2016 4:16:00 AM PDT by eaglestar
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To: Zakeet

You can bet your last nickel that if Trump announced that he had the slightest medical issue, the MSM would declare him unqualified, and you would be hearing about it 24/7.


48 posted on 09/13/2016 4:25:41 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: Zakeet

Is life imitating art?

Josiah Bartlett hid his MS from the public when running for President.

Is Hillary doing the same?


49 posted on 09/13/2016 5:00:30 AM PDT by joshua c (Cut the cord! Don't pay for the rope they hang you with.)
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To: Zakeet

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/07/why-i-wrote-about-john-mccains-health-in-2008-and-dont-think-we-should-write-about-hillarys-health-now/


50 posted on 09/13/2016 7:19:24 AM PDT by polymuser (Enough is enough!)
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To: Zakeet; All

If “No rational person would vote” on Hillary’s health, then good, the Dems can start actually coming clean on it vs. attempting to hide it!


51 posted on 09/13/2016 7:27:56 AM PDT by Colofornian
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