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DEBATE RULES: NO COUGHING BREAKS
Drudge ^ | 9/23/2016

Posted on 09/23/2016 8:44:19 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

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.

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016debates; aflac; backpack; breaking; clinton; debates; hillary; hillaryshealth; trump
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

“...Clinton demanded a step-stool at the podium to add height to her 5’4” frame.”

Who knew you could pack so much evil in such a small package.


21 posted on 09/23/2016 8:50:36 AM PDT by moovova
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To: relictele

Trump should have his podium built to the exact same specks.

That would be hilarious.


22 posted on 09/23/2016 8:51:17 AM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Anyone at that age is going to have to be in great shape to make it through 90 minutes on their feet, under the lights, having to think on their feet.

While the lights are not as hot as they used to be, this woman wears tarps that look heavy. She better start hydrating now.

The last time I did something like this (speaking at a large meeting) I ended up with leg cramps that night.

Even people that work standing up, generally move around enough not to get tight.

And if she gets a coughing fit...she is a dead woman.


23 posted on 09/23/2016 8:51:20 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
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.

Yes, please allow her to draw up the podium on a napkin and give the specifications for its size and design. Who knows what she might get...

Spinal Tap - Stonehenge
24 posted on 09/23/2016 8:51:22 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: CodeToad

I’m beginning to think so too.


25 posted on 09/23/2016 8:51:47 AM PDT by OKSooner (She was practiced at the art of deception, you could tell by her bloodstained hands.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Pampers can only be changed before the debates begin or after they end. No Foley catheters either.


26 posted on 09/23/2016 8:52:10 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

countdown til they cave...3..2..


27 posted on 09/23/2016 8:52:17 AM PDT by bigbob (The Hillary indictment will have to come from us.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
Stand up for 90 minutes and NO coughing breaks? If I were Ladbrokes in England I'd put up odds of whether Hillary will even MAKE the first debate on time....
28 posted on 09/23/2016 8:53:36 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

I wish they’d have granted her a stool (and reserved the right to take a camera angle which would show her standing on it). She probably would have been so distracted by the prospect of falling off the stool, it would have made her go into one of her spells, maybe even fall off of it.


29 posted on 09/23/2016 8:53:51 AM PDT by Migraine (Diversity is great -- until it happens to YOU.)
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To: Vermont Lt
She better start hydrating now.

I'm sure they'll have bottled water at the lecterns. But she probably won't drink any, if she has Parkinson's. It is my understanding that swallowing can be difficult for people with that disease.
30 posted on 09/23/2016 8:54:30 AM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

What about drug tests?


31 posted on 09/23/2016 8:55:04 AM PDT by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
How long before her surrogates cancel?


32 posted on 09/23/2016 8:55:12 AM PDT by Carriage Hill ( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: ConservativeWarrior

Rofl! I think it’s going to look just as silly with her having a shorter podium tbh.


33 posted on 09/23/2016 8:56:12 AM PDT by Voluntaryist
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
"Madam Secretary...your podium is ready."


34 posted on 09/23/2016 8:56:36 AM PDT by moovova
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Does she get a spittoon?


35 posted on 09/23/2016 8:56:49 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: relictele

” a custom-made podium, which will accommodate the difference in stature.”

NOTHING, not a thing on Earth, can accommodate the difference in stature. Or their size.


36 posted on 09/23/2016 8:56:51 AM PDT by EDINVA
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To: day10
--Someone needs to bring a portable jamming device to disrupt the earpiece.


37 posted on 09/23/2016 8:56:52 AM PDT by JPG (Go Trump!)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

I think we all need to back off of Hillary on the debate.

What happens if she’s able to stand for the whole thing, not cough even once, and wears a ton of makeup and botox to look reasonable?

The media will praise her to high heaven is what will happen.

For those of us high-fiving about how poorly she’s gonna due, especially about her health, what could you say then, and the democrat/media will use that to “prove” we Trump supporters are wrong and mean spirited.


38 posted on 09/23/2016 8:56:57 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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To: day10
Someone needs to bring a portable jamming device to disrupt the earpiece.

And a portable disco ball or other epileptic producing light.


39 posted on 09/23/2016 8:57:37 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
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To: ConservativeWarrior

Great idea!


40 posted on 09/23/2016 8:57:41 AM PDT by lacrew
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