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Hillary Clinton suffered bouts of depression as U.S. First Lady
Yahoo ^ | Saturday June 2,2007 | ANI

Posted on 12/01/2007 9:17:09 AM PST by COUNTrecount

London, June 2 (ANI): Hillary Clinton, the frontrunner to become the next American president, suffered serious bouts of depression when she was the U.S. First Lady in 1994.

According to former Watergate scandal journalist Carl Bernstein, Hillary also displayed persistent signs of melancholy as a student.

Bernstein quotes David Gergen, then a senior Clinton aide, as saying: "I don't know whether she was seeing a doctor or not but she was depressed" in his book -- "A Woman in Charge" in 1994, a year after her husband, Bill Clinton became president.

The book says Clinton's "emotional state" was "as fragile as it had ever been" in late 1994 after her close friend Vince Foster had committed suicide, her father had died and her healthcare proposals had been rejected.

Due to be published on Tuesday, the book, according to The Telegraph, could damage the New York senator's ambition to become America's first female president.

The claims are part of a potentially devastating portrait of a woman whom, Bernstein concludes, is controlling, aloof, dishonest and greatly flawed as a politician.

Although the Clinton campaign has attempted to dismiss the book, Bernstein's pedigree and sympathy towards the former first lady's policies make this difficult.

Advance media coverage has focused principally on suggestions that the Clintons came close to divorce in 1989. But accounts of Mrs Clinton's temper, tendency to bear grudges, lying, detachment and struggle to establish her own identity are likely to prove more damaging. The prospect of a commander-in-chief who might be prone to depression during a crisis could deter voters. (ANI)


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bernstein; clinton; depression; hillary; womanincharge; x42
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To: Ken522

Lincoln suffered from depression... but Jimmah Carter didn’t...


41 posted on 12/01/2007 9:29:31 AM PST by GOPJ ("Imagine the Outrage if FOX had Fixed a “debate” like this??" Freeper bray -- "CNN Sucks" - GOPJ)
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To: Bernard
And any walls where the ashtrays and lamps hit
Sounds like she's got real manic-depressive problems. Boy, I can't wait for the MSM to air this out. LOL ...
42 posted on 12/01/2007 9:30:08 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: COUNTrecount

Heh, heh. Confirmation. There was just a poll out the other day that revealed that DemocRATS are more likely to consider themselves as mentally ill than are Republicans.


43 posted on 12/01/2007 9:30:36 AM PST by Texas Eagle (Could pacifists exist if there weren't people brave enough to go to war for their right to exist?)
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To: COUNTrecount

Important Note: This story is being released today so it will be the big topic on tomorrow's talking head shows.


44 posted on 12/01/2007 9:31:04 AM PST by MindBender26 (Having my own CAR-15 in Vietnam meant never having to say I was sorry......)
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To: jdm

Well she kept her composure long enough to clean out Vince’s files before lapsing into that bout of depression.


45 posted on 12/01/2007 9:32:00 AM PST by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: Locomotive Breath
I think you’re confusing depression with a feeling of guilt.

Depression usually involves feelings of guilt,worthlessness and inadequacy.Kinda like the blurb I placed in parentheses.

46 posted on 12/01/2007 9:32:01 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Wanna see how bad it can get? Elect Hillary and find out.)
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To: Cagey
I suffered a few bouts of depression while Bill and Hil were President too.

Oh did we ever!

47 posted on 12/01/2007 9:33:10 AM PST by Faith
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To: JackRyanCIA

Wait until she’s president. Then we’ll ALL be suffering depression.


48 posted on 12/01/2007 9:33:36 AM PST by Sig Sauer P220
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To: COUNTrecount
This seems to be from India. Will any of this get attention in the American media?

Interesting that Bernstein buys the official version that Foster's death was a suicide.

If I were Hillary, looking in the mirror would make me depressed.

49 posted on 12/01/2007 9:33:36 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: COUNTrecount

Much ado about nothing, everyone suffers from depression at some point in their lives.


50 posted on 12/01/2007 9:33:52 AM PST by ThisLittleLightofMine
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To: COUNTrecount

Oh, Hillary, just put some ice on it.


51 posted on 12/01/2007 9:34:19 AM PST by Jeff Chandler ("Liberals want to save the world for the children they aren't having." -Mark Steyn)
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To: Malone LaVeigh
The claims are part of a potentially devastating portrait of a woman whom, Bernstein concludes, is controlling, aloof, dishonest and greatly flawed as a politician.

Took him a while to figure that out.

Well, of course it did. He was looking for her good points. :=)

52 posted on 12/01/2007 9:34:38 AM PST by Bob
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To: COUNTrecount
Hillary also displayed persistent signs of melancholy as a student.

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If you looked like this, you'd be melancholy too.

53 posted on 12/01/2007 9:35:01 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Scarchin
As Hellary is a candidate for POTUS, I'd say that we definitely need to go there.
54 posted on 12/01/2007 9:35:08 AM PST by Clara Lou (Thompson '08)
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To: GOPJ

Haven’t heard anything out of Jimmah lately.Did the DNC stuff him back into the attic until after the election?


55 posted on 12/01/2007 9:35:40 AM PST by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: COUNTrecount

Couple her bouts with depression with her bouts with stupidity and you get somebody who has no business holding office.


56 posted on 12/01/2007 9:35:48 AM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Oh, the huge manatee!!!)
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To: tioga

BI polar... ROFL.


57 posted on 12/01/2007 9:35:59 AM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Guns up Red Raiders!)
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To: ThisLittleLightofMine

She has a reaccuring history of depression.


58 posted on 12/01/2007 9:36:28 AM PST by COUNTrecount
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To: COUNTrecount

Oh, great, she wants to share your wealth and her insanity.


59 posted on 12/01/2007 9:36:44 AM PST by LibWhacker (Democrats are phony Americans)
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