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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: martin_fierro

And it was a whole lot harder to connect with other lesbians in the pre-internet days.


61 posted on 12/01/2007 9:37:38 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.

Good point.

62 posted on 12/01/2007 9:38:35 AM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Guns up Red Raiders!)
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To: stylin19a
"U.S. Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton, had been hospitalized on three occasions
for depression and had undergone electroshock therapy."

63 posted on 12/01/2007 9:38:42 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: tioga

hippomania


64 posted on 12/01/2007 9:38:42 AM PST by frithguild (Then we could even disgorge the Fed of its powers and establish a free-market monetary system.)
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To: COUNTrecount

This feels like an attempt to humanize her. Up to now she’s been known as a calculated personality with no actual human qualities like warmth or compassion. But if she’s shown to be at least vulnerable once in her life, it panders to that element in our culture that regards depression as a sign of emotional depth and capacity. Which she has neither of, and anyone watching her over the years would know that.


65 posted on 12/01/2007 9:38:47 AM PST by Virulas
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To: COUNTrecount

Slick never released his medical records, and I think Hillary has also refused to release her’s. Wonder what prescriptions we might learn about if her records were available?

This is something voters have a right to know. Showing understanding for those who’ve suffered depression does not extend to electing them president without knowledge of their mental and emotional health.


66 posted on 12/01/2007 9:38:58 AM PST by Will88
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To: Ann Archy
Is the Rev. Don Jones telling Bernstein about Hillary!! Don’t they have a secrecy thing or is that just priests?

It can vary by state, but in most states the confidentiality privilege applies to all clergy, which would include ministers, priests, rabbis, etc. Just another (very good) reason why the Bernstein allegations don't pass the smell test. I really think this is a set-up.

67 posted on 12/01/2007 9:39:16 AM PST by lonevoice (It's always "Apologize to a Muslim Hour"...somewhere)
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To: COUNTrecount
She probably was thinking "I could do a better job than that jerk (her husband). Why wasn't I elected instead.". I'm not surprised that she was depressed.
68 posted on 12/01/2007 9:39:21 AM PST by reg45
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To: MindBender26
Important Note: This story is being released today so it will be the big topic on tomorrow's talking head shows.

This is hugh,seriesly.(Are you kidding about this story?)

69 posted on 12/01/2007 9:40:03 AM PST by COUNTrecount
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To: Clara Lou

So - if it comes out that Fred was once treated for depression, that will matter to you?


70 posted on 12/01/2007 9:40:03 AM PST by Scarchin (+)
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To: COUNTrecount
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. ... Hillary also displayed persistent signs of melancholy as a student ... a senior Clinton aide, as saying: "I don't know whether she was seeing a doctor or not but she was depressed" ...Clinton's "emotional state" was "as fragile as it had ever been" in late 1994...

That's it Hill, no firearms for you - it's for the children ya know.

And as to the 'Nuclear Football' -- -- not a chance in hell lady!

71 posted on 12/01/2007 9:40:31 AM PST by Condor51 (Rudy has more baggage than Samsonite)
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To: All

Gee, I wonder why?
72 posted on 12/01/2007 9:41:19 AM PST by redgirlinabluestate ( Unite 4 Mitt ----> STOP Huck & Rudy -----> beat Hillary)
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To: COUNTrecount
Hillary Clinton suffered bouts of depression as U.S. First Lady

Didn't we all? She's a carrier.

73 posted on 12/01/2007 9:42:01 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (NYT Headline: Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS: Fake but Accurate, Experts Say)
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To: tioga

hypomania - not hippomania. sorry


74 posted on 12/01/2007 9:42:41 AM PST by frithguild (Then we could even disgorge the Fed of its powers and establish a free-market monetary system.)
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To: COUNTrecount; neverdem

With the so called data below, $inator Hilldebea$t can say everyone does depression:

The Great Depression - Is an epidemic of depressive disorder really sweeping America?
Reason ^ | December 2007 | Will Wilkinson

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933069/posts


75 posted on 12/01/2007 9:43:15 AM PST by Grampa Dave (e)
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To: COUNTrecount

In 1972 Senator Eagleton who had suffered from depression and been treated for it was dropped as the VP nominee slot after only 18 days....


76 posted on 12/01/2007 9:43:49 AM PST by VRWCTexan (History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
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To: COUNTrecount

Abe Lincoln was melancholic. So what.

The lying is more serious. There are so many bad things about Hillary that this is small potatoes. And attacking her on it will alienate many who are prone to depression,,somewhere between 10 and 20 percent of the population.

I would let this just sit out there and let people make up their minds about it.


77 posted on 12/01/2007 9:44:40 AM PST by cajungirl (no)
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To: COUNTrecount

What Socks didn’t march to her order?


78 posted on 12/01/2007 9:44:44 AM PST by 444Flyer (NEVER take a "mark" to "buy or sell"!Jos24:15, Rev 22:17,John 3:1-36, Eph 6, Rev 12:11, Jer 29:13-14)
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To: COUNTrecount

My guess is her depression episodes are linked to thyroid. Her bulging eyes show hyper-thyroid condition. This woman is a wack job. She is robotic and scripted otherwise she blows it


79 posted on 12/01/2007 9:44:49 AM PST by dennisw (Islam - "a transnational association of dangerous lunatics")
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To: COUNTrecount
BJ Clinton’s baggage is a power hungry egotist.

If elected she will be the biggest civil MASTER and America
will take many years or maybe never to get over her.

80 posted on 12/01/2007 9:45:24 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Rudy,Romney,McCain, Huckabee send a self-abused stomped elephant to the DRNC.)
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