for depression and had undergone electroshock therapy."
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)
And it was a whole lot harder to connect with other lesbians in the pre-internet days.
Good point.
hippomania
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.
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.
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.
This is hugh,seriesly.(Are you kidding about this story?)
So - if it comes out that Fred was once treated for depression, that will matter to you?
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!
Didn't we all? She's a carrier.
hypomania - not hippomania. sorry
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
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....
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.
What Socks didn’t march to her order?
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
If elected she will be the biggest civil MASTER and America
will take many years or maybe never to get over her.
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