[GOPJ]

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.

I'm no fan of Hillary, but Bernstein's hitting below the belt on this one -- if she hasn't felt sad about all this loss, she would have ice water in her veins. On this she gets a pass...

[rockabyebaby]

if she hasn't felt sad about all this loss, she would have ice water in her veins. On this she gets a pass...

She DOES have ice water running through her veins....NO PASS.

[Guenevere]

Why in the world would you give her a pass..?...as in 'poor wittle Hillary'..?
..her father, yeah...

..Vince Foster...suicide??????.....(that's what you call suicide?)
Her power hungry scheme with healthcare..??????

Where are you coming from...Mars?

[justiceseeker93]

Bernstein may believe that Vince Foster "committed suicide," but all the credible evidence in that case points to a mob-style rubout and an extreme multifaceted cover-up!

I agree that her father's death and the rejection of her health care proposals could have contributed to her depression. However, the health care proposals were defeated in 1994, while Foster was killed on July 20, 1993.

[stillonaroll]

I'm no fan of Hillary, but Bernstein's hitting below the belt on this one -- if she hasn't felt sad about all this loss, she would have ice water in her veins. On this she gets a pass...

I disagree. Defeat should just roll off your back if you are the CIC. A president must be stable and strong enough to take a political or personal loss and not let it negatively impact forthcoming decisions.

I have been reading the Reagan Diaries, and RWR stayed very level in both victory and defeat.

[mimaw]

Sad and severe bouts of depression are two different things.

[RavenATB]

“...if she hasn’t felt sad about all this loss, she would have ice water in her veins. On this she gets a pass...”

Negative. Feeling “sad” and going through clinical depressions are two vastly different things. One is the sign of normal mental health. The other is the exact opposite. No pass.

[jerry639]

She certainly does not get a pass on this one. If she did not want to take the hits she should have stayed out of politics. Especially, a run for the most powerful political position in the world. She is fair game for any truths that may come out.