Posted on 07/19/2011 11:31:56 AM PDT by Nachum
The Daily Caller’s Jonathan Strong drops a bombshell on the Michele Bachmann campaign today with a report that migraines incapacitate the presidential hopeful on a regular basis. The headline also alleges “heavy pill use,” a loaded phrase that insinuates some sort of addiction — an insinuation that the story fails to support. An unknown number of unnamed sources form the basis of this story:
The Minnesota Republican frequently suffers from stress-induced medical episodes that she has characterized as severe headaches. These episodes, say witnesses, occur once a week on average and can “incapacitate” her for days at time. On at least three occasions, Bachmann has landed in the hospital as a result.
“She has terrible migraine headaches. And they put her out of commission for a day or more at a time. They come out of nowhere, and they’re unpredictable,” says an adviser to Bachmann who was involved in her 2010 congressional campaign. “They level her. They put her down. It’s actually sad. It’s very painful.”
Bachmann’s medical condition wouldn’t merit public attention, but for the fact she is running for president. Some close to Bachmann fear she won’t be equal to the stress of the campaign, much less the presidency itself.
“When she gets ‘em, frankly, she can’t function at all. It’s not like a little thing with a couple Advils. It’s bad,” the adviser says. “The migraines are so bad and so intense, she carries and takes all sorts of pills. Prevention pills. Pills during the migraine. Pills after the migraine, to keep them under control. She has to take these pills wherever she goes.”
What are the examples of Bachmann being “incapacitated” by her migraines? Strong only offers one — a missed campaign appearance for then-Rep. Roy Blunt in his ultimately successful
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The NYT has a crew going through her garbage and looking for high school boy friends right now.
Approximately half the population (42%, according to today’s Rasussen) have a continues migraine from zer0’s marxist and totalitarian-pursuing policies.
And the president’s medical records are ‘off-limits’!
And they put her out of commission for a day or more at a time.
That’s pretty severe. The Commander in Chief can’t be regularly incapacitated.
Pace yourselves, boys, you have a year and a half to save Obama.
Does having to “finish” in the sink count as incapacitation?
Too funny!
Anyone without migraines since 11/08 have the last name of 0bama and some of them suffer no doubt.
Gosh, I have “heavy pill use” daily too.
Cinnamon, fish oil, and multivitamin.
Then the 25th amendment must be invoked immediately, since Obama is permanently incapacitated by stupidity!
I’ll vote for Bachmann over Obama anyday, whether this is true or not.
Yep. Having suffered from migraines in the past, her being incapacitated for days at a time, on a weekly basis is not good. If the story is true, she’s toast.
in incapacitated Bachman is still better than a ‘capacitated” Obama.
She keeps HS boyfriends in her trash?
There is such a thing called the HIPAA Privacy Rule
Prove it its their word against hers
How come this is coming out now and not before Bachamann’s last Congressional election? The timing is very odd.
Zer0 and the Slimes give me a daily headache.
Maybe they should just make it illegal for any women to hold elected office?? (sarc)
Is there ANY doubt that the Democratic party is the party of racists and sexists?
What’s next? claming she might suffer from hot flashes because she’s going through menopause?
*sad*
My wife gets them too. Maxalt and hydrocodone and a few hours of sleep and she’s fine. Happens every couple of weeks.
I have no problem with this. It’s frustrating as things come to a screeching halt while she’s got a migraine, but it’s not the end of the world.
You can bet that nothing stops Barry’s golf game or basketball hour or whatever it is that moment.
Folks the liberal media is going all out to destroy female conservatives. This is sexism at its worse. If the right did this against a liberal woman the MSM would be going crazy and it would be front page news. The liberals cannot stand a strong female that is not liberal. In their mind any woman that seeks public office must be liberal or they will destroy her.
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