Posted on 07/20/2011 9:37:37 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker
"For the Bachmann campaign, this is the first big challenge.
It's evidence of what happens when you jump up into the top ring of these polls, and the kind of scrutiny that you get.
It's going to be important for her to get her doctors out there quickly to provide medical records and to provide the reassurance that people are going to want to have that this is not a serious issue."
(Excerpt) Read more at gop12.thehill.com ...
BS! Bachmann can release her medical records after Clinton releases his. And, Obama releases his real birth certificate.
Agreed. And she can counter this - many people perform demanding and critical jobs with migraines. She could seize the opportunity to handle this well by:
Rove never met a Tea Party candidate he liked.
I ahve suffered debilitating migraines all my life, and on the days I had one, I was down for the count. But I didn’t get them every day of my life, so I have been able to live a full life, hold down jobs, have children, go on vacations, and so on. Being sidelined with a migraine is no worse than being sidelined with the flu, or any other kind of malady. And in some cases, I worked through a migraine attack. I remember when my youngest was 2 years old, and I was laying in bed in a lot of pain, my little one was running a fever and wasn’t feeling good. His Dad tried to take care of him, but he only wanted me, and kept crying. Headache or no, my baby was sick and wanted his Mamma, so Mamma got out of bed to take care of him. Funny thing was, while I was concentrating on making him feel better, I wasn’t thinking of how bad my head hurt.
My point is, if duty calls, Michele Bachman could handle it I’m sure.
Eagleton suffered from depression and had undergone electroshock therapy, but I’ve never heard that he took Thorazine, which is an anti-psychotic. Do you have a reference for that?
Rove is a body part that rhymes with sick. Folks, we have been fooled by this R - D game for too long. They are both members of the ruling class, and will not tolerate those they can’t control, access to the seat of power.
albie or Bachmann press secretary, or at least “ghost writer”.
Is it worse that we have a candidate that suffers from a medical condition that millions of others suffer from or a President that smokes?
Of course, the media does it’s very best to cover that up and we will never see any photos of him doing it, but a migraine? She is clearly disqualified.
An easy answer for Michelle. I’ll show you mine, if you show me Obama’s.
If she had been subjected to electro-shock therapy to her brain like Eagleton had been, I would go along with you.
“I have suffered debilitating migraines all my life..”
I have had them for over twenty years (after several serious concussions). I have married, had two biological children, one adopted child, taken care of a house, pets etc... Having a migraine is no different in comparison as a person having the flu, or recent surgery. Bachman has done a tremendous amount of “stuff” while a migraine sufferer. Yes, being the POTUS is a huge responsibility BUT this is just a diversion for her popularity. To be quite honest, it ticks me off to a point of extremeness. Just a thought.
How about John SKerry’s medical records from that brief period of time he was in Vietnam.....He did sign that form authorizing them to be released didn’t he?
I hold Rove in as low a regard as anybody, but simply pointing out that Democrats have not had to answer questions like those that Bachmannn will be called upon to answer won’t do it. Different rules apply. It isn’t fair but that is just the way it is. Michelle will be hounded by this issue unless she can find a way to address it directly and put it to rest. Does that mean releasing medical records? I don’t know. But she better be brainstorming a more effective response than “where are Barack’s records?”
I am a Bachman detractor and I say that Rove is sabotaging her by calling for her med records.
He should be saying that millions of Americans are sufferers of migraines and BTW, where are Obama's records? Obama still smokes, probably smokes in our WH. He should be turning the tables on the media. But he wants Perry. (so do I) but he is completely wrong. Again.
facts are facts.
even those who hate her,
admit Palin HAS been vetted six ways to Sunday.
put under a microscope. her trash gone through.
and she came out smelling like a rose.
Palin didn’t redact ANY of her emails.
she has nothing to hide.
we condemn the libs for hiding stuff about Obama,
Kerry, etc.
we have a double standard for Bachmann?
it’s ok for her to hide a medical condition she admits she has, that may have hospitalized her several times?
Herman Cain once had cancer. he was upfront about it.
that is how conservatives are. honest, and not hypocrites.
suppose Bachmann is the nominee. and something comes up after it’s too late. (again, it bothers me, that Bachmann keeps hiding stuff, instead of being above board like Cain.)
...then will you cry and say “i wish we’d have known more during the vetting process” ?
isn’t that the PURPOSE of vetting and primaries?
if we are going to ignore anything bad, even if true, even if Bachmann said these gaffes etc herself,
then let’s just nominate her now,
and say “Bachmann is Awesome!”.
(and yes, if Bachmann is the nominee, i WILL support her financially, campaign for her, and vote for her.)
And her entire family. Don't forget how they try to eviscerate her kids and Husband relentlessly.
Yes they would; remember, they were Democrats.
I don’t. I just remember something about thorazine. Hope i’m not wrong about that.
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