Bachmann Migraine Story Underscores Lingering Stigma

Medscape Today ^ | July 22, 2011 | Nancy A. Melville

[Stoat]

Migraines have in fact been associated with previous presidents, including Thomas Jefferson and Ulysses S. Grant, Dr. Shapiro noted. Interestingly, however, reports of migraines among more recent presidents are less prevalent — which may be more a reflection of better PR than fewer migraines.

 

[truthkeeper]

Hmm. And what if you snort coke for years, any lingering effects?

[Oldpuppymax]

NO! It underscores the fact the left will do and say ANYTHING to discredit a conservative candidate!!!!!

[TexasFreeper2009]

The migraine story is NOT what is hurting Bachmann nor is it the silly story about her husband possibly being gay. What is hurting Bachmann is the same thing that is hurting all the other candidates atm... Perry. In the last few weeks Perry has shot up for low single digits to 35% on Intrade and has now ripped the lead from Romney which is also plummeting down into the 20’s now

The party is about to coalesce around Perry, people know a winner when they see one, and with literally the fate of the entire western world at stake we can't get this one wrong and let Obama have another 4 years.

[Doogle]

...but Odumbo snorting cocaine is perfectly fine.

[Psalm 144]

“Although there have been no prominent studies linking high-heeled footwear with migraines . . .”

Also high intelligence.

Also high stress.

This whole thing gives me a migraine.

Bachmann is not my choice, but the hatchet jobs on her are getting more frequent and more weird and more tiresome.

[Bringbackthedraft]

OMG, and to think that she would be carrying the football too. We can’t have that. The Press will have to find a better Candidate for the Republican nomination. Preferably someone who can lose by a large margin.

[NavyCanDo]

John F Kennedy suffered from horrible back pain and numerous other ailments that required him to take as many as eight medications a day to function. While a Represtative he had been in and out of the Hospital and had missed many days on the House floor because of debilitating back pain.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Yes, the lack of funding for research in migraines is grossly negligent.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Yes, the lack of funding for research in migraines is grossly negligent.

[EGPWS]

"If you're going to be President of the United States you've got to be able to do the job every day, all the time. There's no real time off in that job," he said.

The country just fell apart when Reagan was in the hospital nursing a gunshot wound didn't it.Perhaps with Pawlenty as POTUS it would fall apart as with the likes of Jimma' Carter who had to do EVERYTHING himself.

Migraines being an issue is one of the most asinine talking point to hit the press!

[Stoat]

Hmm. And what if you snort coke for years, any lingering effects?

 

That plus a hardline Marxist ideological underpinning, an overwhelming anti-American perspective, an inability to communicate effectively whithout a teleprompter, a breathtaking lack of true achievement, a lifetime of being mollycoddled, politically protected and pushed ahead in a dubious career due entirely to politics, having a circle of friends who are known and convicted terrorists, a visceral, seething, antiwhite racism, a generalized desire to harm America, generally low intelligence, unclear and highly suspicious birth origins  and no clear understanding of his job description or the true meanings of the Constitution as well as a host of other faults leads a person to not only be entirely unqualified and unsuited for the job but "should" render a person to be a candidate for a serious investigation of treason.

[Jim Scott]

The left is just seeking an opening to undermine any conservative Republican candidate that would refuse to play the part of willing loser to Barack Hussein Obama. Today, it's Bachmann's headaches. Tomorrow, who knows? If Perry gets in and becomes the front-runner, the leftmedia will find something, anything (not necessarily medically-related) to smear him with and call him 'unfit' for the office. This is just the modus operandi of the left. They have a weak candidate (Obama) with no record of achievement to run on and the economy in free fall on his watch. What to do? Distract! Make up or exaggerate some 'problem' the opposition allegedly has and hammer it, 24/7. That's the Democrats obvious plan and if you think someone other than Bachmann or Palin are the GOP candidate this won't happen, you would be living in a dream world.

[truthkeeper]

John F Kennedy suffered from horrible back pain and numerous other ailments that required him to take as many as eight medications a day to function.

How about FDR? Talk about pain medication - he couldn't even walk.

[trailz]

I don’t think she golfs, - - wouldn’t she have time to spare??

[Stoat]

John F Kennedy suffered from horrible back pain and numerous other ailments that required him to take as many as eight medications a day to function. While a Represtative he had been in and out of the Hospital and had missed many days on the House floor because of debilitating back pain.

 

Indeed, and I believe that Saint John's ailments have been entirely absent from the media's focus on this matter.

No surprise, but another disappointment.

[truthkeeper]

I think you just about covered it.

[MaxMax]

I was just thinking, Zero smokes pot, snorts coke, and drinks alot.
But those Migraines are where the LEFT draws the line. LMAO

[Stoat]

NO! It underscores the fact the left will do and say ANYTHING to discredit a conservative candidate!!!!!

 

And also the fact that any conservative candidate needs to be far more careful with whom he or she hires and fires than a Leftst candidate.

[Louis Foxwell]

The lingerie stigma is not nearly as transparent as it was years ago.