Hillary Speech Disrupted by Coughing Attack in Iowa

The Weekly Standard ^ | January 25, 2015 | DANIEL HALPER

[McGruff]

The leading Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, was hit with a "coughing attack" midway through remarks today in Iowa:

Clinton is in Iowa, where a CNN town hall is scheduled for tonight. Clinton is 68 years old.

New York Times reporter Amy Chozick wondered on Twitter whether Clinton would even be able to finish her remarks.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Blood squirting from nostrils as her bowels cut loose.

[MayflowerMadam]

I won’t make any remarks about older women, coughing, resultant “issues”, and Depends. No; I won’t make any remarks about that. It wouldn’t be nice.

[Menehune56]

Possibly in support of her dropping out for medical reasons in the near future once she nails down the promise of a presidential pardon.

[Dave278]

Choking on one of her own lies?

[Spunky]

While coughing she said: "You do talk a lot in these campaigns".

What the H-- did she expect?

[stevio]

He hee.

[sockmonkey]

Is coughing like yawning? After about her third cough, I felt like I had to cough, too.

[longfellow]

Sorry, it was as nice as I could be with the cluntons.

[samtheman]

I think your one-work post says eloquently what we are all thinking when we watched that video.

[JPG]

She only needed a swig of "grandma's medicine".

[bigbob]

damn, you gotta get to these threads early! But you win, I do believe!

[Blood of Tyrants]

Either that or she is finally choking on her own lies.

[Blood of Tyrants]

And the devil is demanding what he is due.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Gosh! I thought that was “snipper” fire...

[plain talk]

I get bad colds with coughing attacks at least once a year. Not fun.

[matt1234]

And so the “health issues” begin so she has a reason to withdraw from the race.

Yes, perhaps she coughed intentionally to provide cover for her withdrawal.

[treetopsandroofs]

“She only needed a swig of “grandma’s medicine””

Granny’s Rheumatis’ medicine or spring tonic would have her doing cartwheels.

[hollyweed]

She’s 68 years old. Trump is 69 and Sanders is 74. A president should be healthy enough to serve for two terms. All need to be fully vetted to ensure they are fit for office. I recommend an independent physician or a panel of physicians to certify there are no major health issues. A candidate releasing his or her chosen medical records are not enough.

[Revelation 911]

about 10 yrs ago I had a chest infection with coughing - I literally coughed for about 2 mos - I had xrays and everything. One days I coughed particularly hard and a phlegm coated hair partly came out - when I was done pulling - it was about 20"...I must have inhaled a scalp hair from my wife while sleeping

though with Hillary - coughing could be a sign of congestive heart failure

[odawg]

What she may be doing is trying establish a coughing spell precedent that she can fake whenever she gets ask a question that she doesn’t want to answer. She will immediately start coughing to skate away from the question or will give her time to come up with a lie.