Posted on 09/11/2016 9:00:39 AM PDT by drewh
Hillary Clinton falling ill at a memorial service on the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks Sunday morning will catapult questions about her health from the ranks of conservative conspiracy theory to perhaps the central debate in the presidential race over the coming days.
"Secretary Clinton attended the September 11th Commemoration Ceremony for just an hour and thirty minutes this morning to pay her respects and greet some of the families of the fallen," spokesman Nick Merrill said. "During the ceremony, she felt overheated, so departed to go to her daughter's apartment and is feeling much better."
What that statement leaves out is that a) it came 90 minutes after Clinton left the ceremony b) reporters -- or even a reporter -- were not allowed to follow her and c) the temperature in New York City at the time of Clinton's overheating was in the low 80s. (A heat wave over the eastern United States broke last night/this morning.)
Whether Clinton likes it or not, her "overheating" comes at a very bad time for her campaign. Thanks to the likes of Rudy Giuliani and a small but vocal element of the Republican base, talk of Clinton's health had been bubbling over the past week -- triggered by a coughing episode she experienced during a Labor Day rally.
That talk was largely confined to Republicans convinced that Clinton has long been hiding some sort of serious illness. I wrote dismissively of that conspiracy theory in this space last week, noting that Clinton had been given an entirely clean bill of health by her doctors after an episode in which she fainted, suffered a concussion and then a blood clot in late 2012 and early 2013.
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I din’t see it that way. Her knees buckled. She may or not have lost consciousness but she became unexpected dead weight to him.
Actually, it was more than three months before the election. Eagleton only lasted 18 days as the VP nom, after it was revealed he had electro-shock treatments and several hospital stays for depression. “Finger on the nuclear button” was the buzz-line that ended it for him.
Just quoted your excellent post on kristinn’s article on The Gateway Pundit.
Always appreciated, Laz.
Her knees buckled while she was still leaning on the post. He grabs her arm and then watch when his foot steps down off the curb. That’s when his legs buckled from the weight of her and THEN she collapses, and he takes her weight and keeps her from going to the pavement.
She didn’t go falling forward until he was surprised by stepping off the curb and buckled a bit.
Sorry, I misread your post, and didn’t need to correct anything.
Mentioned you by screen name there, too.
Yours is simply the very best post I have seen on the topic.
If any of this comes to pass, beef it up and post it as a editorial. It’s that good.
Ya think!?
Doesn’t matter. I’d bet 47% of voters would vote for a corpse. Just look at MO and the widow Carnahan.
5.56mm
tl;dr.
LOL
Tell you what, should any of this come to pass, I will rewrite it and credit you as the source.
Cool. I can see the comment: “Laz would hit that elector.”
Every state is different!
That’s the genius of our system.
I agree with you.
McGovern backed Eagleton 1000%. For a few days.
Death Becomes Her.
I'm glad that I finally read your post, because we are about to witness a second almost identical precedent!"
Trumps campaign is against the Uniparty. Bush41 and Bush43 are enemies of the U.S. along with Obama and both Clintons. Notice that 41 and 43 are not supporting Trump. They should all hang—that is, EVERY President since Reagan should hang.
Like everything, "it depends". Remember that John Ashcroft was beaten in the Missouri Senate race in 2000 by Mel Carnahan -- who was dead.
But I don't think Clinton would voluntarily relinquish her position on the ticket. I'd be suspicious that the story is bogus.
Humidity was 39%.
Notice that when “conservative conspiracy theorists” are proven to have been correct ALL ALONG, they are still “conservative conspiracy theorists.” Only the status of the ISSUE changes.
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