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Clinton's impulse to 'power through' with pneumonia set off cascade of problems (she's a martyr)
Washington Post ^ | September 12, 2016 | Philip Rucker and Anne Gearan

Posted on 09/12/2016 11:27:04 PM PDT by Zakeet

Hillary Clinton had a cough - a nasty, recurring cough that she could not kick after a week of trying. So on Friday morning she went to her doctor's office, not far from her home in Chappaqua, N.Y., to find out what was wrong. Lisa R. Bardack’s diagnosis: pneumonia.

Bardack prescribed antibiotics and suggested that Clinton cut back her schedule and get five days of rest. But the Democratic presidential nominee refused. The election was just 60 days away, and Clinton wanted to grind it out - and that, to her, meant not telling many of her aides, let alone the public, about her illness.

Clinton's decision set in motion perhaps the most damaging cascade of events for her in the general-election campaign - giving fresh ammunition to Republican nominee Donald Trump, who lags in the polls, and spoiling a two-week offensive she had plotted before the first debate.

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Clinton's instinct was to keep working and say little about her illness, according to interviews Monday with Clinton campaign officials who gave accounts of the events. She left Bardack's office and headed into Manhattan to convene a meeting of national security advisers. Then she parried questions at a news conference. And then she mingled with donors at the fundraiser.

That's where the problems began.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clinton; health; hillary; parkinsons; pneumonia; powerthrough
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... overwhelmed by her duty to serve the public ... !

1 posted on 09/12/2016 11:27:05 PM PDT by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

Hilly, don’t be a hero!


2 posted on 09/12/2016 11:27:44 PM PDT by proust (Trump / Pence 2016!)
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How you can tell when us Newsers are scared ... we shift our manure spreaders into overdrive!

3 posted on 09/12/2016 11:28:59 PM PDT by Zakeet (Before this is over, they'll be hunting Democrats with dogs)
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To: Zakeet

She tried to tough it out and it derailed her presidential bid.

Before you feel sorry for Hillary, consider that she kept the truth about her illness from the American people and refused to share it with her lapdog media.

Both of whom deserve to be viewed with contempt.


4 posted on 09/12/2016 11:30:36 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: Zakeet

Interesting how all the Rat media came up with “power through” stories on the same day. Almost like they were all told what to write and say.


5 posted on 09/12/2016 11:30:53 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Zakeet

It’s just another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie about another lie...


6 posted on 09/12/2016 11:32:00 PM PDT by chris37 (How do you make Republicans turn on their own candidate? Sneak up behind them and say "Boo".)
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To: kaehurowing

They’ll do anything to prop her up.

But her political corpse is deader than Bernie’s.


7 posted on 09/12/2016 11:32:21 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: Zakeet

Technically she isn’t a “martyr” just yet.


8 posted on 09/12/2016 11:34:10 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Zakeet

This is laughable. She’s off campaign trail for days & weeks, skips press conferences for nine months but “powers through” for this event? Truly pathetic.


9 posted on 09/12/2016 11:34:48 PM PDT by Kenny
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Clinton's impulse to 'power through' with pneumonia lies set off cascade of problems
10 posted on 09/12/2016 11:34:48 PM PDT by AZLiberty (A is no longer A, but a pull-down menu.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Martyr implies she did nothing wrong.

Oh wait - that too, is a lie.


11 posted on 09/12/2016 11:35:07 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: goldstategop

To me, martyr implies she is dead.


12 posted on 09/12/2016 11:36:07 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Zakeet

So not only is she the smartest, but the bravest woman in the world. Just her and pneumonia in a pitched battle of wills. And remember, she did it for the children...


13 posted on 09/12/2016 11:36:29 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: AZLiberty

Her campaign died of self-inflicted wounds.

Trump wasn’t anywhere near the scene of the crime.

And this is supposed to be the smartest woman in the world.


14 posted on 09/12/2016 11:36:44 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: Zakeet
Bardack prescribed antibiotics and suggested that Clinton cut back her schedule and get five days of rest. But the Democratic presidential nominee refused. The election was just 60 days away, and Clinton wanted to grind it out - and that, to her, meant not telling many of her aides, let alone the public, about her illness.

She's a such a trooper. [/sarc]

The Propaganda Wing of the Democratic Party are going into overdrive portray the Wicked Witch as simply not wanting to let down the American People. It isn't going to work, because she is going to get worse and so there will be more public displays of her deteriorating health.

15 posted on 09/12/2016 11:37:25 PM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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16 posted on 09/12/2016 11:37:29 PM PDT by McBuff
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So like she went to the doctor, and the doc Bardack said, “Yo, you got pneumonia.” Clinton be like, “Say what?”

Despite the setback, tenacious Clinton grind it out like John Wayne.

- Washington Post - Philip Rucker and Anne Gearan


17 posted on 09/12/2016 11:38:29 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Repeal 16-17

Yup.

For Hillary, there is no cure - the debates won’t help now.

Trump looks like a model of sober judgment and stability next to her.

No contest. Its over.


18 posted on 09/12/2016 11:39:40 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: Gene Eric

Hillary didn’t listen to her doctor’s advice.

When you read between the lines, even the faint praise is damning, indeed.


19 posted on 09/12/2016 11:41:58 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: Zakeet

I really doubt that she has pneumonia.
Cover-up story.


20 posted on 09/12/2016 11:43:24 PM PDT by doc maverick (I)
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