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Posted on 08/31/2016 8:55:20 PM PDT by hiho hiho
Hillary Clinton "lacks the mental and physical stamina to take on" the war against terrorists, Donald Trump said earlier this month.
Isn't that an unusual way for the Republican presidential candidate to attack his opponent's plans for combating the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda? That's the wrong question, because it's not what Trump's comment is about.
In his usual roundabout way, he's really attacking Clinton's health, highlighting a conspiracy theory that has roiled the right-wing corner of the internet ever since Clinton suffered a severe concussion in 2012.
Slowly but surely, insinuations about dementia and other supposed Clinton illnesses have gone mainstream during this election season. Reality-TV doctor Drew Pinsky, talking about Clinton's health in a radio discussion earlier this month, mentioned the possibility of "brain damage" and added: "What is going on with her health care?" And Dr. David Scheiner, President Barack Obama's physician during Obama's years in Chicago, said on CNN this week that the Democratic nominee should undergo a "thorough" neurological examination before Election Day. "We know what happens to football players who have had concussions, how they begin to lose some of their cognitive ability," he said.
(To be fair, Dr. Scheiner also criticized the odd, hyperbolic health report put out last year by Trump's doctor and said Trump is too fat.)
The legitimizing of conspiracy theories has been a hallmark of the Trump candidacy, but the claims about Clinton's health have been particularly pernicious, fueled by fake medical records that have circulated in the blogosphere and a video of Clinton wagging her head in an unusual way while she talks to reporters. ("Wow! Did Hillary Clinton Just Suffer a Seizure on Camera?" a conservative blogger exclaimed, despite the fact that the reporters surrounding Clinton in the video show no concern that anything might be physically amiss with the woman they are all watching closely.)
Trump and his surrogates have been aggressive on this issue. "Go online and put down 'Hillary Clinton illness' and take a look at the videos for yourself," former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has said. OK, let's do that. Here's one:
So there you go. You can decide for yourself the legitimacy of what you saw.
As doctors who have never treated Clinton increasingly go on TV and the radio to express worries about her health, various journalistic efforts have been made in recent weeks to debunk the Hillary health scare. "Basic stories about a candidate's health are almost always political smears, making them a subgenre of the general practice of politics, which abounds with smears," longtime political reporter Jack Shafer wrote in Politico. And CNN put out a long report detailing Clinton's health issues and her opponents' response to them. "There is absolutely no credible evidence to backstop any of these claims, including on the 'videos' Giuliani cited," CNN reported.
Clinton haters and the mainstream media's detractors, of course, dismiss such declarations. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin ended up in the hospital over the weekend after a fall, and in a Facebook post about her own health she launched into a mocking rebuke of Clinton defenders: "Leave Hillary Alone, Bullies," she wrote, adding that anyone questioning Clinton's health is obviously a misogynist. She then returned to her own accident: "Rock-running recently, I tripped over my own two feet and crashed & burned face-first. I recovered with the doc's SuperGlue, and now any man who asks 'what happened?' I'll refer to as just a mean ol' SEXIST bully."
For the record, Clinton's physician, Dr. Lisa Bardack, declared last year that Clinton is "in excellent physical condition and fit to serve as President of the United States."
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The woman on the left expression looks like she’s expecting Hellery’s head to spin around and vomit pea soup. Wonder what would happen if one pressed a crucifix to her forehead?
It would be a great moment in television history if; at the beginning of the debates; Trump turns to acknowledge Hillary, and she just sh*ts her pantsuit right on the spot. I would wear out my computer watching that over and over...
HilLAIRy the lying, crooked, traitor BITCH looked like warmed over DEATH at the American Legion speech yesterday. Does she ever bathe??
Comments at bottom are interesting.
all the reporters exhibit dismay and concern
In the video I saw you could hear the reporter say, “Are you alright?”
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I couldn’t hear it but I read her lips, that’s exactly what she said. No honest person can watch that video and conclude that Hillary is not having some kind of seizure.
i never get tired of seeing this hillary cartoon. it models hillary in real life so well.
No, she’s sleeping 18 hrs a day to get ready for the debates.
Are those Depends she’s wearing under that awful pant suits that hide her blood thinner bruises from all her falls?
Hubby only takes a 81 mg baby aspirin and has lots of them from a simple bump of the leg or arm.
Trump has lost 15 lbs since he started campaigning. You just don’t realize it as he keeps his tailor busy taking in his suits. If he keeps this up he won’t even need the single drug a Statin he takes.
How many drugs is the Witch on for seizures, blood clots, hypothyroidism etc. What’s with the weird Prism glasses did her thyroid damage her eyes or the concussion?
Just look at all the ones Dale Jr is having from a concussion, there are medical speculations he may not finish the season, or even be able to race again.
Normally knowing that someone is ill doesn’t make me feel happy. But the more I hear about Hillary,s sick spells the happier I get.
Off to the nursing home Hill you will feel so much better and so will the USA!
Watch the video and you can see that Lisa Lerer’s mouth clearly says “ are you okay? “ If she was any kind of reporter she would have written oodles of words about the seizure she witnessed first hand.
Lol! I wish I could take the credit for that one, but some other FReeper(s) beat me to it. It cracks me up!
Douglas Perry lies. One of the reporters, the one on the left with long blond-ish hair, clearly says "Are you alright?" in the video.
Hibernating Hillary - Originator of the 18 hour power nap.
2017 when Clinton is our Potus!
They can’t put this genie back in the bottle....the damage is being done, and her appearance does NOTHING to quell the rumors.
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