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'Coughing Clinton' Shrugs Off Health "Conspiracy Theories" As Questions Emerge On "Pollen" (trunc)
ZeroHedge ^ | 9/6/16 | Tyler Durden

Posted on 09/06/2016 8:25:22 AM PDT by RightGeek

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21 posted on 09/06/2016 8:54:22 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: thouworm

>>It IS clearly pinkish, but it doesn’t look pink colored when it is first handed to her. ???<<

It looks pink in the views where her hand is behind the glass. The pink tinge is very likely due to her hand showing through the plastic glass. I don’t think they’re dumb enough to hand her water that looks doctored. That said, as I explain in my next comment, it might very well be doctored.


22 posted on 09/06/2016 8:55:13 AM PDT by Norseman (Defund the Left....completely!)
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To: Navin Johnson

What surprises me is that HRC still keeps them at arm’s length even though they’ll be carrying her water voluntarily. Why is that?


23 posted on 09/06/2016 8:55:35 AM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: M-cubed

Also why does she only have a bag under her right eye?


24 posted on 09/06/2016 8:55:35 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: RightGeek

Yep, lots of pollen on aircraft,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,


25 posted on 09/06/2016 8:56:41 AM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: RightGeek

mark


26 posted on 09/06/2016 8:56:52 AM PDT by Jaded (Pope Francis? Not really a fan... miss the last guy who recognized how Islam spread... the sword.)
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To: C210N

She’s allergic to TRUTH.............and garlic............


27 posted on 09/06/2016 8:57:23 AM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: RightGeek

If it were “seasonal allergies”, wouldn’t there be a clear record of her being afflicted in the past? Surely there’s video footage of her time as First Lady, NY Senator or SoS where she had a cough attack due to these same allergies, no?


28 posted on 09/06/2016 8:58:52 AM PDT by Be Free (I believe in gun control. The more people that control their own guns, the safer we'll all be.)
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To: RightGeek

So if you google the doctor’s name you get nothing but Neurologist. And if you dig a little, you get sleep disorders. But if you use Bing you get this:

Dr. Oladotun Okunola, MD is board certified in Clinical Neurophysiology and Neurology.

He has special expertise in 9 areas:
Alzheimer’s Disease
Epilepsy
Essential Tremor
Insomnia
Migraine Disorders
Movement Disorders
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Narcolepsy
Parkinson Disease

So, pick one. I think we have seen evidence of Parkinsons and/or Epilepsy.


29 posted on 09/06/2016 8:59:33 AM PDT by poinq
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To: Red Badger

Excellent point.

No liberal reporter can report facts, though.

And keep their job. Ask Dr. Drew Pinsky.


30 posted on 09/06/2016 8:59:35 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Norseman

Maybe she is bleeding in her mouth. That would explain dark red lipstick to hide the bleeding.


31 posted on 09/06/2016 9:02:42 AM PDT by poinq
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To: RightGeek

The press pool. The great mass of the unwashed.

What a terrible way to waste your life, sitting in the cheap seats!


32 posted on 09/06/2016 9:06:25 AM PDT by Noob1999
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To: RightGeek

Andrea Mitchell looks like she is ready to put on her “Huma kneepads” and drop to her knees before Hillary....


33 posted on 09/06/2016 9:08:58 AM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: RightGeek

Okay, here’s a theory that fits the facts, including a fact not previously commented upon.

The epiglottis is the little flap at the back of your throat that closes off the passageway to the lungs when you’re swallowing food or liquid. It opens when you’re breathing, thereby allowing air to flow in or out of the lungs. Essentially it protects the lungs from contamination by food and liquid that could introduce bacteria into the sterile lung environment.

Now, all of us have probably experienced the coughing fit you experience when something “goes down the wrong pipe” while you’re eating, drinking, or even just talking at times. That “wrong pipe” is the lung passageway and it happens because the epiglottis failed to do its job and you ended up aspirating something into the lung passageway.

As a person ages, the epiglottis’s function can deteriorate resulting in a lot of mishaps where something, especially thinner liquids, gets misdirected to the lungs. The cough is the body’s way of expelling the threatening substance and any bacteria coming along with it.

Interestingly, other than being careful when drinking water, tea, coffee, etc., the first medical option is to “thicken” any thin liquids you regularly consume. The thickener that is added to water, tea, coffee, Kool-aid, soda pop, etc., helps the epiglottis recognize the incoming substance and function properly, by closing and shunting the liquid down the esophagus to the stomach where it belongs.

So, now let’s look at the facts.

1. Hillary coughs for a prolonged period. Anyone who has experienced aspirating a liquid knows that it takes several coughs to regain composure, sometimes a minute or more.

2. Hillary passed on the bottled water and took a glass of water instead. If the above theory is correct, the water had the thickener added and was being held nearby for the very purpose it was used. She needed water to clear her throat, but the bottled water without the thickener could aggravate her problem. (I doubt, by the way, that the thickener is pinkish. I believe that was just her hand showing through the glass.)

3. Her excuse was allergies. As others have indicated, autumn is a good time for the allergic, and besides, a high pollen count on a plane?

4. The new “fact” not previously mentioned: Watch the video again and notice that Hillary was clearly swallowing regularly in the first minute, much more than normal. We swallow the natural moisture in our mouth regularly, okay, yes, our spit. You can see her discomfort increase as she obviously got some down the wrong pipe early on and then keeps swallowing trying to clear it. But there’s no clearing it; you have to cough, and the longer you wait, the harder and longer the cough is probably likely to be. (I’m speculating on that last bit, but it seems reasonable.)

So, assuming this is a correct theory as to what’s making her cough, should it matter?

Other than tagging her with another lie or two (she has a health problem, and she’s blaming it on allergies), yes, it could lead to life-threatening pneumonia for one thing. Maybe more. I don’t know.


34 posted on 09/06/2016 9:18:57 AM PDT by Norseman (Defund the Left....completely!)
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To: RightGeek

One more thing I hadn’t considered. Conceivably, another health issue could be responsible for the deteriorating performance of the epiglottis. That could make the health implications far more serious, depending upon the issue involved.

All in all, a good reason for reporters to follow up, no?


35 posted on 09/06/2016 9:23:59 AM PDT by Norseman (Defund the Left....completely!)
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To: thouworm
I did notice a glass handed to her after I posted the video. This other link is better but I think the pink tint is just reflection from her hand. I can't detect anything going into the glass...
36 posted on 09/06/2016 9:27:36 AM PDT by GregNH (If you can't fight, please find a good place to hide!)
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To: Norseman

Well...drinking thick or thin water down the correct pipe will not fix water going down the wrong pipe, yes?

Is she drinking something to numb her throat?

I would think the proper solution to getting water out of the lung passage would be to cough it up...not try drinking more water?


37 posted on 09/06/2016 9:28:31 AM PDT by Ms Mable
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To: RightGeek

Look at the smug, smiling faces of the fawning idiot traitors who worship this scum? They’ve arrived and have been blessed by her presence. Sick bastards—but there’s no bias.


38 posted on 09/06/2016 9:36:34 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: RightGeek

Why weren’t others affected by the pollen? It seems only Hillary was coughing. Another lie from Clinton.


39 posted on 09/06/2016 9:37:09 AM PDT by nclaurel
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To: Ms Mable

It’s natural to want water when you feel the tickle in your throat that makes you feel like you’re going to cough. In her case, you could be right that more water won’t help. I don’t know. We do know she has a persistent cough and that’s typical of people who have a poorly functioning epiglottis.

What I’m pretty certain of is that if she has the problem I’ve described, drinking un-thickened water could easily aggravate the problem.

Incidentally, on further reading, a stroke can cause malfunctioning swallowing and a high incidence of aspiration. And sometimes the problem persists. Other neurological conditions can also affect swallowing too.

By the way, a couple of terms that eluded me while writing the first post: “spit” = salvia, and “passageway to the lungs” = trachea.


40 posted on 09/06/2016 9:37:30 AM PDT by Norseman (Defund the Left....completely!)
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