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Hillary Health Scare Extremely Overblown?
Over the weekend, the world learned that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is suffering from a bout of pneumonia, which gave birth to a ton of frightening predictions, conspiracy theories, contingency plans and more. Have rumors of her demise been greatly exaggerated?
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It was the video that shocked a nation: an overheated Hillary Clinton being forced to leave a 9/11 commemoration event in New York on Sunday, only to nearly collapse twice before being helped into her vehicle and raced to daughter Chelsea Clinton’s nearby home to regain her composure.
On Friday, the Democratic nominee was diagnosed with walking pneumonia, which is information her campaign kept a secret… until her public appearance on 9/11 revealed all. The timing of her health scare and near collapse in public couldn’t have come at a worse time. For weeks, Donald Trump has been questioning Mrs. Clinton’s health and stamina for the presidency. Then, on Sunday, she handed Trump a prized political gift: proof of her poor health on a silver platter.
At least for now, Donald Trump has remained uncharacteristically silent on Hillary’s health, saying on Monday that he only hopes she gets well soon. However, one can almost hear the wheels over at Trump headquarters churning with plans to exploit the pneumonia scare and use it as political ammunition against her sooner than later. Is this fair?
Had Hillary Clinton’s public health scare revealed a serious or even terminal illness, the nervous reaction from Democratic donors and Republican strategists might have been warranted. However, pneumonia is almost as common today as getting the flu and is something easily cured with antibiotics over a 3-7 day period. So, why all the hoopla over Hillary? Had Donald Trump contracted pneumonia, would the reaction be the same?
On Monday, some Democrats considered the remote possibility that perhaps there IS something seriously wrong with Mrs. Clinton’s health. These same Democrats began combing through party bylaws to determine the available options in the event of a “worse case scenario.” Interestingly, if Hillary Clinton were to drop out of the presidential race for health reasons, her VP pick Tim Kaine would not automatically become the nominee. That prize could go to primary runner-up Sen. Bernie Sanders or even current vice-president Joe Biden. Hmmm…
Still, we’re only talking about a case of pneumonia and not congenital heart failure.
Are questions about Hillary Clinton’s health just another example of the sexist bias levied against her on a regular basis? Or, could there be something to her health concerns and readiness to become Commander-In-Chief?
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DJ: Are questions about Hillary Clinton’s health just another example of the sexist bias levied against her on a regular basis? […] Yes. …and No. Yes – because Trump hasn't released jack about his actual health status. Spare me that ridicules letter written by that quack doctor (Trump found somewhere) attesting to Trump's supposed stellar health. <rolling my eyes> Trump is a pathological liar. Why wouldn't he lie about his health? He lies about pretty much everything. No- because she and her campaign chose to handle this entire situation so poorly. Given that she was already widely perceived as being patently "dishonest" by so many voters, WHY pray tell would she be so *secretive* about this if THIS is all there is to the story? Just a really stupid move on her part, IMO. Especially since her doctor had reportedly recommended she get 48-72 hrs of complete bed-rest. But Nooo.… Read more »