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Armed with junk science and old photos, critics question #HillarysHealth
The Washington Post ^ | August 8th, 2016 | By David Weigel

Posted on 08/08/2016 12:41:01 PM PDT by Mariner

The first week of August was a rough one for Donald Trump's campaign; by coincidence, it was also a busy one for Trump supporters, who see a media coverup protecting Hillary Clinton. Over the weekend, the Trump campaign released a Web ad that mocked Clinton's admission that she "short-circuited" by giving a misleading answer about the investigation into her emails.

"She took a short-circuit in the brain," Trump said at a Saturday night rally. "She's got problems. Honestly, I don't think she's all there."

At the same time, the Drudge Report, WorldNetDaily and a small army of would-be Twitter sleuths tried to build the case that the Democratic nominee for president has serious health issues and only they had noticed. Clinton's age and health had been subject to parody by some conservative media, but the new speculation was completely serious.

None of the evidence, often shared (or sent to reporters) with the hashtag #HillarysHealth, held up. In every case, a Clinton moment that had been captured by the media was reinterpreted and wrenched out of context. The highest-profile #HillarysHealth discovery came at the American Mirror, an obscure conservative news site with what it packaged as a scoop — "SHOCK PHOTO" — but had been aggregated from Twitter.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016issues; clinton; crookedhillary; davidweigel; drudge; drudgereport; hillary; hillary2016; hillaryhealth; hillaryhealthphoto; hillaryshealth; hillarywpsuperpac; madison; toddmadison; wnd
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To: ScaniaBoy

If Hillary were a Republican her failure to return on time from a break during a debate a few months ago would have been treated as a fatal error, on a par with Nixon’s 5 o’clock shadow in his televised debate with JFK. Instead, the press dismissed it as no big deal. Where was The Handler during that bathroom break?


81 posted on 08/08/2016 1:41:38 PM PDT by Atticus
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To: DBrow

Have you seen it? She is like a drunken person when she says it...


82 posted on 08/08/2016 1:42:49 PM PDT by MarMema (dog lives matter)
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To: Mariner

I wonder about her coughing jags and the device the rotund mystery man carries in at least one photo/video. Part of the problem with the other issues is liars and frauds who think this is worth making jokes about. THEN, others see these obvious fake videos and write off any questions about her health. It ticks me off.


83 posted on 08/08/2016 1:45:16 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: thouworm

She looks like she is dragging her right foot in the right photo.


84 posted on 08/08/2016 1:45:41 PM PDT by jetson
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To: Mariner

David Weigel is the worst of the worst.


85 posted on 08/08/2016 1:46:09 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Mr. Douglas

Very fake too.


86 posted on 08/08/2016 1:46:27 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: rdcbn

“Didn’t Hillary herself use the excuse of ill health and being too incapacitated to appear in public as an excuse to avoid testifying to Congress about Benghazi for almost 6 months”

Ding ding ding.. winner.

As said on Law and Order, “Ms. Clinton, you opened the door.”


87 posted on 08/08/2016 1:49:30 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Common Sense, Trump and Pence. More of the same, Clinton and Kaine.)
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To: MarMema

I wonder if Ben Carson has seen the videos, and what his opinion is.


88 posted on 08/08/2016 1:49:42 PM PDT by Radagast the Fool (At my signal, UNLEASH PALIN!!)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

Looks like a full-on, TWA 800 effort is in the offing here: Who do you believe? The MSM or your lyin’ eyes????


89 posted on 08/08/2016 1:49:52 PM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: Seaplaner

As I saw with my parents, who died at ages 88 and 93, from cardio vascular afflictions, the little things and signals keep adding up, with there being little even the best health care can do, even when an individual is in a nursing home. The Witch isn’t in a,nursing home, where she probably ought to be. Rather, she’s in one of the most physically and emotionally grueling contests ever devised by humankind. I tend to doubt whether she’ll make it to November. The exposure of her multiple, serious health problems only increases the pressure on her.


90 posted on 08/08/2016 1:49:57 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: thouworm

Is that Huma with the big bag over her shoulder.

She is getting a little “broad in the beam” herself.


91 posted on 08/08/2016 1:51:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Mariner

Liberal journalists with STEM IQs reaching the single digits are using the phrase “junk science”?

Try me, Obamaholes, and you will get your silly little brain cell handed back to you.


92 posted on 08/08/2016 1:56:37 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: RedWulf
"The WP just cut Hillary’s off at the knees by showing the videos."

Now the media meme will be that this story has been debunked! Anyone who talks about it henceforth is a Conspiracy Theorist! And general whackjob.

93 posted on 08/08/2016 1:58:31 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
So, could the same be happening with Hillary now, with the media not reporting bad news they may know about??

Very possible. All they have to do is get her elected and if she has to resign due to health issues, we get President Kaine. Just have to drag her across the finish line for three more months.

94 posted on 08/08/2016 2:01:26 PM PDT by randita
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To: Mariner

If Hillary is as bad off as she seems, I have to wonder who’s running things for her...who’s the puppet master.


95 posted on 08/08/2016 2:02:34 PM PDT by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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To: Donglalinger
Whoops,Wapo made a big mistake acknowledging the story

You'll know there's something to the story when they turn it around on Trump and say that his mentioning it is anti-women or even worse, anti-disabled. I expect that to be the meme in a few short days if the story continues to sprout legs.

96 posted on 08/08/2016 2:03:33 PM PDT by randita
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To: PghBaldy
I searched for the word "cough" in the article. THAT is the most obvious issue, on numerous videos. They also name the rotund black man with the device: "Secret Service Assistant Special Agent in Charge Todd Madison"

They don't say what the device is, but Mike Cernovich labelled it something, which they can deny if he had the name wrong. Sloppy "journalism" on our side only helps Hillary.

97 posted on 08/08/2016 2:03:35 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: MarMema

Michael Savage was reporting this afternoon that her delayed return to the debate stage during the democratic debate was not a bathroom issue at all. He has let slip that someone in law enforcement reported it was due to a health concern.

I have been saying she had a seizure that night. I would love to have a look at video just before the commercial break and the just after. Look for her having either an aura or being post-ictal.


98 posted on 08/08/2016 2:03:50 PM PDT by EBH (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: Mariner

I’ve seen the original unedited clips, from two different angles, of her head bobbing with the drink in her hand incident. The reporters were asking her questions but the initial head bobs were clearly not her making a joke out of the purported barrage of inquiry. After the involuntary diskinesia (Parkinsons) she continues to bob her head in an obvious attempt to turn the whole thing into her joking about the situation. The gut reaction on the face of one of the reporters is very telling. If Hillary had really been making a joke by bobbing her head the social clues would have been apparent and the reporter would not have made such a face in reaction to the movements. I believe the Parkinsons theory.


99 posted on 08/08/2016 2:04:41 PM PDT by Al Gore Vidal
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To: Mariner
Can anyone help out filling in the tick-tock on the following time line? Where was Huma? Did Huma take medical leave? Is there a flight log as to what kind of aircraft the State Department assigned to her in this time frame? Did the State Department either damage a C-12 Huron or is there one missing from the inventory? Did she start negotiating with Iran on the nuke deal in this time frame? Will Assange have more "personal" emails in the Dec 2012-Feb 2013 time frame which may reveal more?


Helment given to Hillary from her staff "for the next time she flies".


100 posted on 08/08/2016 2:09:33 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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