Why are they so upset? I believe it was the WH that initially released the info that she had had a “blood clot” on the brain (basically, a stroke). This may or may not cause brain damage, but in any case, Rove never said she had “brain damage,” just that if she had an incident this serious and is running for president, voters should know about it.
That said, this is one of the few times or maybe the only time Hillary has ever had my sympathy. She was under an incredible amount of pressure, because she was a totally rejected and ineffectual SOS, appointed only because Bill wanted Obama to do so (but marginalized because Bill didn’t get the contract right), who had to go out and defend the most ridiculous policies in the universe. Even she, die-hard Dem operative, knew the policies were ridiculous and that the entire administration was snickering when they sent her out there. The rest of the time, Obama sent her to obscure destinations while he had other people go out and spew his line at important meetings.
She would have been willing to do anything he said, but she obviously didn’t have standing to make an impact. Plus, I think Obama was trying to humiliate the First Black President, BJ Clinton, through her.
Will Clinton (Bill) take his revenge? I bet he will.
Maybe so, but at best, it would be jumping the gun and is entirely unnecessary, and may now be used as a discreditable distraction, like Romney's "47 percent" comment. At worst, a lot of time will be spent on chasing a "birth certificate" type issue, with the great potential of offending or putting off the very voters we should be able to attract — whether she runs or not in 2016. This is one of those micro-issues that Dems usually latch onto and may affect outcomes of some elections.
From Newt Gingrich: 'Offended' by Karl Rove remarks - Politico, by Lucy McCalmont, May 13, 2014
"I am totally opposed and deeply offended by Karl Rove's comments about Secretary Clinton," the former House speaker and 2012 presidential candidate posted during a Q & A on his Facebook page. "I have many policy disagreements with Hillary[,] but this kind of personal charge is exactly whats wrong with [A]merican politics." Gingrich called on Rove to apologize and stop discussing Clinton's health, adding he disliked such questions when Ronald Reagan ran for president. "I was angry when people did this to Reagan in 1980 and I am angry when they do it to her today," Gingrich said. ..... < snip > ..... "This is an absurdity and it typifies the Republican consulting class, which wants to be negative, narrow, personal, avoid ideas, and not have to wrestle with the big issues," he said on "Crossfire." He added, "To bring up that kind of thing and suggest that kind of thing is what keeps a lot of decent people from getting in public life, because it ain't worth the pain of that kind of attack." Newt Gingrich said Tuesday that he was "deeply offended" by Karl Rove's comments questioning whether Hillary Clinton suffered a brain injury.
Methinks, he has very good points about GOP political consultant class (Rove et al) and about debating easily winnable issues, ideas and substance vs arguing style and personal attacks. Republicans — politicians and their consultants — with the few exceptions, seem to be pretty bad at both.