DontBeThatGuy
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Sarah Palin.
Fox News reporter: Hillary Clinton left 9/11 ceremony with 'medical episode'
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Sarah Palin.
That was different because Sarah Palin was his VP..
So people were still being sexist, just indirectly.
Idk am I doing it right?
Nothing really happens here, though. Someone just whispers to her. She doesn't look unwell.
I think thats the take home too. As a hillary voter, her health wouldn't for one second make me think "well, maybe ill give fascism a vote then." But apparently, there are still people on the fence. And those people aren't immediately turned off by fascism, because reasons, so.. I could see those people, seeing this as a reason to vote trump.
A literal urn containing her ashes would be better for this country than Trump.
likely democratic voters can probably feel urgency and definitely come out to vote for the democratic pick instead of staying home though. it won't be a vote for hillary but a vote to keep donald out of office. those soft voters might instead just stay home.
well at least she fainted/fell over with the van in front of her instead of falling right there on the ground in front of everybody.
I do. I made that argument.
The argument was "Do you really want to vote john mccain into the white house at his age, and put Sarah Palin a heartbeat away from the presidency?"
Not "Oh John, look at him flailing his arms around, he's so frail, so weak. We can't vote for him, he just can't handle it!"
teruterubozu
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Didn't Mccain have some kind of surgery for skin cancer during his campaign?
DontBeThatGuy
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No, because Sarah Palin as President is scarier than Trump.
Candidates. Not Presidents.
I think there's evidence he was displaying signs of Alzheimer's while in office, but it wasn't diagnosed or disclosed to the public until years after he left the White House.
Agreed.
jack_package_200
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Some good news is that this is not currently trending on twitter.
Maybe people don't care
Maybe people don't care
A Link to the Past
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True too - I mean, didn't 70% of Democrats say they'd vote for Hillary over Trump even if she was convicted of a felony or something like that?
It's still being used against him by his current Senate challenger.
Everything I mentioned, sans possibly Reagan, happened in their first term.
Bam Bam Baklava
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They care, they just don't know what offensive hashtag to use all at once.
TheOfficeMut
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This is why I hate politics. This is why I hate the current incarnation of media. I've seen the fittest people on Earth faint or otherwise suddenly become sick. This is not to say that Hillary has a perfect medical record, but somehow all common sense goes out of the window for anyone in the public eye as if they should be impermeable to catching a cold, overheating or otherwise feeling down. It's ridiculous.
TestOfTide
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Then why aren't more people talking about the 70 year old man who takes statin and aspirin daily, constantly eats fast food, has to do forums sitting the whole time, looks metabolically unhealthy, hides his balding with a shitty hairstyle, has a gastroenterologist as his PCP, and can't mentally handle even the slightest criticism?
Last I checked it was only his primary challenger Kelli Ward that kept bringing up the possibility of him dying.
My prediction is it will be a non-story after Monday.
NyMartin90
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like I said its before the fainting
Spiritreaver
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I didn't know about this until today and damn the footage of it looks really bad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnOnDatqENo
That's less sexism and more Palin is just a complete moron.
You really think Trump wouldn't comment on his opponent being physically weak if he fainted? The dude has already brought up his fucking dick.
Lord Frieza
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Yeah, I don't get what we were supposed to see there, if anything. She seems pretty normal there.
President needs to be clear-headed and conscious in really stressful situations. You can't be serious if you think illness isn't a big deal for the most powerful position in the world... If she can't handle 80 degree weather how can she seriously be expected to deal with the most stressful decisions possible?
teruterubozu
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NFL Kick-off Sunday. Wait until tomorrow.
Probably make sure their standing by some reflecting panels too
He out here playing chess not checkers
jack_package_200
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You dramatically overestimate the intelligence of the American public.
Nothing really happens? Are you fucking kidding?
She literally gets her illuminati directives to faint at a 9/11 memorial, as the names of the fallen are being recited.
Just wow.
Lord Frieza
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Nonsense.
Tranqueris
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Ehh 2008 is a bit of a vague memory but Sarah Palin didn't surround herself with white supremacists groups that talk about racial purity or some such nonsense. I think I would probably take Sarah Palin over Donald Trump.
DontBeThatGuy
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It's one episode, ONE, what is this. I'm pretty sure she's handled far, far hotter and will continue to do so.
Arrogant Bastard
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Oh clearly it is bad optics, I don't think anyone would say otherwise.
Would this push me to change my vote, absolutely not as I would vote for Kaine over Trump just as quickly. The overall situation is rather comical though, you have one candidate who may or may not have a health condition. Then you have another candidate who has shown every single day that he isn't qualified to be POTUS. Who am I going to vote for? The one who could potentially have a health issue.
I would prefer a mandatory physical with a detailed health record for both candidates, but that isn't going to happen. We got a letter summarizing Clinton's health condition and an absurd 'summary' for Trump. Just think if this is going to be a thing it should be equal for both candidates. Not gonna happen, I'm sure Trump's medical records are getting audited too.
It's just as ridiculous to jump to the conclusion that she's dying as it is to say that she's definitely fine. Some people in this thread seem to be acting like they are some omnipotent entity that can tell when someone is fine. Kind of silly if you ask me. And of course it's going to be picked up by media. If any presidential candidate faints, that's going to make the news. Why are people acting like it's some kind of crazy thing?
The video hasn't been picked up by mainstream media, and the NFL is on. Just wait. #FaintingHillDawg
There's no mechanism for Bernie to become the nominee.That's a great question to a great sentence. I wish I knew the answer to that great question of yours.
Edit: Im leaving this thread. I think it's for the best.
excelsiorlef
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It's been on CNN and NBC
Bam Bam Baklava
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Only if you put years of evidence of her campaigning and other stressful activities aside for one moment of heat stroke or whatever it is.
Nah, I actually think there is too much going on (fortunately) for this to pick up too much. 9/11 plus NFL means it largely gets deferred until tomorrow. By then Clinton will have been or and about for a whole and they'll have surrogates all over the place.
Surely that raised the stakes, but it was a knock against him in the primary, too.
again the core GOP base is watching football.
Galactic Specter
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Hillary Clinton will be a zombie by November.
You heard it here first.
You heard it here first.
everyday math
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Hillary just shot herself in the foot.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about american politics (I'm an expert), but honesty and health are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in 1920s America where you can become president by having polio. If you fall over and faint in America, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is the american public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to vote for Hillary Clinton, nor will they vote for Tim Kaine. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Hillary has alienated an entire country with this fall.
Hillary, publicly apologize and cancel your campaign and you can kiss your presidency goodbye.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about american politics (I'm an expert), but honesty and health are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in 1920s America where you can become president by having polio. If you fall over and faint in America, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is the american public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to vote for Hillary Clinton, nor will they vote for Tim Kaine. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Hillary has alienated an entire country with this fall.
Hillary, publicly apologize and cancel your campaign and you can kiss your presidency goodbye.
Tranqueris
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And she has been, for about almost the whole year and a half of this election.
Guess what? Shit happens.
I wonder if Trump is going to tweet about it.
That's not really true. It's been on MSNBC, Fox, and CNN. NBC cut into their 9/11 coverage to do a special report. I think people are just waiting to see how Clinton sort of responds. Like does she go into hiding for two days?
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