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PoliGAF 2016 |OT10| Jill Stein Inflatable Love Doll
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If they go overboard with it. yes. You don't even have to say much. Just mention it in relation to the video.
cartoon_soldier
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Well, today sucks.
plagiarize
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You all know she *has* addressed it yes?
She told the press she was fine, and they reported that she seemed fine.
She told the press she was fine, and they reported that she seemed fine.
Hillary CONFIRMED for LIZARD
CoffeeJanitor
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Well put.
And I don't expect her to do any sort of press release on this on 9/11. The timing is terrible, but it's just not a good look to do something like that.
I don't think Trump will even mention it today either. This will get play tomorrow no doubt. Clinton has to do a gaggle or presser tomorrow though.
I don't think Trump will even mention it today either. This will get play tomorrow no doubt. Clinton has to do a gaggle or presser tomorrow though.
NYCmetsfan
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Trump is on doctor oz this week
Yeah even young people faint occasionally. Better not to indulge conspiracy theorists by taking this too seriously.
DrForester
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Do you really think Donald Trump will make it through the day without tweeting about this?
Yup. But people want to ignore that. She literally walked out of the apartment 2 hours later fine and posed with a kid.
Even still tomorrow she needs to talk about it because that video will do the rounds.
And then CNN shows a video of her nearly falling head first into her vehicle 3 times in like 15 minutes.
plagiarize
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The press asked him about it and he said he didn't know anything about it.
We'll see what he does once he gets the full picture.
IggyChooChoo
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All that is true, but this would be worrisome even if that groundwork hadn't been laid because again 1) she's old, 2) she's not only a woman, but the first woman; 3) this plays into her opponent's lizard-brain dominance message, and 4) it's on fucking video. She has got to put this to bed strongly and right away. It may not be right or fair (I would be Trump's health is worse), but this is a real problem.
I really think some of you have blind spots here. Certainly fainting doesn't mean anything necessarily, but how many presidential candidates faint on video? Further, how many of such candidates have faced health rumors, be they from fringe sources or not? She was on Kimmel fucking talking about her health opening pickle jars.
This is a big deal, and she can't handwave it away.
minor effort
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Oh, I was talking about normal campaigns, like Hillary Clinton's. You don't do campaign events on September 11th. That's just a general rule.
If Trump's handlers are smart, they've taken all his phones and put them in a locked safe somewhere outside his reach for the next 24 hours.
EDIT: Also, could we at least stop blaming Hillary for fainting. This wasn't a fuckup on her part, it's just unfortunate.
plagiarize
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So if she did a press conference on it, they wouldn't how the video before and after it? Because obviously they would.
Aaronology
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It seems you're implying that Clinton will garner sympathy due to the amount of Americans dealing with health concerns or the health concerns of elderly relatives. I don't find this argument convincing in any way.
I hate denial and I hate seeing so many people who back the Dem ticket as ardently as I do engage in it. This is going to be a huge story, and it's extremely unfortunate both in timing and in relation to the narrative Trump/the GOP have been constructing over the past month.
Sadly, this.
Dubbedinenglish
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But we'll overheat and die.....like Hillary
plagiarize
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ItWasMeantToBe19
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I'm sorry, but PBY is more Diablos and Cartoon Soldier than those two.
I'll never forget your meltdown after Rubio won the DC suburbs. Come on, man, chill.
I'll never forget your meltdown after Rubio won the DC suburbs. Come on, man, chill.
minor effort
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Well, it's hard to tell. For the most part it's just been rumormongering from fringe corners and supermarket tabloids. The first real "evidence" on video just got posted only an hour ago.
banefirelord
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Key phrase here: "so far". Up until today there was nothing to substantiate the health narrative, so of course it had no impact...but now she's fainting on camera. This will be A Thing and it's going to not be pretty.
Maybe Im wrong, I just see this blowing up.
*dj khaled voice* accreate
Jesus, stop saying this. It's a gross distortion of reality. They're not "health rumors" in the same way people saying 9/11 was an inside job are not "national security rumors."
It's unfortunate that she fainted. It sucks. It would have been a big story even if Alex Jones wasn't pushing straight sewage onto the internet.
People with sense and sensibility are not supposed to accept as true utter bullshit from conspiracy theorists. The right does not and the left does. Repeatedly.
thestopsign
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Congrats Adam, I'm happy for you!
On a separate note, this is a worrying event for me. Hopefully it isn't rooted in any actual health problems that have popped up from the long campaign.
On a separate note, this is a worrying event for me. Hopefully it isn't rooted in any actual health problems that have popped up from the long campaign.
Joe Shlabotnik
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I mean, Bush Sr. puked on the Prime Minister of Japan in an election year and he... hm, nevermind.
It wasn't a big election issue
Yeah, I can't see this going away overnight or even in several days. The Republicans don't even really need to say much because the video speaks for itself, and yes she is fine now but there is no positive way to spin the video of her falling, and it can certainly fuel any lingering concerns some people may have had about her health, however just or unjust that may be.
People will start to try and connect the dots in their heads, i.e. "maybe this is why she didn't campaign much after the convention" because something may have been going on with her health, even if it's not true. It's just a bad look for her and the campaign as we head into the period of time where the election really starts to matter.
2016 really just sucks all around. What a shitty year this has been.
People will start to try and connect the dots in their heads, i.e. "maybe this is why she didn't campaign much after the convention" because something may have been going on with her health, even if it's not true. It's just a bad look for her and the campaign as we head into the period of time where the election really starts to matter.
2016 really just sucks all around. What a shitty year this has been.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Congratulations, Adam! 
ViewtifulJC
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Whether ya'll like it or not, this is gonna be a big story all week. It's not going away by plugging your ears and pretending it's nothing to worry about.
nature boy
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Still waiting for BadNate to adjust his model after this.
I agree and think that most people understood that these rumors were super fringe, conspiracy nonsense. I still think this, and most people probably do. However, if you're on Kimmel addressing these rumors it means that they're out there in the public conscience in some form of another, credibility aside. Now this.
I agree with your final point, but people with sense and sensibility arent the electorate.
Spiritreaver
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Lol, wow I never knew about this. Just saw the video. It's even worse than HIllary's, lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnOnDatqENo
Joe Shlabotnik
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Well, yes, because literally the only thing that will make it fade away is time and nothing else happening. The longer she's fine, the less there is to talk about. Can't hit fast forward on the time machine.
So it's nothing to worry about if nothing else happens to her, which kind of goes without saying.
hipsterpants
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Are there really people that exist that don't like Trump but will say "well I guess Hillary's health sucks so I won't vote for here" based on a single fainting episode?
These feels more like an alt-right "victory" than something that will a legitimate impact on this election.
These feels more like an alt-right "victory" than something that will a legitimate impact on this election.
IggyChooChoo
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Oh how I wish our candidate could shut down all concerns thusly:
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