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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 09:17 PM Dec 2012

Conservatives not buying Clinton concussion

By PATRICK GAVIN | 12/18/12 4:23 PM EST

The official story out of the State Department is that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton recently fainted and suffered a concussion and is working from home. As a result, she is not expected to testify before Congress this week on the subject of the attack in Benghazi.

Message received, right? Not everyone is so convinced.

The New York Post called it “one of the most transparent dodges in the history of diplomacy.”

The Daily Caller’s Jim Treacher won’t believe it until he sees some proof. “If she has a concussion, let’s see the medical report. Let’s see some proof that she’s not just stonewalling. If it’s true, then we can all wish her a speedy recovery. But it’s ridiculous to expect us to take her word for it.”

Ditto Republican strategist Alice Stewart, who said on Fox News, “I certainly hope Hillary Clinton has a good note from her doctor.”

Also on Fox News, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton said: “You know, every foreign service officer in every foreign ministry in the world knows the phrase I am about to use. When you don’t want to go to a meeting or conference, or an event, you have a ‘diplomatic illness.’ And this is a diplomatic illness to beat the band.”

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Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/conservatives-not-buying-clinton-concussion-85266.html#ixzz2FSLc7v9y

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Conservatives not buying Clinton concussion (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2012 OP
The NY Post and Dumbfoxistan wouldn't believe her if she was in a coma. Squinch Dec 2012 #1
Hillary is in the news for 10 minutes, and TheCowsCameHome Dec 2012 #2
I don't care what they think. Nt newfie11 Dec 2012 #3
Nrxt they will be asking to see Hillary's birth certificate graham4anything Dec 2012 #4
She didn't faint at home or out of sight somewhere, did she? napi21 Dec 2012 #5
She did faint at home, but DOCTORS diagnosed a concussion karynnj Dec 2012 #10
If she died tomorrow they'd want to view the body. Drunken Irishman Dec 2012 #6
Oops! Didn't see this post. I'll delete mine. Sorry, DonViejo! nt octoberlib Dec 2012 #7
“If she has a concussion, let’s see the medical report." These people are officially nuts. yellowcanine Dec 2012 #8
So where's Bolton's medical certification that proves he is sane? Generic Brad Dec 2012 #9
I'm sure Hillary will give the rabid jackals Cha Dec 2012 #11
I doubt Hillary give a shit leftynyc Dec 2012 #12
It's not real! She threw herself to the floor and deliberatley crashed her head into it! lunatica Dec 2012 #13
So by this logic Bush didn't choke on a cracker, he was shit faced and passed out... bamacrat Dec 2012 #14
pretzel unless his story has changed. yellowcanine Dec 2012 #16
Well, my response is 'Fuck the Republicans' WI_DEM Dec 2012 #15
Holy shizz! This is a much bigger story than when CIA director William Casey suddenly and struggle4progress Dec 2012 #17
Hillary Clinton is a top presidential contender for 2016. All of the conservatives who pretended to Liberal_Stalwart71 Dec 2012 #18
One and all of them can kiss my butt! hamsterjill Dec 2012 #19
Bolton would know. sofa king Dec 2012 #20
Bolton Mojo2 Dec 2012 #21

TheCowsCameHome

(40,168 posts)
2. Hillary is in the news for 10 minutes, and
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 09:21 PM
Dec 2012

the weasels on the right come out of their dens with teeth bared.

These dirtbags are sooo predictable.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
5. She didn't faint at home or out of sight somewhere, did she?
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 09:38 PM
Dec 2012

Other people there witnessed it, andwere afraid something worse was wrong.

The conservative's reason for saying she's faking is because she was to appear before some congressional hearing and they think she's faking in illness sto get out of testifying. Sorry guys,m that's just Hillary. She may not be thrilled about testifying, but I've never seen Hillary hidwe or pull away from anything!

karynnj

(59,504 posts)
10. She did faint at home, but DOCTORS diagnosed a concussion
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 11:29 PM
Dec 2012

I think they need to think of the fact that she will eventually speak of Benghazi anyway and they will be the first if she runs in 2016 to suddenly speak of past health issues - hoping people think it would still impact her ability to be President. (even though not true.)

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
8. “If she has a concussion, let’s see the medical report." These people are officially nuts.
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 10:30 PM
Dec 2012

That is all.

Generic Brad

(14,275 posts)
9. So where's Bolton's medical certification that proves he is sane?
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 10:38 PM
Dec 2012

Until I see that, I am going to continue assuming he is not.

Cha

(297,323 posts)
11. I'm sure Hillary will give the rabid jackals
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 11:42 PM
Dec 2012

a Dr's excuse.

Get Well, Hillary.. Concussions are nothing to mess with. Any hitting of the head is dangerous.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
12. I doubt Hillary give a shit
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 05:57 AM
Dec 2012

what these clowns believe. They've been gunning for her for over 2 decades. She should tell them to go cheney themselves.

bamacrat

(3,867 posts)
14. So by this logic Bush didn't choke on a cracker, he was shit faced and passed out...
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 11:00 AM
Dec 2012

No one pressed him over what happened and why he suddenly had this big ass bruise on his face. No, that would be unAmerican. And who the fuck are they to ask for medical records?

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
16. pretzel unless his story has changed.
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 12:10 PM
Dec 2012

Barney was the only other living being there and he is not talking.

struggle4progress

(118,298 posts)
17. Holy shizz! This is a much bigger story than when CIA director William Casey suddenly and
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 12:36 PM
Dec 2012

permanently lost his ability to talk, just four hours before he was supposed to testify before Congress about his knowledge of the Reagan administration selling missiles to the Iranians and smuggling cocaine and using their profits to fund an illegal terrorist war against peasants in Nicaragua! And then he died, like any other normal person, and some people acted like it was suspicious

But that was nothin compared to this Benghazi cover-up, which just keeps getting bigger and bigger. You know what really going on? Hillary is actually spending a few days embedding Obama's Kenyan birth certificate in a block of concrete that NASA is planning to blast into deep space so nobody will ever find it again! And she's already adding the names of everybody who knows about it to the death panel lists!

 

Liberal_Stalwart71

(20,450 posts)
18. Hillary Clinton is a top presidential contender for 2016. All of the conservatives who pretended to
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 12:39 PM
Dec 2012

love the Clintons during the 2008 primaries are now showing their true colors. A tainted Hillary can't run in 2016. These assholes are so transparent.

hamsterjill

(15,222 posts)
19. One and all of them can kiss my butt!
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 01:44 PM
Dec 2012

She's never shied away from being drilled by those bastards before, so why would she start now?

Anyone who has seen video and/or a picture of Hillary over the last few months can see the fatigue that has been showing in her face. She's been working hard under intense pressure and she's not as young as she used to be.

I hope she takes extra careful precautions because ANY head injury can many times be worse than first diagnosed. Better safe than sorry because I, for one, do not want to lose her!When she's healthy again and ready to testify, those jerks will still be there.

They can wait.

sofa king

(10,857 posts)
20. Bolton would know.
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 02:03 PM
Dec 2012

He successfully evaded testifying before Congress at least a dozen times, because had he repeated any of his public statements on, say just for example, Iran, under oath, he would have been open to charges of lying to Congress.

Furthermore, this Congress is effectively out of session already and the Benghazi hearing will not produce an actionable result no matter what is disclosed.

Bolton would have blown it off. That's why he's the guy to ask about it.

 

Mojo2

(332 posts)
21. Bolton
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 02:06 PM
Dec 2012

Why is this guy still around making an ass out of himself? This guy was a blowhard during the W years that was wrong on everything he talked about. If Romney had won, Bolton the nut job would be his top foreign adviser.

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