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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed May 14, 2014, 08:41 AM May 2014

Will Hillary Clinton’s health and age be an issue in 2016?

By Karen Tumulty

Is Hillary Rodham Clinton healthy enough to be president — or is the prospect of her candidacy so formidable that she’s driving her adversaries to desperation?

If Clinton decides to run in 2016, her age and health are certain to be talked about, given that she would be vying to become the second-oldest person in history to be elected. She would be 69, only a little younger than Ronald Reagan when he won his first term in 1980.

What had been only a secondary issue, compared with the prospect of electing the first female president, has suddenly burst to the fore. On Tuesday, the New York Post ran a provocative headline: “Karl Rove: Hillary may have brain damage.”

The newspaper reported that George W. Bush’s former chief strategist suggested as much at a recent conference near Los Angeles.

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Will Hillary Clinton’s health and age be an issue in 2016? (Original Post) DonViejo May 2014 OP
health & age are always issues in presidential campaigns spanone May 2014 #1
Paul Tsongas. John McCain. merrily May 2014 #2
Who in the hell even listens clydefrand May 2014 #3
He still has a PAC that raises good money, so I bet Republicans will at least pretend to listen. merrily May 2014 #6
Not as much as her corporatist DNC free trade agenda. .. pipoman May 2014 #4
Yes, but it will be less of a problem now that Rove has befouled himself with merrily May 2014 #5
No rock May 2014 #7
'saint' ronald reagan was the oldest president in u.s. history spanone May 2014 #8
Age, health, gender, height, hair color, cloths, shoes, neighbors, JoePhilly May 2014 #9
Actually, their primary demographic is a subclass of older people. Most older people are not as lostincalifornia May 2014 #13
... and it will be fun watching Fox try to tell that group that Hillary is too old. JoePhilly May 2014 #17
If she is the nominee, their heads will explode when she becomes President lostincalifornia May 2014 #18
Yes and you've just helped Karl Rove make it so. GeorgeGist May 2014 #10
It isn't just rove it is the right wing echo chamber that is the MSM, who make accusations and lostincalifornia May 2014 #12
That is what the right wing want you to believe. It started with rove, and the MSM propagates this lostincalifornia May 2014 #11
No more than McCain's was in 2008 seveneyes May 2014 #14
Of course it will... lame54 May 2014 #15
Well she does have a uterus Greybnk48 May 2014 #16
Of course it will be Lurks Often May 2014 #19
IDK after Monica, white water, Benghazi, Hillary Care, socks the cat, Johonny May 2014 #20
Of course. People will have to decide for themselves if it matters. nt Demo_Chris May 2014 #21
Is this a rhetorical question? Jeff In Milwaukee May 2014 #22

spanone

(135,627 posts)
1. health & age are always issues in presidential campaigns
Wed May 14, 2014, 08:43 AM
May 2014

but the right will take it, as always, to ludicrous extremes

clydefrand

(4,325 posts)
3. Who in the hell even listens
Wed May 14, 2014, 08:48 AM
May 2014

to rove any more? I don't think the repugs even listen much any more. The is a BIG MEDIA item because they can't seem to think of anything else to report on! To much of the MEDIA TRIES to determine who will win an election. I wish they would remember they are to REPORT on the news, not INVENT the news.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
6. He still has a PAC that raises good money, so I bet Republicans will at least pretend to listen.
Wed May 14, 2014, 08:50 AM
May 2014

Maybe he has more than one, but at least one.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
5. Yes, but it will be less of a problem now that Rove has befouled himself with
Wed May 14, 2014, 08:49 AM
May 2014

facts so off the wall that even FOX News felt compelled to question him. (Or so it appears from the clips I've seen on the Daily Show and MSNBC.)

rock

(13,218 posts)
7. No
Wed May 14, 2014, 09:00 AM
May 2014

Not saying that the CONservative will not try to make them both issues but, you know, repiggies.

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
9. Age, health, gender, height, hair color, cloths, shoes, neighbors,
Wed May 14, 2014, 09:08 AM
May 2014

friends, acquaintances, pets, mannerisms, food choices, husband, daughter, distant relatives, birth weight, every school she's attended ... you name it ... the GOP will freak out about it.

But it will be fun to watch Fox News tell their primary demographic (old people) that Hillary is too old.

lostincalifornia

(3,639 posts)
13. Actually, their primary demographic is a subclass of older people. Most older people are not as
Wed May 14, 2014, 09:21 AM
May 2014

stupid as the MSM would like you to believe. They support Social Security and Medicare, and they realize that the repuke parties wonder boy ryan and the rest of their clowns want to privatize both, and effectively destroy those programs.

lostincalifornia

(3,639 posts)
12. It isn't just rove it is the right wing echo chamber that is the MSM, who make accusations and
Wed May 14, 2014, 09:18 AM
May 2014

statements not based on actual facts.

There have been so many pseudo stories based on incorrect information from the MSM, they should be hanging their heads in shame.

I wonder how they will explain their analysis when Democrats retain control of the Senate?

You post is right on

lostincalifornia

(3,639 posts)
11. That is what the right wing want you to believe. It started with rove, and the MSM propagates this
Wed May 14, 2014, 09:11 AM
May 2014

garbage whose only source is rove, limbaugh, and the usual suspects.

The MSM can get bent. Sources and getting the facts are not part of their vocabulary

When I first saw the movie Network, never did I realize how prophetic it was.

Actually, the movie anchorman II was a broad brush slam at the media today, emphasizing what a joke they are.

 

seveneyes

(4,631 posts)
14. No more than McCain's was in 2008
Wed May 14, 2014, 09:25 AM
May 2014

Was McCain's age and health an issue? I don't suspect her health and age would be brought up any more than McCain's.

lame54

(35,130 posts)
15. Of course it will...
Wed May 14, 2014, 09:28 AM
May 2014

along with her:
being a woman
being married to Bill
being in photos with Michelle Obama
having 2 arms and 2 legs
living in the same country as Charles Manson
etc...

Greybnk48

(10,147 posts)
16. Well she does have a uterus
Wed May 14, 2014, 09:36 AM
May 2014

that's always been the kiss of death. But seriously, it may be. And for Bernie Sanders too.

 

Lurks Often

(5,455 posts)
19. Of course it will be
Wed May 14, 2014, 11:54 AM
May 2014

it is a legitimate question about ANY presidential candidate. Biden, if he chooses to run, will face the same questions.

McCain's age and health were an issue in 2008, probably not the biggest issue in his campaign, but it was a concern.

If historical trends continue, the next President will probably be a governor. The last president to get elected whose prior position was in the Cabinet was Herbert Hoover.

Johonny

(20,675 posts)
20. IDK after Monica, white water, Benghazi, Hillary Care, socks the cat,
Wed May 14, 2014, 11:58 AM
May 2014

they might talk about the actual candidate running, but who knows... she did pal around with a guy that pal around with terrorists after all.

Jeff In Milwaukee

(13,992 posts)
22. Is this a rhetorical question?
Wed May 14, 2014, 12:20 PM
May 2014

Of COURSE it will be an issue.

White Water will be an issue
Vince Foster will be an issue
Whether Hillary gets too much foam on her latte will be an issue

The Republicans are stock piling poop to throw at her. This will be the ugliest election in American history -- count on it.

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