General David Petraeus faints during grilling over US in Afghanistan

[kpete]

Tuesday 15 June 2010 15.21 EDT



• Hearing suspended for the day as Petraeus recovers
• Dehydration, jetlag and lack of food cited as causes

America's top commander, General David Petraeus, fainted during a congressional hearing as he was being grilled by senators sceptical about US strategy in Afghanistan.

His collapse came about an hour into the hearing as a Republican senator, John McCain, questioned him about recent setbacks. McCain stopped mid-sentence, his face frozen, as Petraeus slumped forward from his seat on to the witness table.

The hearing was suspended as Petraeus, looking dazed, was led out by army colleagues. He returned 20 minutes later, blaming not McCain's questions but dehydration.

He told the senators he wanted to continue but the chairman of the Senate armed services committee, Carl Levin, overruled him, and postponed the hearing until tomorrow morning.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/15/general-david-petraeus-faint-afghanistan

We now know that Clinton has pneumonia. And despite that, she showed up at the September 11 memorial, on a hot, humid day, and stood in a packed group for a long ceremony. Given her pneumonia, it was too much. Not life-threatening, not bad enough to require hospitalization, and something from which she quickly recovered, but more than she could handle. Let the screamers scream.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/9/11/1569064/-Despite-having-pneumonia-despite-the-heat-and-humidity-Hillary-Clinton-shows-up




https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/775012664250687488

[CTyankee]

1. Let's all wish her well and rally around her!

She needs support and I am so glad that Chelsea is nearby. Having family help you our is so important.

If the repukes start snarking about her illness it will reflect poorly on them (they probably can't help themselves) and they will be shouted down...

[Buzz Clik]

2. If you're expecting consistency in expectations from the pro-Trump crowd, ...

... you'r barking up the wrong tree.

These people support Trump, for God's sake -- a walking, talking, self-contradicting machine.

[UTUSN]

3. R#12 & K

[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. K&R and this years Emmy for acting, on camera, goes to General David Petraeus

[KamaAina]

5. Remember when Faux went into 24/7/365 mode over this?

Me neither.