2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary needs a vocal coach
The reason she was coughing for four minutes the other day and barely made it through her speech today is she's abusing her voice. She's using the same technique as cheerleader yells but you can't keep that up for very long without doing vocal chord damage.
In her present condition, if she were a singer, she'd need to immediately take 2 weeks off.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)Peregrine Took
(7,417 posts)Very difficult to learn but, once mastered, shows you to breathe properly and sing well into old age.
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)I was a cheerleader. On day one we were taught how to yell properly, so as not to damage our vocal chords. It's difficult to believe that her organization didn't hire a vocal coach a year ago.
TrogL
(32,822 posts)I've met women in their 20's who sound like Janis Joplin on a bad day. They've got permanent vocal chord nodes from pushing their voice cheerleading.
tinrobot
(10,916 posts)I remember his voice giving out in the last few days of the '92 campaign
democrattotheend
(11,607 posts)For some reason, I remember a rally a few days before the election where Hillary introduced him and explained that he was losing his voice.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)meow2u3
(24,772 posts)I was using my asthma inhaler a lot more often than usual this summer, even though I didn't go out much because of the heat. But the generic version of Claritin helps me keep the coughing to a minimum.
So HRC isn't the only one coughing up a lung due to allergies. Many people are suffering.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)I have awful allergies and I cough practically nonstop. With all due respect, I find this whole thing ridiculous. Trump can't string together a complete sentence, is completely out of his depth on every issue, but we're going to talk about Hillary's coughing? Unbelievable.
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)Could not have said it better. I am coughing right now because I worked outside all afternoon.
Hillary doesn't need a voice coach she needs to stay inside in conditioned air and so do I.
DawgHouse
(4,019 posts)I believe what she needs is stronger allergy medicine. It can be difficult because those meds usually cause drowsiness.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)When I read your post, I agree with your rationale completely.
(I was MISTAKENLY thinking this would be a post about the way her voice sounds ... tRumps voice is like nails on a chalk board to me)