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mopinko

(70,071 posts)
Mon Sep 12, 2016, 08:41 PM Sep 2016

she just missed the curb. she didnt "collapse".

tweety showed a short, highlighted clip of hillary's feet as she "collapsed". she quite clearly just missed that she was stepping off the curb. period.
that was what i thought from the first time i watched it. i have no doubt she would have righted herself on the next step if the ss hadnt grabbed her and lifter her into the car.

of course, there was not much comment on the clip, and tweety kept on referring to her "collapse".

now if that little detail fed into their narrative they would have been showing that view 24/7.

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she just missed the curb. she didnt "collapse". (Original Post) mopinko Sep 2016 OP
I'm strongly on her side, but she was about 2 feet from the curb. Ignoring doctors does that to ya. tonyt53 Sep 2016 #1
nope. she was right at the curb. you can see a ss agent mopinko Sep 2016 #2
you are right quickesst Sep 2016 #3
She blacked out or fainted LibraLiz1973 Sep 2016 #4
 

tonyt53

(5,737 posts)
1. I'm strongly on her side, but she was about 2 feet from the curb. Ignoring doctors does that to ya.
Mon Sep 12, 2016, 08:53 PM
Sep 2016

I've had pneumonia twice. The first time i also ignored the doctor and ended up in the hospital. The second time, the memory of the first time made me a better listener.

mopinko

(70,071 posts)
2. nope. she was right at the curb. you can see a ss agent
Mon Sep 12, 2016, 09:23 PM
Sep 2016

coming around to her side stepping up on it.

quickesst

(6,280 posts)
3. you are right
Mon Sep 12, 2016, 09:33 PM
Sep 2016

If the secret service agent had not grabbed her the next step would have been into the car. I'm 6-foot and one inch tall. It would have been a stretch for me to get in the car at 2 feet.

LibraLiz1973

(8,197 posts)
4. She blacked out or fainted
Mon Sep 12, 2016, 09:40 PM
Sep 2016

We can parse words all day long and I certainly wish she hadn't, but she absolutely did.
She didn't miss the curb. After she started to wobble she went forward and would've fallen had she not been held up by the people surrounding her. When her foot leaves the curb it's behind her because she did not have control of her mobility.
Not because she has Parkinsons or whatever BS the Republicans are slinging, but because she blacked out/fainted... BECAUSE SHE'S ILL and was dehydrated. It's really that simple.

Accept it. No conspiracy theory. She would NOT have righted herself on the next step. She would've been on the sidewalk without her staff.

It's okay. People faint.

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