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helpisontheway

(5,004 posts)
Wed Sep 14, 2016, 05:08 PM Sep 2016

Hillary releases more medical info now dumb

ass dr on MSNBC is talking about deficiencies she could have that cause her to be prone to blood clots. He started talking about more tests that he would like to see done as a physician. Meanwhile, Trump releases some bs on a tv show and no questions asked. Hillary really screwed up her chances when she went out against doctors orders. Before it was conspiracy theories but now they have that damn video...😡

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unblock

(52,116 posts)
1. sometimes you have to scratch your head, is this really bias or is it just me?
Wed Sep 14, 2016, 05:10 PM
Sep 2016

other times, it's just way to f*cking obvious.

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
2. What we're witnessing is blatant sexism.
Wed Sep 14, 2016, 05:12 PM
Sep 2016

Reminds me of a friend whose philandering husband blamed the breakup of their marriage on menopause. Misogynistic bullshit.

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
11. If it happened to Joe Biden and he were the nominee....
Wed Sep 14, 2016, 06:37 PM
Sep 2016

....we'd hear it too. Biden had an aneurism that almost killed him. Republican have even claimed Joe had brain damage! Lying fucks!

radius777

(3,635 posts)
14. There clearly is a twist of sexism to it though
Thu Sep 15, 2016, 07:08 AM
Sep 2016

and H and her team should call out the media for it in order to shut down all of this wild speculation now that she has provided them with a detailed medical report. The media now is basically wanting a whole bunch of tests for hypothetical illnesses while Trump who is older and in worse physical shape doesn't get asked for anything.

And many past male candidates had issues (after all most of these people who run for president are on the older side) and it was never played up like this. St. Ronnie was shot and had alzheimer's symptoms, HW Bush had thyroid issues, Cheney had multiple heart operations.

Granted, the media does care about health issues, iirc they did make an issue of age/health with Dole and McCain (who were old in contrast to younger and vibrant challengers). There were rumors about Dukakis seeing a psychatrist, which was a rightwing "bedwetting liberal" meme that the mainstream media ran with.

But there is clearly a layer of sexism on top of the typical ageism/ableism stuff.

riversedge

(70,077 posts)
3. Sometimes we take a gamble and it goes not turn out as we hoped. Lets move on instead
Wed Sep 14, 2016, 05:14 PM
Sep 2016

of this continued criticism which only is fodder for the RW. Thank you.

doc03

(35,295 posts)
5. The three blood clots in the brain are a bit scary and they say she takes blood thinners.
Wed Sep 14, 2016, 05:31 PM
Sep 2016

I had two blood clots in my leg 9 and 10 years ago. They found I have a condition called Factor 5 Laden that makes your blood clot too fast. Because of that I have taken blood thinner for 10 years. Maybe she has the same condition? I was told it is genetic and the only treatment is blood thinners.

doc03

(35,295 posts)
12. From what I heard on either CNN or MSNBC they were in her brain.
Wed Sep 14, 2016, 08:17 PM
Sep 2016

I have a filter that is supposed to help prevent a leg clot from traveling to the brain or lung.
A clot in the brain is much more serious than one in the leg.

 

HellNoKitty

(24 posts)
13. Gupta not impressed with Ms. Clinton's Med Rec Release
Thu Sep 15, 2016, 12:26 AM
Sep 2016

"This is certainly not a release of medical records by any means. This is very similar, in some ways, to what we got in July of last year," Gupta said.


http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/14/politics/clinton-campaign-releases-new-health-information/
 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
10. Knowing they don't act rationally...
Wed Sep 14, 2016, 06:23 PM
Sep 2016

And understanding they have an agenda all while expecting them to act rational and without bias. That's the definition of insanity.



Corporate media.

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