If you had any doubts about the severity of Hillary Clinton’s brain damage, this should dispel them. A story this morning appeared in Politico:
Karl Rove: Hillary Clinton might have brain injury
Republican strategist Karl Rove suggested last week that Hillary Clinton suffers from brain damage, according to a new report.
The New York Post’s Page Six section reported Monday that Rove, appearing at a conference with former Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs and CBS correspondent Dan Raviv last Thursday, recently waded into the former secretary of state’s health issues. In 2012, Clinton — a top possible 2016 Democratic contender — suffered from a blood clot that temporarily prevented her from testifying about the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. According to the report, Rove said the Benghazi issue should continue to be pushed.
A Clinton spokesman had this to say:
“Karl Rove has deceived the country for years, but there are no words for this level of lying,” said Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill. As for her health, he said, “She is 100 percent. Period.”
So what did Rove lie about? Nothing. What did he get wrong?
The number of days Hillary spent in the hospital. What did he get right?
Everything else.
Rove never actually claimed Hillary has brain damage but she most certainly does. We visited this here at FA not long ago.
Yes, she does have brain damage. She suffered a concussion and consequent ongoing double vision.
The thick glasses Hillary Clinton has been wearing in public since returning from a concussion and blood clot last month are the result of lingering effects of her health problems, a Clinton aide confirms.
“She’ll be wearing these glasses instead of her contacts for a period of time because of lingering issues stemming from her concussion,” said spokesman Philippe Reines. “With them on she sees just fine.”
During more than five hours of testimony before Congress Clinton could be seen wearing glasses that appeared to have a thick left lens with lines across it.
Reines did not specify what type of lens the secretary was wearing, but medical experts say a fresnel prism is common in cases like these. Fresnel prisms usually come in the form of a piece of thin, transparent plastic that can be adhered to existing lenses. The special grooves in these prisms change the way light enters the eye, making them useful in treating double vision.
I am now convinced that it’s worse than even I believed. The left has convinced me of it with their irrational over-reactions. From today’s Politico again:
– Rangel calls for GOP psych testing
– Twitter diagnoses ‘Dr. Rove’ remarks
– John King: Rove remarks ‘reprehensible’
– Is Karl Rove the next Dick Morris?
– Graham: ‘No reason’ to worry about Clinton
Like it or not, a concussion is a brain injury. Double vision consequent to a head injury IS a sign of brain damage. And she did endure a blood clot on her brain.
But I agree with Ann Althouse. The reaction is hyperbolic. It’s absurd.
Remember when lefties were “vehemently” denying that Hillary was faking an injury to escape testifying about Benghazi? They wanted us to know just how serious her injury was. Now they want us not to believe it.
That convinces me there’s a lot more to this story than we’ve been told.
Pretty much like everything else about this wretched regime.
Linked by Doug Ross. Thanks!
UPDATE
The Obama administration told us that Hillary was all better in January 2013 but Bill tells us it took at least six months of rehab.
It is worse than they’re telling us.
DrJohn has been a health care professional for more than 30 years. In addition to clinical practice he has done extensive research and has published widely with over 70 original articles and abstracts in the peer-reviewed literature. DrJohn is well known in his field and has lectured on every continent except for Antarctica. He has been married to the same wonderful lady for over 30 years and has three kids- two sons, both of whom are attorneys and one daughter on her way into the field of education.
DrJohn was brought up with the concept that one can do well if one is prepared to work hard but nothing in life is guaranteed.
Except for liberals being foolish.
It’s always amusing to hear the unthinking mobs of the Collective accuse anyone other than themselves of mental illness.
While drones from the Party of Science will chant that correlation does not imply causation, I can’t help but think it uncoincidental that 20% of Americans identify as liberal, while simultaneously 1 in 5 Americans suffer from mental illness.
Back when Dan Quayle had a blood clot from traveling too often on planes and not getting up and walking the aisles enough, Dems used his health as an excuse for why he should be precluded from political life.
Ironically, VP Quayle’s clot only affected his LEG traveling to his LUNG, not his brain.
The clot in Hillary’s case was in her BRAIN.
IF Quayle’s clot was excuse enough for his being run out of politics, how much more so Hillary’s clot?
Sorry, I didn’t have to see her eye glasses to understand she has a mental problem.
Funny stuff. Now that Obamacare has bit the GOP soundly in the ass and their desperation to politicize Benghazi doesn’t look good, why not reach into the bag of unused fake scandals and see what sticks on the wall? Hell, this might be as good as Obama being born in Kenya or maybe right up there with Saddam attacking us on 9/11.
There is a lesson for baggers here and that’s to not demonize Rove, the master of deception, the way you do as you never know what he has saved in that holster ready to pull out when needed.
What did Rove actually say?
This:
So, all Rove did was START the conversation.
He made NO claims at all.
He asked questions.
Anyone have the answers?
Or, it is just easier to slime the messenger?
@Ronald J. Ward:
What’s even funnier, is drones who try to appear like they know what they’re talking about by parroting Debbie Wasserman-Schultz issued talking points.
Hilarious!
Ronald J. Ward
So democrats should run on Obamacare and Obama foreign policy?
Hell, this might be as good as Syria’s red line and all those statements ending in the word: Period.
What will republicans be running on? That they’ll get us involved in a war with Russia? That they’ll get rid of Obamacare, returning millions of Americans to the ranks of the uninsured? That they’ll reinstate denial of coverage for preexisting conditions and lifetime coverage limits by default? Maybe they could roll back new consumer protection rules affecting the credit card industry, and figure out some way to resurrect Osama bin Laden so he can be eliminated in a proper republican fashion. And of course they could promise to reverse gun confiscation, and disband Obama’s civilian security forces.
Love to watch the right grasping at straws, lol!
@Greg:
Strawman arguments are all you leftists have. It is illustrative that every prediction conservatives made about the negative effects of obamacare have occurred, at least insofar as obamacare has been implemented. We will.see the remaining predictions come true if this horribly flawed law is not repealed. You can keep fooling yourself.that obamacare is popular, and that there was no democrat cover up of Benghazi all you want. Truth is not a function of majority rule, but of objective facts, of which you leftists have miniscule acquaintance.
@Ronald J. Ward:
You must be fantasizing. Get off that speed.
@Greg:
actually returning them to the ranks of the insured.
Greg,
Thank you for deflecting for RJW.
Are democrats planning to run on Obama’s foreign policy? Are they going to run on Obamacare?
Very easy to answer. Please do so. Then, we can track the results of what you say.
@MAKAYA:
MAKAYA, I think they’re going to run on the success of homosexuality in the NFL. They were successful in ridiculing Christianity in the NFL, so now they are anxious to celebrate the success of homosexuals and HIV/AIDS contamination in the NFL. Yeah…………..
http://www.gopusa.com/freshink/2014/05/13/the-nfls-inexcusable-lack-of-compassion-for-michael-sam-2/?subscriber=1
I wanted to make sure that George has a place to comment on the successful integration of the NFL.
Wow Redteam:
Killer satire. Oh yes left, run on homosexuality.
Go.
@Redteam: Heh.
Oh, yes, Dems.
Run on homosexuality making it mainstream all because of you.
Check out how the vote went in CA when Prop 8 (same-sex-marriage) was on the ballot.
It is one area where Dems LOSE Blacks!
The lines on the lens arefrom a press-on Fresnel prism. Oriented vertically to correct for a horizontal diplopia–most likely the result a 6th cranial nerve palsy. Hypertension, diabetes and trauma cause the localized, self-correcting version of these common palsies.
The medical records concerning PIAPS are classified at the highest level. Any person with knowledge of her medical condition knows that their lives are at risk if they say anything.
Yes, her medical condition is serious. No, she has no business in politics while she is injured.
No, this will not count against her. She is female. She is the wife of the most popular impeached president ever. She is the author of the “war on women” (as the author of the Bimbo Eruption program). She is the endorser of Boko Haram, a putative education establishment. She is one of the least productive Secretaries of State ever.
But she is a deeply committed progressive, and thus eminently qualified to lead the progressive establishment.
She has the LSM behind her. So just watch.
Rove has called into question the mental health of other political opponents as well. In 2000, Rove was “architect” of Bush’s presidential campaign, which reportedly similarly attempted to portray his Republican rival as mentally compromised. After Bush lost the New Hampshire primary to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), a series of false smears and push-polls began to crop up in South Carolina, where the next primary was to be held. Rove was widely believed to be connected to rumors that McCain’s time as a prisoner of war in Vietnam had left him mentally unbalanced. Other rumors tied to the Rove-led campaign included allegations that McCain’s wife had a drug problem and that his adopted Bangladesh-born daughter was an “illegitimate black child.” Meghan McCain’s 2012 book slammed Rove for having “never publicly apologized for his cowardice and culpability for what was said about my little sister in South Carolina during the 2000 race.”
@Ronald J. Ward: ” their desperation to politicize Benghazi” Obama politicized Benghazi when he lied about the cause of the attack to save his own political ass. Hillary dodged any responsibility to answer for the debacle to save HER own political ass. The left politicizes everything, including the deaths of Americans, whether they directly caused the deaths or not.
@Greg: “What will republicans be running on? That they’ll get us involved in a war with Russia?” Obama’s weakness and mamby-pamby approach to foreign policy has put the entire world at risk, with bullies like Russia taking advantage of that weakness. War, eventually, somewhere, is now assured, thanks to liberals… again.
“That they’ll get rid of Obamacare, returning millions of Americans to the ranks of the uninsured?” 75% of those who signed up already had insurance (and Obama kicked them off it). In ten years (and after spending $2 trillion) there will STILL be 30 million uninsured. Don’t even try to trot that crap out. Obamacare is a massive failure that needs to be reversed before it drags the entire economy down with it.
@This one: “Love to watch the right grasping at straws, lol!” You have no concern about the mental and physical health of Hillary after you on the left made such a huge issue of her debilitating injuries which kept her from answering Benghazi questions? Apparently, it is more important to have a liberal in office than to have someone capable, competent and healthy. While a functioning brain is not that vital to a liberal, some of us are more concerned with the ability to function in a crisis (which Hillary has shown she cannot do).
If her last name were not Clinton, what would her accomplishments be? As a senator or as Secretary of State, what is her legacy of accomplishment?
Frankly, I’ve had enough “personality rock star” Presidents. I’d rather have boring and competent instead.
She’ll just be Obie’s third term and I don’t think we can afford it.
@MAKAYA: and @MAKAYA: actually, they are doing just that. One to watch on running on Obamacare would be the N.C Senate race. Hagan and Tillis are running neck to neck and while on one hand we have deep red N.C. , on the other you have 500,0oo shut out of Medicaid because of the GOP dominated legislation. Hagan has decided to run on Obamacare so maybe this could be your test.
As for running on foreign policy goes, that’s more of a POTUS issue than it is local. Working moms and dads(or the unemployed or underemployed) really don’t care about the Benghazi politics. What they care about is earning a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work and being able to provide for their families.
Aside from Benghazi (as Chuck Todd tells us) being over, what precisely are you wanting to do, deny that Osama bin Laden is dead?
http://www.webmd.com/brain/concussion-directory
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/12/15/167334538/hillary-clinton-falls-suffers-concussion
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clintons-glasses-concussion-fashion/story?id=18313426
People used to say that old people ”fell and broke their hip,” before it was proven that most of the time their hip broke FIRST causing them to fall.
Hillary has been a frequent flier, logging over 950,000 miles just as Sec State!
Both frequent and long flights raise the risks of stroke.
And strokes often cause a person to fall.
Strokes also are many times accompanied by a blood clot in the brain.
Sure the nation failed to vet Obama.
But should the nation make a practice of that dereliction?
@Greg:
They could run on not having candidates that pick their own ear wax and eat it.
the people cannot afford another sick in the brain person,
SHE WOULD HAVE HER HUSBAND DO THE DECISIONS,
all she has left is impose the today laws, eazy, but it sure make a difference,
no,one would be sick enough to take that chance, no matter the party,
they elect OBAMA BECAUSE HE IS BLACK, they would elect her because she is sick,
that should stop,
@Kraken: From a logical political punditry perspective based on what today’s so-called conservatives/republicans/GOP have to offer in respect to any form of governance to 99% of the electorate, that may very well be the best campaign strategy available to them.
Talk about over reaction by the MSM in defense of Hillary. Karl Rove was just asking the questions that are always asked of candidates and potential candidates regarding their health. Obama, he dodged the question with a “statement” from his “doctor” proclaiming him to be fit. No one bothered to ask any more questions.
@Ronald J. Ward:
The problem with your statement is that Collective Drones confuse governance with rulership. They’re unable to distinguish between the two.
@Kraken: The problem really has nothing to do with my statement.
My statement is argumentative, has merit, and is worthy of debate regardless of political ideologies.
The problem here is that I’m trying to rationalize with a group of bigoted trolls(well, probably just one or 2 with multiple screen names) who are obviously ignorant of the political environment, refuse to accept facts and reality, hell bent on distractions and diversions in order to change dialog to diatribe, and too overcome with hatred of the black guy in the White House to make a coherent argument.
And if my assessment is wrong, how can so many different contributors share the same deep seeded hatred, have the same personalities, make the same grammar and spelling errors, kowtow to the same debunked gibberish, pretend their non sequitur spews have merit, yet still expect to somehow be taken seriously?
You simply walk like another duck Kraken.
The ”political environment” is that O’care is hated, Obama has one bad, divisive policy after another both foreign and domestic, people are hurting and Dems seem to want it so, and, despite being more than 1/2 white some seem to think Obama is hated personally for his race when his personal likeability numbers are always higher than those of his POLICIES.
@Ronald J. Ward: ” obviously ignorant of the political environment, refuse to accept facts and reality, hell bent on distractions and diversions in order to change dialog to diatribe,” Careful there, Ronald… there’s a forest you are missing. Ignorant of the political environment is ignoring what could very well be serious health issues that could impair someone in an otherwise very strenuous job, possibly even kill, for the sake of having Hillary in the White House… simply for the sake of having Hillary in the White House (which is a very bad idea, poor health notwithstanding). The left made the accusation (one of many) that Romney just wanted to be President in order to round out a list of accomplishments; with this argument alone, it is blatantly obvious that this is all Hillary cares about, the sake of the country be damned, and all any leftist cares about; just get Hillary in the White House, another first.
“Changing dialogue to diatribe” equals “overcome with hatred of the black guy in the White House “… precisely. This is all you on the left have been doing since Obama’s first failure: blowing $865 billion on a failed “stimulus” and ramming Obamacare down the throats of an unsuspecting (having been thoroughly lied to) public. Hillary has been criticized, as has Biden, Geithner, Sibelius and numerous other white failures; correlating criticism of Obama with racism because he happens to be black AND an abject failure sort of misses some obvious factors.
Recall the accusations of Bush of being an alcoholic and coke head… had they had a shred of merit, those would have been legitimate concerns when choosing a chief executive. The same goes for wondering if someone who was far too sick and hurt to answer questions about a major State Department failure might have ongoing serious mental and health issues (does a red shoe look anything like a bat to you?) is not divergent. It is imperative that it be resolved FIRST. Then we can discuss her obvious deficiencies in performance.
@Ronald J. Ward:
Ronald, you’re once again displaying the Collective’s inability to process reality correctly. Your statement is one of the fundamental problems that the Collective has; namely, the inability to distinguish between ruling and governing. The Collective continues to incorrectly interpret these two things as synonyms, highlighting the disastrous nature of their liberal education.
Your statements regarding bigotry are yet another sign of America’s systemic educational degradation. Remember, it is the Democrats who have a long and storied history with bigotry. In fact, the Collective’s bizarre and unhealthy obsession with melanin continues to guide them to this day. The 2016 tagline for the Democratic campaign ought to be, “That’s Racist!” even though thinking people don’t really believe their whiny accusations anymore.
This is the moment you ought to be asking yourself, “Is everyone around me the ones with the problems, or is it just me?” Which do you suppose is the simplest answer?
@Bill Burris: Good lord bill, could you have possibly have validated my argument more?
Well, that’s not really true as I think it’s more of an objective of keeping a Republican out. You see, I’m not a Hillary fan by any stretch. She’s way way too cozy with the big banks and Wall Street for me. And I have other issues with her as well but you have to remember that it gets down to 1 of 2 choices. I simply cannot vote for a Republican because of the plutocrats and corporate loyalists they’ve turned into. As I’ve mentioned before and I firmly believe, a GOP super-majority would end MW, mandatory overtime pay, pell grants, most all safety net programs, would increase taxes on workers while allowing the very top to become welfare recipients, would end regulations that would harm the environment, end laws protecting workers, end child labor laws, appoint someone like Charles Koch to the SCOTUS, disenfranchise Democrats completely, and continue to grossly discriminate against women and minorities.
You continue to say incredibly stupid things that have been repeatedly debunked. You are obviously in denial of the economic meltdown that GWB passed on to Obama and blind to fact that Obama has continued to grow the economy in spite of the obvious and admitted intentional sabotage of today’s GOP leaders. The continued regurgitating of the “ramming Obamacare down the throats” is also a dishonest denial of reality as the law was haggled out for almost 2 years in a House and Senate that was elected from a campaign promise of reforming health care. It was then signed by a President that not only ran on that same promise but was reelected as a result. The law was then upheld by a VERY, VERY, VERY, anti democrat and corporate friendly right wing SCOTUS.
But we’ve haggled this many times. All you are doing is distracting with debunked talking points, ignoring the reality of political realities, and exposing your abject ignorance of today’s politics in order to do no more than express your hatred towards Obama, parroting you fellow sockpuppets in every fashion.
@Kraken:
That one did make me chuckle. It reminded me of a Gilligan’s Island rerun I watched the other day where this Ginger imposter kept running back and forth from the dressing room switching costumes in order to play 2 different characters without being noticed.
THE EXCELLENT TEA-PARTY IS WINNING ALL OVER THE PLACES,
Ronald J. WARD, you seem very very confuse,
why don’t you decide to vote for the TEA-PARTY?
they will open your eyes and ears, on what is now going on,
which you never expected to happen IN AMERICA,
@Nanny G: Quayle was run out of politics because his family had historically and at that time ran just about the only conservative / Republican newspaper left in the country!
“Their lives are in danger” really mathman2 Monica sure doesn’t seem to feel that danger.
Neither apparently do you.
Or Karl Rove
@Nanny G: Ah — but the judicial branch sets everything
Straightoops — I mean ‘backwards’@Ronald J. Ward:
Ronald, I strongly suggest that you read up on a character called Languatron, at Stallion Cornell’s blog. Like you, he too is progressive. Also like you, the paranoia runs deep. Back in the 1990s, he assumed that everyone on the boards that argued with him were stealth marketers and/or Universal Executives, trying to kill Battlestar Galactica. In fact, to this day, he rants away all alone on his blog thinking that everyone who argues with him is Glen A. Larson. In addition, he also runs several discussion forums where he posts daily, and bans anyone who registers.
He’s a very sad character, but hopefully his story can serve as a cautionary tale for you, because you seem to be going down the same road.
@Ronald J. Ward:
You will concede, of course, that Obama did all he could do to keep him alive. Right? After being given several opportunities to kill him, and him declining, his staff finally got the raid underway and made it so that they couldn’t be recalled before they told Zippy because they knew he would do what he could to keep from killing his buddy. Or you gonna acknowledge that as the truth or you gonna try to change history?
@Ronald J. Ward: “Well, that’s not really true as I think it’s more of an objective of keeping a Republican out.” At the risk, of course, of putting someone with a severe health problem in office, right? Ignoring all the proven failures and what would normally be prohibitions to serve, does it not concern you a bit that she very well may have brain damage? No? Then you prove MY point.
“You continue to say incredibly stupid things that have been repeatedly debunked” What, exactly, has been debunked? That, despite plowing $865 billion into the pockets of campaign supporters, unemployment went above the 7.9% Obama promised to 10.2%? That the economy continued to stink and stinks to this day? That he himself said if he did not have the economy turned around and recovered in 3.5 years, he would deserve to be fired? That the driving factor of the recession in the FIRST place was the liberal-engineered Community Reinvestment Act? No, Ronald, no debunking there. The recession was brought about by left wing programs, made worse by over-spending by both parties and prolonged by far-left economic incompetence.
Oh, this is too easy… soft balls.
“The continued regurgitating of the “ramming Obamacare down the throats” is also a dishonest denial of reality as the law was haggled out for almost 2 years in a House and Senate that was elected from a campaign promise of reforming health care.” While there is some truth in your statement, this was a truly partisan achievement. Republicans were shut completely out and even moderate Democrats had to be bribed to cooperate. Obama even illegally offered jobs to Democrats not fully on board in return for not running for office again. The net result was a terrible law that Obama himself cannot bear to allow to be fully enacted. A terrible law that was based on gross and blatant lies which are now coming home to roost.
“It was then signed by a President that not only ran on that same promise but was reelected as a result.” Of course, we all now know that if his famous lie “if you like your… blah, blah, blah” had been exposed by his MSM and had the recently exposed Benghazi email been made available, had the MSM honestly reported on the economic failures of this administration, he would NOT have been reelected. Even the affirmation you tout by the SCOTUS had revealed another lie the passage of the law was based on… that the middle class would not be taxed “one thin dime”. It passed SCOTUS scrutiny because the “mandate” was deemed a TAX (that would be the mandate that Obama hasn’t the nads to enact, don’t you know).
Nice job of debunking, Ronald. I think you might look the word up in a dictionary; I don’t think it means what you think it does.
@Ronald J. Ward: 29
So RJW are you saying that you are posting as more than one person? I thought the blog policy is just to post using one name. Maybe someone should check you out. Why do you feel that you can’t get your message across as you, that you have to use more than one name to be heard? Just curious.
@Kraken:
@Kraken:
Ok, so, uh, I should change by opinions to suit yours because the clones of this site somehow represents “everyone around me” and I suffer from paranoia because somewhere on the world wide web you found someone that thinks anyone in disagreement with him is a stealth marketer and/or Universal Executives, trying to kill Battlestar Galactica.
Just so you know, the trolls of Floppingaces by no means represent “everyone around me” as they obviously do you.
Apparently my Gilligan’s Island analogy flew way over your head but again, just so you know, it’s not meant to be taken as serious or that those are real castaways shipwrecked on a real deserted island. But I suppose you could argue that because, well, all those around Gilligan seem to be serious and then back it up based on a Mork and Mindy rerun and, and, and something akin to such asinine and other ridiculous stupidity.
You do understand that you continue to validate my argument don’t you?
@Ronald J. Ward:
There you go again, running down Walt’s dog. Leave Pluto alone!!!!
@Ronald J. Ward:
I can only lead a horse to water. You’re teetering dangerously on the brink of insanity Ronald. I strongly suggest you seek professional help.
Redteam
hi,
did he do it?
ah non, pas PLUTO
PLUTO mourir que vivre sans PLUTO,
mais quesqu’il a donc ce MORON?
OFA’s trolls are everywhere on the net where you can post comments.
Mike McCurry says Hillary might not run. I’d like to see her try to run. I doubt she’s run anywhere in 30 years.
DrJohn
she would look better if she herself publicly tel the people,
that she won’t run,
AT THIS POINT IT MAKE A DIFERENCE,
@Pete, #10:
They’ve certainly occurred on Planet FOX and in the right-wing’s fevered imagination. In other locations, not so much.
Maybe republicans should forget about promoting lies concerning Obamacare, and focus instead on the very real problems besetting our veterans’ health care system. That both parties aren’t putting their differences aside and tackling that issue is a national disgrace.