For one thing, Joe Johns, her health is not a “major campaign issue,” although we will agree that she tends to plow forth no matter what, as you said. The diagnosis is cause, perhaps, for tweaking the schedule, but it is not a “major issue.” Hillary will follow doctor’s orders, and the campaign will roll on.
Hillary, amidst a packed day on Friday, sat down with CNN’s Chris Cuomo for an interview that played throughout the day of 9/11 on CNN. Great! It was a touching and sincere interview. She was impressive.
Now that Hillary’s diagnosis of pneumonia has been made public, these are the images CNN chooses to accompany the “story” of her interview and her appearance at the 9/11 ceremonies at the World Trade Center yesterday.
So I need to ask WTH???? (Fifth-graders – the H stands for “heck.” Grandma S4H says that is an OK word.) Why not these pictures before she had a fainting incident yesterday and why now?
She was a Senator from New York serving her constituents when these photos were taken. OH! And where is Donald Trump in the September 12, 2001 pics? Nowhere!
But now that this diagnosis is out there all over the interwebs, let’s make these photos available so we can make it look like Hillary got sick long ago while serving as a Senator. There is implication in the choice to use these photos now.
Shame on you, John Berman and Christine Romans. Juxtaposing these pictures with the pneumonia story creates a false narrative.
As an educator, I am well aware of Gardner’s multiple intelligences. It is a theory, but I will concede that for some, perhaps for many, a visual image creates more impact than the spoken or written word.
That being the case, why would a news organization pair photos of a candidate looking distressed and wearing a mask with a story about her having been found to be battling a respiratory infection?
Oh wait! I know! I get it! You want to attach a deeper meaning!
Somehow, going to Ground Zero (on more than one occasion) is now connected, visually, to the diagnosis which appeared, coincidentally, on 9/11.
Serving her constituents made her too sick to serve. I get it. So please stop!
She developed a case of pneumonia that is being treated. She has a minor incident of feeling faint. It can happen to the strongest among us.
https://twitter.com/Plantflowes/status/775101161351344128
Hillary went many hours more than General Petraeus when she testified last year before the Benghazi committee without fainting.
Stop trying to make Hillary Clinton look sicker and weaker than she is. Media malpractice. Very disappointing. While we’re at it, lose the snide, John Berman. It comes off like a know-it-all ninth-grader at a debate contest. Unbecoming.
Hillary has seasonal allergies. See this from last year when there were 17 Republicans and she blamed her cough on Republican histamines. Many have allergies. Nothing exclusionary about that.
I agree with this >>>>. Recently a friend asked if I could believe that she gets coughing fits in church. Well, yes. I can. When did a cough ever keep me out of church, school, eventually out of work? Never! That is how you keep your grades and your job. You go in sick. A cough got me my only A- in a doctoral program. The halls at Columbia might as well have been the Alps for the echoes generated. It was not the actual cough that did it. It was the fatigue. My inability to clear that highest bar that particular “bronchitis semester.” My research was sub-par – my par. I did work full-time and teach part-time throughout. Never missed a day. Could not afford to. I kept my jobs. Coughs happen. So do bronchitis and pneumonia.
Hillary did, wisely, cancel a trip west. We can help her make up for the fundraisers by kicking in a few extra contributions. Let’s do this!
Get well, Hillary! We love you and need you. We have the wheel for now!
The hysteria is unbelievable. I stopped watching the news yesterday morning and will probably keep it off today. I can’t stomach it. I’ll just keep an eye on Twitter,
This weekend there were devastating new stories out about DT’s charity, more pay for play, his despicable actions and words after 9/11 etc., etc. All ignored for Death Watch 2016. I am so beside myself. 😡
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I know how you feel. I feel ambivalent about WJC going out your way to fill in for him. I hope Chelsea can go and sort of sit with her and keep her from going back to work too early. She needs to rest.
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Made a donation with wishes for a speedy recovery.
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so true, there are a few articles talking about Hillary’s toughness and resilience and following a grilling schedule even under her debilitating condition… she has my heart more than ever! Thanks Still for being here when others like HILLARY IS44 has gone all for Trump.God bless you.
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Excuse me? What? HillaryIs44 has gone for Trump? Did we all just fall through a rabbit hole?
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Hillary is 44 went completely off the rails some time ago. I think it was when McCain picked Palin as his running mate. I think the current moderator is a GOP operative.
I don’t watch cable news anymore at all. Never. CNN is not much better than Fox. And don’t get me started on MSNBC! I wouldn’t have any idea what was going on without my ☎. I just follow trusted sites like this one and Twitter. As Melissa McEwan says, “The media is garbage.” If Trump were to pull this out (Goddess forbid!), the media would own him-or, maybe he would own them. Sometimes I wonder.
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I haven’t been there in awhile. Up till a few years ago, he occasionally linked to posts here and I would get the notification. When I tried to take a look today I got a “risky site” warning from McAfee so didn’t pursue it.
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