Hillary Misleads Everyone About Her Pneumonia

STOP LYING TO EVERYONE, HILLARY! The Democrats may be stupid enough to believe you, but the rest of us aren't. Just tell us you're sick and, for God's sake, stop lying to us!! We would respect you more if you would just tell us the truth for once!

Clinton's self-inflicted wound: Misleading the press about her pneumonia



September 12, 2016

Just when Hillary Clinton was stepping up her complaints about media bias, it turns out her bigger problem is media aversion.

The way in which the Democratic nominee and her team utterly botched the belated disclosure of her pneumonia took a modest problem and made it a thousand times worse. It reinforced the image of excessive secrecy and calculated non-disclosure that has dogged Clinton throughout this campaign. It made a mockery of the campaign’s criticism of conservative critics who were speculating that she was really sick.

And it was all totally unnecessary.

I can’t say it any better than former Obama aide David Axelrod, who tweeted: “Antibiotics can take care of pneumonia. What's the cure for an unhealthy penchant for privacy that repeatedly creates unnecessary problems?”

Imagine an alternative universe in which Clinton had told the public she was under the weather when she had the series of coughing fits—rather than blaming it on seasonal allergies—and announced Friday that she’d just been diagnosed with pneumonia. Not an ideal situation two months before the election, but she could have taken a few days off the trail and the public would have been sympathetic.

I was on the air at 5 eastern Sunday when the Clinton camp issued the pneumonia statement. Suddenly, this became the central issue in the presidential race, precisely because she had released so little information as speculation—some of it unfair and purely partisan—raged about the state of her health.

In effect, Clinton was forced to acknowledge she was sick when the signs could no longer be hidden.

When Clinton was forced to leave a 9/11 anniversary ceremony early, her aides said she had merely gotten overheated on a morning when the temperature in Manhattan was in the low 80s. But that was highly misleading at best. The campaign already knew that the candidate was suffering from pneumonia.

Clinton ditched her protective press pool, which follows her for just this reason, in case an emergency developed. The reporters remained in a penned-in area and the campaign remained silent for 90 minutes, during which time no one knew where Hillary was. And then came the overheated explanation.

When NBC posted a five-paragraph online story last week, headlined “Hillary Clinton Fights Back Coughing Attack,” her team hit back hard, with traveling press secretary Nick Merrill tweeting that the reporter should “get a life.”

What this whole episode has done is reinforced Clinton’s reputation for secrecy and dissembling. It’s reminiscent of the email debacle, but a whole lot easier for people to understand. No classification markings to decipher; she is sick and didn’t own up to it.

“We could have done better yesterday, but it is a fact that the public knows more about HRC than any nominee in history,” communications director Jennifer Palmieri tweeted. Except she hasn’t released her medical records. Neither, for that matter, has Donald Trump (who now says he took a physical last week and plans to release “very, very specific” information).

The Washington Post has a good piece on Clinton’s history of withholding health information.

When she was first lady, in 1998, Clinton was quietly treated for a blood clot as an outpatient at Bethesda Naval, without disclosing what she later described as “the most significant health scare I’ve ever had.”

Clinton was diagnosed with a second clot in 2009, which wasn’t widely known until her doctor released a letter about her generally good health last year.

Her third blood clot, in her skull, was too serious to hide in 2012, given that she was secretary of State, and she spent days in the hospital.

In the overall scheme of things, a 68-year-old woman coming down with pneumonia is not that big a deal, given that millions of people get the disease each year. She is, after all, running against a 70-year-old man. Based on what we know, it doesn’t mean she lacks the capacity to serve as president, though her detractors will be emboldened when it comes to insinuating that.

But Clinton’s flat-out mishandling of the media has created a situation where even some of her liberal allies are finding it hard to defend her.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...und-misleading-press-about-her-pneumonia.html

 

Well, duh, Hillary! Pneumonia IS a big deal, especially when you lie about it and say you were "overheated" or "dehydrated" instead of just telling us the truth. Hillary, tell the truth; that's all we are asking. Tell us the truth about your brain injury, your blood clots, your hypothyroidism, your double vision, your medication, your constant coughing, your inability to walk, your inability to stand unaided, your overheated spells, your dehydration and (now) your pneumonia. We have a right to know. STOP LYING, HILLARY!!!

Clinton says she didn't think pneumonia diagnosis disclosure 'was going to be that big a deal'

September 12, 2016

Hillary Clinton defended herself Monday over her campaign's lateness announcing her pneumonia diagnosis, saying she's "already met a high standard of transparency" while looking forward to returning to the campaign trail.

The Democratic presidential nominee told CNN in a phone interview she did feel dizzy and lost her balance while attending a 9/11 commemoration ceremony in New York, but now is "feeling so much better."

"I was supposed to rest five days, that's what they told me on Friday, and I didn't follow that very wise advice," Clinton said.

She told CNN her campaign didn't make her diagnosis on Friday public because "I just didn't think it was going to be that big a deal"

"I thought that I could just keep going forward and power through it, and obviously that didn't work out so well," she said.

When asked about her husband's comments in an interview with Charlie Rose to be aired on CBS and PBS that she occasionally has become dehydrated and gone through similar medical episodes in the past, Clinton said it is "something that has occurred a few times over the course of my life."

"What happened yesterday was that I just was incredibly committed to being at the memorial, as a senator on 9/11, this is incredibly personal to me," she told CNN.

"I could feel how hot and humid it was. I felt overheated. I decided that I did need to leave, and as soon as I got into the air conditioned van, I cooled off, I got some water, and very quickly, I felt better," she said.

She added that now she is taking her doctor's advice "to just take some time to get over pneumonia completely."

As she is taking time off, Bill Clinton will host fundraisers and at least one campaign event while his wife recovers.

The former president will headline two fundraising events Tuesday in Los Angeles and a campaign event Wednesday in Las Vegas, Fox News learned Monday.

Hillary Clinton did call into a fundraiser event Monday night in San Francisco after she took to social media earlier in the day to give an update on her health.

“Thanks to everyone who’s reached out with well wishes!,” Clinton tweeted Monday afternoon. “I’m feeling fine and getting better.”

The incident Sunday -- in which Clinton appeared unsteady and needing assistance from aides -- has resulted in her and Republican rival Donald Trump each planning to release more personal health information.

The 70-year-old Trump said Monday that candidate health is now an “issue” in the White House race.

Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon said on MSNBC that the campaign will release more information in the next couple days.

Trump told Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” earlier Monday morning that he’ll be releasing “very, very specific” details from a recent physical.

“I think they’re going to be good. I feel great,” he said. Fox News has learned Trump plans to release those details during his appearance Thursday on “The Dr. Oz Show.”

As for Clinton’s health, Trump said: “Something’s going on, but I just hope she gets well and gets back on the trail.”

Clinton, 68, is resting at her home in Chappaqua, N.Y.

Her doctor revealed she had been diagnosed Friday with pneumonia, after the episode at the 9/11 memorial, in which Clinton was also seen stumbling on her way to her van when leaving.

Clinton’s doctor also said she had become “overheated and dehydrated” at Sunday’s ceremony, but is “recovering nicely.”

The incident fueled questions about Clinton’s health. Trump on Monday brushed aside any speculation that Clinton might be replaced as the Democratic nominee, but said of the candidate’s health: “I think it’s an issue.”

Trump, meanwhile, continued to criticize Clinton for saying -- before her health episode -- that half of his supporters fall into a “basket of deplorables.” Clinton has expressed regret for the remarks, but Trump said, “I think this is the biggest mistake of the political season.”

Even before Monday’s comments, Trump already had said both candidates should release detailed medical records.

Clinton’s campaign earlier released a July 2015 letter from Dr. Lisa Bardack describing Clinton as “a healthy 67-year-old female whose current medical conditions include hypothyroidism and seasonal pollen allergies.” The letter noted her elbow fracture in 2009 and concussion in 2012. Bardack detailed how Clinton had to undergo “anticoagulation therapy” to dissolve a clot, and experienced “double vision for a period of time,” after the concussion.

But the campaign has not released detailed records beyond that.

Former President Obama adviser David Axelrod rapped Clinton Monday on her "penchant for privacy."

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