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[SoCalNative]

1. FDR

that's all I'm going to say

[Joe the Revelator]

11. FDR had Polio. What does Hillary have?

[SoCalNative]

15. Does it matter?

FDR didn't disclose his health issues to the public.

[NutmegYankee]

2. Your Concern is noted.

[Joe the Revelator]

6. Thanks. Do you actually want to watch the video and tell me why our candidate can't walk?

[Cattledog]

3. Thanks Doctor.

[uppityperson]

4. Hot. Humid. Got woozy. SO?

[MohRokTah]

7. Add in the vest, the jacket, AND Hypohidrosis.

Hillary literally doesn't sweat. It's a fact that has been known for decades.

[stopbush]

23. Yep. She's human.

Making a big deal out of this is proof that we expect our leads to be superhuman.

My wife has had fainting spells since she was in her 40s. They happen maybe every 4-5 years, and once, not multiple occurances. In almost every case she was overheated or dehydrated. An hour or so after the incident, she's back to normal. Amazing what hydrating oneself can do.

[MohRokTah]

5. Why do you keep pushing a rightwing agenda on DU?

Couldn't take the heat in the thread where you spread bullshit about humidity so you had to start another thread spreading the rightwing bullshit?

[Joe the Revelator]

8. I'm not going to bury my head in the sand. The video speaks for itself.

It has nothing to do with the rightwing or the left wing. Our candidate was out on her feet. That in concerning. The myth that it was 'extremely' humid doesn't help explain that.

[MohRokTah]

13. Nope, you linked to a wingnut twitter account.

You are spreading a rightwing meme.

You leave out the well known fact that Hillary DOES NOT SWEAT.

So, stop spreading the rightwing bullshit.

[Joe the Revelator]

17. A wingnut twitter account? Is the video doctored?

Attacking the source only works if the content is biased. Are you claiming a conspiracy with the video??

[MohRokTah]

20. I don;t know. IT could be.

You used a rightwing source which is a direct violation of TOS.

Please stop spreading rightwing bullshit on DU.

[Joe the Revelator]

21. Looked through that twitter account, where do you get the idea that he is a wingnut?

Looks like a foreign tourist to me. Who likes hockey.

[duncang]

29. As in another post

I made. She was probably wearing body armor in a open uncontrolled area like that. The secret service would want her to wear some pretty strong stuff. Sometimes you can see outlines on both candidates. But to keep down bulge and help movement they probably go with more layers of material like kevlar. That stuff is incredibly hot to wear. (Speaking as someone who has worn kevlar.) Even if it was only low 70's the stuff I wore was really hot. And wearing it for a hour and a half walking around would wipe out a lot of people. I have seen people completely drop to the ground wearing kevlar when it wasn't very hot.

[Joe the Revelator]

30. Who else fainted today in this extreme 79 degree heat?

[stopbush]

33. No, the video "doesn't speak for itself."

The fact is that fainting is a NORMAL human activity that can be caused by something as simple as standing in place for too long. It doesn't signal a major illness or medical condition. It is a normal defense mechanism our bodies have acquired through evolution.

That doesn't mean that assholes won't try to make more of it than it was.

[Hekate]

9. I know. It was the way they carried her out of Chelsea's apt on a stretcher that got to me...

Her arms folded over chest, holding a wilted daisy, all of that just said the worst is happening.


Give it up already.

[Joe the Revelator]

12. You can watch that video and tell me that all looks normal to you?

Serious question. Doesn't worry you at all?

[MelissaB]

10. Hasn't she had health issues since hitting her head?

[BlueInPhilly]

14. Another "sky is falling" thread

Yesterday, it was "deplorables" hysteria. Will you please get a grip?

[Joe the Revelator]

22. Watch the video and tell me with a straight face that its not concerning.

Focus on her feet, because it shows that she was completely out.

[onecaliberal]

32. She had heat exhaustion. Instead of sitting her concern trolling get back over to faux.

Try googling that

[Loki Liesmith]

16. You don't know shit

I guarantee you have I at least 6 more years of medical education then you, and I'm not diagnosing anything. What makes you think you can?

[Joe the Revelator]

26. What was my diagnosis, Doc?

Also, what is your medical degree in?

Look at her feet. As a human with life experience, are you telling me she looks normal as she floats into the car?

[KittyWampus]

18. Your other OP which LIED about the humidity while Clinton was at the event is still open...

You've been corrected numerous times on that thread with DU'ers telling you the humidity was over 75% and yet you STILL haven't deleted it.

The fact you are now posting this indicates to me that you are intent on pushing the rightwing meme that Clinton is unhealthy.

[Joe the Revelator]

24. My OP did not 'LIE' about humidity. At 11am the humidity was 39%

Earlier in the day it may have been higher, however the temps were also lower. People don't pass out with weather in the 70's and RH in the 60's.

[JTFrog]

19. Didn't some models faint in New York a couple days ago while wearing almost nothing?

It fucking happens.

[BeyondGeography]

25. Nobody around her was alarmed

Which suggests to me at least this was very unusual, and more likely a one-off than something chronic.

[Joe the Revelator]

28. Not being alarmed would suggest to me that this is something that happens a lot....

[mnhtnbb]

27. She didn't just trip over the sidewalk; she was in danger of going down even with a person holding

her on either side.

That is concerning. And it should be to everyone.

But there are heat explanations that make sense to me. I'm 65 and extremely heat/humidity susceptible ever since I almost gave myself heat
exhaustion out working in the garden almost 20 years. My heat regulation ever since has been screwed up. I can get almost faint--but as soon
as I feel it I get inside and out of the heat. A candidate for POTUS doesn't necessarily have that option.

It is interesting to note that all the personnel started moving toward her as she started to go down. It's nice to see that staff and Secret Service are on the ball.

[tblue37]

31. Overdressed + Kevlar vest + heat + humidity + tired and probably dehydrated from

campaign trail.

It is a normal reaction to such conditions, not a big deal at all. After she cooled down, she left Chelsea's apartment all energized and perky--with no assistance and no hovering helpers.