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So now its a 'conspiracy theory' to inquire about health?

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So the media was engaging in "conspiracy theories" in 2008 when they raised hell over McCain's health records?

Unlike tax returns, the public has a right to know if the person they are thinking about voting for is healthy enough to complete his/her term in office. That is not a "conspiracy theory" but its becoming quite clear that any story that is negative for Hillary is either racist, sexist, or a conspiracy theory now. All of these terms are losing their real meanings.

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Top Doctor: Concerns Over Hillary’s Health ‘Not a Conspiracy Theory’
Rutgers University Professor of Medicine says Clinton should be assessed by an impartial panel of physicians
Paul Joseph Watson - August 22, 2016 346 Comments

Top doctor and Rutgers University Professor of Medicine Bob Lahita says that concerns over Hillary Clinton’s health are not a conspiracy theory and that Clinton should be assessed by an impartial panel of physicians.
Lahita told Fox Business that he agreed with Dr. Drew on several points about Hillary’s health. Last week, Drew told KABC that he is “gravely concerned” about Hillary Clinton’s health, noting that the treatment she has received is “bizarre”.

“This is a very unusual story with Hillary,” said Lahita, making reference to her suffering two blood clots, a stroke and post-concussive syndrome, which caused Hillary to have to wear special prism glasses to counter her double vision.

“The very fact that she’s having these clots and she’s had two bouts of thrombosis is disconcerting to say the least,” said Lahita.

Asked whether the concerns over Hillary’s health were objectively authentic regardless of politics or whether the leftist media were right to label the issue a conspiracy theory, Lahita responded, “I don’t think it’s a conspiracy.”

“You go back to the history of our presidents and we’ve had many presidents up until Lyndon Johnson who’ve concealed their health during their campaigns and it had dire effects for our country, going from Kennedy to Roosevelt, to Woodrow Wilson whose wife ran the White House for some time – so we have issues here and I think both candidates should be very forthcoming and perhaps have an impartial panel of physicians review the data and make that kind of decision before Americans go to the polls,” remarked Lahita.

Dr. Lahita also dismissed claims by the media that a summary released last year by Hillary’s personal physician Dr. Lisa R. Bardack saying she was in good health was enough to satisfy questions over Clinton’s fitness to serve as president.

Calling for a more recent assessment, Lahita said, “We should be able to see the laboratory results ourselves, the letter is kind of a summary (it) doesn’t go into much detail,” adding that more information on Hillary’s hypothyroidism would also be “quite interesting”.

“We owe it to the country, we owe it to the voters, not only for the presidential candidates, but also for the vice-presidential candidates – particularly in this election,” concluded Lahita.

According to his bio, “Doctor Lahita is Professor of Medicine at Rutgers University, the medical school of New Jersey, and an adjunct Professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the Chairman of Medicine and Vice President of the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, a master of the American College of Rheumatology, and fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.”

Lahita has also authored more than 16 books and 150 scientific publications in the field of autoimmunity. He doesn’t really fit the picture of an ‘Internet conspiracy theorist’, which is how the Clinton campaign is attempting to characterize anyone who questions her health.

In a related story, a New York Times columnist even called on Google to censor searches pertaining to Hillary’s health in order to silence “conspiracy theorists”.

http://www.infowars.com/top-doctor-conc ... cy-theory/
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agree with the article, though one of my recent life lessons is doctors are highly competitive and egotistical. I've had some illnesses requiring me to visit several different specialists for any overlapping issue. So 3 different docs and they all kind of tradeoff on care for the specifics of my issue. And each kind of unintentionally cuts on the other about antiquated policies of the other, too aggressive, blah, blah, blah. Just saying that they take their care personal and can be a bit harsh in how they speak about the care provided by others, not know all the facts, etc. That said, Clinton's health certainly is a legitimate concern. Otherwise these LWNJs need to give Kain the Palin end over, talking about him as if he's going to be the president because that's very possible with a sick Clinton. Thankfully President Trump is in exceptional health :)
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UpstateSCHokie wrote:So the media was engaging in "conspiracy theories" in 2008 when they raised hell over McCain's health records?

Unlike tax returns, the public has a right to know if the person they are thinking about voting for is healthy enough to complete his/her term in office. That is not a "conspiracy theory" but its becoming quite clear that any story that is negative for Hillary is either racist, sexist, or a conspiracy theory now. All of these terms are losing their real meanings.
It isn't a conspiracy theory to inquire about health. It would be a conspiracy theory to deduce that she is unhealthy without the evidence from her primary care physician (see: Shkreli in 2nd link).

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-el ... in-n635841
http://www.infowars.com/pharmaceutical- ... s-disease/

This is part of the reason that a Vice Presidential pick is so important (and why McCain's was so bad). We humans are not guaranteed four more days of life, let alone for more years.
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VisorBoy wrote:
UpstateSCHokie wrote:So the media was engaging in "conspiracy theories" in 2008 when they raised hell over McCain's health records?

Unlike tax returns, the public has a right to know if the person they are thinking about voting for is healthy enough to complete his/her term in office. That is not a "conspiracy theory" but its becoming quite clear that any story that is negative for Hillary is either racist, sexist, or a conspiracy theory now. All of these terms are losing their real meanings.
It isn't a conspiracy theory to inquire about health. It would be a conspiracy theory to deduce that she is unhealthy without the evidence from her primary care physician (see: Shkreli in 2nd link).

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-el ... in-n635841
http://www.infowars.com/pharmaceutical- ... s-disease/

This is part of the reason that a Vice Presidential pick is so important (and why McCain's was so bad). We humans are not guaranteed four more days of life, let alone for more years.
There is plenty of evidence that something is wrong with her. There's the coughing fits, the multiple days in a row with no public appearances, the need to have a pillow on her back every time she sits down for an interview, the extended period of time she took off when she debated Bernie, and the multiple times she's almost fallen and needed someone to hold her arm to steady her.

We know she hit her head and had a blood clot that Bill himself said took 6 months to recover from.

I don't think Dr. Drew is a far right conspiracy guy.

http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/08/18/d ... ons-health
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UpstateSCHokie wrote:
VisorBoy wrote:
UpstateSCHokie wrote:So the media was engaging in "conspiracy theories" in 2008 when they raised hell over McCain's health records?

Unlike tax returns, the public has a right to know if the person they are thinking about voting for is healthy enough to complete his/her term in office. That is not a "conspiracy theory" but its becoming quite clear that any story that is negative for Hillary is either racist, sexist, or a conspiracy theory now. All of these terms are losing their real meanings.
It isn't a conspiracy theory to inquire about health. It would be a conspiracy theory to deduce that she is unhealthy without the evidence from her primary care physician (see: Shkreli in 2nd link).

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-el ... in-n635841
http://www.infowars.com/pharmaceutical- ... s-disease/

This is part of the reason that a Vice Presidential pick is so important (and why McCain's was so bad). We humans are not guaranteed four more days of life, let alone for more years.
There is plenty of evidence that something is wrong with her. There's the coughing fits, the multiple days in a row with no public appearances, the need to have a pillow on her back every time she sits down for an interview, the extended period of time she took off when she debated Bernie, and the multiple times she's almost fallen and needed someone to hold her arm to steady her.

We know she hit her head and had a blood clot that Bill himself said took 6 months to recover from.

I don't think Dr. Drew is a far right conspiracy guy.

http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/08/18/d ... ons-health
There is plenty of evidence that she is fit to be President, most notably her physician. As I said, it's fair game to seek confirmation that she is physically fit for the job. It would be another to diagnose her with something from afar.
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If there's one thing Republicans are good at, it's diagnosing the health of someone they've never met.

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HooFighter wrote:If there's one thing Republicans are good at, it's diagnosing the health of someone they've never met.

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LOL.....you've almost outdone yourself on your last Stupid Post(TM)

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If I want to dispel of the idea that something is a "conspiracy theory," I always start by citing Alex Jones' infowars.
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UpstateSCHokie wrote: Mon Aug 22, 2016 5:34 pm So the media was engaging in "conspiracy theories" in 2008 when they raised hell over McCain's health records?

Unlike tax returns, the public has a right to know if the person they are thinking about voting for is healthy enough to complete his/her term in office. That is not a "conspiracy theory" but its becoming quite clear that any story that is negative for Hillary is either racist, sexist, or a conspiracy theory now. All of these terms are losing their real meanings.

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Top Doctor: Concerns Over Hillary’s Health ‘Not a Conspiracy Theory’
Rutgers University Professor of Medicine says Clinton should be assessed by an impartial panel of physicians
Paul Joseph Watson - August 22, 2016 346 Comments

Top doctor and Rutgers University Professor of Medicine Bob Lahita says that concerns over Hillary Clinton’s health are not a conspiracy theory and that Clinton should be assessed by an impartial panel of physicians.
Lahita told Fox Business that he agreed with Dr. Drew on several points about Hillary’s health. Last week, Drew told KABC that he is “gravely concerned” about Hillary Clinton’s health, noting that the treatment she has received is “bizarre”.

“This is a very unusual story with Hillary,” said Lahita, making reference to her suffering two blood clots, a stroke and post-concussive syndrome, which caused Hillary to have to wear special prism glasses to counter her double vision.

“The very fact that she’s having these clots and she’s had two bouts of thrombosis is disconcerting to say the least,” said Lahita.

Asked whether the concerns over Hillary’s health were objectively authentic regardless of politics or whether the leftist media were right to label the issue a conspiracy theory, Lahita responded, “I don’t think it’s a conspiracy.”

“You go back to the history of our presidents and we’ve had many presidents up until Lyndon Johnson who’ve concealed their health during their campaigns and it had dire effects for our country, going from Kennedy to Roosevelt, to Woodrow Wilson whose wife ran the White House for some time – so we have issues here and I think both candidates should be very forthcoming and perhaps have an impartial panel of physicians review the data and make that kind of decision before Americans go to the polls,” remarked Lahita.

Dr. Lahita also dismissed claims by the media that a summary released last year by Hillary’s personal physician Dr. Lisa R. Bardack saying she was in good health was enough to satisfy questions over Clinton’s fitness to serve as president.

Calling for a more recent assessment, Lahita said, “We should be able to see the laboratory results ourselves, the letter is kind of a summary (it) doesn’t go into much detail,” adding that more information on Hillary’s hypothyroidism would also be “quite interesting”.

“We owe it to the country, we owe it to the voters, not only for the presidential candidates, but also for the vice-presidential candidates – particularly in this election,” concluded Lahita.

According to his bio, “Doctor Lahita is Professor of Medicine at Rutgers University, the medical school of New Jersey, and an adjunct Professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the Chairman of Medicine and Vice President of the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, a master of the American College of Rheumatology, and fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.”

Lahita has also authored more than 16 books and 150 scientific publications in the field of autoimmunity. He doesn’t really fit the picture of an ‘Internet conspiracy theorist’, which is how the Clinton campaign is attempting to characterize anyone who questions her health.

In a related story, a New York Times columnist even called on Google to censor searches pertaining to Hillary’s health in order to silence “conspiracy theorists”.

http://www.infowars.com/top-doctor-conc ... cy-theory/
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