Karl Rove: Hillary Clinton May Have Brain Damage

[g5000]

Here's the thing the dumbass retards never seem go get through their thick skulls. When you have to LIE to make a point, you sacrifice all of your integrity. No one in their right mind will believe you are motivated by truth seeking or honesty.

Rove LIED. Twice in the same breath.

Get it now?

 

[bendog]

He didn't put up medical records. Vet Hill the same way. If she can handle a debate and campaign, fine. Stop with the witch hunts (-: engendered (-: solely for the reason that at this pt, the gop has no chance.

 

[bendog]

Here's the thing the dumbass retards never seem go get through their thick skulls. When you have to LIE to make a point, you sacrifice all of your integrity. No one in their right mind will believe you are motivated by truth seeking or honesty.

Rove LIED. Twice in the same breath.

Get it now?

Integrity? Integrity? You expect integrity from the RW on this board or Rove? HA!

 

[Edgetho]

fuck you, edge. I'm registered gop, for now. And Reagan wasn't physically/psychologically vetted. But ignore reality; it's your schtick.

Are you lying or stupid or both?

Reagan released his medical history.

President Ronald Reagan : Health & Medical History

The only presidents and presidential candidates to withhold medical information have been dimocraps.

He even fucked with Dukakis in 1988 for not releasing his, calling him an 'invalid'.

Reagan's birth was long and difficult (to a degree that his mother was advised not to have more children 9.) He weighed 10 pounds at birth. In that era of high infant mortality, Reagan's father bragged about his fat little "Dutchman" and the name stuck 8a.
"Apparently, in spite of the rather stark poverty of his family, Reagan's childhood was almost free of illness" 8a.


severely nearsighted
He was so nearsighted that, as a college football player, his vision was limited to the square yard of turf occupied by the opposing team's guard. His vision disqualified him from serving in combat units in World War II 8b.
As a child, Reagan would have to sit in the front row in class to see, which embarassed him. In sports, Reagan sometimes got hit in the head with the ball he could not see. It was only at age 9 or 10 that a visiting nurse made the diagnosis. Reagan later said that when he got glasses, he was surprised to discover that trees had leaves and that butterflies existed -- neither of which he had ever been able to see 11.

Later in life, Reagan wore contact lenses. When delivering a speech he would remove one lens so he could read his notes and leave one lens in so he could see the audience. Thus, for those around Reagan it was common practice to see him re-inserting a contact lens after speaking 11.


pneumonia
Pneumonia in 1945 caused him to lose 17 pounds 5. Comment: The reference does not say whether antibiotics -- still very scarce in 1945 -- were used. Given the severity of the episode, Dr. Zebra suspects not.

femur fracture
Reagan fractured a femur in 1949. A "serious fracture," it may have resulted from falling off a horse 16.

quit smoking
Reagan was a smoker, but quit 7a, supposedly after his brother developed cancer of the voice box 2. Comment: Easily quitting smoking can be one of the earliest signs of Alzheimer disease.

prostate stones
After a series of urinary tract infections, Reagan had prostate stones surgically removed in 1966. "Since the surgery he's had no problems at all." For many years afterwards Reagan had regular check-ups from a urologist in Santa Monica 16.
Another reference 6 says Dr. T. Burton Smith performed a trans-urethral prostatectomy on Reagan in 1967, presumably because of his history of "well-documented benign prostatic hypertrophy and several episodes of prostatitis." Thus, it is unclear if Reagan had one or two urological operations in the 1960s. (Probably one.)


severe cold
About 1978 Reagan had a severe cold that required antibiotics. A chest X-ray was taken because the cold went to his chest. The X-ray was normal 16.

TMJ degeneration
Reagan presented with left-sided jaw pain in December 1977. It proved to be degeneration of the temporomandibular joint, and was treated with cortisone injection. It did not recur in the next 3 years 16.

thumb arthritis
Reagan had osteoarthritis of the proximal thumb joint on his right hand. As of 1980, he was not taking medication for it 16.

drank little
Reagan was reported to drink very little alcohol. His favorite cocktail was "a weak orange blossom" 8c.

chronic hay fever
Reagan underwent hyposensitization shots for hay fever, and may still have been getting "maintenance" injections at the time of his 1980 election. With this course, his hay fever "was under control." He did not have adverse effects from the shots. 16.

general health
At the time, Reagan was the oldest man ever to seek the Presidency. Thus, there was concern during his campaigns whether his health was up to the job. He sought to downplay these concerns by vowing to resign the Presidency if he became medically unfit 2. He also authorized the release of information about his medical history.
Quotes from the primary 16 of his six 2 physicians include: (1) He is in excellent health. He just underwent a strenuous campaign and had no problems whatsoever. His resistance to colds was remarkable. (2) He exercises every day with a wheel device and rides horseback at his ranch whenever he can. ... It's a single small wheel -- such as you might see on a kid's wagon -- to which two handles are attached. (3) I think he is quite able to handle stress. ... He doesn't take vacations very frequently. (4) I know he eats moderately, and we've told him he should avoid excessive amounts of animal fats and carbohydrates. (5) The standard treadmill tests [have shown] no evidence whatsoever of underlying coronary artery disease. We have also found no evidence of any neurological impairments. (6) When I have done different physical examinations on him, ... he's totally relaxed and undemanding. He goes through those tests in a place that is especially set up for him and where he could pull rank but he doesn't. ... He just accepts the fact that we're doing all these tests. He doesn't ask many questions. (7) [The article also included comments about conditions noted elsewhere on this web page.]


height
Reagan was 6 feet 1 inch tall 15. He weighed 190 pounds in December 1980 16.

blood type O-positive
Both Ronald and Nancy Reagan are O-positive 1a.

shot
Reagan was shot on March 30, 1981. A long-nosed .22 caliber bullet, fired from a pistol, ricocheted off the Presidential limosine and entered Reagan's chest, under his left arm. The bullet was of the exploding type, but it did not explode. The main threat to Reagan's life was from blood loss and a collapsed lung 8d.
After entering Reagan's body, the bullet ricocheted off his left-sided seventh rib. By now the bullet was deformed into a dime-shaped mass, and when it entered Reagan's left lung, it did considerable damage to the lung tissue. The lung began bleeding, and collapsed. The bullet lodged about one inch from the heart. To see the full chronology of events, click here: MORE

The first-line treatment for a collapsed lung is a chest tube -- a plastic tube that is inserted through the skin, between the ribs, and into the chest cavity where the lungs sit. This is not a difficult procedure, and medical students are often allowed to insert a chest tube (under supervision) after having seen just once how to properly do it. Dr. Zebra was told that a medical student at the George Washington University School of Medicine, doing a rotation in the emergency room, had earlier that day seen a chest tube inserted. Furthermore, the resident supervising the student told him, "OK, you get to put in the chest tube on the next case that comes in." Shortly thereafter, an ashen Reagan walked through the door and collapsed. The resident immediately looked at the student and said: "No!" 20.

It has been noted that Reagan's wound was, at the outset, "much more life-threatening than that of Garfield or McKinley, who would both have almost certainly survived" had modern surgical care been available to them 8e.

Throughout the episode, the President's staff was, in the words of Reagan's physician, Dr. Daniel Ruge, "anxious to portray the president as being well. ... But nobody is very well after being shot, and having had an anesthetic, and having lost a lot of blood and having it replaced" 1b. (Reagan lost over half of all the blood in his body 1c.) Ruge felt that Reagan did not recover completely until October, i.e. 6-7 months after the shooting 1b.

Former aide Michael Deaver says Reagan became more stubborn after the shooting. Reagan believed that he was "chosen" for his role by a higher power, and that the shooting was a reminder of this. He therefore decided to more closely follow his own instincts 11.


hearing aids
It has been speculated that Reagan's hearing loss, and eventual use of hearing aids bilaterally, was caused by exposure to gunshot noise while filming numerous Western movies in Hollywood 8c. At the time of his 1980 election, the hearing loss was described as "moderate" 16. The hearing loss may have been asymmetric to some degree. Reagan's chief of staff, Donald Regan, once tried to deliver a message to Reagan during a press conference, "but Reagan could not hear since Regan was talking into Ronald's deaf ear" 8f. Reagan was fitted with a $1000 custom-made hearing aid in 1983 5.

dyed hair
How can a 70 year old man have a full head of hair with no gray?
The answer comes from Gerald Ford's observation that "Ronnie doesn't dye his hair, he's just prematurely orange," referring to the fact that "Orange on a middle-aged man means he's been playing unsupervised among the Clairol" 13.


exercised
Reagan worked out "about 5:00 or so each afternoon, or when the work was done," for an hour or more in a White House bedroom that had been converted into a gym with exercise equipment. He would then take a bath 8c

colon cancer
A 1984 proctoscopic examination disclosed a small polyp in Reagan's colon. Biopsy showed it was benign. In March 1985, another polyp was found, as were trace amounts of blood in his stool. A change in Reagan's diet eliminated the blood. He underwent endoscopic removal of the polyp and colonoscopy on July 12, 1985, at Bethesda Naval Medical Center. Colonoscopy disclosed a second, more dangerous tumor -- a villous adenoma -- that could only be removed by surgery. 1d
Although Nancy Reagan apparently preferred to delay surgery until the following week on the advice of her astrologer, Reagan preferred to have the surgery the next day -- to avoid having to repeat the colonic preparation 1e

The operation lasted 2 hours and 53 minutes. The right-sided portion of Reagan's colon was removed -- about 2 feet of length. Exploration of other abdominal structures found no spread of the cancer. The tumor was ultimately classified as a "Duke's B," meaning it had invaded the muscle of the colon, but was confined to the bowel wall 1f Post-operatively, one of the surgeons remarked about the then-74-year-old President: "This man has the insides of a forty year old" 8g. Reagan left the hospital on July 20 19.

As a result of the surgery, Reagan transferred Presidential power to Vice President Bush for 7 hours and 50 minutes MORE 1g. It is often written that Reagan invoked section 3 of the 25th Amendment to make this transfer, but he did not explicitly invoke the Amendment 1h.


colonic polyps
Reagan had CAT scans every six months after his 1985 cancer surgery. It is not clear whether one of these scans or another test discovered two polyps in Reagan's colon in 1987. The polyps, said by his physician, Dr. John E. Hutton, to be small and apparently benign, were removed during colonoscopy at the White House on July 28, 1987 8h. Comment: The date may not be exactly correct.

skin cancer
A small basal cell carcinoma (a type of skin cancer) was removed from Reagan's nose on July 31, 1987. Later, a larger area of tissue surrounding the lesion was excised, under local anesthesia at Bethesda Naval Hospital 8h. Comment: The date may not be exactly correct.
Another basal cell carcinoma was removed from his neck in 1995 5.


chainsaw laceration
Dr. John Hutton recalled encountering Reagan at the Reagans' California ranch (this seems to have been during the Presidency): "He smiled, reached up and grabbed my hand. Then I noticed he had a big hole in his dungarees, and there was blood all around it. He was out with his chain saw and he had cut his thigh. If he'd gone another inch, he might have hit a big artery, but it was a glancing blow." 12.

prostate enlargement
Underwent transurethral prostate surgery in November 1987 because of benign prostatic hypertrophy. The procedure went smoothly 8h. Also: 14a. Had (perhaps) previously undergone the same operation in 1967 6 (see above).
"The Cold War began to end when two elderly gentlemen discovered that they shared a common difficulty with their bladders." Soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko was at the White House. Reagan was supposed to raise one crucial, secret issue when the two were alone. Security people watched Reagan and Gromyko alone in the Oval Office, nodding in conversation. Afterwards, US State Department people asked the Soviets for their reaction to the secret issue. The Soviets looked blank. What secret issue? "Reagan, 73, had asked Gromyko, 75, only if he would like to use the private Presidential lavatory. Indeed Gromyko would. Very much. He went first. Reagan went second. They washed their hands and, much relieved, the two old fellows strolled in to lunch. Arms control was forgotten, but a certain rapport had been forged among the faucets." 18a


gastroenteritis
8i

adhesions
Required "surgeries to eliminate scar tissue" that developed as a result of the 1985 colon cancer operation. In 1990 additional scar tissue forced postponment of a planned trip to Europe 5. Comment: "Scar tissue" undoubtedly refers to adhesions.

bleed
Epidural hematoma after falling off a horse while vacationing in Mexico. Underwent neurosurgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN 5.

Alzheimer harbingers
Recovering from being shot (three months into his presidency), Reagan became disoriented in the intensive care unit. His physicians, therefore, pressed to have him moved to a hospital suite 1i.
Comment: In retrospect, this was probably a sign of Reagan's slipping mentation... yes, Dr. Zebra is aware of the many reasons people get disoriented in an ICU, but let's face it, it does not often happen to 40 year olds. This is especially true given a physician's statement that during Reagan's recovery "He always had a high pain threshold and required only small amounts of pain medication" 6a.
Comment: It is unclear how much brain power is needed to be a successful chief executive. This is certainly true in large corporations, as Dr. Zebra heard many times during his medical training, from professors who had taken care of CEOs who were demented, yet still working.
Thus, Gerald Ford's assessment is relevant: "He was not what I would [call] a technically competent president. You know, his knowledge of the budget, his knowledge of foreign policy -- it was not up to the standards of either Democrat or Republican presidents. But he had a helluva flair.... So I praise his assets, but I have reservations about his technical ability" 10a.

Reagan's mother was "senile" for "a few years" before she died of atherosclerotic disease at age 80 2.


Alzheimer disease
At one time Reagan "possessed a remarkable memory that his brother described as photographic" 9. Soon after graduating from college, he auditioned for a sports announcer job by "re-creating the fourth quarter of a Eureka College football game from memory" 9. (Reagan had played in the game.) As an actor, "much of Reagan's early career was spent in the B-film division, where his knack for quick memorization made him a valuable asset. Producers of B-films, as Reagan often put it, 'didn't want them good, they wanted them Thursday'" 9.
By contrast, as President, in his 70s, "He forgot the names of Cabinet officers, trusted aides and visiting dignitaries. In Brazil, he toasted the people of Bolivia" 9. A friend tells Dr. Zebra of a film clip in which Reagan, as President, is asked a question, only to look completely blank until the camera audio picks up his wife Nancy whispering an evasive answer ("We're doing all that we can") into Reagan's ear, which he then speaks.

In 1993 Reagan became increasingly forgetful. Alzheimer disease was diagnosed during his annual visit to the Mayo Clinic in 1994. His condition was announced to the public in a carefully worded letter to the American people on Nov. 5, 1994 9 MORE

According to Gerald Ford, Reagan was stll able to write a letter the week of the public announcement, but by by 1995 he did not recognize people and a 24-hour nurse for him was being sought 10b. Ford also said that he visited Reagan in Century City (Reagan's office) in January 1999, but Reagan did not recognize him at all, despite Ford's best efforts 10c. Comment: The 1995 and 1999 accounts seem to be at odds over the progression of the disease.

There is an interesting photograph of Reagan, taken in 1996, that shows a visible sign of his Alzheimer disease MORE . He is shown standing with a model of the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan, a ship named in his honor, along with his wife and the CEO of the company building the ship. Reagan's necktie peeks out below the button of his suit coat. Reagan was extremely careful with his appearance all his life -- as an actor and as a President who wore $1000 suits -- so this tiny slip is actually significant, as a sign of inattention caused by his disease. (For a case in which this sign was actually responsible for the diagnosis of Alzheimer disease in a business executive, see 3a.)

Was Reagan symptomatic while in office? There was speculation about his mental function as early as 1987, just after he underwent his third major operation while in office (prostate). In response, Reagan held a press conference on March 19, 1987 in which he performed extremely well in front of a hostile press 14a.

Gerald Ford visited Reagan when the disease was well advanced. "He barely recognized me. . . I tried to bring up things that would refresh his memory, but he was not the Ronald Reagan that I [had known]" 10d.


hip fracture
Reagan fell at his home on January 12, 2001, breaking his hip. He was taken by ambulance to St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, CA. On the morning of January 14, Dr. Kevin Ehrhart, led the surgical team that "inserted metal pins and screws into Reagan's hip." Dr. Ehrhart expected that Reagan's recovery would be complicated by coexisting Alzheimer disease. 17

pneumonia
Died of pneumonia on June 5, 2004 4.
Comment: Pneumonia is a frequent complication of Alzheimer disease. Reflexes which normally prevent aspiration of mouth contents into the lungs may be lost or severely diminished in Alzheimer disease. The lungs are normally sterile, so this introduction of infectious agents into the lungs can lead to pneumonia. Aspiration pneumonia can be difficult to treat.

 

[Edgetho]

Here's the thing the dumbass retards never seem go get through their thick skulls. When you have to LIE to make a point, you sacrifice all of your integrity. No one in their right mind will believe you are motivated by truth seeking or honesty.

Rove LIED. Twice in the same breath.

Get it now?

What did he say that was lie?

What?

Or is that YOU are the one lying?

Yeah, that's what I thought

 

[Zander]

Anything
That harms Hillary is assumes to be a lie. Hillary had a traumatic brain injury. But it cannot be discussed. . She's inevitable. The science is settled' she will be the next POTUS.


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[CrusaderFrank]

Here's the thing the dumbass retards never seem go get through their thick skulls. When you have to LIE to make a point, you sacrifice all of your integrity. No one in their right mind will believe you are motivated by truth seeking or honesty.

Rove LIED. Twice in the same breath.

Get it now?

If you like your Benghazi Consulate, you can keep it. Period.

 

[bendog]

Here's the thing the dumbass retards never seem go get through their thick skulls. When you have to LIE to make a point, you sacrifice all of your integrity. No one in their right mind will believe you are motivated by truth seeking or honesty.

Rove LIED. Twice in the same breath.

Get it now?

If you like your Benghazi Consulate, you can keep it. Period.

Wow, you've named an issue rather than going inside Bush's brain. Progress.

But, I don't think Benghazi will get you anywhere with anyone other than the lunatic RW. Now, if you focus on whether Obama's first term for policy was good (and it was not) and whether hill can say what worked and what didn't and what she'd do on current issues facing the next potus, I'd say you're on to something.

But, the gop still will have to find a credible candidate.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Here's the thing the dumbass retards never seem go get through their thick skulls. When you have to LIE to make a point, you sacrifice all of your integrity. No one in their right mind will believe you are motivated by truth seeking or honesty.

Rove LIED. Twice in the same breath.

Get it now?

If you like your Benghazi Consulate, you can keep it. Period.

Wow, you've named an issue rather than going inside Bush's brain. Progress.

But, I don't think Benghazi will get you anywhere with anyone other than the lunatic RW. Now, if you focus on whether Obama's first term for policy was good (and it was not) and whether hill can say what worked and what didn't and what she'd do on current issues facing the next potus, I'd say you're on to something.

But, the gop still will have to find a credible candidate.

"To underscore that these protests are rooted in an internet video, and not a broader failure of policy." -- Obama memo lying about Benghazi attack

 

[bendog]

Well there you go again.

I was thinking more in line with "what policies or initiative would you take in the ME to support more democracy along with respect for individual rights," OR "given that reapproachment with Russia is impossible with Putin, how would you suggest we deal with Russia when confronting other threats from countries such as Syria, Iran and China"

I have questions about her competence, that have nothing to do with brain damage .... or fantasies of some grand conspiracy. However, the RW seems determined to go off the lunatic edge.

 

[HenryBHough]

Reagan's age was fair game.

McCain's age and mental state were fair game.

Now it's Hillary's turn.

Suck it up, liberals, if you can tear your lips off Your New Messiah's ass long enough to restore suction.

 

[bendog]

OK, but they didn't put up med records. So ..... exnay with the brain damage shite.

 

[NLT]

Hildabeast prolly wont release medical records because it will show all the STD's she got from Bill.

 

[HenryBHough]

Hildabeast prolly wont release medical records because it will show all the STD's she got from Bill.

If she was stupid enough to sleep in the same building with him, let alone the same bed, then she's far too stupid to be president of anything.

Either that or has some sort of slow-suicidal mindset.....

 

[g5000]

If you want to prove Hillary Clinton has brain damage, just run the transcript of her 2007 DNC speech.

"The other day the oil companies reported the highest profits in the history of the world. I want to take those profits..."



This other shit is the cheap tactics of cowardly assholes.

 

[HenryBHough]

If you want to prove Hillary Clinton has brain damage, just run the transcript of her 2007 DNC speech.

"The other day the oil companies reported the highest profits in the history of the world. I want to take those profits..."

Long after 2007 when Ms. Rodham-Clinton took up the gentle art of falling on one's head. Got any signs of coherence or memory of much since tipping over like the guy on the tricycle on "Laugh-In"?

 

[bendog]

If you want to prove Hillary Clinton has brain damage, just run the transcript of her 2007 DNC speech.

"The other day the oil companies reported the highest profits in the history of the world. I want to take those profits..."

Long after 2007 when Ms. Rodham-Clinton took up the gentle art of falling on one's head. Got any signs of coherence or memory of much since tipping over like the guy on the tricycle on "Laugh-In"?

Remember Carter's camp was delighted when Reagan got the nomination because he was so old and simple and their guy won the Noble Peace Prize and was a nuclear engineer. Be careful what you wish for.

 

[Jarlaxle]

How do you explain Joe Biden?

Someone drilled too deep when doing his hair plugs?

 

[Jarlaxle]

So if Reagan had early onset Alzheimer's (he didnt) then it makes it OK for Hillary to have brain damage?
How does that work, exactly?

I was just pointing out a chapter in the long story of republicans with brain problems

Umm...Alzheimer's in a person's 70's is not "early onset"...it's due course. Early onset of that disease would be say...in one's 50's.
To suggest Hillary is suffering permanent "brain damage" from her fall is absurd..Someone with the stamina and cognitive clarity she has consistently shown in her high pressure SOS job could't possibly be cognitively impaired that way.

Junior Seau functioned just fine...until he didn't. Concussion effects can linger for YEARS.