CONSPIRACY

Conservatives Think Hillary Is Faking Concussion

State Dept. blasts 'wild speculation'

Dec 18, 2012 by Mary Noble

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Clinton on Dec 3, before illness struck / Image: AP

The theory that Hillary Clinton faked her concussion to avoid testifying on Benghazi has transitioned from the nether reaches of the internet to the mainstream media. It's been floated in the NYPost's lead editorial and gained a high-profile endorsement Monday night from John Bolton, the former US Ambassader to the UN (i.e. the former holder of Susan Rice's job).

Bolton told Fox's Greta Van Susteren that Clinton's fainting fit was a, ahem, "diplomatic illness."

"You know, every foreign service officer in every foreign ministry in the world knows the phrase I am about to use - when you don't want to go to a meeting or conference or an event, you have a 'diplomatic illness,'" said Bolton. "And this is a 'diplomatic illness' to beat the band."

Bolton's input has not gone over well at the State Dept, who've slammed his "wild speculation based on no information." It's "completely untrue," said State spokesperson Victoria Nuland.

But if Clinton is really ill, "let's see her medical report," writes the Daily Caller's Jim Treacher.

Via Politico and the NYPost.

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stepped_in_it

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Heck, she is married to Bill. She learned how to fake it long, long ago!
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LMFAO! Good one :)
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marine1

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Hillary has been faking since Monica, what would give anyone cause to thiks she has changed. Agenda,Agenda,Agenda
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stepped_in_it

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@marine1 I wonder if Hillary ever said "I did not have sex with that man"
Bahahaha
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marine1

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@stepped_in_it more than likely she said, i can not get that man to have sex with me
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stepped_in_it

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@marine1 Well, 'ole Bill was into women....;-)
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jessejaymes

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Well of course the right wing thinks she faking it. If she had or she does testify they will say she's lying no matter what she says. Nobody but the bible belt cares what right wingers think. Nobody with an I.Q. over 80 anyhow. Come on now.
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Neo_NtheMatrix

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You don't want to know why Amb. Stevens was murdered in cold blood? Where's your loyalty to America?
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jessejaymes

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@Neo_NtheMatrix I'd love to hear what Hilary has to say. But I wouldn't say she's lying just because she's a Democrat like I think you and others will.
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Neo_NtheMatrix

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@jessejaymes - If she tells the truth, I won't call her a liar. As it stands now, she won't even testify. I'm a very fair person. I believe a lot of Democrats and take them at their word.
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@Neo_NtheMatrix

murdered in cold blood? kind of stretching it aren't you? he was killed in an attack on the US.
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Neo_NtheMatrix

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@woodtick57 - So you call an attack on the U.S. being murdered in warm blood? Of course this was a callous execution. We need to get to the bottom of it, but obama and Clinton are stonewalling.
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Neo_NtheMatrix

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Diplomatic Illness? It's not beyond a Clinton to fake something like this. The whole obama regime is telling Americans wild blueberry fruit style lies about what happened in Benghazi. It's unbelievable how low obama will stoop to keep Americans in the dark about why he failed to protect our consulate.

R.I.P. to our brave patriotic American consulate members who sacrificed their lives trying to advance freedom for Americans.
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Neo_NtheMatrix

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Mighty convenient that Petraeus suddenly got diplomatic scandal right before he was supposed to testify as well. obama and his minions resort to some trifling measures to conceal the truth from Americans.
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woodtick57

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How is that convenient? he still testified..

your conspiracy theory has more hole than fruit loops
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woodtick57

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what lies about Benghazi were those?
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martydotcom

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Are you sure you don't want to see her birth certificate and last Pap smear
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martydotcom

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how can you take a man seriously who appears on TV with what looks like a dead rat hair hat. Doesn't Fox pay him enough to buy a decent toupee?? I crack up just looking at the guy wondering how creditable can he be if he looks in the mirror before the camera goes on and says to himself, I look good. Self delusion!!'
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woodtick57

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Bolton...isn't he the guy who took the job of being our ambassador to a body he thinks should be disbanded? not really a man of conviction, is he...

any reason anyone should listen to a word he says?
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PNWest

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Just more craziness from the crowd that brought you GW Bush, Dick Cheney, Sarah Palin, Rick Santorum, Michelle Bachmann, Rick Perry, Todd Akin, Richard Mourdock and so on and so on and so on.
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woodtick57

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quite the parade of fools, huh? sad that these people are held up as leaders by so many...
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PNWest

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@woodtick57 It is funny watching how gullible many of the righties are. Although occasionally one will add something constructive to a discussion most of it is just name calling, half truths, distortions and out and out lies. Where have the intelligent conservatives gone?
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Souljah

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Either fake an illness or plead the 5th...haha nah ..I dont think so Im sure she knows that will not get her out of testifying, they can just reconvene at a later date..
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2b1ask1

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Ummm, Ray Charles could see that she is faking! After all, she is a typical lying, leftist, liberal, loon!
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DARSB

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The Leno joke was Hillary became dizzy and fainted - after learning the Lakers had won 2 straight games. ;)
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stepped_in_it

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Lakers won 2 straight..........<crash >
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Dan_Tien

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I got a concussion once from slapping the back of my head onto a wrestling mat laid over concrete. It was bad enough to make me a little irrational, but I went back to training the next day and didn't suffer any long term effects (twitch, blink). I think that Ms. Clinton could take some aspirin and go testify if she really wanted to.
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PoliticalSpice

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The idea of hillary taking advantage of this injury to avoid testifying is about as likely as a president of the united states taking advantage of a female intern.
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Jeff_Woehrle

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No truth to the rumor that she hit her head on the underside of Bill's desk.
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artjeb

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Lets leave that to MONICA
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cnw95

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Why wasn't hillary called up to testify SOONER??? The republicans were so busy grilling susan rice,they neglected to to take into account ALL responsible persons and agencies.
Susan rice should have been questioned but so should have the CIA,state dept and the military.
Can't the senate politicians MULTITASK and gather info from more than one source at a time???
I suppose another 6 months later we will start to interrogate the CIA.
ALL parties responsible should be investigated in a TIMELY manner and NOT piecemealed together one at a time over a 5 year period.
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woodtick57

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What is it you feel she needs to testify about. the events on the incident are clear and open. everyone else in the world is moving on...
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cnw95

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@woodtick57 Your kind of missing my point.
It's not so much what she has to say but its the quality of the investigation as a whole that i'm addressing.
My point is that IF "they" wanted hillary to testify, they should not have wasted so much time on susan rice.
Grill susan rice then move on to whomever else they feel should be questioned.
Instead,they hound rice for 2 1/2 months over statements she made that she claimed were from the CIA.
They went to the CIA and the CIA confirmed that they were the agency that gave her the talking points that rice repeated.
But instead of moving the investigation forward, "they" go back to rice and continue to hound her in the media as if she was the ONLY responsible party when in truth she was NOT the only responsible party.
Waste of time to continue to belabor the point of "susan rice misled the american people" for 2 1/2 months without interrogating any other possible responsible parties.
The republicans haven't been "right" in the head ever since the election and the assumption that hillary is feigning illness to avert testifying proves this.
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woodtick57

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@cnw95 because there is no 'forward'. it's a dead issue. no conspiracy, no cover up. nothing to see here folks, go on back home...
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twinertia

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KNEW the conspiracists would trot this out eventually!
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jamie91

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Yep, knew it was coming too!
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Vance1

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Hillary Clinton faked her concussion to avoid testifying on Benghazi...Oh yea!!!
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stephen

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i think she look quiet unhealthy for awhile
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MongoAPillager

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who would have thought Bill's Woman would have been accused of faking it??
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marine1

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U bein bad again
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MongoAPillager

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@marine1 weull,dag nabit arn't these the kinda questions inquirying minds want asked
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Denizen_Kate

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@MongoAPillager = wack job. ;)
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MongoAPillager

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@Denizen_Kate Hey,at least i,m consistent...no faking it ;+ }
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RedFloppyShoes

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Of course she is, she's a liberal.
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Calfkiller

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Once again Mary's creative headlines mislead readers. That would make a story. The notion that Conservatives think this is ridiculous. Anyone that honestly thinks she isn't is confused at best.
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ST_Louie_Sue

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I've know for years she wasn't right in the head.
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Ashstop

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For goodness sake!! They didn't ask her to reenact the attack!! They ask her to talk!!! When football player are kept out of a game or two it's to let the brain heal, NOT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T TALK!!!
Of course she's faking it!! She don't want to purger herself!
She could say aliens abducted her and the left would volunteer to be a witness to the whole abduction!!
Oh yea, I forgot, she can't say that!! She can't talk!!!!
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woodtick57

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What exact;y is it you think she is trying to avoid by testifying to a hearing that has no purpose? The Banghazi issue is done.
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Ashstop

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@woodtick57
The administration had been saying the war on terror was over from day 1, even the shooting at FtHood was officially called " workplace violence" , days before the election we are attacked by terrorist after dening support the weeks before while other countries pulled their people. Of course I understand wanting to suppress news like this, unemployment up, housing down,.. Bad news like that could turn an election, but to stand by and not respond and tell our country that a movie they can't even watch over there was the reason, protecting the terrorist is criminal IMO !!! If you knew a crime was committed by a certain person and deliberately told police it was someone else you would be arrested if found out!! Or you'd have to faint and lose the ability to speak!!
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Pack7

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Why would anyone think she was faking? She just has the Bhengazi Flu.
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