{"id":48308,"date":"2016-09-09T08:41:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T12:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=48308"},"modified":"2016-09-09T08:41:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T12:41:21","slug":"over-70-of-us-doctors-surveyed-say-hillarys-health-concerns-are-serious-possibly-disqualifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=48308","title":{"rendered":"Over 70% Of US Doctors Surveyed Say Hillary’s Health Concerns Are “Serious, Possibly Disqualifying”"},"content":{"rendered":"

ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n

On a day when Hillary Clinton proclaimed the media biased (against her), labeling the GOP as “sad, misogynistic sexists,”<\/a> a survey of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons<\/strong> (AAPS) <\/a>found that nearly 71% of physicians thought concerns about Hillary Clinton’s health are “serious – could be disqualifying<\/strong> for the position of President.”<\/p>\n

With her lead over Trump tumbling to six-week lows <\/strong>following a poor performance at last night’s “commander-in-chief” forum, and a press conference focused on what she was not asked (or didn’t answer)…<\/p>\n

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Source: RealClearPolitics<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Hillary Clinton’s campaign has called “sexism” on the GOP.<\/strong> As The Hill reports<\/a>,<\/p>\n

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The Democratic nominee, along with top surrogates and allies, has seized on Trump\u2019s recent comment that Clinton does not have a \u201cpresidential look,\u201d using the comment to depict him as sexist.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The former secretary of State also laid into Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus for his tweet that she looked \u201cangry\u201d during an MSNBC presidential forum.<\/p>\n

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Clinton didn\u2019t rule out sexism when asked if she was being treated differently in the political race because she is a woman.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cI’m going to let all of you ponder that last question,\u201d the first female presidential nominee replied with a grin at a press conference.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think there will be a lot of Ph.D. theses and popular journalism writing on that subject for years to come. I don\u2019t take my advice and I don\u2019t take anything seriously that comes from the RNC.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Chelsea Clinton also waded into the debate on Thursday, criticizing Trump\u2019s remarks about a \u201cpresidential look.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cEveryone can see that as the sad, misogynistic, sexist rhetoric that I hoped we had moved beyond in the 21st century,\u201d <\/strong>the former first lady’s daughter said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This isn\u2019t the first time accusations of sexism have bubbled up during the campaign.<\/p>\n

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Earlier this year, Clinton fired at Trump for saying that if she were a man, \u201cshe would get 5 percent of the vote.\u201d The billionaire criticized Clinton at the time for playing the \u201cwoman card.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey’re pretty quick to yell sexism in a crowded theater … but constantly playing the victim card is not something you do from a position of strength,\u201d<\/strong> said Republican strategist Matt Mackowiak.<\/p>\n

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Mackowiak said playing up gender is a \u201crisk that can backfire\u201d especially because \u201cthe first to make inroads with the other [demographic] will win.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This ‘sexist’ call follows a lambasting of any and everyone who even mentions her health as “conspiracy theorists” with a political axe to grind. Ultimately, the media frenzy culminated in an article written by the WaPo’s Chris Cilizza who concluded that “the questions about Hillary Clinton’s health are absurd<\/a><\/strong>“…<\/p>\n

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… a statement which could pass for absurd judging by the Clinton campaign’s furious response to demonize any member of the mainstream who dares to even bring them up.<\/p>\n

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Which means that, according to AAPS, <\/a>over 70% of US doctors and surgeons are absurd right-wing tin-foil hat-wearers…<\/p>\n

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Concerns about Hillary Clinton’s health are “serious\u2014could be disqualifying for the position of President of the U.S.,” say nearly 71% of 250 physicians responding to an informal internet survey by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS).<\/strong><\/u> About 20% said concerns were “likely overblown, but should be addressed as by full release of medical records.” Only 2.7% responded that they were “just a political attack; I have confidence in the letter from her physician and see no cause for concern.”<\/p>\n

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While more than 81% were aware of her history of a concussion, only 59% were aware of the cerebral sinus thrombosis, and 52% of the history of deep venous thrombosis.<\/p>\n

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More than 78% said the health concerns had received “not enough emphasis”<\/strong> in the media, and only 2.7% that there had been “too much emphasis.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nearly two-thirds said that a physician who had a concern about a candidate’s fitness to serve for health reasons should “make the concerns known to the public.” Only 11% said a physician should “keep silent unless he had personally examined the patient,” and 10% that the candidate’s health was “off limits for public discussion.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Eighty-eight respondents submitted comments.<\/p>\n

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One said that “the public interest will ALWAYS override either privacy rights or rights of self-determination in the case of a presidential candidate.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Another mentioned Clinton’s “so called loss of memory claimed during her FBI questioning about her email server.”<\/p>\n

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Beyond the specific questions, one remarked that “I think that the candidate should be honest with the public about his\/her health!” <\/strong><\/p>\n

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The history of the concussion was concerning: “The public must watch the movie Concussion to realize that such an injury does affect thought process.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A poll of 833 randomly selected registered voters by Gravis Marketing showed that nearly half (49%) were not aware of the “well documented major health issues that Hillary Clinton has.” <\/strong>Nearly three-fourths (74%) were unaware of Bill Clinton’s statement that Hillary suffered a “terrible” concussion requiring “six months of very serious work to get over.” The majority (57%) thought that candidates should release their medical records.<\/p>\n

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“Both physicians and other voters think that health concerns are relevant when choosing a presidential candidate,” states AAPS executive director Jane M. Orient, M.D.<\/p>\n

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“However, more than 40% of physician respondents were unaware of the cerebral sinus thrombosis, and the vast majority of voters were not aware of all of Clinton’s problems or their potential serious long-term implications for cognitive function.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now that’s a lot <\/strong>of “absurd conspiracy theorists.”<\/p>\n

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