Thursday, September 8, 2016

How Severe Is Hillary's Health Problem?

The request from New York Times technology columnist Farhad Manjoo that Google censor searches for information about Hillary Clinton's health strongly implies  that Manjoo knows she suffers from some type of severe health problem.   So does the Huffington Post's banning of David Seaman because of an article about Clinton's health. 

There would be no reason to censor health related searches about Clinton if her problem is something like Parkinson's as rumors attributed to Secret Service agents suggest.   Rev. Billy Graham has Parkinson's as did Pope John Paul II and various American political leaders and other celebrities.  Medication allows people with Parkinson's to continue to function.

There would be no reason to censor health searches if Clinton has heart trouble.  President Dwight Eisenhower was reelected in 1956 even though he had had a heart attack in 1955.

Censorship would make sense if Hillary is in the early stages of Alzheimer's or some other form of dementia.  Alzheimer's can be difficult to diagnose because the individual symptoms can also occur normally.   Hillary's desire to spend a large sum on Alzheimer's research could be for personal reasons.

For example,  Alzheimer's could have played a role in some of Hillary's controversies.  Some of her actions such as the ones listed below,  are consistent with symptoms of Alheimer's.

Poor judgement:  Her decision to leave American diplomats in Benghazi after an attack on the British ambassador's motorcade involved poor judgement.   Alzheimer's could also explain the poor judgeent shown in using a private email server.

Memory loss is the symptom most of us think of as being associated with Alzheimer's:  Thus, Hillary's inability to remember important facts about Benghazi and other events could be a symptom of Alzheimer's.

Misplacing things:   Those lost emails could indicate Alzheimer's.

Withdrawal from social situations: Hillary's unwillingness to hold press conferences could indicate Alzheimer's.

Alzheimer's can be difficult to diagnose in its early stages.   The above examples of Hillary's behavior could indicate Alzheimer's or could indicate normal conditions.   For example, her poor decisions could just indicate limited intelligence.

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