ALEX IS NOW SICKBOATING POOR HILLARY
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a47868/rudy-guiliani-clinton-illness-conspiracy-theories/[h=1]Rudy Guiliani Continued the Sickboating of Hillary Clinton[/h][h=2]Today in jet fuel can't melt steel beams.
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Rudy Giuliani's smug mug was back on the news—well, Fox News—on Sunday peddling in internet conspiracy theories that have somehow made their way into mainstream, er lamestream, media.
Following in the footsteps of Sean Hannity, who has been pushing the Sickboating theory all week, Giuliani said on
Fox News Sunday, "I want to point out several signs of illness by her... Go online and put down 'Hillary Clinton illness.' Take a look at the videos for yourself."
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So we did.
The charge is being led by noted conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and right-wing website Breitbart.com. (Note: Trump recently hired Breitbart's chairman as chief executive of his campaign, in case you were wondering where he stands on this issue.)
The tinfoil hat crowd contends that Clinton had a "seizure" while talking to a gaggle of reporters on the campaign trail. Let's look at the tape.
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Is she dodging questions about Elizabeth Warren here? Abso-fucking-lutely. Is she joking around that she is being hit with a number of questions at once? Yep. Is she having a seizure.
Hell no. Seizures involve "uncontrollable jerking movements of the arms and legs" and "loss of consciousness or awareness," according to the
Mayo Clinic—none of which are happening here.
The next theory the tinfoil hat crowd points to is that Clinton has a tendency to trip or fall.
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The likeliest explanation: When someone is on camera as often as Clinton, yes, she is bound to get caught stumbling once or twice. Especially when, as President Obama said of her, "She was doing everything I was doing, but just like Ginger Rogers, it was backward in heels."