Karl Rove: I Never Said Hillary Had Brain Damage, But We Need To Talk About Her Age

[DonViejo]

TOM KLUDT – MAY 13, 2014, 9:48 AM EDT

Karl Rove tried his best on Tuesday to explain his recent suggestion that Hillary Clinton may have suffered a "traumatic brain injury."

Appearing on the friendly confines of Fox News, Rove wanted to make two things clear: He never said the former secretary of state had brain damage, but he really wants people to consider her age and health issues stemming from her hospitalization in late-2012.

"I didn't say she had brain damage. She had a serious health episode and my point was that from, I think it was the 7th of December in 2012 through the 7th of January of 2013, she underwent, first she had apparently a serious virus," he told anchor Bill Hemmer.

"They announced then on the 15th of December that she had at some period in the past week fallen. They didn't say when, they didn't say where. She was recovering at home. On the 30th of December she goes in and turns out to have had a blood clot. They won't say where. The next day they say that it is between her skull and her brain behind her right ear. She's in the hospital for four days. She goes home, is back in the office on the 7th and testifies on the 25th wearing special glasses that allow her to deal with the double vision that this episode caused."

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[Kelvin Mace]

1. Sure,

just as soon as you admit that Reagan was non compus mentis by the end of his first term.

[yeoman6987]

2. Yes. Reagan's age was never an issue

I cannot believe how horrible these Republicans are. They had zero problem with a 68 year old in 1980 running for President....A man in 1980 did not even live as long as today. And then at 73, no problem and in fact won with 49 states. Hypocrites.

[spartan61]

3. Ummmm, how old was McCain in 2008?

I don't ever remember the rethugs having a problem with his advanced age.

[JHB]

15. Don't forget Bob Dole, too

Dole was 73 when the Republicans ran him in 1996.
McCain was 72 in 2008.

They didn't shy away from running then-69-year-old Reagan in 1980, either.

So according to Republican (by their actions, not their words), there's no problem with Hillary's age.

[TuxedoKat]

18. Or Mitt Romney

He was 65 when he ran in 2012. If he runs again, he and Hillary would be the same age, except HC is five months younger.

[KittyWampus]

4. Let's talk about Rove's total lack of intergrity

Shall we?

[Stallion]

5. I Thought Hilliary Was Faking Healthy Problem Due to BENGHAZZI!!!!!!!

That's why her testimony was delayed. Republicans need to get story straight

[liberal N proud]

7. Their story is what ever fits the propaganda they need to push to win.

[Brigid]

6. Um, Turd Blossom, have you forgotten . . .

You are only three years younger than Clinton is?

[Autumn]

8. We should talk about your weight, your ugly face and your evilness.

And how you look so soft and squishy. I'm sure you are not healthy. And then we can discuss Hillary. Fuck you.

[oldandhappy]

9. You beat me to it!

I was scrolling down to add 'your age and your weight' and found your post. Congratulations! He really is jowly. And he suffers from a lack of connection between his mouth and his so called brain.

[Brigid]

10. But you can't connect to something that isn't there.

[chrisa]

11. I have to ask: Why is this guy thought of as a 'mastermind?'

To the untrained eye, he looks like the standard-fare GOP idiot who can't even put coherent sentences together, much less do anything.

Why is Karl Rove thought of as remotely intelligent? He's a fool.

[Orrex]

12. If she were any more decrepit, she'd choke on a pretzel and bash her face on a table.

[cyberswede]

14. IT's linked int he article

...which you can also read.

Karl Rove suggested at a conference Thursday that Hillary Clinton suffered a "traumatic brain injury," according to the New York Post's Page Six.

“Thirty days in the hospital? And when she reappears, she’s wearing glasses that are only for people who have traumatic brain injury?" Rove told the audience, as quoted by the Post. "We need to know what’s up with that.”

[Initech]

16. There seriously is no low they can sink to.

[Beacool]

17. Come again, Karl?

Hillary would be a few years younger than Dole and McCain, and several months younger than Reagan.

What a hypocritical load of crap!!!

[MoonRiver]

19. Desperate some?

[rocktivity]

20. The way you talked about McCain's or Reagan's ages, Dr. Rove?

And remember how forthcoming you were about this?



And this?



But I don't doubt your expertise when it comes to "brain damage" -- you are one physician who should DEFINITELY "heal thyself!"


rocktivity