By John Shaffer Let’s begin by saying that everyone can get sick, and it is not unusual for a presidential candidate to take ill, and to recover. Hillary Clinton’s September 11th episode raises many questions, and those about the state of her health are the least important. What is more important is the reaction of the candidate and her campaign. And specifically we refer to the statement from Mrs. C.’s physician in which she discloses that on Friday, September 9, Mrs. Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia (a mild, non-contagious type). Sounds routine, and a “we wish you a speedy recovery” type of thing – except that statement was not issued until hours after Mrs. C’s September 11th collapse. In other words – her campaign did not think it necessary to share the information about her illness at the time the diagnosis was made on Friday; and we are left with the conclusion that had the candidate’s episode not been “caught on tape,” her pneumonia never would have been disclosed. This makes us wonder how many other medical secrets have been kept. It is not transparent to wait two days before releasing medical information – and one more thing – the campaign’s first remarks after the September 11th medical episode said that Mrs. C. was “overheated” – not that she had pneumonia. That didn’t come out until hours afterward. Again, the fact that she had pneumonia is less of a concern than the fact she and her staff kept it secret until they had no choice but to disclose it. Come to think of it, that is Standard Operating Procedure for Mrs. Clinton and her husband, and has been for a good many decades now
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