# I pit those who implied that Hillary Clinton faked her concussion to avoid the Senate inquiry **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 31, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-implied-that-hillary-clinton-faked-her-concussion-to-avoid-the-senate-inquiry/645623 "2012-12-31T02:02:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-implied-that-hillary-clinton-faked-her-concussion-to-avoid-the-senate-inquiry/645623/41 "2012-12-31T20:49:53Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Oh, he accused her of faking the flu, not the concussion. Not quite what the OP was talking about, but I guess close enough for government work. Still, that’s sorta yesterday’s news. > > Who are the others? The OP used the plural. > > **madmonk** : Are any of those “sitting congressmen”? Well that was a sad thing to see. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-implied-that-hillary-clinton-faked-her-concussion-to-avoid-the-senate-inquiry/645623/42 "2012-12-31T21:23:47Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > …But most of my friends are Republicans, and none of them fits that description. Keep in mind the number of friends you have on the conservative wing of the extreme left. Perhaps you don’t realize that “running dog jackal of the ruling class” can have an affectionate connotation amongst we, the scruffy and unruly. Oh, and Happy New Year! ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-implied-that-hillary-clinton-faked-her-concussion-to-avoid-the-senate-inquiry/645623/43 "2012-12-31T22:25:21Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Well, from my earlier links, the list includes: > Former U.S. U.N. spokesman Richard Grenell > The New York Post > former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton > Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post columnist and Fox News pundit > > These aren’t elements of the fringe of the GOP. I can’t tell these guys from the lunatic fringe, largely I cannot discern any daylight between mainstream GOP and the lunatic fringe…but then, can any of us? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-implied-that-hillary-clinton-faked-her-concussion-to-avoid-the-senate-inquiry/645623/44 "2012-12-31T22:26:08Z")
Not sure if this is relevant to this thread but the breaking news is Hillary’s clot DOES appear to be in her head. Somewhere behind her right ear. Get well Hillary. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-implied-that-hillary-clinton-faked-her-concussion-to-avoid-the-senate-inquiry/645623/45 "2012-12-31T22:39:34Z")
Medically speaking, I have no idea how potentially dangerous this is, but I join in best wishes. Someone let me know if one of lunatic fringe offers an apology, I haven’t seen one yet… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-implied-that-hillary-clinton-faked-her-concussion-to-avoid-the-senate-inquiry/645623/46 "2012-12-31T22:45:23Z")
Her doctors seem to think she’ll be fine, for whatever that’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-implied-that-hillary-clinton-faked-her-concussion-to-avoid-the-senate-inquiry/645623/47 "2012-12-31T22:46:16Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > I can’t tell these guys from the lunatic fringe, largely I cannot discern any daylight between mainstream GOP and the lunatic fringe…but then, can any of us? That’s true, the entire GOP is lunatic fringe now. Decent people left it years ago. ---
**Author:** ![theR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@theR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theR)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-implied-that-hillary-clinton-faked-her-concussion-to-avoid-the-senate-inquiry/645623/48 "2013-01-02T17:57:58Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Two problems with that: a few days earlier she’d canceled a trip to the Middle East because of the flu, which would mean she was skipping out on work just to create a cover story - and that would probably be worse than just faking illness - and as far as I know, even after her illness was disclosed she was still expected to testify at the Benghazi hearing. That wasn’t changed until after she fainted and hurt herself. Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post also made the point that Republicans were accusing her of falling on her sword to protect Obama when she took responsibility immediately after Benghazi, but now they’re accusing her of trying to avoid taking responsibility. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-implied-that-hillary-clinton-faked-her-concussion-to-avoid-the-senate-inquiry/645623/49 "2013-01-02T18:06:45Z")
> [@theR](#): > > Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post also made the point that Republicans were accusing her of falling on her sword to protect Obama when she took responsibility immediately after Benghazi, but now they’re accusing her of trying to avoid taking responsibility. That’s sort of like the way they call Obama a do-nothing and a dictator. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-implied-that-hillary-clinton-faked-her-concussion-to-avoid-the-senate-inquiry/645623/50 "2013-01-02T18:07:35Z")
> [@theR](#): > > Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post also made the point that Republicans were accusing her of falling on her sword to protect Obama when she took responsibility immediately after Benghazi, but now they’re accusing her of trying to avoid taking responsibility. That would make some sort of sense, actually; now that the election is over, Obama no longer **needs** her to fall on her sword. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-implied-that-hillary-clinton-faked-her-concussion-to-avoid-the-senate-inquiry/645623/51 "2013-01-04T01:40:36Z")
…I’m reminded of the first three minutes of this classic Goodies episode: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6vMH1WmwHIg/hqdefault.jpg "Goodies Football Crazy Part 1") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vMH1WmwHIg) ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-implied-that-hillary-clinton-faked-her-concussion-to-avoid-the-senate-inquiry/645623/52 "2013-01-04T02:21:39Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > That would make some sort of sense, actually; now that the election is over, Obama no longer **needs** her to fall on her sword. So he’s going to push her under the bus? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-implied-that-hillary-clinton-faked-her-concussion-to-avoid-the-senate-inquiry/645623/53 "2013-01-04T03:15:27Z")
Bill opens a package, a pantsuit wrapped around a bus tire. “Its an Obaman message, Hillary sleeps with the buses…” ---
**Author:** ![monavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@monavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monavis)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-implied-that-hillary-clinton-faked-her-concussion-to-avoid-the-senate-inquiry/645623/54 "2013-01-08T13:03:43Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Now she’s hospitalized with a blood clot stemming from that concussion. Sitting congressmen were among those who made such accusations. I hope they are ashamed of themselves for their ridiculous accusation (but I doubt it). Haters need some excuse to justify their hate, so like to think other people would act as they do, that is my take on their accusations. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-implied-that-hillary-clinton-faked-her-concussion-to-avoid-the-senate-inquiry/645623/55 "2013-01-08T15:56:26Z")
So is she still faking? Now that Kerry’s been named to replace her she really doesn’t need to play pretend anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-implied-that-hillary-clinton-faked-her-concussion-to-avoid-the-senate-inquiry/645623/56 "2013-01-08T16:00:27Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > So is she still faking? Now that Kerry’s been named to replace her she really doesn’t need to play pretend anymore. And of course she is going to testify to Congress about Benghazi before she steps down. People with working brains would say that kills every single aspect of this phony controversy, but I’m sure the conspiracists will tell themselves that their bullshit forced her to testify and paranoia has once again saved the republic. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-implied-that-hillary-clinton-faked-her-concussion-to-avoid-the-senate-inquiry/645623/57 "2013-01-08T18:28:23Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > They’re called Fakers. They insist Hilary faked it. They demand hospital records, MRI images and samples of her blood. > > The Faker movement goes back to the “assassination” of President Kennedy. Lacking skull fragments and brain matter, they insist JFK Is still alive. > > :rolleyes: It’s true, JFK is still alive. [I saw a documentary about it](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubba_Ho-tep). ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-implied-that-hillary-clinton-faked-her-concussion-to-avoid-the-senate-inquiry/645623/58 "2013-01-09T00:18:47Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > It’s true, JFK is still alive. [I saw a documentary about it](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubba_Ho-tep). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-implied-that-hillary-clinton-faked-her-concussion-to-avoid-the-senate-inquiry/645623/59 "2013-01-09T05:58:31Z")
My wife told me she was in some plane crash on a secrete mission in Iraq. Hence, the injury. Did I mention my wife started drinking again? I might have to start a whole new thread on _that_… ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-implied-that-hillary-clinton-faked-her-concussion-to-avoid-the-senate-inquiry/645623/60 "2013-01-09T16:44:38Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Wasn’t it just Allen West, who already lost anyway? Batman, Family Guy, that dude’s in everything. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-implied-that-hillary-clinton-faked-her-concussion-to-avoid-the-senate-inquiry/645623.md?page=2)