08-11-2016, 10:57 AM
(08-11-2016, 05:10 AM)Duchess Wrote:
That's the theory of the week. There's about 20 rightwing sites pushing that narrative right now.
In my opinion, this is a prime example of why legitimate areas of concern regarding Clinton won't drive Democrats and Independents to the Republican party and why a lot of intelligent Republicans are jumping ship.
The constant barrage of idiotic conspiracy theories and made-up crap presented as facts have become a mainstay of the far right, especially in regards to Clinton and Obama. Donald Trump has emerged as their fearless leader and the master of batshit bullshit like Obama birtherism, the Mexican government is engaged in a covert operation to send its rapists and murderers to the U.S., Bill and Hillary put a hit on JFK Jr to keep him out of the NY senate race, Obama and Clinton are the father and mother of ISIS, etc etc etc..
So, when either Clinton or Obama claims that a criticism or an accusation against them is just another baseless right-wing attack, it's quite easy for a lot of reasonable people to believe that explanation and move on.
Anyway, of course the letter Biggie posted is fake. Clinton's doctor attested earlier this week that Clinton is in good health. Immediately thereafter, a letter (supposedly authored by the same publicly-identified doctor) stating that Clinton has dementia appears on Twitter and is quickly deleted after it's screen-capped and presented as authentic by gullible, hateful, dullards on the far right who pick it up and run with it.
I don't even think Trump will touch this nonsense (but it won't surprise me if he does).