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dsc

(53,368 posts)
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:22 AM 20 hrs ago

Joe Scarborough said that Bill Clinton has Parkinsons

he walked it back after a minute or two, but is this a secret that he exposed? I listen to Way Too Early as I get ready for work and if I am behind I catch the first few minutes of Morning Joe. This was during that part of Morning Joe.

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bearsfootball516

(6,698 posts)
1. Unfortunate, but it wouldn't surprise me if that's correct.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:25 AM
20 hrs ago

He's looked rougher the past couple years. When he gave his speech at the 2024 DNC Convention, he didn't have the same fastball he used to.

Liberal In Texas

(16,177 posts)
2. There are several things that have symptoms similar to Parkinson's
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:30 AM
20 hrs ago

Essential Tremor is one and not that uncommon.
The only way to determine if it's Parkinson's is a biopsy test or a brain scan.
Parkinson's isn't fatal. It's progressive and can be very debilitating.

Believe me. I know all about it.

Liberal In Texas

(16,177 posts)
12. Well, according to that he had himself tested.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:52 AM
19 hrs ago

And he doesn't have Parkinson's:

Clinton also revealed his initial worry that the tremor could be related to Parkinson’s disease.

“The first time it happened, I had to go get myself checked to make sure I didn’t have Parkinson’s.”

He was “so relieved” to find out he did not have Parkinson’s that he “didn’t care how much it shook after that.”

Autumn

(48,908 posts)
5. Now Dr. Dead Intern, please tell us what is wrong with Trump. Because that fucker can't even get
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:33 AM
20 hrs ago

manage to put a full sentence together.

eShirl

(20,194 posts)
6. in 2009 Clinton said his doctor told him his tremor was not Parkinson's
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:35 AM
20 hrs ago
GUPTA: One thing I notice when I was talking to you -- we talked about this before -- when you point with your finger --

CLINTON: Sometimes it shakes. See it's a little shake, no shake here. I've been tested for it. I don't have Parkinson's.

GUPTA: Don't have it.

CLINTON: The doctor told me as people age, they become more vulnerable, for example, to having these muscles. Like if I write a lot.

GUPTA: Yes.

CLINTON: Or play video games or, you know, just do anything like that, anything with a lot of my fingers, and these tighten up, or if I'm tired, if I'm working hard, it will cause your hands to shake. So see that's pretty calm today, a little bit of shake, none over here. And some days they both shake, some days none of them do. And I was quite concerned about it, because if I had Parkinson's, I wanted to know, so I could prepare.

I had it tested and the doctor says, no, it's just a normal aging phenomenon.
https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/lkl/date/2009-03-11/segment/01

doc03

(39,012 posts)
10. He doesn't look well and he has had that tremor in his hands for quite a while. nt
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:26 AM
19 hrs ago

Scrivener7

(59,227 posts)
13. In 2015, Joe Scarborough said trump was a great guy. He generally doesn't know what he's talking about.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:57 AM
19 hrs ago

Buckeyeblue

(6,326 posts)
14. Hand shaking in older people is not uncommon
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 10:00 AM
19 hrs ago

And Bill is going to be 80 in August. Plus he had 8 years as president which probably is equivalent of an additional 10 years of aging.

I remember in an interview him saying that longevity does run in his family.

But I think he looks like a typical 80 year old. And he seems much more cognitively sound than Trump.

JustAnotherGen

(37,934 posts)
15. He's an idiot
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 10:01 AM
19 hrs ago

I'm sure this made up b.s. will be used against our Candidates this November.

I know it is crazy town thinking - but that's where our media is.

Anything and everything to attack Democrats.

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