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5/14/14

US Presidential Elections: Clinton dismisses Karl Rove's reported 'brain damage' barb

Former U.S. president Bill Clinton said Wednesday his wife Hillary took six months to recover from a 2012 concussion, adding she is now "stronger than I am" as he dismissed Republican strategist Karl Rove's comments about her health.

"I got to give him credit, you know, that embodies that old saying that `consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,"' Bill Clinton said at a Washington conference.

"First they said she faked her concussion. And now they say she's auditioning for a part on The Walking Dead.'

The New York Post reported Tuesday that Rove suggested at a private conference near Los Angeles last week that Clinton suffered brain damage. Rove disputed that he was referring to any brain damage.

"I didn't say she had brain damage. I said she had a serious health episode," he said on Fox News.
Rove told Fox News, for which he is a commentator, that Clinton had a "serious health episode" that would be a legitimate issue for her in a potential bid for the Democratic presidential nomination "whether she likes it or not."

Clinton allies and the White House pushed back on Rove's comments, and Bill Clinton said he was "sort of dumbfounded" by the remarks.

Read more: Clinton dismisses Karl Rove's reported 'brain damage' barb - World - CBC News

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