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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Or heat, or standing around for a long time, or being in a large crowd, or not eating breakfast that morning...
This whole fainting thing is COMPLETELY a media creation. People faint at political events all the time, and the accepted practice is for the speaker to pause and compassionately make sure that person is okay. It looks great for the speaker to take care of their fallen supporter like that. I've seen video of both Clintons AND McCain doing it. It's totally no big deal, until somebody in the media latches onto it and makes a video of several instances of it happening and turns it into a phenomenon.
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I agree with your point. But don't you think Obama plays it up really well? "Oh, I see we have someone who may have fainted, here give them my water. Let's get some help (back, over, down) here." He's the first person I've noticed doing this. Or is it just that when he does it it ends up on my TV?