Hillary Clinton’s health has been a source of speculation for quite some time now. The former New York senator’s health has been publicly deteriorating lately, and her latest medical episode was caught on video by a citizen journalist after she abruptly left a 9/11 memorial service after she began to feel ill.

After experiencing what appears to be a “freeze,” where she could not move, she was helped into a large black van, falling and losing her shoe on the way in.

Dr. Ted Noel, who is a retired Florida physician, provides some insight into Clinton’s health and the apparent freeze before getting into the van. Dr. Noel remains skeptical about the official explanation for her current health crisis that she was dehydrated. Nor does he believe that she has pneumonia.

He points out in his latest video, “Hillary Clinton — Ground Zero Analysis,” that as Clinton is helped into the van by Secret Service agents, her entire body, including her neck, remain rigid, even as she falls into the van.

“If you or I are falling forward, we will act to protect ourselves. We will push our hands forward to break our fall while bending our head forward to see how we can best protect ourselves. Hillary does none of this. She is frozen in position, incapable of protecting herself or assisting the team. It’s as if she’s a mannequin.”

Dr. Noel then posits the theory that Clinton felt her health worsening, her levodopa levels falling and she realized she needed to leave, but didn’t get out in time. While waiting, he says, she could have had a Parkinson’s freeze, where her mind knows what’s going on but her body was not cooperating.

If Clinton really did have pneumonia, he says, she should have been rushed to a hospital after she collapsed, but instead was taken to daughter Chelsea’s apartment. Ninety minutes later Hillary’s health seemed back to normal. That doesn’t happen when a person is suffering from a serious illness like pneumonia.

“If Hillary has pneumonia bad enough to make her collapse, she’s not going to be able to put on a happy face for the cameras.”

Ever since this medical episode, Hillary’s health has been a huge issue and a trending topic in social media. Clinton has also maintained a low profile since heading to her home in Chappaqua, New York, where she is said to be recovering. However, on Monday night she did a phone interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, during which she said she didn’t think her illness would be “that big a deal.”

Clinton then claimed that it was very hot and humid, when in fact is was actually rather mild with a breeze and moderate humidity with a high of 85 degrees, according to The Weather Channel. That’s hardly hot enough to cause heat stroke or dehydration, and in any event, those who experience these things don’t just bounce back after 90 minutes.

Hillary was neither sweating profusely — as Dr. Noel pointed out in his video — nor did she have flushed skin or vomiting before getting into the van. Her handlers should have removed her jacket and immediately given her some water before the van arrived. It’s difficult to accept that not a single one of her handlers had a bottle of water in their possession for such an event, given Clinton’s tendency to collapse from dehydration.

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Since Monday evening, though, Hillary Clinton has not resurfaced as of this publication. However, NPR reports that she is scheduled to return to the campaign trail on Thursday.

Her plans to continue campaigning so soon after what appears to be a major health issue is troubling. More so if she does, indeed, have a serious, debilitating and degenerative neurological disorder, such as Parkinson’s disease. If she manages to get elected in November, her chronic health problems will render her unable to serve. And who would serve in her place should that happen?

As Chicago Tribune’s John Kass writes, the duty would officially fall to Tim Kaine, but as a Clinton loyalist, he would likely have little power. The duty would fall on Bill Clinton. The former president would take over Hillary’s duties should her health decline. It’s not unheard of and it is not the first time this has happened. As Kass writes, Woodrow Wilson’s wife essentially ran the show during his last few months in office after his health suffered following a stroke.

“Edith Wilson was the boss. And so it would be with Bill, even more so because Edith Wilson was not a former president.”

Even though the 25th Amendment calls for the Vice President to take over the duties of President should the sitting president die or be unable to fulfill his or her duties, there is little doubt that Kaine would merely be a figurehead, acting as president, while Bill Clinton worked the machine behind the scenes. And this is where it gets a little more clear as to why the establishment wants Hillary to win.

Bill Clinton could be the actual reason why the DNC will resist nominating Bernie Sanders, the runner-up, should Hillary’s health become worse. Bernie won’t work with the powers that be, and would not give them what they want. If Hillary Clinton can make it long enough to get into the White House, Bill can take over and act as de facto president. If Hillary’s health becomes such that she must resign, her V.P., Tim Kaine, would give the oligarchy what it wants.

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Hillary has stated before that Bill would take care of the economic policy should she win, according to a CNN report. Bill has stumped for her since 2007. He appeared multiple times on late night talk shows, like David Letterman. After then-Senator Barack Obama was nominated in 2008, Bill Clinton appeared on Letterman for a full show and discussed the flailing economy. Letterman then asked him who would actually want the job of digging the economy out of its current hole.

“We’ll have a new administration in five, six weeks, and you ask yourself, or does it ever occur to you, who in God’s name would really want the job now?”

Bill’s answer was just vague enough that most people didn’t think anything of it. In hindsight, however, it leaves one wondering if he was speaking of himself.

“In the traditional game theory, everybody should want it now, because they figured it can’t get any worse … I think it would be a great honor to be President now because the American people deserve a stable financial system.”

He later said he would not want to be president now, but given what’s happened in the last eight years, it’s possible he is relishing the opportunity to be back in the White House again, even if it’s as First Gentleman. If Hillary’s doctors can maintain her health long enough for her to be sworn in, then the establishment will get what it wants: Bill in the White House and Tim Kaine as a backup.

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