Bill Clinton Speaks, Woman Faints at Event for Joe Manchin in West Virginia
Tom Diemer
Correspondent
Posted:
10/12/10
Former President Bill Clinton just kept talking, but West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin could see something was wrong and sprang from his chair behind Clinton at a campaign event in Morgantown, W. Va. on Monday. Then Clinton noticed: a woman near the front of the crowd had fainted, apparently from the heat.
Clinton, in his shirtsleeves, called for a doctor and one in the audience quickly responded. "Give her some water, it's hot out here," Clinton said. "She'll be fine." The ex-president tried to continue his speech on behalf of Manchin's Senate campaign, but he couldn't resist a little joke.
"Believe me, rarely at my age does a lady faint on me," he quipped. Clinton is 64. He was headed for Nevada on Tuesday to campaign for another Democratic Senate candidate, Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Clinton, in his shirtsleeves, called for a doctor and one in the audience quickly responded. "Give her some water, it's hot out here," Clinton said. "She'll be fine." The ex-president tried to continue his speech on behalf of Manchin's Senate campaign, but he couldn't resist a little joke.
"Believe me, rarely at my age does a lady faint on me," he quipped. Clinton is 64. He was headed for Nevada on Tuesday to campaign for another Democratic Senate candidate, Majority Leader Harry Reid.