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In reply to the discussion: Who Wrote The Melania Tweet? And Why? [View all]appalachiablue
(41,137 posts)45. Much about power & treatment of women in that story. I saw the segment.
OP article excerpt:
"The strain of Watergate may have even sent Martha to an early grave. In October 1975, she was diagnosed with an incurable form of bone-marrow cancer. For the rest of her days she wondered if the shot she received in California caused her illness. The following May she died, never having reconciled with her daughter.
Now, more than 40 years after Watergate, Martha's most lasting claim to fame may be what psychiatrists have dubbed "The Martha Mitchell Effect." That's what it's called when someone is mistakenly diagnosed as delusional, only for it to be revealed later that their "delusions" were actually true."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Mitchell
Martha Mitchell died fairly young at age 57, in 1976.
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Remember, PUtin is actually in charge of the WH and in charge of our country and everybody
Eliot Rosewater
May 2018
#1
She is probably just sick of the charade and prefers to live in peaceful luxury doing as she pleases
Freethinker65
May 2018
#29
Let's not overthink this -- Melania may still be incapacitated by her kidney thing
rocktivity
May 2018
#51