half-heimers

[Michael Covarrubias]

Bill Cunningham to NPR's Robert Siegel about John McCain:

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Sad -- it is very sad for a gentleman who did not hear what I said --
who has met me several times but has forgotten about it -- he might have
half-heimers-- The guy's getting a bit old. It is sad when he forgets
meeting me and then having not heard me he criticizes words that I
didn't say, that he didn't hear, and then throws me under the Straight
Talk Express.
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So if full dementia is of the All(z)heimer's type, temporary mild or
selective memory loss is of the Half-heimers type.

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