View Full Version : President Clinton Had a Heart Attack
It just came across bloomberg -- trying to get more info.............
Frieda
09-03-2004, 03:23 PM
president clinton?
from cnn:
BREAKING NEWS Doctors tell former President Bill Clinton that he needs heart bypass surgery, sources tell CNN. Details soon.
Willow Sylph
09-03-2004, 03:29 PM
Too much adultery'll do it. :p
Frieda
09-03-2004, 03:31 PM
hmmmmm.. nothing on dutch sites yet
hey, if they tell him he´s going to need it that means he´s alive.. which is a good thing!
what's awful is that we all chowed down to mcdonalds for lunch today then the news came over the wire and i go "fark -- look what mcdonalds we'll do it you" :(
Smartypants
09-03-2004, 04:21 PM
washingtonpost.com
Bill Clinton Hospitalized, to Undergo Heart Bypass Surgery
Tom Hays
Associated Press
Friday, September 3, 2004; 1:17 PM
NEW YORK -- Former President Bill Clinton will undergo heart bypass surgery after complaining of mild chest pain and shortness of breath, his office said Friday.
Clinton was being admitted to New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia, a statement said. He had seen a doctor first on Thursday, and additional tests Friday revealed the need for the surgery, it said.
Clinton canceled a two-day joint trip with his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, across upstate New York.
The senator and the couple's daughter, Chelsea, will be with the former president in New York City, the statement said.
Clinton, 58, had a cancerous growth removed from his back shortly after leaving office in early 2001. It turned out to be basal cell carcinoma, the most treatable form of skin cancer. In 1996, he had had a precancerous lesion removed from his nose and a year before that had a benign cyst taken off his chest.
Other than that, Clinton has had the normal health problems that often accompany aging -- periods of slightly elevated cholesterol and hearing loss -- and an appetite for junk food. In 1997, he was fitted with hearing aids. He has also suffered from allergies.
In Little Rock, Ark., Clinton's mother-in-law, Dorothy Rodham, said Clinton had called her to tell her about his chest pains.
"He sounded wonderful as usual and very upbeat as he always is," she said. "I just told him how much I love him."
She said she didn't know if he was in the hospital when he called.
There was no official word on when the surgery would take place. A source said the surgery was not likely to take place Friday, but instead at a later date.
An angiogram given to Clinton revealed "significant blockage," said a Democratic official, who had discussed the condition with the former president's staff. It did not appear that Clinton suffered a heart attack, he said. Both sources spoke on condition of anonymity.
The statement by Clinton's office said the former president "went to Northern Westchester Hospital yesterday afternoon after experiencing mild chest pain and shortness of breath. Initial testing was normal and he spent the night at home in nearby Chappaqua, N.Y. After undergoing additional testing this morning at Westchester Medical Center, doctors advised he should undergo bypass surgery."
Hillary Clinton is gearing up for a 2006 re-election bid seen by many as a prelude to a run for president in 2008 should John Kerry fail in his bid for the White House this year.
The Clintons had planned a stop at the State Fair in Syracuse on Friday afternoon and then had been expected to head north for stops in Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties near the Canadian border on Friday night and on Saturday.
Associated Press writers Ron Fournier and Marc Humbert in Albany, N.Y., contributed to this report.
nycwriters
09-03-2004, 05:13 PM
No shit! :eek:
dinzdale
09-03-2004, 05:29 PM
Originally posted by Willow Sylph
Too much adultery'll do it. :p
No shit! :eek:
Originally posted by dinzdale
No shit! :eek:
it can happen
so you better keep it in your pants you old coot!!!!
bealeblues
09-03-2004, 05:47 PM
who knew heart disease was actually a venereal disease?
nycwriters
09-03-2004, 05:51 PM
Shut up. All of you. I like the Bubba-ster.
bealeblues
09-03-2004, 05:53 PM
right. because everyone paid so much fvcking respect to President Reagan when he actually DIED
nycwriters
09-03-2004, 05:55 PM
and right. Reagan's wife is such a fan of the current prez, she showed up at his convention.
*swoosh*
what does that have to do with anything???
bealeblues
09-03-2004, 05:57 PM
i'm not trying to turn this into a goddamn political debate b/c i honestly couldn't care less. i'm just not rallying around bubba when so much vitriole was spewed at reagan when it wasn't the appropriate time. if you want to bash while he's alive, so be it. but the presidency goes beyond the man. i think the office itself deserved more respect than what was collectively shown after his death, regardless if you liked him or not
Willow Sylph
09-03-2004, 05:58 PM
Oops - edit to add: I meant to reply to rmr's response, not yours, Bealio!
what does that have to do with anything???
Yeah!
Klynne
09-03-2004, 05:58 PM
Originally posted by nycwriters
Shut up. All of you. I like the Bubba-ster.
I like him too!
zenbabe
09-03-2004, 05:58 PM
Originally posted by nycwriters
Shut up. All of you. I like the Bubba-ster.
I totally would have done him!
Originally posted by bealeblues
i'm not trying to turn this into a goddamn political debate b/c i honestly couldn't care less. i'm just not rallying around bubba when so much vitriole was spewed at reagan when it wasn't the appropriate time. if you want to bash while he's alive, so be it. but the presidency goes beyond the man. i think the office itself deserved more respect than what was collectively shown after his death, regardless if you liked him or not
it's a total double standard -- rip on the dead man but make fun of a guy that got blow jobs in the white house from some beeyatch other than his wife and some how you're cold -- and i still love to know what nancy reagan had to do with the conversation at hand -- cause I DON'T GET IT
Willow Sylph
09-03-2004, 06:02 PM
Originally posted by zenbabe
I totally would have done him! Guh-rooooooose!
Willow Sylph
09-03-2004, 06:03 PM
Perhaps we should all continue this in Ally's Tea thread.
zenbabe
09-03-2004, 06:05 PM
Originally posted by Willow Sylph
Guh-rooooooose!
Clinton, not Reagan!!!
nycwriters
09-03-2004, 06:06 PM
Originally posted by bealeblues
i'm not trying to turn this into a goddamn political debate b/c i honestly couldn't care less. i'm just not rallying around bubba when so much vitriole was spewed at reagan when it wasn't the appropriate time. if you want to bash while he's alive, so be it. but the presidency goes beyond the man. i think the office itself deserved more respect than what was collectively shown after his death, regardless if you liked him or not
You don't feel he was shown respect?
His goddamn body was toted all over the country in a week-long spectacle ... it was on the news 24/7. There were pages and pages of newsprint on him -- his life, what he did, etc...
I have nothing against him. I was actually taught up north that he did good things for America -- but reading some stuff here, I guess I didn't know the whole picture.
As for Nancy ... loose linear. Her son spoke at the dem convention. Nancy doesn't respect the current admin -- didn't show at the repub convention, refused ... respect, respect, respect... blah, blah, blah.
sparticle
09-03-2004, 06:07 PM
I couldn't care a frog's fat ass about either one of them.
Originally posted by nycwriters
You don't feel he was shown respect?
His goddamn body was toted all over the country in a week-long spectacle ... it was on the news 24/7. There were pages and pages of newsprint on him -- his life, what he did, etc...
I have nothing against him. I was actually taught up north that he did good things for America -- but reading some stuff here, I guess I didn't know the whole picture.
As for Nancy ... loose linear. Her son spoke at the dem convention. Nancy doesn't respect the current admin -- didn't show at the repub convention, refused ... respect, respect, respect... blah, blah, blah.
i think he was talking about the people on the board.......
bealeblues
09-03-2004, 06:09 PM
i was talking about the respect of the office as shown on this board, not the nation. i think the national coverage was fitting for a president, democrat or republican. remember, it's about the OFFICE, not the party. i'm not losing sight of that. i think bubba will deserve the same treatment when he dies (sooner or later) because he was president, not because i liked him (or not).
yeah this isn't a political debate (at least not for me) it's about the double standard shown on the board.
eta: if clinton had died instead of reagan and we talked about CLINTON the way you guys talked about reagan we would have been chased off the board and YOU KNOW IT. I remember when xfox made a post about her political beliefs and she was told she was "stupid" for having them....that's an intelligent answer..and thanks she left right after that.........in my opinion it's not only disrespectful of the office of the president but i find it disrespectful to so called fellow "monkeys"
nycwriters
09-03-2004, 06:11 PM
I still like Bubba.
Would love to see him as Prez again. Sadly, that can't happen.
You realize he's the only Prez that STILL has a strong approval rating even after vacating the White House? Remarkable. People love him.
As do I. I love the Bubba-ster.
Willow Sylph
09-03-2004, 06:12 PM
Originally posted by sparticle
I couldn't care a frog's fat ass about either one of them. I'll drink to that!
bealeblues
09-03-2004, 06:14 PM
fantastic. i hope he has a speedy recovery.
and i'm done.
sparticle
09-03-2004, 06:16 PM
Originally posted by Willow Sylph
I'll drink to that!
Have one for me -- they're on the house. :D
I'm posting this again here.........since you all moved so far ahead of me..........
eta: if clinton had died instead of reagan and we talked about CLINTON the way you guys talked about reagan we would have been chased off the board and YOU KNOW IT. I remember when xfox made a post about her political beliefs and she was told she was "stupid" for having them....that's an intelligent answer..and thanks she left right after that.........in my opinion it's not only disrespectful of the office of the president but i find it disrespectful to so called fellow "monkeys"
nycwriters
09-03-2004, 06:18 PM
I know the post you are talking about. I think I responded to it. (Not to Xfox, the other).
ok -- so it's all good because YOU made two posts ( and please don't go back and count them and tell me you posted three).........you are missing the entire message of what i said.........but then of course then you'd have to agree that there is a double standard
Willow Sylph
09-03-2004, 06:22 PM
Originally posted by rmr
I'm posting this again here.........since you all moved so far ahead of me..........
eta: if clinton had died instead of reagan and we talked about CLINTON the way you guys talked about reagan we would have been chased off the board and YOU KNOW IT. I remember when xfox made a post about her political beliefs and she was told she was "stupid" for having them....that's an intelligent answer..and thanks she left right after that.........in my opinion it's not only disrespectful of the office of the president but i find it disrespectful to so called fellow "monkeys" I agree. I've already been chastised for talking sheeit about Clinton.
lapietra
09-03-2004, 06:38 PM
I like Clinton and I hope he gets better.
I don't like Bush but I don't want anything bad to happen to him... just that he goes away somewhere.... far, far away...
I didn't like Reagan as a president but he seemed like a nice man.
Originally posted by lapietra
I like Clinton and I hope he gets better.
I don't like Bush but I don't want anything bad to happen to him... just that he goes away somewhere.... far, far away...
I didn't like Reagan as a president but he seemed like a nice man.
i respect that.....and that's my whole point.........it's not a two way street and that's well known even if it isn't admitted.
nycwriters
09-03-2004, 07:11 PM
Originally posted by rmr
ok -- so it's all good because YOU made two posts ( and please don't go back and count them and tell me you posted three).........you are missing the entire message of what i said.........but then of course then you'd have to agree that there is a double standard
Uh. I'm not speaking for the entire board. I was speaking for myself. I never said anything was all good -- or not.
ok, so just to clarify, you are saying you are completely innocent of it.
nycwriters
09-03-2004, 07:13 PM
Have another drink Ruth.
Coffee
09-03-2004, 07:16 PM
Uhhhhhh....do the guidlines state that this is supposed to be a bi/non-partizan board?
In nature...do birds of a feather tend generally to flock together.
Do sparrows chase blue jays, do blue jays chase crows, and do crows chase hawks?
Do people sometimes jump down other peoples throats when they say something that personally offends them...regardless of how others feel about it.
Just wondering.
bealeblues
09-03-2004, 07:16 PM
maybe i've had too many to drink b/c i missed the relevance of both nancy and the drink?
edited to add:
you know what, fvck what i was about to add. i'm just going to enjoy my buzz. not worth it otherwise.
Originally posted by nycwriters
Have another drink Ruth.
excuse me....i'm at work. thanks for trying to insult me though
this is your pattern, if you are not right you come out attacking. I honestly feel sorry for you.
nycwriters
09-03-2004, 07:19 PM
Ok. I'm glad you feel sorry for me.
Cheers.
bealeblues
09-03-2004, 07:21 PM
the cheers should be for me-- i'm the alcoholic at work
nycwriters
09-03-2004, 07:21 PM
Cheers Beale! :)
nycwriters
09-03-2004, 07:39 PM
Originally posted by bealeblues
maybe i've had too many to drink b/c i missed the relevance of the drink?
About the same as me having anything to do with Reagan bashing. I never said boo about it during that discussion because I'm not informed on the man and his policies, wasn't living here.
No logical sense. Must be booze.
Cheers! :)
trisherina
09-03-2004, 07:49 PM
Aside from welfare reform and a new social more in young people, who now figure oral sex is a meaningless act: caretaker president.
Of course you need those, too.
Frieda
09-03-2004, 08:02 PM
yeah we all need oral sex
Smartypants
09-03-2004, 09:13 PM
http://www.citypaper.net/articles/100401/pics/cs.sam.jpg
I ain't sayin' nuttin'!
*sigh*
trisherina
09-03-2004, 10:08 PM
As for Nancy Reagan not showing up at the RNC, why should she? She's spoken out many times regarding her disapproval of how Dubya handled the stem cell issue, a disapproval I happen to share. I think it shows integrity when once in a long while a political figure refuses to be a political whore just for political expedience.
Be nice if more of em did it, more often.
nycwriters
09-03-2004, 10:20 PM
Absolutely.
funkytuba
09-07-2004, 03:17 AM
Originally posted by Smartypants
washingtonpost.com
Bill Clinton Hospitalized, to Undergo Heart Bypass Surgery
[...]
Clinton canceled a two-day joint trip with his wife
so I'm guessing he was planning on inhaling this time....
*rim shot*
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