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RE: RE: Does this not concern anyone?



Hey, folks keep electing Strom Thurmond, who at 97, is the oldest darn
politician in the federal government.  I don't think it's a great idea, but
I'm sure it makes AARP happy.

-hf

> 
> The man has had FOUR heart attacks, one of which came _after_ 
> corrective bypass surgery.  
> 
> FDR's wheelchair was not a life threatening condition, nor is 
> getting blowjobs from your intern.. in fact.. that's probably 
> good for your health.. well - guess that all depends on the 
> intern..  We should conduct a study.  Wonder if we can get 
> federal grant money?  Reagan was a veg' before the end of his 
> term, and nobody was happy about that.  There will never be 
> another Taft, because we have a much better understanding of 
> health now than then.  
> 
> So yes - we should indeed take health into concern when 
> electing high power officials, much like you wouldn't hire a 
> 90 year old, neither should you hire someone with the same 
> likely lifespan as a 90 year old. 
> 
> -Nordberg
> 
> Jason Gerry <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Sure, it concerns me, but are we now going to say that we 
> won't elect
> someone to office who has health problems? Geez, open that 
> door and just
> watch the flood come through.
> 
> Hey, we've had a president who weighed 400 pounds (Taft), a 
> president in a
> wheelchair (FDR), a presidents who forget all kinds of stuff 
> in front of
> Congress (Ronald Reagan and George Bush), a president who 
> flat-out lied to
> the people of this country and wagged his disapproving finger 
> in our face
> (Clinton)... Why can't we just get over it?
> 
> If he croaks in office, he croaks in office. If he and George 
> W. win the
> election, they win the election! He chose to run, and if the 
> stress kills
> him, so be it.
> 
> jason
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 5:14 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Does this not concern anyone?
> 
> 
> 
> http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/29/cheney.checkup/
> 
> "The 59-year-old former congressman, defense secretary
>  and White House chief had suffered three previous heart
>  attacks over a period of more than 22 years and underwent
>  quadruple coronary bypass surgery in 1988."
> 
> Somehow.. I doubt that the Secret Service will spend as much effort
> defending him.  ;)
> 
> -Nordberg
> 
> 
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