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Title: When you think the republicans have lost the senate...
Post by: redmenace on December 13, 2006, 06:23:18 pm
...this happens. If he dies, the next 2 years will be downright interesting.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061213/D8M08I700.html
Title: Re: When you think the republicans have lost the senate...
Post by: karajorma on December 13, 2006, 06:27:59 pm
Maybe they should start checking him for traces of polonium-210 :p
Title: Re: When you think the republicans have lost the senate...
Post by: Mars on December 13, 2006, 06:30:50 pm
I actually wondered for a moment if he'd been poisoned.
Title: Re: When you think the republicans have lost the senate...
Post by: Rictor on December 13, 2006, 06:36:13 pm
How convenient. Mr. Rove, I'm looking in your shadowy, sinister, bulbous direction.
Title: Re: When you think the republicans have lost the senate...
Post by: Ford Prefect on December 13, 2006, 06:43:16 pm
Oh, don't worry-- he's looking right back.
Title: Re: When you think the republicans have lost the senate...
Post by: Kosh on December 13, 2006, 07:48:38 pm
The timing of this makes me really suspicious....
Title: Re: When you think the republicans have lost the senate...
Post by: Mongoose on December 13, 2006, 08:05:22 pm
Yes...because Bush has the power to cause strokes...with his mind...

*cue creepy music*
Title: Re: When you think the republicans have lost the senate...
Post by: Nuclear1 on December 13, 2006, 09:51:21 pm
How convenient. Mr. Rove, I'm looking in your shadowy, sinister, bulbous direction.
The timing of this makes me really suspicious....

Yes, because it is possible for the Bush Administration to cause these sorts of conditions.

Honestly, both of you, that's just down right ridiculous.  Isn't it just possible for a 59-year-old man to have a stroke without there being some hideous neoconservative conspiracy behind it all? :rolleyes:
Title: Re: When you think the republicans have lost the senate...
Post by: redmenace on December 13, 2006, 10:03:10 pm
How convenient. Mr. Rove, I'm looking in your shadowy, sinister, bulbous direction.
The timing of this makes me really suspicious....
You mean like the convenience of finding out about mark foley right before an election?
Title: Re: When you think the republicans have lost the senate...
Post by: Kosh on December 13, 2006, 10:38:46 pm
Yes, but I think this a lot worse. Plus we also found out about a democratic scandal or two before the election......
Title: Re: When you think the republicans have lost the senate...
Post by: Turey on December 14, 2006, 12:00:13 am
Yes, but I think this a lot worse. Plus we also found out about a democratic scandal or two before the election......

Yeah, but none of the Democrats lost their jobs over it.
Title: Re: When you think the republicans have lost the senate...
Post by: Quest_techie on December 14, 2006, 02:34:14 am
the mark foley scandal and other generic dem scandals were timed that way intentionally, politics are a dirty game

59 seems a bit young for a stroke to me, not impossible by a long shot, probably on the start of "at risk" age, but still, snidge young

do consider though, that our government has done some shady dealings and things less than ethical to assure power of parties and personal betterment in the past <and the very recent past, hydrogen fuel cells anyone(this one is highlighting personal financial enrichment)>
Title: Re: When you think the republicans have lost the senate...
Post by: redmenace on December 14, 2006, 04:21:44 am
Anyway, this particular guy has had some bab health problems in the past, so a stroke is not a suprise.
Title: Re: When you think the republicans have lost the senate...
Post by: Rictor on December 14, 2006, 06:25:00 am
I wasn't actually being serious. Even if he did have the power to order assassinations, I doubt Bush would start offing Democrats to gain political leverage....Unless he's, like, completely insane. Which he doesn't seem to be.
Title: Re: When you think the republicans have lost the senate...
Post by: aldo_14 on December 14, 2006, 07:54:57 am
IIRC you can cause a stroke simply by injecting air into a vein, so it's really quite easy......but come on, let's be realistic here.  Even relatively young people - i.e. 20s or 30s - have strokes (such as my uncle).
Title: Re: When you think the republicans have lost the senate...
Post by: Mongoose on December 14, 2006, 10:49:10 am
And like red said, this guy apparently had a common congenital condition (arteriovenous malformation, if anyone cares) that predisposes oneself for a stroke.  Hope he manages to pull through, though.