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2006-12-14 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Fred 2006-12-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Unless Johnson dies

???

They are talking hypothetically, I assume.

Hopefully he will retire and enjoy what time he has left here on earth with his family without the added stress of governing.

Funny they wouldn't have thought about this a bit more than they seem to have before.

Posted by gorb 2006-12-14 02:41|| 2006-12-14 02:41|| Front Page Top

#2 This sounds eerily like what happened to My brother a few months ago. He's a lot younger, at least.

I don't like your politics, Mr. Johnson, but I hope you make a full recovery and live for many many years.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-12-14 07:47|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-12-14 07:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Frst of all, I know every Rantburger sends his or her prayers out for Senator Johnson - politics stops at the hospital door. It's all that much more tougher at Christamas time, so I hope he'll have a fast and full recovery.
From a discussion point of view, however, this brings up some interesting questions that will be looked at by BOTH parties. There is no standard - in ANY state, as nearly as I can tell - that covers when a Senator is considered 'incapacitated'. My call would be that if he cannot travel to Washington for the swearing in of the next Congress on january 4th, he could be considered incapacitated and unable to discharge his duties. If that call is made, the Democratic response will be swift, vicious, and violent - they will do everything possible to prevent the seating of a Republican senator, and I suspect that would include refusing to seat him without a new election.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2006-12-14 08:38|| 2006-12-14 08:38|| Front Page Top

#4 In related news, Majority Leader Harry Reid was treated for hypertension and persistent sphincter convulsions.

Posted by DepotGuy 2006-12-14 08:55|| 2006-12-14 08:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Yes, I hope a speedy recovery.

However, I think it is discriminatory that the dead can vote at the polls but can't vote in Congress. Its a grand ~~American~~ Donk tradition. Where's the equal protection clause when you need it? And you thought the Senate smelled before, just wait. [sarcasm off]

Posted by Procopius2k 2006-12-14 09:00|| 2006-12-14 09:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Seat got bad juju
In 1969, another South Dakota senator, Karl Mundt, a Republican, suffered a stroke while in office. Mundt continued to serve until the end of his term in January 1973, although he was unable to attend Senate sessions and was stripped of his committee assignments by the Senate Republican Conference in 1972.

Johnson, who was elected in 1996, holds the same seat previously held by Mundt.

Posted by Shipman 2006-12-14 10:37|| 2006-12-14 10:37|| Front Page Top

#7 politics stops at the hospital door.
Amen, brother.

The radio news coverage last night was sickening--like vultures circling. There was really no mention of how he was, where he was, or what had happened. Just a lot of "if-he-dies" speculation.

Posted by eLarson 2006-12-14 11:46|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2006-12-14 11:46|| Front Page Top

#8 http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061214/D8M0NO180.html

Johnson, 59, suffered from bleeding in the brain caused by a congenital malformation, the U.S. Capitol physician said. He described the surgery as successful. The condition, usually present at birth, causes tangled blood vessels that can block the flow of blood or rupture.

"The senator is recovering without complication," said the physician, Adm. John Eisold. "It is premature to determine whether further surgery will be required or to assess any long-term prognosis."

Eisold said doctors drained the blood that had accumulated in Johnson's brain and stopped continued bleeding.

Johnson's condition, also known as AVM, or arteriovenous malformation, causes arteries and veins to grow abnormally large and become tangled.

The condition is believed to affect about 300,000 Americans, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The institute's Web site said only about 12 percent of the people with the condition experience symptoms, ranging in severity. It kills about 3,000 people a year.

Posted by RWV 2006-12-14 12:12|| 2006-12-14 12:12|| Front Page Top

#9 Sen Tim Johnson expressing symptoms

Posted by RD 2006-12-14 13:28|| 2006-12-14 13:28|| Front Page Top

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