DeLay Treated for Heart Condition

[DoYouEverWonder]

March 10, 2005, 5:41 PM EST

WASHINGTON -- House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was treated for a heart condition Thursday at Bethesda National Naval Medical Center, his office said.

The Texas Republican was released and returned home after a series of tests. He intends to stick to his plans to go to Florida, Georgia and Texas this weekend.

Capt. Michael Curran, the head of cardiology at the hospital, said in a statement that the 57-year-old Delay, who met doctors at the Capitol and then Bethesda after experiencing minor fatigue, has a condition known as arrhythmia, or an irregular heartbeat.

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-delay-heart-condition,0,1472191.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[CubsFan1982]

1. He has a heart? n/t

[ktowntennesseedem]

10. I guess "lack-of" is considered a condition, too.

[rurallib]

12. Yes - just never used unless a huge pile of money is nearby.

[gnofg]

27. wrong organ

money excites a different organ in most repubs.

[BlueInRed]

28. Exactly what I thought, he can't b/c he doesn't have a heart, like Cheney!

[merwin]

67. That was my first thought too!

[shantipriya]

75. DeLay's heart

Yes,he has a heart BUT it's made of stone

[AFSCME girl]

77. You took the words right of my mouth! n/t

:hi:

[tinrobot]

82. It's like the Grinch's...

...pre-Cindy Lou Who, but smaller.

[Arkana]

2. Hmmm...bet they had some trouble finding the damn thing

[rkc3]

3. Here we go - let the insults start flying.

[roguevalley]

4. Live, you pirate. I want you in jail.

[whistle]

5. Right, cardiomyopathy, a heart of stone!

[Tansy_Gold]

21. cardiolithopathy??? n/t

.

[whistle]

44. What is cardiolithopathy?

[Tansy_Gold]

58. a.k.a. "Tom Delay Disease"

cardio = heart
litho = stone
pathy = disease

I made it up.

[meow2u3]

68. ROTFLMBO!!!

I like your new diagnosis so much I posted it on the Yahoo message board. Thanx in advance. :)

[Tansy_Gold]

71. diagnosis

Glad you liked it! No copyright or patent, so feel free to spread the joy.

[whistle]

93. Very good

:evilgrin:

[saracat]

6. Ha! Just like Michael Jackson, he gets'sick"

when evidence is against him! ROFL!

[gademocrat7]

26. But is he too ill

to stand trial? I hope not.

[Rainscents]

7. So, how it feel to be sick DeLay????

What comes around, goes around... God always has way to punish them.

[hyphenate]

8. I noticed that I'm

not the only one who wondered if he even had one. ;)

[Blue_In_AK]

11. That was certainly my first thought.....

[Auntie Bush]

41. A heart attack!!! That's like a woman having prostate cancer.

[Blue_In_AK]

69. Oh, that's a good one!

[RobertSeattle]

9. SOCIALIZED MEDICINE!!!

I always find it amusing when it turns out some of the best medicine you can get is at Bethesda which in right wing parlance would be called "Socialized Medicine".

[demigoddess]

88. amen brother, I have been saying for years that 'socialized' medicine is

good enough for the military, senate, house, president, vice president and probably most of the government workers but not for the ones who foot the bills for it. God what a cretinous bunch.

[KT2000]

13. Too bad for the bugman

lots of people are stating to show up with arrythmias after exposure to pesticides. At least he gets to share in some of the misery he has gotten rich off of.
He has always looked like a pretty sick guy.

[Bouncy Ball]

14. I think we should all send him really greasy

hamburgers with four slices of cheese, sauteed mushrooms, bacon and onions fried in real butter.

Oh and with an inch of mayo and a side of french fries. And 500 buckets of heavily buttered movie theater popcorn.

[Rainscents]

15. lol

[Dave Reynolds]

16. I gues it's not healthy when the heart

is small, black, and cold.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. Hmm arrythmia emerges when somebody is under

amazing stress....

Gee you think Delay is under any stress?

NAH!

By the way, he got treated by a Naval Captain O-6... I am betting he is going to go for a second opinion, and he got taken care off fairly fast

... in a governemnt facility.... aren't conservatives against Socialism?

(by the way, I am not against him getting treated, but he will get far better care than most of us)

[ElectroPrincess]

33. I wasn't aware that Delay qualified for being treated at Bethesda

Naval Hospital? He's NOT a veteran or retired military is he? Oh, he's got connections ... not sure how the government representative pukes with all their socialized health care fit into the military hospital system here in D.C. Our Representatives more than anyone else should be pushing for AT LEAST what they are blessed to enjoy with regard to medical services.

[Charon]

74. Bethesda

I Believe all members of Congress can use the Navy Hospital for medical care.

[leetrisck]

18. Wounded soldier turned away from Bethesda

while chicken hawk was treated.

[DoYouEverWonder]

19. Maybe he's just got a case

of Clenis Envy?

[Babel_17]

20. Developments like this can ....

often be interpreted to mean that the person in question has come to realize that the criminal charges against them truly are serious.

It gives ones lawyer additional leverage for delays and possibly even judge shopping and, "worst comes to worst", it can have value when it comes to sentencing.

Back when the Plame affair was fresh and Novak was experiencing the initial heat of the investigation I could have sworn he was practicing getting his "old guy with a shaky memory" groove on. That's going by a few of his appearances on TV.

As the heat on him lessened so did his act. That's my very subjective 2 cents anyways.

[CountAllVotes]

22. good analysis

thanks, I appreciate this ... helps me get a clue I think :think: :think: :think: :eyes:

:kick:

[ClayZ]

30. The intravenous Koolaid drip got clogged.

The he had a small moment of perplexity, he took his head out of his a**, saw the light, and was temporarily blinded. It scared him into a panic attack, and the two remaining cells in his heart started spitting at each other. I recommend Retirement in a Federal Prison.

But, I am not a doctor.

:smoke:

[rodeodance]

34. your anaylis sure fits the Jackco circus also!!

[snippy]

23. Just the typical GOP "malignant heart and deceitful tongue."

Nothing some more illegal lobbying contributions won't fix.

[Rose Siding]

24. He's been under a lot of stress lately

;)

[ClintonTyree]

25. How can you treat stone?

There's nothing else is that chest cavity of his but a big old chunk of granite.

Die, Delay. Die. I rarely wish something like that on a human being, but I don't think we're dealing with a human being here, so DIE YOU HEARTLESS, EVIL FREAK!

[Neverarepublican]

29. Whatever

Does everyone know what that means?

[MasonJar]

31. I ditto #1. I didn't know he had one. It must be made of stone.

[Anakin Skywalker]

32. This Son of a B*tch Has a Heart?

I know many will/have said the same thing. But hey, go with the first thought, right? :)

[Thor_MN]

35. What? Lack of?

[powergirl]

36. TOM DELAY HOSPITALIZED FOR HEART CONDITION

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=512&ncid=1278&e=10&u=/ap/20050310/ap_on_go_co/delay_heart_condition

DeLay Treated for Heart Condition

1 hour, 37 minutes ago Politics - U. S. Congress
I think the dogs are nipping at his heels. I think the criminal case against him for campaign contribution fraud is picking up steam and he's getting antsy. Interesting, I didn't know he even had a heart . . .


WASHINGTON - House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was treated for a heart condition Thursday at Bethesda National Naval Medical Center, his office said.



The Texas Republican was released and returned home after a series of tests. He intends to stick to his plans to go to Florida, Georgia and Texas this weekend.


Capt. Michael Curran, the head of cardiology at the hospital, said in a statement that the 57-year-old Delay, who met doctors at the Capitol and then Bethesda after experiencing minor fatigue, has a condition known as arrhythmia, or an irregular heartbeat.
More at the link above . . .

[Theres-a]

37. He has a heart?

[Mojambo]

38. Good thing he has quality health care

Wish his constituents could say the same thing.

[elfin]

83. The Michael Jackson strategy

to avoid facing your accusers and the press when you are guilty as hell. Who knew Tommy takes his cues from a pedophile?

[Massachusetts]

39. Oh Tommy.......

tick, tick,tick,tick,tick...

Hahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :mad:

[theHandpuppet]

40. You mean they actually found one?

A heart, that is?

[Skittles]

65. I find that shocking too eom

[raysr]

42. The "Wooden Stake"

therapy is certainly callled for.

[whistle]

45. Yes, that would be appropriate

[Greylyn58]

43. Don't you first have to have a heart

to have it treated?

I can't even muster up any sympathy for any of these Repukes since they have none for the rest of us.

:evilfrown:

[despairing optimist]

46. Watch out, everyone. Heaven's about to get gerrymandered.

[wicket]

47. Hmmm... same day the Big Dog goes in

n/t

[BlueInRed]

50. I heard Bill Clinton's surgery ended up being complicated and over 4 hours

He'd apparently built up scar tissue up to a 1/3 of an inch thick over the entire lower half of one lung and it had to be peeled away. I heard it will take him as long to recover as the first time.

:(

[wicket]

53. oh no!

I hope he'll be ok :(

[Libby2]

48. Hush libby

Hush !!

[bunkerbuster1]

49. The Tom, The

That's what my message means in English!

[Zech Marquis]

51. could have fooled me

I didn't know weasaly snake oil salesmen like DeLay had hearts! And there's no bad karma when it comes to dissing this bastard :evilgrin:

[peacetalksforall]

52. It's one of their tactics of unreality - pretend that the man has a heart.

Illusion. Delusion.

There is no heart there. That man is solid evil pretending to be a human with the help of a doctor, a hospital, and a press release.

[goodboy]

54. Biting my tongue...can't...help...it....must....wish...the worst...should

happen to this ASSHOLEBASTARDFUCKINGPRICKDIRTYUGLYPIGFUCKER!

[Arugula Latte]

57. Bwaaa!

If I were drinking something I would be wiping my keyboard right now! :D

[goodboy]

59. It should also be coming out your nose.....:P

[Coastie for Truth]

55. Arrhythmia is a warning

usually the only symptom is cardiac arrest. (That's why there are AED's - Automatic Electronic Defibrillators - every where).

I hope he takes care of himself, and takes things easier, and retires.

-I'm a "Faith Based Progressive" - I don't wish anybody ill -- and if God wants Tom, she will take him.

[CBHagman]

61. The rain falls on the just and the unjust.

That said, a best-case scenario would make DeLay develop some perspective and, one would hope, the ability to REPENT of his vicious behavior.

Just a suggestion...

[Arugula Latte]

56. He must have done something wrong.

Jebus and God are punishing him. That's the way it goes, right?

[leesa]

60. I doubt this. He is probably going for the sympathy bid.

Lousy POS doesn't have a heart.

[LeftyMom]

62. Apparently it's three sizes too small

You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch.
You really are a heel.
You're as cuddly as a cactus,
You're as charming as an eel.
Mr. Grinch.

You're a bad banana
With a greasy black peel.

You're a monster, Mr. Grinch.
Your heart's an empty hole.
Your brain is full of spiders,
You've got garlic in your soul.
Mr. Grinch.

I wouldn't touch you, with a
thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole.

You're a vile one, Mr. Grinch.
You have termites in your smile.
You have all the tender sweetness
Of a seasick crocodile.
Mr. Grinch.

Given the choice between the two of you
I'd take the seasick crockodile.

You're a foul one, Mr. Grinch.
You're a nasty, wasty skunk.
Your heart is full of unwashed socks
Your soul is full of gunk.
Mr. Grinch.

The three words that best describe you, are as follows, and I quote:


You're a rotter, Mr. Grinch.
You're the king of sinful sots.
Your heart's a dead tomato splotched
With moldy purple spots,
Mr. Grinch.

Your soul is an apalling dump heap overflowing
with the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable
rubbish imaginable,
Mangled up in tangled up knots.

You nauseate me, Mr. Grinch.
With a nauseaus super-naus.
You're a crooked jerky jockey
And you drive a crooked hoss.
Mr. Grinch.

You're a three decker saurkraut and toadstool sandwich
With arsenic sauce!

[Blue Belle]

66. I was thinking the EXACT same thing.

He even looks like the Grinch... same Pompadour and everything.

You're a vile one.. Mr. Grinch.
And so's your smarmy PAC...
The transparency in your ethics
is about to get you axed... Mr. Grrrinch!

You're bad for the Country... Mr. Grinch.
You're Hypocritical ass has got to go!
We're through listening to "values" lectures
from some corporate little 'Ho... Mr. Grrrinch!!

--Sorry. Couldn't resist.

:+

[athenap]

79. Beat me to it...

"House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was treated for a heart condition Thursday at Whoville Medical Center, his office said.

The Whoville Republican was released and returned home after a series of tests. He intends to stick to his plans to meet with the Star-bellied Sneeches and Suzie Lou Who.

Dr. Seuss, the head of cardiology at the hospital, said in a statement that the 57-year-old Delay has a condition known as toosmallia, or in layman's terms...his heart is three sizes too small."

[RetroLounge]

63. Let me know when to get in line

to piss on his grave...

RL

[VegasWolf]

64. He was treated!? Why? n/ *fuking* t

[meow2u3]

70. Funny post on Yahoo message board re: Delay's heart condition

http://news.messages.yahoo.com/bbs?action=m&board=37138469&tid=nmcongressdelaydc&sid=37138469&mid=871

[Penndems]

72. OMG, I didn't think he HAD a heart

My bad.

[TankLV]

73. Must...Bite...My...Lip...Must...Not...Lose...Control...

My head hurts.

Dare we get our hopes up?

[Orsino]

76. Waiting for him to show up in PJs...

...at his arraignment.

Perhaps, though, he's paving the way for a tearful resignation due to health problems.

[The Stranger]

78. Send him a year's supply of trans-fat, cholesterol and cigarettes.

Get creative here, people.

[Fleshdancer]

84. YES! A life supply of all you can eat McDonalds!

You know, I think you can buy gift certificates at McDonalds...how deliciously cruel would it be to mail him a few??

[Walt Starr]

80. WOW, this is a TOTAL SHOCK!!!!

I never knew DeLay had a heart!

:shrug:

[Roland99]

81. DeLay playing the sympathy card is like...

Michael Jackson asking the Boy Scouts for legal help.

[many a good man]

85. He's trying to pull a Pinochet!

[Edgewater_Joe]

86. Did He Get A Transfusion Of Baby Blood Or DDT?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[KamaAina]

87. Dr. Frist to microsurgery STAT!

Amazing cutting-edge technological advances will allow the doctors to operate on DeLay's heart, which is approximately the size of a single molecule of DDT. :evilgrin:

[Blue_Tires]

89. nope...not touching this one

note for freep lurkers: We *REALLY* hope DeLay will be all right and hopefully he will continue to have a *LONG* life and productive career in Congress...

(The opinion expressed by Comrade Brother Tires does not necessarily represent Democratic Underground LLC as a whole, nor any affiliated sites or organizations.)

[Sugarbleus]

91. LOL... n/t

[Skidmore]

90. Maybe he"s doing a

Michael Jackson..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3257517

[Almost_there]

92. I do wonder about some responses here...

Maybe I'm not cut out for these sort of insults, but, if this happened to Dick Durbin, I would expect these sort of things to be flying on Freeperville, but, here? Come on. Why do people here stoop to these levels? Perhaps I'm not cut out for wishing others dead, or "Live a long time so you can go to jail"? What sort of comments are these? Maybe I'm just too much of a live and let live person, but, it really makes me wonder when I see some of the stuff on here.. I know a lot of it is a joke, but, some of it isn't, and that's the stuff that just makes me wonder if hatred really is something owned only by the right wing..

Just my two cents, and I'll say that I hope he gets better, because I think we all deserve that, even though its harder with a Republican lackofhealth plan.

~Almost