Breaking: Paul Simon (D-IL) dies while undergoing heart surgery

[plcdude]

LBN so sad Bread for the World companion and Lutheran will miss him.

[LuLu550]

1. why are only Dems dying in office?

plane crashes, etc....what's up with that?

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. Simon has been retired from the Senate for a number of years.

[LuLu550]

5. sorry

Sometimes I can be woefully uninformed about reps in state other than my own (NY. Still, a recall some of his speechs on the floor and I liked him.

[LuminousX]

3. He's no longer in office, replaced by Durbin

This is awful. I am heartbroken!

[Cheswick2.0]

4. I remember when he ran for Pres

he was one of my favorites.

[leftyandproud]

6. Freeps have a thread on it

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1037123/posts

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. wow - the freeps are being very honorable

Many posts talking about the honor of Sen. Simon, and how much they appreciated him even if they disagreed with them.

And they found opportunity to take an awful lot of potshots at DU. I love it!

I'm very impressed with their attitude. They even pulled one post that was apparently quite nasty.

[Archae]

10. Most of them are being decent about it.

Well, decent that is for Freepers.

But this you-know-what-for-brains had to spout.

WOOOO HOOOOOO

WOOT WOOT!

Rot in helL democRAT! I am a lifelong resident of the state of Illinois and all I can say is GOOD RIDDANCE TO BAD TRASH!!!

This guy was anti-God, pro-gay, pro-UN and ANTI-AMERICA


59 posted on 12/09/2003 1:35:34 PM PST by Robbie_B

What a partisan loser.

[amandae]

14. Is it just me or is it REALLY a strain to read their board??

Maybe I'm just used to how well-put-together DU is ... It's difficult to follow who is responding to who, it's just one blurb of (surprisingly humane) responses about Senator Simon.

[Archae]

17. It is difficult.

In the longer threads it can be almost impossible to see who is replying to whom.

It's a very sloppy setup.

[Zomby Woof]

7. I am sorry to hear that

I cast my first vote ever in a presidential primary for Paul Simon back in 1988. Thank you Senator Simon, for your service, and condolences to his family.

[Padraig18]

8. He was out of surgery.

Surgery was yesterday, and he was recovering in the Cardiac Care Unit. I'm trying to find out from friends in carbondale what happened. :cry:

[Cadfael]

11. God, that was a bolt out of the blue..

Just heard a phone interview on the television this weekend, he was endorsing Dean from his hospital bed. I'm so sad I don't know what to do :cry:

[Padraig18]

13. I know.

At noon today, he was doing well and having a normal recovery in Cardiac Care. :cry:

[grannylib]

12. Ah man...such a decent man...glad to hear the Freepers are being

decent about it; hats off to those of them who are...

[amandae]

15. My sincere condolences ...

to his family and friends tonight ....

:(

[supernova]

16. Poor Paul Simon

:cry:

My condolences to his family. It's just heartbreaking.

[Catholic Sensation]

18. i'm especially appreciative of what he did while he was the senator from

illinois. When I was about 3 and living in this puke town an hour from Chicago, my mother was in trouble because the INS fucked up her alien status (don't remember the specs) and my mom called all the politicians and she finally called Paul Simon's office and like a week later it was all sorted out.

He was an excellent man, like Tip O'Neil and the other anti-Reagan members of congress.