Posted on 01/06/2008 3:00:21 PM PST by LibFreeOrDie
Manchester – When a piece of chicken got stuck in journalist Al Hunt's windpipe Friday night, Sen. John Sununu came to the rescue.
"John was terrific," said Hunt, 65, executive editor for Washington at Bloomberg News. "He quickly jumped up, put his arms around me, did the (Heimlich) maneuver. Within about two seconds, it came out."
Hunt and Sununu were sitting next to each other Friday night at the Hanover Street Chop House in downtown Manchester. The table was packed with powerbrokers, politicians and prominent journalists, including columnist Bob Novak, New York Times managing editor Jill Abramson and Hunt's wife, Judy Woodruff.
Hunt said he stood up at the table, trying to purge the piece of chicken, when Sununu sprung into action.
"It was really, really quick," Hunt said. "Some people were saying they didn't even know it had happened. But, as I say, he was fabulous."
The incident happened around 9 p.m., Hunt said.
Dinner resumed, he said, and the chewing and chatting continued until well after midnight.
Well, that’s it, then. The only solution is for the government to ban chicken so this can never happen again./s/
I’m sure this will come up in his re-election campaign.
Al Hunt is an A—hole from New Yak.
Good man in a tight corner.
Al Hunt is Judy Woodruff’s husband.
Good thing it was young John instead of the old man. I don’t know if he would have been tall enough to do any good on Al.
The Sheehan prospects for that seat just took a dive.
Hunt would have expired while I was deciding to help or not...well, just kidding, I guess, but I would have thought about it.
Good job, John: now about answering my emails a bit less than 2 months after I send them...
wow
I would have been rooting for the chicken. LOL
Oh yeah, I remember that tool!
LOL!
The smug, smarmy Al Hunt, huh ... I wish the SOB would have — well, never mind, we need to be gracious ... even to smug, smarmy SOBs.
A journalist! Hope Sununu didn’t get any of it on him.
In other campaign excitement up here in NH, 75 members of the Clinton campaign lost their hotel rooms to a fire. Perhaps it’s a sign from above???
Way to go, John.
"This points out the difference between Republicans and Democrats.Tthe Republican Senator, John Sununu, understands the individual does make a difference, while a Democrat Senator would have waited for the government to step in and handle the problem. Great job, John Sununu!!"
- GR Chase, Exeter, NH
Al Hunt... perhaps his rhetoric about hateful conservatives will moderate a bit.
Nah.
The REAL story:
When a compliment to a republican got stuck in journalist Al Hunt’s windpipe Friday night, Sen. John Sununu came to the rescue.
“John was terrific,” said Hunt, 65, executive editor for Washington at Bloomberg News. “He quickly jumped up, put his arms around me, did the (Heimlich) maneuver. Within about two seconds, it came out. Of course, it was a very tiny compliment - just an admission that GWB had stopped beating Laura so hard.”
“I covered the compliment with a napkin so as not to distress the other liberal diners nearby”, said Sununu. “It was the least I could do.”
He could have choked on his chicken, for all I care.
John... 
say it ain't so!
Why?
Nobody could save Mama Cass , oh but Al Hunt , thanks a lot .
It was not the chicken.It was a belly full of liberal bile otherwise known as acid reflux.
In other campaign excitement up here in NH, 75 members of the Clinton campaign lost their hotel rooms to a fire. Perhaps it’s a sign from above???
God works in mysterious ways...
Wonder if Judy Woodruff was happy or angry with Sununu for rescuing her hubby?
Just joking.
Another lib that looks like his cat found a home on his head.
Looks like a full blown case of Traficant Hair Syndrome.
Hey, I thought we weren’t allowed to call it the Heimlich Maneuver anymore....
Chicken. Chicken! Why is it that everyone who gets saved by the Heimlich Maneuver is choking on a piece of chicken? Wassamatta, ain't a shrimp or an onion ring good enough for you ravenous gluttons?!?
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A journalist? What was he thinking?
It’s just great to see all the folks on this thread who wish the guy had just died. Wonderful.
foul poultry ping
Sununu for President?
Obviously it was a problem with the left wing.
am I surprised that a Pub saved a Rat?...no, because conservatives in general are DOERS not just talkers...
I’m acerbic? Check out this thread with all the folks wishing this guy had just died. Why haven’t you jumped on any of them?Uh, maybe because I didn't even know this thread existed? Even if I had, I wouldn't have clicked on it, because frankly, I don't care. I don't care who the guy is that you're so concerned about. I don't care who is wishing he died and who isn't. I don't care if there is an ounce of truth in your accusation, or if you're just being your usual dishonest self. I don't care enough to read the article or the replies. I am mildly curious who this guy is that you value above innocent helpless people whose deaths you were advocating on the other thread. But I'm not curious enough to bother reading this thread. I don't care to admonish the FReepers that you claim are wishing for the guy's death. Partly because I've already seen you falsely accuse other FReepers, and partly because I recognize some names on this thread as being good hearted FReepers, and because of their lofty values they are the most likely targets of your vitriol. So take your misplaced sorry excuse for morals and shove them under the rock you crawled out from under.http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949315/posts
We want to battle people in the arena of politics. We don’t want them to die. Well, maybe except for Osama, Castro, Hugo, Ahmadinnerjacket, and the Ronery guy in N. Korea.
Yeah, I kind of thought it was false accusation, based on the source.
But hey, we don’t want the ronery guy dead, do we? I think he’s more fun to kick around while he’s still wiggling.
Not really sure why you included me in your list. I suspect it will be a mystery for all time.
Because you posted on this thread, and I didn’t want to sort through every post and decide who said what, and who needed to be admonished for thought crimes and who didn’t, and who gracesdad was complaining about.
I have met both father and son. (Just as a point of interest.) Maybe you knew this, but neither of them is great in stature, especially the dad. I saw him in the local hardware store a while ago (he lives near me) and was surprised at just how short he is.
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