the excuse given was that he had prostrate cancer. but hundreds of thousands of men get prostrate cancer and women get breast cancer, they deal with it, and go back to work.
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Have you ever known a person stricken with prostate cancer? For that matter, have you ever seen how people deal with hearing the word "cancer" to describe their illness? For many people, it's like hearing your death sentance. Something as frivolous as running for public office fades into insignificance when compared to running to save your own life. Your insinuation that Gulianni was some kind of pansy to "blame" his withdrawal from the campaign on his illness is condescending and ignorant.
We should be thankful that he overcame his illness, and remains a possible candidate for some elected office in the future.
By the way, in case you've forgotten, when Gulianni learned about his cancer, he DID "go back to work", as you lament. His went right back to city hall and continued his job as MAYOR of the city. He did not QUIT his job as U. S. Senator. He never was one.
actually, i do know men that have had prostrate cancer, had treatment, while they worked and ran their businesses.
and then there was the case of a female physician of mine who had breast cancer, was operated on on a thursday, took the rest of the week off, and was seeing clients on monday.
some people don't like sitting at home and whining, and observe that they feel better and happier, with their minds off of the problems.