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Former Congressman Gerry Studds Dies
wbz.com ^ | Saturday, 14 October | Lauren Oaks

Posted on 10/14/2006 6:25:37 AM PDT by lunarbicep

Former Massachsuetts Congressman Gerry Studds has died.

The 69-year-old Studds died this morning at Boston Univesrity Medical Center.

He'd been hospitalized after sustaining head injuries from an accident while walking his dog.

Studds was a ranking member of the House Democratic leadership and advocated for New England fishermen and the ocean environment.

studds, who grew up in Cohasset, was the first openly gay person elected to Congress. He served from 1973 to 1997.

He is survived by his husband, Dean Hara. the couple was among the first same sex couples to be legally married in Massachusetts.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arkancide; foley; foleygate; gerrystudds; homowife; pagescandal; rip; studds
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To: spindoctor

Good question !
I never heard/knew about Congressman Studds(D), until the Foley incident happen.


161 posted on 10/14/2006 7:06:56 AM PDT by Orlando ("SYSTEM DOWN"--->The Movie(www.supportthemovie.com/film-synopsis/indexFull.php))
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To: MAD-AS-HELL
"I wonder if Congress will honor him by naming the dorm where the pages sleep after him??"

The same people who are making Hastert's life a living hell would call you a "homophobe" or "hatemonger" if you oppposed naming the pages' dorm after Studds.

They would sue you if you were the Boy Scouts of America and had a rule against gay scoutmasters.

If three years ago Hastert has initiated a serious probe after hearing about the "overly friendly emails (not the IMs)" there would have been a firestorm of outrage about the GOP having a gay witch hunt.

162 posted on 10/14/2006 7:07:42 AM PDT by Montfort
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To: Just mythoughts
"What kind of dog was he walking?"

I'm betting it was a cock-a-poo. It got off it's leash and took off after Studd's gerbil...Poor guy didn't have a chance after that.

163 posted on 10/14/2006 7:07:55 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: lunarbicep

An opportunity for another Welstone moment for the Dems. Do you think they will bite? Ok, wrong metaphore. :)


164 posted on 10/14/2006 7:08:02 AM PDT by anymouse
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To: dennisw

What's rather ironic is that Chris Wallace referred to Studds as having passed away ,last weekend. He later came back and corrected his mistake.


165 posted on 10/14/2006 7:08:03 AM PDT by surrey
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To: LadyBuzz

Do you live here? It's a good source of news if you filter out for the agenda. I skip the op-eds because I already know what they're going to say. I also don't bother with their coverage of the governor's race.

The Herald doesn't cover transit, business, and town politics as well for my taste.


166 posted on 10/14/2006 7:08:12 AM PDT by HostileTerritory
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To: lunarbicep
Gerry Stubbs-Hara...did they have any children? I assume that since Mr. Hara was the "husband", he was "pitching" and Ms. Stubbs was doing the "catching"
167 posted on 10/14/2006 7:08:54 AM PDT by Riptides
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To: ElTiante
From "Family Guy"

You Have AIDS Musical

Owl_Eagle

If what I just wrote made you sad or angry,
it was probably just a joke.

168 posted on 10/14/2006 7:08:56 AM PDT by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: dfwgator

The dog knocked him down and was humping his bleeding body?

Or maybe ol' Gerry was just crumpled with shame at recent reawakenings of memory and the great mischief he had visited upon the US Congress, his party, his district and himself, and injured himself in the fall.

Despair can do that to people, you know.


169 posted on 10/14/2006 7:09:21 AM PDT by alloysteel ("Congress is not only a legislative body, but a term for sexual intercourse." Bert Prelutsky)
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To: surrey

Perhaps it was common knowledge that Studds was ill. Also meaning his cause of death stated here is a lie


170 posted on 10/14/2006 7:09:30 AM PDT by dennisw (Confucius say man who go through turnstile sideways going to Bangkok)
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To: MAD-AS-HELL
I wonder if Congress will honor him by naming the dorm where the pages sleep after him???

Another interesting mayhaps convoluted question....

Will "the grieving widower" be entitled to survivor payments and bennies (at taxpayers expense!)...
....As would normally be payable to a surviving spouse for life??

171 posted on 10/14/2006 7:09:59 AM PDT by Wings-n-Wind (All of the answers remain available; Wisdom is gained by asking the right questions!)
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To: Orlando
I never heard/knew about Congressman Studds(D), until the Foley incident happen.

Studds was moderately big news back in 83 when he was censured by the House(and Studds turned his back during the censure vote and was applauded by the democrats) for his taking advantage of a page.

172 posted on 10/14/2006 7:10:12 AM PDT by Dane ("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
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To: lunarbicep


Dean Hara, Gerry Studds, and Mabel Teng

173 posted on 10/14/2006 7:10:45 AM PDT by maggief
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To: Joe 6-pack

I guess we will have to wait for Greta or Nancy to get the doggy details.


174 posted on 10/14/2006 7:11:49 AM PDT by Just mythoughts
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To: dennisw

So, that made Gerry Dean's wife and Dean is now a widower.
THUS he gets top glom onto Studd's Congressional pension. Minimum $100,000/year I'll bet


Reply: NOPE, my friend, which is the only good news related to this story. Just because Studds and His husband (yuk) were legally married in Taxachusetts, the federal government does not pay pensions to partners, life mates, ship mates or neighbors. Studds Stud is screwed!


175 posted on 10/14/2006 7:12:16 AM PDT by JohnD9207 (Lead...follow...or get the HELL out of the way!)
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To: billorites

lol


176 posted on 10/14/2006 7:14:49 AM PDT by beyond the sea ( Either hold your nose on Election Day ......... or grab your ankles for the next few years)
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To: dfwgator
Now that he's dead, that's off limits.

Just the opposite, IMHO.

After the person dies, the gloves come off.

177 posted on 10/14/2006 7:15:01 AM PDT by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
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To: lunarbicep

Nothing became him in life like his leaving it...

The article is written with the most perverted canonizing possible...


178 posted on 10/14/2006 7:15:16 AM PDT by Sir Francis Dashwood (LET'S ROLL!)
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To: lunarbicep
He is survived by his husband.....

That's just sick.

179 posted on 10/14/2006 7:15:16 AM PDT by Condor51 ("Alot" is NOT a word and doesn't mean "many". It is 'a lot', two separate words.)
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To: penelopesire

You are surrounded by goodness - you're safe.

As I continued reading, I saw you were already here. Pinged you thinking how this 'dog' news fit in with other thread.


180 posted on 10/14/2006 7:15:30 AM PDT by presently no screen name
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