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Thompson says cancer won't derail his candidacy
Rochester Post-Bulletin ^
| 9/8/2007 2:13:16 PM
| Margaret Talev
Posted on 09/08/2007 4:23:20 PM PDT by lesser_satan
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To: Politicalmom; Sturm Ruger; 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:24:07 PM PDT
by
lesser_satan
(FRED THOMPSON '08)
To: lesser_satan
This is not an issue . I have a life threatening chronic illness myself . We grownups who keep winning and surviving get them . You take your chances . Be sure he has a good VP . History has tried to teach us that .
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:29:10 PM PDT
by
kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know. F Troop)
To: kbennkc
Sorry to hear that. Are you getting along OK?
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:30:54 PM PDT
by
lesser_satan
(FRED THOMPSON '08)
To: lesser_satan
Why do they fear Fred?????
They know he is the next President!
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:32:41 PM PDT
by
OSHA
(Liberals will lick the boot on their necks if they think the other boot is on yours and mine.)
To: lesser_satan
Why aren’t these folks expressing a concern about Rudy’s health?
To: OSHA
To: kbennkc
Is it not true the worst thing for any life threatening health issue is stress?
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:34:06 PM PDT
by
restornu
(Most of Cyber Space passes through FR portals ~ Freepers Are Some Of The Most Aware People On Earth!)
To: A_Tradition_Continues
I don’t know. I think Ruity’s cancer is completely gone, while Fred’s is something that’s chronic, but not life-threatening.
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:35:30 PM PDT
by
lesser_satan
(FRED THOMPSON '08)
To: lesser_satan
There can be no doubt that the more frightened the RATS are of Thompson the more likely they are to cite his illness as a reason why voters should vote RAT.It’s not difficult to imagine what kind of ads they’d run.
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:40:31 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(If martyrdom is so cool,why does Osama Obama go to such great lengths to avoid it?)
To: A_Tradition_Continues
Why arent these folks expressing a concern about Rudys health? Because he is Cancer free and he has abundance of energy!
Lymphoma Symptoms
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:42:38 PM PDT
by
restornu
(Most of Cyber Space passes through FR portals ~ Freepers Are Some Of The Most Aware People On Earth!)
To: lesser_satan
O.K., the media is already doing a hatchet job on Fred. Look at the headline. To the uninformed voter this headline says there's a guy running for President with cancer, when the miniscule number of Americans in the know can attest to the fact that his lymphoma is in remission and he has never had any symptoms or sickness from it.
But then, what would you expect from an upstate New York newspaper?
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:52:21 PM PDT
by
no dems
(In the General Election; we must not let America forget that Fidel Castro endorsed Clinton/Obama)
To: no dems
But then, what would you expect from an upstate New York newspaper?This is Rochester, MN.
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:55:15 PM PDT
by
lesser_satan
(FRED THOMPSON '08)
To: lesser_satan
Suppose we elect a President who is hale and hearty and offers a clean bill of health. Two years into his Presidency he develops cancer. It could happen. What to do? Well, he’ll be treated and prayed for, but if he doesn’t make it, we have a Vice President ready to take command. I don’t see any difference between Senator Thompson nor anyone else.
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:56:36 PM PDT
by
maxwellp
To: lesser_satan
The denial of death or impending death is a common clinical observation. No one chooses to admit likely mortality. Incidentally, if FR had read Ernest Becker's
Denial of Death (1974) he might not have run.
Part of being in high office is to excercise "thymos." According to Plato and others this need for recognition and dominance was a deep human need that required fullfillment after other creature problems were solved. IMHO this is admirable goal provided the person is psychologically and physically up to do the job.
Becker had a contrary opinion; he had a deep understanding of the human dilemma. He saw creative types and other great successes as seeking secular immortality.
If you become President and die, you still achieve secular immortality. It is the "vital lie" of secularism that one can achieve immortality by personal effort or belonging to this or that cultural order. IMHO suspect anyone who has not developed a deep, well thought out spiritual answer to the problem of birth, death and the meaning thereof. There is a dualism between our creaturelessness and our spirit. The latter cannot overcome the former except by faith and the former cannot become our spiritual answer because it fails to meet the test of death--not only of the individual but of the culture and, presumably, even history.
Sounds goofy, but Goggle Paul Tsongas in 1992. He had a NHL treated with total body radiation plus a bone marrow transplant. Almost word for word what Tsongas and his oncologist said is now being repeated by FT and his oncologist. By the way Tsongas carried NH but lost to Clinton. He died shortly after Clinton began his second term.
To: no dems
AHHHHHHHHH, but it’s ok for the PONY’S wife to be running his campaign with cancer and NOT Fred?? Their bias is stunning!!
To: A_Tradition_Continues
Why arent these folks expressing a concern about Rudys health?I posed that question on a heavily Rudi site, on a thread about Fred's lymphoma. There were lots of flames in the responses. Good thing I had on my asbestos suit.
To: lesser_satan
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posted on
09/08/2007 5:04:23 PM PDT
by
ulm1
(“There are scandals that need to be addressed. Republicans address them, Democrats re-elect them.”)
To: restornu
I believe as you do that stress can cause many health problems. However, Fred Thompson might win the Presidency and thoroughly enjoy the job.
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posted on
09/08/2007 5:07:30 PM PDT
by
maxwellp
To: Mia T; Arizona Carolyn; FairOpinion; Victoria Delsoul
Pings out to the scumbag ghouls in WAnkerville.
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posted on
09/08/2007 5:10:19 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(Cleveland Indians: Pennant -17)
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