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Rep. Lantos to Retire Due to Cancer
AP via SFGate ^ | 1/2/8 | ANNE FLAHERTY

Posted on 01/02/2008 10:29:01 AM PST by SmithL

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To: Vaquero
‘nuff said no sympathy.

Hear, hear.

In our effort to be fair and not revel in an opponents terminal illness, we need not forget that when he was in good health, he was a vindictive bastard.

That said, I hope his illness is as painless as possible.

21 posted on 01/02/2008 10:47:12 AM PST by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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To: SmithL

Don’t have to agree with him politically to offer him the best in his efforts to fight the cance.


22 posted on 01/02/2008 10:48:49 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

Yes, she narrowly lost to Garamendi in the primary. I’d say she hails from the Stalinist/Boxer wing of the party. World-class moonbat. She makes the hard-left Lantos look sensible.


23 posted on 01/02/2008 10:50:03 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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To: SmithL
May he bear his illness with strength and resolve. I may not agree with his bay area politics, but will always remember him for going after the weasel Craig Livingston.


24 posted on 01/02/2008 10:50:54 AM PST by Clemenza (Ronald Reagan was a "Free Traitor", Like Me ;-))
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To: SmithL
Nevertheless, he does come down on the right side on the War with Terror, and he has been steadfast in his support for Israel.

...well, except that he visited Syrian Dictator Assad together with Pelosi on her trip of treason, not to forget that he called Petreaus a liar during the hearings. Compared to most 'rats, Lantos record on Terror and Foreign Policy might look acceptable... but he is no Joe Lieberman or Ed Koch.

25 posted on 01/02/2008 10:58:42 AM PST by SolidWood (Al Gore: "I have never heard of this, but I think it is a very good idea,")
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To: SmithL
I pray that Tom Lantos uses this illness
to seek the creator of the universe and ask for His Salvation:

Yah'shua


26 posted on 01/02/2008 11:11:01 AM PST by Uri’el-2012 (you shall know that I, YHvH, your Savior, and your Redeemer, am the Elohim of Ya'aqob. Isaiah 60:16)
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To: SmithL

May he have a full recovery and many healthy years to enjoy retirement.


27 posted on 01/02/2008 11:13:09 AM PST by MovementConservative (Terminate the Duke 88)
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To: SmithL
No one should have to suffer this horrible disease.
28 posted on 01/02/2008 11:16:41 AM PST by Coldwater Creek
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To: SmithL

Prayers for him and his family. I have walked this path with my husband.


29 posted on 01/02/2008 11:18:09 AM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Coldwater Creek

I have never cared much for Tom Lantos.

Neverless, I wish him as much luck as possible.

Cancer of the Esophagus is one of the nastiest forms that you can get. Anatomy limits treatment options and survival is generally measured in months. In my opnion, only pancreatic cancer is worse.


30 posted on 01/02/2008 11:22:28 AM PST by catman67
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To: SmithL
penniless survivor of the Holocaust...
This deserves pity

...and a fighter in the anti-Nazi underground..
And this deserves admiration and respect!

31 posted on 01/02/2008 11:24:47 AM PST by meandog (I'm one of the FEW and the BRAVE FReepers still supporting John McCain)
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To: SmithL

My Father died of that.
Lantos will too.

Very poor odds for him.


32 posted on 01/02/2008 11:25:12 AM PST by bill1952 (The right to buy weapons is the right to be free)
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To: USS Alaska

In our effort to be fair and not revel in an opponents terminal illness, we need not forget that when he was in good health, he was a vindictive bastard

Worth posting again.


33 posted on 01/02/2008 11:26:48 AM PST by bill1952 (The right to buy weapons is the right to be free)
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To: Gritty
As bad as Lantos is, it’s hard to imagine his district electing somebody who is not even worse.

My thoughts as well.

34 posted on 01/02/2008 11:27:54 AM PST by Rockitz (This isn't rocket science- Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: catman67
My husband passed away a few months ago from Metastatic Melanoma. It wasn’t pretty.

I had a friend die from lung cancer last week, it was even worse.

I pray that I will just go to sleep and wake up in Heaven, but a weak heart is not a problem for me.

35 posted on 01/02/2008 11:28:07 AM PST by Coldwater Creek
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To: SmithL

That’s one way to get rid of a Communist in the House.


36 posted on 01/02/2008 11:30:33 AM PST by VeniVidiVici (Jay Grodner stands accused of keying a Marine's car. He's also a lawyer.)
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To: meandog

Yet Lantos would of created a bigger holocaust than what he was in by having our troops withdraw from Iraq. I won’t respect a man who would allow thousands if not millions Iraq’s slaughtered by our enemies in Iraq because he is a damn Democrat who puts politics over everything.

I also won’t respect a Jew who would put Israel at risk by allowing Iran to control southern Iraq and embolden by our withdraw from the region.

I will show Jane Fonda more admiration and respect when she dies. She wasn’t even close to be the traitor Lantos is.


37 posted on 01/02/2008 11:34:11 AM PST by Swiss
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To: bill1952

My father is one of the miracle survivors (13 yrs now). Prayers for anyone who has to deal with this.


38 posted on 01/02/2008 11:34:55 AM PST by Mygirlsmom (Realtiy check: Fred is the only VIABLE conservative in this race.)
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To: SmithL

Prayers for Lantos and his family.


39 posted on 01/02/2008 11:35:45 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Mygirlsmom

Your family is indeed blessed.

My dad was only 62, and full of life.
Not a good omen for me.


40 posted on 01/02/2008 11:36:46 AM PST by bill1952 (The right to buy weapons is the right to be free)
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