Posted on 05/19/2009 5:18:56 AM PDT by BykrBayb
TALLAHASSEE -- State Sen. Jim King, a Jacksonville Republican and 22-year veteran of the Legislature, has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the lawmaker's longtime spokeswoman said Saturday.
“During a recent routine post-legislative session checkup, Senator Jim King was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. While Senator King plans to seek additional medical counsel and aggressive treatment, he is aware that this particular type of cancer is difficult to treat and manage, and that the outcomes are, at best, guarded," said Sarah Bascom, a political consultant and longtime spokeswoman for King, in a statement.
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Food for thought.
the Schiavo treatment isn’t looking so good to him now
How is that related?
He helped orchestrate her death by starvation/dehydration. But according to the article, he plans to fight for his own life.
Let’s be good Christians about it and offer him our prayers for a full and speedy recovery.
Prayers for him, his family, and his friends.
Of course. I wouldn’t wish him the same fate he advocates for the masses. I pray not only for his health, but for his soul.
He helped orchestrate her death ..
how wonderful. Charming, in fact.
I will sit out sending him my best thoughts and wishes, and say nothing else.
Maybe this will be a learning experience for him.
Sad for him.
The guy who looked like Jabba?
Yep. The guy who stuffed his face with fried chicken while deciding the fate of Terri Schiavo.
He chose the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. Now, why does that ring a bell?
Oh yeah, William P. Cheshire, M.D. ( http://www.mayoclinic.org/bio/11736755.html ).
“I believe that, within a reasonable degree of medical certainty, there is a greater likelihood that Terri is in a minimally conscious state than a persistent vegetative state,” wrote William P. Cheshire Jr., after the board certified neurologist recently visited the severely brain-damaged woman for 90 minutes and examined her medical records. ( http://www.floridabaptistwitness.com/4078.article )
Now, why would Jim King choose a hospital that was on the opposite side of this fight against Terri Schiavo? Could it be that he wants someone advocating for him the way they advocated for Terri? Could it be that he doesn’t want for himself what he wanted for Terri?
>Maybe this will be a learning experience for him.
We can hope that, in fact, you are right and that he does not pay the final price for such an education.
I found nearly everything about that entire tragedy personally repugnant.
Thank you for your post. - bill
Agreed. Too many lives have already been sacrificed for that lesson. Let’s hope he finally learns the lesson, without throwing away any more lives.
He wrote made a law so that his dog could be buried w/him someday. It was not Jim’s law. Anyone in Fla can be buried w/their dog.
He’s not a nice man. That’s all I have to say on the matter.
Is there any requirement for the dog to be dead first? If so, how does he plan to accomplish that? The Schiavo method is illegal to use on dogs.
You should read the comments at the link. It seems there are a few folks that aren’t too happy with Jim King’s legacy.
BB, I’m not sure if the dog would be on ice or if the dog gets bumped off when Jim or Fla dog owners are called to the pearly gates for judgment day.
Oh, I forgot about the lap dances at “the shack.”
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