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Biden: Brain Surgeon Told Him Had Less Than 50% Chance of ‘Being Completely Normal’
Cybercast News Service ^ | June 5, 2013 - 6:18 PM | Terence P. Jeffrey

Posted on 06/05/2013 4:17:34 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Speaking at the White House National Conference on Mental Health on Monday, Vice President Joe Biden told a sometimes serious and sometimes jocular story about the two brain surgeries he needed in 1988 to deal with cranial aneurysms.

Biden told the White House audience “they take a saw and they cut your head off” and “they literally had to take the top of my head off.” He also recounted that as he was being wheeled into surgery he asked the neurosurgeon, “What are my chances of getting off this table completely normal?” The surgeon told Biden he had a better chance of living—and that that chance was in the 35 to 50 percent range. …

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: abbynormal; aneurysm; biden; brainsurgery; neurosurgery
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To: Olog-hai
Less Than 50% Chance of ‘Being Completely Normal’

In the words of the great philosopher Maxwell Smart, "Missed it by that much."

41 posted on 06/05/2013 4:50:41 PM PDT by newheart (The worst thing the Left ever did was to convince the world it was not a religion.)
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To: Michael.SF.

“Oh, doctor, will I be able to the play the piano when you have finished the procedure?”

“I don’t see why not.”

‘Good, because I couldn’t play it before I contemplated this operation.”


42 posted on 06/05/2013 4:51:33 PM PDT by alloysteel (If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.)
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To: Olog-hai

To see what I mean go to Youtube and get: Clarence Thomas Hearings: Biden Questions Thomas 1. It is absolutely EXCRUCIATING—he already sounds brain-damaged, like he can’t gather enough words for a single sentence without a dozen “uhhh”s. I didn’t have the stomach to get more of this on Biden Questions Thomas 2.


43 posted on 06/05/2013 4:51:37 PM PDT by supremedoctrine
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To: Billthedrill

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Somebody put my line up there while I was still typing it out.

Just have to type faster, I guess.


44 posted on 06/05/2013 4:56:20 PM PDT by alloysteel (If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.)
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To: alloysteel

1 minute, 40 seconds. It’s because you actually read the story before posting. ;-)


45 posted on 06/05/2013 4:59:03 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Olog-hai
Biden: “Doc. . what are my chances of getting off this table completely normal?”
Doctor: "Well, in view of the fact that you weren't normal when you got on the table. . .I think slim and none."
46 posted on 06/05/2013 4:59:06 PM PDT by McBuff
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To: Olog-hai

The jokes just write themselves.


47 posted on 06/05/2013 5:09:31 PM PDT by stilloftyhenight
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To: Olog-hai
and that that chance was in the 35 to 50 percent range...

Well, he's never used that much anyhow...

48 posted on 06/05/2013 5:16:31 PM PDT by Errant
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To: Olog-hai
Biden: Brain Surgeon Told Him Had Less Than 50% Chance of ‘Being Completely Normal’

NOW WE KNOW WHY HE IS LIKE HE IS.

49 posted on 06/05/2013 5:17:44 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: Olog-hai

Joe, stick with that story.


50 posted on 06/05/2013 5:26:24 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Doing the same thing and expecting different results is called software engineering.)
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To: Olog-hai

My wife died from an aneurysm, and this A-wipe breathes on...

It’s a cruel, cruel universe...


51 posted on 06/05/2013 5:30:45 PM PDT by djf (Rich widows: My Bitcoin address is... 1ETDmR4GDjwmc9rUEQnfB1gAnk6WLmd3n6)
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To: Olog-hai
"You are old, Father Biden," the young man said,
"And your hair has become very white,
"And yet you incessantly stand on your head,
"Do you think, at your age, it is right?"

"In my youth," Father Biden replied, to his son,
"I feared it might injure the brain.
"But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,
"Why, I do it again, and again!"


52 posted on 06/05/2013 5:32:50 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: Olog-hai

clearly the surgeon was correct.


53 posted on 06/05/2013 5:40:49 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Olog-hai

Well we all know he didn’t come out of it normal. :-)


54 posted on 06/05/2013 5:46:11 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: muawiyah

“BTW, you may have missed it but HE’S NOT NORMAL!!!!”

But, he is a comic relief. And, he is a pretty final answer to Pubbies who want to impeach Obama. It was absolutely brilliant on Obama’s part to run with hin.

Might I respectfully suggest Gary Busey or Bruce Jenner for the 2016 Republican VP nominee. Someone needs to ask them NOW before the best pick gets snapped up.


55 posted on 06/05/2013 5:48:51 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: Olog-hai

I’ve heard of low-hanging fruit...


56 posted on 06/05/2013 5:51:48 PM PDT by EricT. (Another Muslim terrorist. Who saw that coming?)
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To: Olog-hai

57 posted on 06/05/2013 6:21:05 PM PDT by rlmorel (Silence: The New Hate Speech)
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To: Olog-hai

“Speaking at the White House National Conference on Mental Health on Monday, Vice President Joe Biden....”

The irony of it was like a two ton steel ball!!!!


58 posted on 06/05/2013 6:41:58 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Truth - the new hate speech!)
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To: Olog-hai

Can this brain damage information be used to disqualify him for the position?


59 posted on 06/05/2013 7:44:13 PM PDT by huldah1776
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To: Olog-hai

Help me...is this right? A 100% chance 50% of the time? Or a 50% chance 100% of the time?

No slam on brain surgery, but its one of the few occupations where a 40% success rate places you in the “expert” category. (A patient is usually pretty messed if they need brain surgery; their chances are pretty poor to begin with.)


60 posted on 06/05/2013 9:23:58 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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