[bonesmccoy]

no comment, but FYI.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Related thread discussing the politics of the situation here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/758798/posts?page=1,50

[Major Matt Mason]

Anyone care to bet that Ms. Mink passed on well before this announcement?

[IronJack]

never waivered from her role as a proud, partisan, liberal Democrat

Address all future correspondence to

The Late Congressperson
c/o Demogorgon
Beelzebub's Waiting Room
Hell 666

[dennisw]

Dems love dead voters and now dead candidates are welcome too ... Ever since the widder Carnahan scored.

Dems have no damn life outside of seeking government power just like the good little socialists they are.

[Kozak]

Well, for once the dead Democrat voters will get to vote for one of their own for a change......

[justsomedude]

rest in peace, but if she's a 'woman of color,' what are white women? "Women without color?" "Colorless women?" "Photoreflectively challenged?"

[StormEye]

The Republican candidate should win by default after the election is run even if the dead Democrat candidate gets more votes. IMO the DemonRATS decision to keep Mink's name on the ballot means they have forfeited their right to have a candidate in this House race. They chose her, but she died before they could get a replacement. Tough luck.

[Lancey Howard]

Akiba said. "They (the family) would tell me if she was unable to fulfill her duty. I also believe Mrs. Mink would drop out if she felt she could not serve."

Obviously not.

"She will be up and around; we just can't say when," Manke said. "We just have to be patient."

Now that is just sick.

[cubreporter]

Republican, Democrat, Independent, whatever...may her soul rest in peace and her family be comforted by the love they shared.

[Lancey Howard]

But Neal Milner, a University of Hawai'i political science professor, said he doesn't think voters will be angry. "Sure, it's obviously very difficult to campaign in favor of someone who is obviously not quite able to assume the seat.... It's very awkward."

These people in Hawaii are nuts. "Not quite able to assume the seat"?
Just reading this obituary makes me understand why nobody around here ever talks about taking a Hawaiian vacation anymore. My brother went there 15 years ago and told me back then that the place was a way over-priced, socialist tourist trap. He said he would never go back.

[ZOOKER]

I guess it's true that a 'rat will NEVER give up the reins of power, no matter what the circumstances.

The secrecy really bother me, though. I'm old enough to remember all of those Russian Premiers with "the flu" in the bad years of the Cold War. Silence for a while, then a press release of a minor ailment, then suddenly there was a new Premier and the old one was never seen again.

Is this the way the Democratic Party does business now?

[Charles Henrickson]

The election Mink stole.

[ZOOKER]

By the way ---

How come you haven't given the classic "Bones McCoy" response yet?

"She's dead, Jim."

[Erasmus]

RIP, Patsy Minsk.

[southernnorthcarolina]

Republicans, of course, have had recent experience running against people who are vivifically challenged. The Unincarnate Carnihan affair should tell them something about the efficacy of previous strategy. Hey, Mr. McDermott: no more Mr. Nice Guy!

Time to take the (latex) gloves off, and go for the kill... ummm, so to speak.

Challenge Ms. Mink to a debate, hire an auditorium, and put an urn at her podium.

Try out some new campaign slogans: Mcdermott: because 98.6° is better than room temperature ... or ... McDermott: if you want your voice in Washington to actually be heard ... or ...McDermott: my cells are still dividing ... or ...No representation without respiration!

I have no doubt that the RNC can do better as far as slogans and campaign strategies are concerned. But they should get with the program.

[Vidalia]

Just thought you might want to know that Mink had the Chicken Pox when she was a kid.

What did every kid who got the Chicken Pox learn?

...that once you've had it your body builds proteins that will immunize you for the rest of your life.

Something ain't right with the medical professionals at Straub, or there is much, much more to the story than is being released to the public ...

[Jack Black]

NOW is the time for us to organize and help get ready for another victory by the DEAD. We let Carhnihan go and now it's a trend. Let's stop it now. What are the legal mechanisms to be used to prevent the DEAD from winning elections. I see two:

1. Challenge the election results in court based on the fact that the candidate was not eligible to run. Who wins in a ineligible candidate vs. second vote getter. This would possibly have to do with state election laws, and getting either the Sec. of State (unlikely, a corrupt Dem no doubt) or a judge of some sort to rule against the practice of running DEAD proxy candidates.

2. Immediately seat the "R" for the full term as the first act of business of the next Congress. I believe the Constitution says that the House is the final arbitrator of who it seats.

We probably have to replace the wrestling coach to do this. He seems to have "left it in the gym" as far as political fights go.

[LadyDoc]

FYI: Chicken pox can indeed cause a nasty pneumonia. But it's rare...and usually only seen in sick people: i.e. people with cancer, people on dialysis, people with chemotherapy,etc. I've seen two cases, both mild, one in a retarded woman who had severe cerebral palsy, and one in a lady who never had chickenpox. Both did okay. However, it can be very serious. This is why we try not to put kids with chickenpox into hospitals.

Nowadays, we can treat it with anti viral medication such as Zovirax: the same medicine that is used for herpes. (chicken pox is a herpes type virus: Herpes Zoster. Herpes simplexI causes cold sores and Herpes simplex II causes genital herpes).

I suspect she had cancer, but was not aware she was that sick. Or maybe she was getting chemo and that ruined her immune system, but if she hadn't gotten chicken pox could have served a couple more years in congress.

[skeeter]

"If she's not re-elected, a Republican who stands for everything she's opposed to will be elected,"

Such as what - a decent state economy?

[WOSG]

This begs a simple question: If it is not too late to replace Bob Torricelli, why is it too late to replace a dead person on the ballot? .... The hypocrisy is a little too thick