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Kerry breaks leg in bike crash; ends overseas trip early
AP Hosted ^ | May 31, 2015 | BRADLEY KLAPPER

Posted on 05/31/2015 6:56:57 AM PDT by COUNTrecount

GENEVA (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry broke his leg in a bicycle crash Sunday, apparently after hitting a curb, and scrapped the rest of a four-nation trip that included an international conference on combating the Islamic State group.

Kerry was in stable condition and in good spirits as he prepared to return to Boston for further treatment with the doctor who previously operated on his hip, U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby said. He said X-rays at a Swiss hospital confirmed that Kerry fractured his right femur.

"The secretary is stable and never lost consciousness, his injury is not life-threatening and he is expected to make a full recovery," Kirby said in a statement.

Kerry, 71, was taken by helicopter to Geneva's main medical center, HUG, after apparently hitting a curb with his bike near Scionzier, France, about 40 kilometers southeast of the Swiss border.

Paramedics and a physician were on the scene with his motorcade at the time and provided him immediate attention. They quickly decided to order the 10-minute-long helicopter transport.

The Dauphine Libere, a local newspaper, said Kerry fell near the beginning of his ride to the famed mountain pass called the Col de la Colombiere, which has been a route for the Tour de France more than a dozen times.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cycling; femur; hanoijohn; hipreplacement; johnkerry; kerry; nitwit; secstate; tehranjohn; tourdefrance; traitor
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To: COUNTrecount

I believe in omens!!! Kerry has been smitten by a power on high......who is against the “Traitor” Obama nuclear bomb deal with Iran!!! End of story!!! Democrats,....wise up & broom Obama into the cesspool from whence he came!!! Otherwise....go down with him and Hillary Clinton. come November, 2016!!!


101 posted on 05/31/2015 9:24:15 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX ( My only objective is to defeat and destroy Obama & his Democrat Party, politically!!!.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Fat Tire Brewin’ isn’t gonna like it. ;)


102 posted on 05/31/2015 9:25:10 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Funny how Hollywood's 'No Nukes' crowd has been silent during Obama's Iranian nuclear negotiations.)
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To: SaveFerris
Hey, get with it, man!

Haven't you seen the TV commercials? The Heinz Catsup Man is now joined by the Heinz Mustard Man.

Hold the relish!

Leni

103 posted on 05/31/2015 9:28:46 AM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: COUNTrecount

Good.


104 posted on 05/31/2015 9:33:05 AM PDT by Gator113 (~~Cruz, OR LOSE~~ Ted Cruz is the only true Conservative in this race.)
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To: COUNTrecount
The secretary is stable

They should send him out to break the other one.

105 posted on 05/31/2015 9:35:41 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: a fool in paradise

almost as much as john kerry isnt going to like it

it may be time for a John Kerry Cartoon Contest!!!


106 posted on 05/31/2015 9:47:28 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Meadow Muffin
"Maybe he can get the Ayatollah to sign his cast and put a picture of Mohammed next to his signature."

The next "Draw Mohammed" contest should be on his cast.

107 posted on 05/31/2015 9:49:24 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: COUNTrecount

“Did the training wheels fall off?” -John Kerry, 2004


108 posted on 05/31/2015 9:50:41 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: COUNTrecount

Going to read this whole thread cause it has to be good, but I will be sorely disappointed if there is not a real, or even a photoshopped, pic of Kerry in professional bike racing gear going along the country road WITH THE LIMO FULL OF ENTOURAGE BEHIND HIM.


109 posted on 05/31/2015 10:01:28 AM PDT by Yaelle ("You're gonna fly away, Glad you're going my way... I love it when we're Cruzin together")
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To: a fool in paradise
I love to irritate the easily Microaggressed!!

... like this prestin England...who wants to celebrate TRANSGENDERISM likes its a rite!




110 posted on 05/31/2015 10:03:41 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: MinuteGal

That’s a funny commercial. I like it when she mocks and then the mustard accidentally comes out.


111 posted on 05/31/2015 10:03:49 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: COUNTrecount

This just in...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry broke his leg in a bicycle crash Sunday, apparently after hitting a curb...

An astute Secret Service agent wrestled the curb to the ground.

-PJ

112 posted on 05/31/2015 10:05:00 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Charles Martel

I used to live there. The countryside around is France, but the biggest city is Geneva, where he was actually staying. We used to cross the border daily, had to keep passport in my bag the entire time.


113 posted on 05/31/2015 10:06:20 AM PDT by Yaelle ("You're gonna fly away, Glad you're going my way... I love it when we're Cruzin together")
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To: KosmicKitty

I was kinda thinking the same thing.


114 posted on 05/31/2015 10:07:00 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Yaelle

Someone, please Photoshop kerry widing his lil bike with the entourage in a limo, following him.


115 posted on 05/31/2015 10:09:19 AM PDT by Yaelle ("You're gonna fly away, Glad you're going my way... I love it when we're Cruzin together")
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
"This man served in Vietnam!"

Yeah, 4-months for our side. And after that, how many years for the Commies?

116 posted on 05/31/2015 10:13:16 AM PDT by drpix
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To: bray

Somebody loosened his training wheels.


117 posted on 05/31/2015 10:18:56 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Civil rights are for civilized people.)
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To: Yaelle

118 posted on 05/31/2015 10:23:57 AM PDT by COUNTrecount (Race Baiting...... "It's What's For Breakfast")
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Kerry’s decision to seek treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital was made because the fracture is near the site of his prior hip surgery,.


119 posted on 05/31/2015 10:26:22 AM PDT by COUNTrecount (Race Baiting...... "It's What's For Breakfast")
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To: COUNTrecount
"Kerry’s decision to seek treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital was made because the fracture is near the site of his prior hip surgery."

I guess so the same surgeon who replaced his hips last time can re-do the surgery this time...

Dunno what the risk is for a patient with a fractured femur on a trans-Atlantic medical evacuation flight, but it's probably higher than zero. Not that Kerry generally exhibits very good judgment or tends to surround himself with people who demonstrate good judgment.

I hope he does okay, of course.

120 posted on 05/31/2015 11:16:06 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve." - Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821)
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