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| Attorney General John Ashcroft hospitalized with severe gallstone pancreatitis |
| 2004-03-05 |
| Attorney General John Ashcroft has been hospitalized with a severe case of gallstone pancreatitis, his chief spokesman said Friday. Justice Department spokesman Mark Corallo, said the 61-year-old attorney general initially believed he had stomach flu. "He went home and when the condition worsened, he was visited by White House Physician Daniel Parks, M.D. who advised that he go to the emergency room," Corallo said. He said Ashcroft was taken Thursday night to the emergency room of the George Washington University Hospital here for evaluation of stomach complaints. |
| Posted by:Karma |
| #6 What's the DUs take on this? "Serves him right", "I hope he dies", that sort of thing? I imagine they are ululating. |
| Posted by: Scott 2004-3-5 4:13:22 PM |
| #5 Ouch. This happened to my brother. He'll be in a bad way for a while... |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-3-5 2:46:24 PM |
| #4 John, you make a good point but Ashcroft (burning the constitution don't you know) and Cheney (Haliburton! Haliburton!) are the big targets. Rudy could be put into either position and I'd be happy (I'd rather see him as VP myself because I don't see Cheney's being elected with his bad heart). Snellenr, the mere fact of Rudy's appointment would get him a lot of press time to say good things about the administration. He wouldn't campaign so to speak, but he could be included in election media in a very positive way. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2004-3-5 2:10:46 PM |
| #3 Ashcroft is a lightening rod? Cheney is a lightening rod. Rumsfeld is a lightning rod. Pickering is a lightning rod. Wolfewicz is a lightning rod GWB is a big lightning rod. Awful lot o' lightning goin' round. |
| Posted by: john 2004-3-5 1:12:04 PM |
| #2 ruprecht, I'd rather have Rudy out there campaigning for Bush. AG is one of several cabinet posts (State's another) that traditionally don't get involved in the campaign. |
| Posted by: snellenr 2004-3-5 12:39:57 PM |
| #1 If I were Bush I'd want a new Attorney General before the elections. People can debate on if Ashcroft did a good job, or if he was Gerbels, but the fact is he's a lightning rod for the wackos and replacing him honorably has lots of benefits. Such a replacement should happen roughly about now, to ensure the new Attorney General takes up the news feeds for the next week or so. I'm not suggesting the illness is a Karl Rove trick, but I do think Karl Rove should be having serious discussions with Bush right now about taking advantage of the sitution. Attorney General Rudy Guliani has a nice ring to it. He cleaned up NY and he's got his moderate credentials. Also it keeps him in the limelight for the 2008 elections. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2004-3-5 11:40:11 AM |