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Topic: Hmmm, slight editorial comment?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101126/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama

Recent presidents have had a number of medical scares.

George W. Bush choked on a pretzel and briefly lost consciousness, falling and hurting his head. Bill Clinton had surgery and used crutches for months for a torn tendon in his knee when he stumbled on steps at the Florida home of golf pro Greg Norman.

The elder Bush, George H.W. Bush, was hospitalized for an erratic heartbeat while jogging at Camp David, a problem later diagnosed as a thyroid ailment. The senior Bush also collapsed at a state dinner in Tokyo, which the White House blamed on an intestinal flu.

Jimmy Carter fainted briefly while jogging near Camp David. Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest in a 1981 assassination attempt.

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Re: Hmmm, slight editorial comment?

not to mention george w bush (jr) puked on the japanese (emperor? prime minister?)

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Re: Hmmm, slight editorial comment?

No, that was his dad.  tongue

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Re: Hmmm, slight editorial comment?

are you sure, it really sounds like something jr would do.

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Re: Hmmm, slight editorial comment?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush_vomiting_incident

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Re: Hmmm, slight editorial comment?

that's the collapse at the state dinner, they don't mention he went down spewing

and a lot of people thought it was a good comment on their feelings towards Japanese trade policy at the time

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Re: Hmmm, slight editorial comment?

still kind of is in a way.

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