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dsc

(52,166 posts) Sun Feb 23, 2020, 03:43 PM Feb 2020

I supported Paul Tsongas in 1992 [View all]

I felt he was the best person in the race and had some great ideas. He was also a cancer survivor. He repeatedly said he had beaten the cancer and was healthy, turned out that wasn't true. He died in December of 1996 or about a month before the end of the term he was running for. It didn't matter because he didn't win. But we had a right to know about his health and we have a right to know these candidates health.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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I supported Paul Tsongas in 1992 [View all] dsc Feb 2020 OP

Thanks for the perspective PatSeg Feb 2020 #1

He is doing good so far even with his health issues Moderateguy Feb 2020 #2

Can you image the chaos that would cause PatSeg Feb 2020 #3

Non-issue 7horses Feb 2020 #4

People who are in good health don't have heart attacks. HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #5

ridiculous. RazBerryBeret Feb 2020 #13

... HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #17

Anecdotes aren't data. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #27

Tsongas swam laps and campaigned hard dsc Feb 2020 #6

There is a underlying reason MFM008 Feb 2020 #7

Sorry but this is an issue SilasSouleII Feb 2020 #11

Warren for VP. colorado_ufo Feb 2020 #19

"All that matters is who his VP will be" TwilightZone Feb 2020 #26

We are often deceived bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #8

Well now Bear Creek Feb 2020 #9

He had a heart attack, which he lied about, then promised to release his records, and is now dsc Feb 2020 #10

I agree. Mr.Bill Feb 2020 #12

When did he lie about it? peequod Feb 2020 #20

For two days afterward he said it was getting a stint dsc Feb 2020 #22

Get a rope! It's a stent, btw peequod Feb 2020 #31

You're right about the bashing, elleng Feb 2020 #15

So did I support him, elleng Feb 2020 #14

JFK was a sickly child RazBerryBeret Feb 2020 #16

It was also before a time when the press & even the public thought every detail had to be disclosed dflprincess Feb 2020 #28

That we do. paleotn Feb 2020 #18

My husband supported Tsongas, too. murielm99 Feb 2020 #21

Do we know that he lied? karynnj Feb 2020 #23

Yes it came out after the campaign that he had mislead people about his remission dsc Feb 2020 #24

Thanks - that is disappointing nt karynnj Feb 2020 #25

No kidding dsc Feb 2020 #29

I have always supported the most qualified candidates iamateacher Feb 2020 #30