Newsday: Sweeney returns to hospital

[Rhiannon12866]

February 26, 2006, 11:20 PM EST

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ Rep. John Sweeney returned to an Albany hospital Sunday night after a problem with high blood pressure returned.

Sweeney, R-Clifton Park, was first admitted to Albany Medical Center on Wednesday complaining of migraines. He was released on Friday. Doctors said he had experienced a sudden spike in blood pressure, then stabilized.

A statement from Sweeney's office Sunday night said he was "alert and feeling fine."

The statement said Sweeney would spend the night in Albany Medical Center as a precaution.

More at link

[Erika]

1. We will all hope for the best for him

He has insurance benefits that so many Americans need.

[KT2000]

3. Staying overnight

as a precaution? That is for your level 1 insureds.
My neighbor drove off a cliff into the water in the afternoon. They sent her home to be cared for by her husband with Alzheimer's that day! The "precaution" was whatever she and her husband could discern over that night,

[Rhiannon12866]

5. Sweeney might have the best insurance, but doesn't Dick Cheney

travel with three cardiologists, an EMT team, a defibrillator and the entire cast of ER? Now that's coverage!!! I think I heard that on Letterman...:evilgrin:

I'm so sorry about your neighbor. The insurance companies are practicing medicine without a license.:grr:

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Did his son put him in there?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=169&topic_id=3213

BALLSTON SPA -- U.S. Rep. John E. Sweeney's son and two other young men were indicted by a Saratoga County grand jury Thursday for allegedly attacking and seriously injuring a Stillwater resident during a brawl last summer.

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Sweeney's attorney, E. Stewart Jones of Troy, attacked the indictment, particularly the gang assault charge, as overreaching in an effort to force a guilty plea. A charge of gang assault requires at least three people acting together.

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Convictions on the charges carry sentences of up to 15 years in prison.

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Brady still suffers from his injuries, Kindlon said. "He's much, much better than he was in the early days. He has suffered some injuries that are permanent in nature. It's a very, very serious impact on his life."
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Did his son kick the crap out of him?:shrug::evilgrin:

[Rhiannon12866]

4. It's very possible that his son is responsible for the high blood pressure

:evilgrin:

[Judi Lynn]

6. We all owe John Sweeney so much. (Sarcasm) I just looked him up.

How could anyone forget this outstanding Republican?

Election 2000

The Guy Who Gored Al
The irresistible ascension
of John E. Sweeney
by Toby Eglund

DECEMBER 1, 2000. Among the legions of Republicans who will cash in their chips if George W. Bush gets to the White House is the heretofore nationally obscure U.S. Representative John E. Sweeney, an upstate New York Republican insider.

The suddenly prominent Mr. Sweeney is credited for giving the signal for last week's productive Republican fracas inside the Miami Dade county offices, after which the canvassing board abruptly canceled a hand recount of votes that would have helped Al Gore. "Street-smart New York Rep. John Sweeney, a visiting GOP monitor, told an aide to "Shut it down," and semi-spontaneous combustion took over," The Wall Street Journal's Paul Gigot admiringly wrote.

The melee, of course, has turned out to be as spontaneous as a Rockettes' Christmas extravaganza. Democrats are charging that the board was intimidated. Republicans pooh pooh that. And board chairman David Leahy, who seemed to agree at first, has since denied the board acted under duress. The whole, nasty megillah is now before a Florida court.

Working Class Republican
Regardless of whether or not there was intimidation, Sweeney is in an excellent position to benefit from the turmoil. Perception is what counts most in politics, increasingly a branch of the entertainment industry, and Sweeney, who headed the Bush anti-recount forces in Miami-Dade, is now perceived by many as a Republican hero, the guy who gored Al.
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http://www.thegully.com/essays/america/001201sweeney.html

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Gee, I really hope it's nothing serious.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. And I'm fortunate enough to have him as my member of Congress...

:banghead:

[adigal]

8. This is the creep I was going to run against

His son beat the heck out of a guy, kicking him when he was on the ground, in the head, I believe. I hear rumblings that Sweeney had the same type of problem with his first wife, all rumor of course, and a little problem with consuming alcohol and driving his car.

Just rumors, of course.

[jkappy]

9. may he lose in November!!

he or his office never acknowledge my letters. to vote him out, the urban areas are going to have to achieve a big turn out.

but here is one rural vote against him.