Tony Blair Going In For Heart "Procedure" Tomorrow

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Breaking CNN

[matcom]

1. Blair Says Its "Atrial Flutter"

(sp?)

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. Didn't he have a bit of trouble last year

and then they all said it was nothing? Yeah, sure.

I guess that's what stress and a guilty conscience will do to you.

Or maybe Tony is just trying to keep up with the Clinton's? Only kidding.

Get better quick Tony, so we can finish kicking your ass out of office.

[dubyaD40web]

3. Are they going to give him one?

[RareLubbockDem]

4. He needs balls more than he does a heart

He clearly hasn't got either. Maybe he can get a two-for-one special.

[Xipe Totec]

16. Yes. Cheney's is unused and available

Cheney is having it replaced with an oil pump.

[DoNotRefill]

5. I bet he doesn't have to wait....

for his insurance coverage to kick in...

:grr:

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. BBC link

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3705684.stm

[displacedtexan]

7. Wouldn't this be a convenient way out for ol' Tony?

That's the first thing I thought of when I heard this news.

[AlCzervik]

11. same here. n/t

[Rainbowreflect]

8. Come on folks, let us not be mean.

Remember the freeper attacks when it was President Clinton's heart. He & his family are in my thoughts & prayers. A speedy recovery.

[saskatoon]

13. Rainbow

BULLSHIT!

[Panda1]

9. Blair has "Clinton Syndrome"....

...or will the media use that one? Blame Clinton just in case.

Like most of you my cynicism took over....the axe or the scalpel? Isn't the timing just perfect?

[Career Prole]

10. Hopefully hostage Kenneth Bigley will survive until after

the completion of the heart installation on Blair.

[Panda1]

12. Good impact on that one.

Whoa. Reality check. Yes, that woke me up.

[happynewyear]

18. do they wire the testicles when they do this?

gee, how hard for da poodle! lol!!!!

Have fun poodle boy, have FUCKING FUN!!!!

:dem: :kick:

[Jacobin]

14. A LeashEctomy would do him more good

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. Tucked inside the story: Blair won't seek a 4th term

he said he wants to serve a 'full third term', but not seek election for a 4th. Assuming he does get back in in the next election, that would seem to mean he'd step down some time after 3 years - the Labour party would need to elect a new leader, taking a few months, and then presumably he (I can't see any Labour woman taking over) would want to take several months to be seen to be properly in the job.

[happynewyear]

17. Poor poodle boy

ah my heart breakith for ya poodle boy!

I suggest you simply resign now being you have no other viable options and gee what easy way out of ONE BIG MESS you've gotten England into you ARSE!

:evilgrin:

buh bye poodle boy ... buh byeeeeee!

:dem: :kick:

[LastDemocratInSC]

19. It's a common problem and is easily resolved ...

Atrial flutter is a condition in which the 2 upper chambers of the heart don't beat in a uniform manner ... they flutter randomly ... and don't fill the lower chambers as effectively as they should. It is usually caused by disruptions in the nerve pathways in the heart that control heartbeats.

It is resolved by cardioversion, in which a low power pulse from a defibrillator is delivered to the chest. This brief pulse disrupts the flutter-causing nerves, allowing them to "reset" to a normal pattern of conduction.

The patient is usually mildly sedated because any defibrillation can be painful. Sometimes cardioversions must be repeated in time but one treatment is also often enough to solve the problem for good.

This is routine stuff and Blair should be just fine afterward.

[DeepModem Mom]

33. UK report calling it "supraventricular tachycardia" --

Heart beats too fast, and zap stops this from happening?

[sendero]

20. He doesn' t have to worry....

... I pretty much believe in the axiom "only the good die young". :)

[UpInArms]

21. I hope that the operation is not successful

and I hope that this POS dies a nasty death and meets his maker and is condemned to hell for all of eternity.

It is with great regret that I can find no sympathy in my heart. :(

[Pert_UK]

31. Don't mince your words....say what you REALLY mean.....

:eyes:

P.

[Pert_UK]

32. Don't mince your words....say what you REALLY mean.....

:eyes:

P.

[goforit]

22. Nothing but a guilty conscience haunting his soul (what's left)

[truthisfreedom]

23. i don't care what anyone says. politics are so destructive nowadays that

no human is strong enough to survive being a western leader without developing stress disorders, either mental or physical. if i was president, i'd fall apart within a week, and need 24 hour supervision. i know my limits. 8^)

[Peanut Gallery]

24. Are they going to replace it with a real one?

Either today or yesterday AAR played an audio clip of Ken Bigley begging for help from Blair. It was gut wrenching.

[TankLV]

25. You mean he's finally going to get one?!

The Gods be praised!

Better late than never!

[Tight_rope]

26. Good...Karma is a bitch!

[jackieforthedems]

27. You Mean, He Actually Has One?!

Leaving poor hostage, Bigley in the hands of the beheading terrorists? I don't think so! He's totally heartless!!!

[T_i_B]

29. That's what I was thinking!

[judaspriestess]

28. Is Blair Clinton's shadow??

when Tony Blair was running for prime minister, he modeled his campaign and gestures like Bill Clinton, now he's going in for heart complications? I wish him the best

[emad]

30. Ain't the heart that needs operating on...Poodle's brain is the problem

as anyone with an ounce of common sense can see....

[ignatius 2]

34. My heart would be fluttering too if I was a war criminal and was

riding the losing horse in the presendential race. When Kerry is elected, I hope Bush, Blair and co. are tried in Hague for crimes against humanity.