As you may have read at BlueNC, Elizabeth Dole, the Very Senior Senator from North Carolina was hospitalized this week for hip replacement surgery. Her doctors report she is recovering as expected, which of course they would, but (gasp!) what if she were to die? Rumors about the elderly senator's health have been swirling since original reports circulated here in the Old North State.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole underwent hip replacement surgery but expected to resume work after the congressional holiday recess, her spokeswoman said. Dole, 70, had her right hip replaced in a procedure that took about an hour Tuesday, spokeswoman Katie Norman said.
"There were no complications and she's doing very well," Norman said. "It was a planned surgery but finding time to do it was a challenge. She plans to resume her Senate duties after a few weeks of recuperation."
No complications? Sounds suspiciously upbeat to this partisan blogger. Doing "very well?" Shouldn't she be doing "excellent" or "superbly"?
"Plans" to resume her duties? Why not "is guaranteed to" resume her duties? What exactly are "they" trying to hide?
Naturally, if the senior senator WERE to die, which of course is wild and irresponsible speculation, there's a moderately progressive governor named Mike Easley just a-waiting to pounce on her cold body and replace her with a Democrat.
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I detest the Republican Party in more ways than you can count, but never have I been so disgusted as I have with the carrion buzzards circling over the hospital bed of Tim Johnson. Their behavior is evil manifest and it fully explains anything you need to know about the disastrous state of our nation today.
I hope Elizabeth Dole recovers fully from her surgery, but I hope the Party of Greed dies a long and tortured death.