how convienent!!!! Couldn't he do this when he was being vetted??????
Jas
· 1 year ago
Show a little compassion, man
Fireblazes(cheetohsandcatfood)
· 1 year ago
Just like the Bushies.
Webster
· 1 year ago
That's what happens at a Marriott.
azteckamerican
· 1 year ago
OOF! That's gotta suck. Hope he gets better.
RIPWAMU
· 1 year ago
Hope all is well with him. Certainly sounds like a stroke.
moreleesafer
· 1 year ago
Stroke or heart attack? looks more like a stroke to me.
too bad.
Lolis
· 1 year ago
is a video really necessary?
iWoman
· 1 year ago
Yeah. Very bad taste.
John Aravosis
· 1 year ago
I don't agree, I find it fascinating that we live in a day and age that this kind of thing immediately goes out across the globe. And he's a public figure, this is fascinating newsworthy video, sick or not.
Fireblazes(cheetohsandcatfood)
· 1 year ago
Many will sign off here and go watch sick sh!t on another site. All the while feeling superior for deciding for the rest of us what is really news.
iWoman
· 1 year ago
Jesus, are people melodramatic. No one is saying it's not news that *he collapsed*. Some people just think you don't have to go showing videos of it all over the television. What if this man had died?
Interestingly, the people who get upset that some people want some decency for this man and his family are many of the same people who freak out if the twin towers are show on television.
Fireblazes(cheetohsandcatfood)
· 1 year ago
If he die, he dies. Then he will die as he lived. In the public eye. Long live Caesar, Caesar is dead!
MaudGonne
· 1 year ago
Not sick at all. We can be concerned about his health, as well as the effect on the DOJ. This is not Mrs. Woodrow Wilson's world anymore. It's great to be informed!!!!
scottinsf
· 1 year ago
Hope he gets well soon.
SoLeftImRight
· 1 year ago
He couldn't take it any more...it's rough to be part of the Bush Administration. I hope he's alright, but hey, he was giving a speech to the Friggin' Federalist Society, and he should never have been confirmed because his position on torture was unclear. After Ashcroft and Gonzalez, anyone would be an improvement, and this man was...sad how low the bar was to leap over.
Bush Bites
· 1 year ago
Sorry man.
I wish it was Fredo.
fostert
· 1 year ago
Do we really need to see this? I'm no fan of him, but I really do wish him well. And I feel for his family. I wish them the best in getting through this trauma. And I wish a bad fate for those who would post this video. And, yes, I mean you John. I'll give you a traditional Thai curse: may you be reborn as a gnat on a dog's asshole.
Bush Bites
· 1 year ago
Well, then, you don't want to log on here tomorrow.
John will probably have the dance-remix version up.
Steve_in_CNJ
· 1 year ago
just keep the white house hacks away from the hospital. that's how the illegal domestic spying got started.
Bush Bites
· 1 year ago
Good point.
sputnik
· 1 year ago
Dear God, what if they're trying to do it AGAIN?
houstonray
· 1 year ago
OOH, yeah, VERY good comment, I forgot all about that. Kind of creepy when you think about it. Just imagine this was Ashcroft and the people at the White House were all excited to get over there as quickly as possible and have him sign stuff.
Sand
· 1 year ago
Might of had a visit from -- *Christmas Past* -- regarding his views AND SUPPORT on TORTURE... that would be enough for anyone to faint.
ProgressiveTroll
· 1 year ago
I couldn't believe this was actually posted here. And we wonder why the corporate propogandists call us angry pajama wearing basement dwellers. I hope the man is going to be ok.
Sand
· 1 year ago
Angry?
Bush Bites
· 1 year ago
I'm not wearing pajamas.
Guilty on the "angry basement dweller" part, tho.
John Aravosis
· 1 year ago
Uh, it's from the national media, it's not like I grabbed my camera and caught a shot of some guy going down.
Fireblazes(cheetohsandcatfood)
· 1 year ago
You Go John! It is kind of like when the family of a wife abusing murdering bastard gets his due. The family always complains.
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
In fairness to John, this was run on the local news. And those of us who remember when JFK and Robert were killed, we saw the tapes over and over.
High Crimes & Misdemeanors
· 1 year ago
Lighten up francis -
He was giving a speech justifying torture. He collapsed. This happens. We are inundated with much worse in TV land....
Karma has a strange way of hitting you in the ass.
cantagallo
· 1 year ago
I remember during the confirmation process he seemed reasonable enough at first and then he did an about-face. Maybe carrying water for this administration, whatever his reasons, proved too much for him. I don't know about you but I'd probably collapse as well if I had to publicly defend Bush's torture policies. In any case, I do wish him a speedy recovery.
Bush Bites
· 1 year ago
Well, if he was in front of the Federalist Society, the only apologizing he had to do was for not torturing enough.
houstonray
· 1 year ago
I'm sure some may see this as bad taste, but I see it as news. It's been on all the channels now. He's a public figure, it was captured on film and it's flying around the world in an instant. I find this sort of instant media fascinating and one of the reasons the world of Politics is changing so much.
That said, I remember reading some of the hate filled rants on the Right Wing blogsites when Tim Russert died and I will not stoop to that level. Instead I will wish him well and my thoughts to his family.
Tribe643
· 1 year ago
Here's a link to another video of Mukasey collapsing. It includes his speech slurring right beforehand.
An important public figure collapses while giving a speech. There's video of it shown on national television, yet we are exhibiting "very bad taste" to watch it?
*puzzled frown*
I don't get it.
Fireblazes(cheetohsandcatfood)
· 1 year ago
"You people can't handle the truth."
truebluecoondog
· 1 year ago
"You WANT me on that wall!!! You NEED me on that wall!!!"
KarenMrsLloydRichards
· 1 year ago
Michael Mukasey has collapsed!
I have been to lots of parties
and acted perfectly disgraceful
but I never actually collapsed
oh Michael Mukasey we love you get up
Fireblazes(cheetohsandcatfood)
· 1 year ago
Why can't you people handle the truth? The dirty, gritty nasty, no holds barred truth! If they had showed the caskets of the dead coming home from the middle-east this fucking war would have already been over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mirth
· 1 year ago
Oh but, us looking at all those caskets would have been in such poor taste. Thank gawd the government protected us from all that unpleasantness.
sheesh
Fireblazes(cheetohsandcatfood)
· 1 year ago
We are so weak, Oh Lord Media guide us to the Rebub god!
Fireblazes(cheetohsandcatfood)
· 1 year ago
I am listening to Joan Baez, FROM EVERY STAGE. I am a little tired of the Rightwing moral PC bullshit! Christianistas, Kiss my butt!
mirth
· 1 year ago
You beat me to it. I was just writing that PC Think is one bit of evidence of dumbed-down US citizens and I, for one, have had enough of it.
Fireblazes(cheetohsandcatfood)
· 1 year ago
I will not be turned around. I will rise up in your face!
Sand
· 1 year ago
OK weird... my above post was 'supposed' to end up here:?
One of the many many flaws of the human condition: Propaganda works I'm afraid.
keineFurcht
· 1 year ago
I hope that he is unable to continue in his capacity as AG, but makes a full recovery and lives a long life.
vkobaya
· 1 year ago
lives a long life.
as a vegetable.
MaudGonne
· 1 year ago
The transplant of a lab-grown trachea was widely hailed as a major breakthrough in the science of stem- cell technology this week. But it almost never happened. Yesterday it emerged that the mad dash to get the stem cells from Bristol – where they had been grown – to Barcelona, was delayed by obstinate airline staff. With a 16-hour window to transport the cells, the international medical team had to get to Barcelona as soon as they could. But despite the significance of the operation on Claudio Castillo, 30, they opted to fly easyJet to save money. Yesterday, senior members of the team claimed check-in staff nearly jeopardised the entire operation by refusing to allow the stem cells on the plane, having initially agreed to the carriage. As a result, according to the doctors, the team was forced to charter a private jet for £14,000. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-...
Fireblazes(cheetohsandcatfood)
· 1 year ago
You can't fix stupid.
houstonray
· 1 year ago
"Refusing to allow the stem cells on the plane"? You have GOT to be kidding? Good lord...
Fireblazes(cheetohsandcatfood)
· 1 year ago
There is no Constitutional right against feeling "uncomfortable".
Sand
· 1 year ago
One of the many many flaws of the human condition: Propaganda works I'm afraid.
MaudGonne
· 1 year ago
Around midnight, a Justice Department spokesman said in a statement that Mr. Mukasey was “conscious, conversant and alert.”
The spokesman, Peter A. Carr, said the attorney general would be kept overnight at George Washington University Hospital for observation.
“His vital statistics are strong and he is in good spirits,” Mr. Carr’s statement said. “He is receiving excellent care and appreciates all of the good wishes and prayers he has received.” http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/washington/21...
MaudGonne
· 1 year ago
"Excellent care" and GW Hosp is an oxymoron.... Wish him well....
Fireblazes(cheetohsandcatfood)
· 1 year ago
If you recieve critical care within an hour recovery from stroke is close to 100%.. If he had a seizure his diagnosis is unknown at this point.
Sand
· 1 year ago
No info eh!
Usually... We never found out what the problem was with Chief Justice Roberts foaming at the mouth at the bottom of a ladder either.
mirth
· 1 year ago
Which makes it important that we see these events for ourselves before the gov info door slams shut.
MikeinSanJo
· 1 year ago
Well, at least SOMEone is enjoying the benefits of taxpayer provided health care.
That would suck if this were a pre-existing condition from before he got put on the government dole.
Older_Wiser
· 1 year ago
Is this symbolic of the collapse of the Bush govt?
MaudGonne
· 1 year ago
Filed at 1:48 a.m. ET
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Michael Mukasey, the no-nonsense ally in President Bush's war on terror, was hospitalized Thursday after he collapsed during a late-night speech and lost consciousness.
''Oh, no, no!'' people in the audience cried out as Mukasey slumped at the lectern. ''Oh, my God!''
The 67-year-old Mukasey, wearing a black tie and tuxedo, was 15 to 20 minutes into an address about terrorism when he began shaking slightly and slurring his words. As he read from his prepared text, he seemed to get stuck on a word, paused, then his head bowed slightly and he swayed. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-M...
High Crimes & Misdemeanors
· 1 year ago
I am wondering if the words are indicative of something people knew about his condition? Has he had a stroke before? Is he on any medication that would indicate he has blood flow issues? hearing the crowed and that woman on here, sounds like this has happened before???? In private?
obsessed
· 1 year ago
Can intensely arguing for something that you know in your heart goes squarely against everything you thought your life stood for induce a stroke in someone so predisposed? Or would he have been just as likely to have a stroke had he been talking about the Monday Night Football game?
Muscato
· 1 year ago
I don't have any problem with this being either broadcast or posted here - he's a public figure, and it's not like a stroke, in and of itself, is somehow shameful.
What startles me - and gives me an idea of just how sanitized American news is - is that any newsreader would have to warn viewers that this is "hard to watch". It's an elderly gentleman in some non-graphic distress who then disappears behind a podium. That's not hard to watch. Body parts in Baghdad? Shot children in Gaza? Starving refugees in Congo? That's hard to watch.
Bostonian_Queer_in_Dallas
· 1 year ago
Good taste or bad taste...whatever...this is such a perfect metaphor for the George W Bush legacy.
BusyTimmy
· 1 year ago
At least he collapsed at a Marriot... now he can rest easy his soul is safe with the Mormons.
SCLiberal
· 1 year ago
A living metaphor for the collapse of the rule of law in this country.
Until January 20, 2009 anyway.
cwzilla
· 1 year ago
Mabey he just realized what he had done to his name and reputation for shilling for the most corrupt and incompetent administration in this country's history
LJEF4all
· 1 year ago
Such a sad turn of events, Godspeed to recovery...So glad that we will have a new AG soon. one unlike...This one, Speedy, & the Crisco kid..
mamazboy
· 1 year ago
Yeah, be sure to show a lot of compassion for this low bastard.
All Comments
too bad.
Interestingly, the people who get upset that some people want some decency for this man and his family are many of the same people who freak out if the twin towers are show on television.
live Caesar, Caesar is dead!
I hope he's alright, but hey, he was giving a speech to the Friggin' Federalist Society, and he should never have been confirmed because his position on torture was unclear. After Ashcroft and Gonzalez, anyone would be an improvement, and this man was...sad how low the bar was to leap over.
I wish it was Fredo.
John will probably have the dance-remix version up.
Guilty on the "angry basement dweller" part, tho.
He was giving a speech justifying torture. He collapsed. This happens. We are inundated with much worse in TV land....
Karma has a strange way of hitting you in the ass.
That said, I remember reading some of the hate filled rants on the Right Wing blogsites when Tim Russert died and I will not stoop to that level. Instead I will wish him well and my thoughts to his family.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc0cDnLkktM
*puzzled frown*
I don't get it.
I have been to lots of parties
and acted perfectly disgraceful
but I never actually collapsed
oh Michael Mukasey we love you get up
sheesh
One of the many many flaws of the human condition: Propaganda works I'm afraid.
as a vegetable.
Yesterday it emerged that the mad dash to get the stem cells from Bristol – where they had been grown – to Barcelona, was delayed by obstinate airline staff. With a 16-hour window to transport the cells, the international medical team had to get to Barcelona as soon as they could. But despite the significance of the operation on Claudio Castillo, 30, they opted to fly easyJet to save money.
Yesterday, senior members of the team claimed check-in staff nearly jeopardised the entire operation by refusing to allow the stem cells on the plane, having initially agreed to the carriage. As a result, according to the doctors, the team was forced to charter a private jet for £14,000.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-...
The spokesman, Peter A. Carr, said the attorney general would be kept overnight at George Washington University Hospital for observation.
“His vital statistics are strong and he is in good spirits,” Mr. Carr’s statement said. “He is receiving excellent care and appreciates all of the good wishes and prayers he has received.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/washington/21...
Wish him well....
Usually... We never found out what the problem was with Chief Justice Roberts foaming at the mouth at the bottom of a ladder either.
That would suck if this were a pre-existing condition from before he got put on the government dole.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Michael Mukasey, the no-nonsense ally in President Bush's war on terror, was hospitalized Thursday after he collapsed during a late-night speech and lost consciousness.
''Oh, no, no!'' people in the audience cried out as Mukasey slumped at the lectern. ''Oh, my God!''
The 67-year-old Mukasey, wearing a black tie and tuxedo, was 15 to 20 minutes into an address about terrorism when he began shaking slightly and slurring his words. As he read from his prepared text, he seemed to get stuck on a word, paused, then his head bowed slightly and he swayed.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-M...
What startles me - and gives me an idea of just how sanitized American news is - is that any newsreader would have to warn viewers that this is "hard to watch". It's an elderly gentleman in some non-graphic distress who then disappears behind a podium. That's not hard to watch. Body parts in Baghdad? Shot children in Gaza? Starving refugees in Congo? That's hard to watch.
Until January 20, 2009 anyway.