I noticed that too. What the heck is wrong with them?
Most of the deletions were not people sounding happy he was ill. They simply made what some people found to be inappropriate political comments about the news, or about Fred Thompson keeping it a secret.
The moderators decided the comments were inappropriate, and deleted them, but I don’t think such deletions should be seen as suggesting our fellow Freepers were happy. At least one who had posts deleted emphatically insists that was not the case, and I believe them.