Posted on 11/20/2008 7:33:13 PM PST by ConservativeMan55
Breaking on Greta..
Collapses while talking to the Federalist Society..
Michael Mukasy
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Didn’t want to say it aloud but that’s what I was thinking. Hopefully it’s low blood sugar.
Haven’t seen the video yet. Did he show signs of stroke prior to collapsing? Or was it a straight drop?
Very sad no matter what it is.
Thanks for the feedback.
I haven’t seen it.
Uh Oh.. I pray that he’s OK. I hope nobody suggests Holder take over while the AG’s indisposed...
U.S. Attorney General Mukasey Collapses During Speech (Update2)
By Jeff Bliss
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Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) — U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed while giving a speech in Washington tonight and was taken away on a gurney by emergency personnel.
Mukasey, 67, slumped at the lectern and fell to the floor as he neared the end of a speech to the Federalist Society. Several people gathered around him to offer aid, and emergency workers arrived.
Members of the audience, including former Attorney General John Ashcroft, formed a human wall so people could not view the attorney general as he was taken away. A member of the audience offered a prayer for Mukasey from the lectern and told everyone to go home.
Mukasey, a retired federal judge from New York, became attorney general in November 2007, replacing Alberto Gonzales, who resigned after a congressional investigation into allegations he politicized the department.
In his speech, the attorney general defended the Bush administration’s anti-terrorism strategy against what he termed ``relentless criticism.’’
To contact the reporter on this story: Jeff Bliss in Washington jbliss@bloomberg.net.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a0WjNCWLcNe4&refer=home
Maybe, maybe not. I know the chances of having seizures increases with age.
There’s a siren up on Drudge.
This is all we need. I think Mukasey has been a big improvement over Alberto Gonzalez, who was a disastrous appointment.
I pray for his health for our country’s sake as well as his. Things are bad enough.
OK, that report doesn’t mention any stroke symptoms before the collapse which makes the cardiac possibility enter my mind.
He didn’t go all the way down, he keeled over a bit and then the security dudes held him.
This one sounds stroke-like
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/mukasey_collapses
Attorney General Mukasey collapses during speech
By MATT APUZZO and LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writers Matt Apuzzo And Lara Jakes Jordan, Associated Press Writers – 4 mins ago
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In this Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007 file photo, Attorney General Michael Mukasey AP – In this Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007 file photo, Attorney General Michael Mukasey addresses the American …
WASHINGTON – Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed during a speech Thursday night and lost consciousness, a Justice Department official said.
The 67-year-old Mukasey was rushed to George Washington University Hospital, where his condition was not immediately.
Mukasey was delivering a speech to the Federalist Society at a Washington hotel when “he just started shaking and he collapsed,” said Associate Attorney General Kevin O’Connor. “They’re very concerned.”
Mukasey was 15 to 20 minutes into his speech about the Bush administration’s successes in combatting terrorism when he began slurring his words. He collapsed and lost consciousness, said O’Conner, the department’s No. 3 official. It was unclear whether he regained consciousness.
Are they celebrating over at DailyKOS or DU yet?
They are at DU. Didn’t go to the Kos.
Attorney General Mukasey.
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Drudge didn’t report my collapse on election night when Americans elected a Marxist.
I guess I’m not newsworthy.
Maybe I need to star in a bootleg porn video like Paris Hilton before libs and the unwashed masses pay attention to me.
Hope he is OK.
I think it’s beautiful that they made that wall to give him privacy. Prayers up for a full recovery for him.
Other reports are saying ‘slurred words’ and ‘shaking’—could be diabetic seizure or a stroke with those symptoms...hopefully just low blood sugar that can be easily controlled! Maybe he was nervous about the speech and didn’t eat or rest properly prior to giving it...
I heard he regained consciousness....good sign!
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