Lautenberg: What's-His-Name's Alzheimer's Charge Not True

NewsMax ^ | 10/24/02 | Limbacher

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

78-year-old New Jersey Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Frank Lautenberg complained on Wednesday that a member of his GOP opponent Doug Forrester's campaign team had insinuated that his age had begun to effect his memory.

But when pressed he had trouble remembering the name of his accuser.

Lautenberg complained about the attack on his mental faculties during an interview on Sean Hannity's nationally syndicated radio show.

LAUTENBERG: Don't lay on these insults and innuendos. Listen he had his campaign....

HANNITY: No, I don't think Doug Forrester, Doug Forrester is not doing this.

LAUTENBERG: Well, his people are. All over the place and believe me....

HANNITY: Wait a minute. Can you prove that, Senator?

LAUTENBERG: Well, sure. I've seen comments that his campaign manager makes. They've got, listen....

HANNITY: You're saying that they're insinuating that you're ill?

LAUTENBERG: Yeah, absolutely. They're insinuating.....

HANNITY: Who is doing that?

LAUTENBERG: Who is an assemblyman in New Jersey very much tied into the their team?

HANNITY: Well, what's his name because I think that's outrageous?

LAUTENBERG: The fella who's running the campaign.

HANNITY: Who? Who?

LAUTENBERG: Joe Carillos, who I know, called up quickly to say, well, he wasn't the one who said the nasty things. But you know, that's the nature of their campaign.

[cricket]

Frankthelout's brain could be toast; the Demrats will still elect him. . .

[Mike Darancette]

So is the Lout going to release his medical records and debate?

[bandleader]

Frank "Lousenberg"(Bob Grant's Name For This A**HOLE)Should Be Sunk Based Solely On His Voting Record!Three Times He Voted Taxes To Be Increased On Social-Security Payments!!If The"Seasoned Citizens"(Rush's Name For Oldsters)Have Any Guts At All,They Will Send This Angry,(OLDER Than Millicent Fenwick),Socialist A**HOLE To A Rest Home!!!!!!!!!!!

[ThirstyMan]

"GOP opponent Doug Forrester's campaign team had insinuated that his age had begun to effect his memory."

I think that's "affect his memory" there Tumbleweed.

[par4]

I was listening to this as it happened...it's hard to describe the exchange, but Frank was in a car leaving an appearance (in Newark?). There was quite an audible delay between the last couple of quotes in the posting. I seemed to me that Lautenberg was straining to delay in answering Sean while getting Joe Carillos' name from someone riding in the car with him.

In other words, he sounded as if he was having trouble speaking "off the cuff", except to cite canned responses; Forrester doesn't talk about issues, they're calling me names, I need to get on with doing the business of the people (oops, wrong Democrat)........

[Steely Tom]

Frankthelout's brain could be toast; the Demrats will still elect him. . .

Of course. They were going to elect a known crook Democrat; why wouldn't they elect a senile Democrat?

LOL

(steely)

[BibChr]

I think this is likely to stand as the funniest title of the day... or it'll be a near thing!

Dan

[afraidfortherepublic]

New Jersey Democratic senatorial candidate former Sen. Frank Lautenberg, left, debates with New Jersey Republican senatorial candidate Douglas Forrester at a street fair where both met campaigning Saturday, Oct. 19, 2002 Metuchen, N.J. (AP Photo/Daniel Hulshizer)