Billy Graham in NC hospital with bronchitis

[krispos42]

Source: Associated Press

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- A spokesman for Billy Graham says the 93-year-old evangelist is being treated at a North Carolina hospital for bronchitis.

A joint statement Sunday from Graham's spokesman and Mission Hospital says Graham was admitted overnight for an infection in his lungs. The hospital is in Asheville, near his home in Montreat.

He is resting comfortably in stable condition.

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[center rising]

1. Bet he doesn't worry about his health care!!

[proud patriot]

2. I hope his doctor is Gay and his Nurses lesbians

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or vice versa

[slampoet]

5. and they're all Jewish.

[proud patriot]

20. yes and that too

[Fearless]

7. +1000!

[still_one]

21. Actually, if the doctor is gay and Jewish that should really make Bill happy

[atreides1]

3. As much as I dislike the man

I hope he gets well soon and that he gets that brain transplant he's been needing!

[DavidL]

13. I think he has needed that since birth!

Kind of late to do it now, to a senior citizen.

Let's save that brain for a 40 year old evangelical.

[russspeakeasy]

4. and ?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

6. Billy Graham is proof that only the good die young.

[FunkyLeprechaun]

8. I've met him (wearing a certain football team's hat no less)

He was my dad's patient (not saying where) and my dad is as anti-religionist and pro-gay marriage as one can be and I can honestly tell you that as an athiest and pro gay marriage he has treated Billy Graham. BTW doctors are only given the a-ok to who they treat and I know my dad has treated very well known patients but vaguely alluding to them (respecting dr/patient confidentiality) but Billy Graham has said he's proud of where he got treated so my dad got the a-ok to tell us who he treated.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

9. And his shit stain son is just rubbing his hands and drooling by his bedside. nt

[Eagle_Eye]

10. He's still alive, I thought he died years ago

[DavidL]

14. He was brain dead since birth,

Not to be confused. He's dead to me, that's all that matters.

[Eagle_Eye]

25. Welcome to DU David

[Blasphemer]

22. Same here...

And yet.. I'm pretty sure that sometime in the past year, I had another experience of saying to myself, "I thought he was dead already?" I think I manage to make myself forget that he's still alive.

[underpants]

11. That is a shame

he has to be hoping that he doesn't meet his maker for a looooong time

[kurtzapril4]

12. According to Frank Schaeffer

Mr. Graham is very, very afraid of death. I hope he's thoroughly scared right now.

This is a man who pulled his 17 year old daughter out of college, and forced her to marry a 35 year old weirdo.

I remember as a kid I wrote Mr. Graham and asked him why animals don't go to heaven. I got a personal reply from him saying...animals don't go to heaven because they can't dedicate their lives to Jesus.

It was the beginning of my "descent" into atheism. Thank you, Billy!

[DavidL]

15. Glad that this charlatan helped you along the way to

atheism.

I hope there's two million others he helped as well.

This is the sum total of what Christianity turns into in a post industrial super affluent society like the USA; charlatans peddling their religion to make millions.

[cpwm17]

33. Billy Graham was the last straw that made me an atheist.

Billy Graham visited San Diego in 1976. My parents forced us to go to an entire week of his preaching. On the forth day I receive a religious tract, which I read that night. I went to bed an atheist. Here's a short video of his preaching on the third day of that event:

http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv=RRc5VUYzdUg

[Swede Atlanta]

16. I don't agree with personal attacks tied to a person's illness or death......

I don't disagree with anything posted here as an objective matter. I think BG has done as much to harm others in various ways as nearly anyone else alive today because of the longevity of his so-called ministry and his patriarchal position within his family.

But I don't condone exploiting a person's health or death for making points. There will be plenty of time to reflect on his legacy which I think in the long run will be negative. His son is perhaps worse than BG or perhaps it is because I am following him more closely in my adult years.

[Douglas Carpenter]

18. I frankly find such cold talk uncouth

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I think a bit of kindness for the elderly, sick and dying should be shown to all regardless

[Norbert]

34. I agree

[valerief]

17. What a, ahem, loss. nt

[magic59]

19. Even though rightwingnuts gave Christianity a bad name

Billy Graham was a positive influence for many decades. I hope he gets well soon.

[Solly Mack]

23. Obviously he has done something very, very bad.

Otherwise...yadda,yadda,yadda.

[cstanleytech]

24. I dont like him, his beliefs nor his politics but I wish him well and hope he recovers for the

sake atleast of his family who do care for him.
To those wishing him bad things....well you should be ashamed just like those who wish bad things to happen to president Obama should be ashamed.

[davidpdx]

26. I actually hope Graham recovers

for two reasons: 1) I don't want to wish ill will on him and 2) Romney and Ryan will try to use it to their favor. So the second one is a bit selfish, but oh well.

[AngryAmish]

27. Looks so healthy...

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[center rising]

28. LOLOL!!!

[Odin2005]

29. Make him try to pray it away.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

30. was that before or after his promised visit to the promised land, aka Chick Fil A?

[snooper2]

31. Leave that mucus alone, jesabus put it there..

damn doctors messin' with gods divine plans

[byeya]

32. "Eat that pork; eat that ham; eat till ya choke on Billy Graham"