Missouri Congressman Taken to Hospital (Rep. Ike Skelton- D)

[Khephra]

WASHINGTON -- Missouri Rep. Ike Skelton, senior Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, fell in the hallway of House office building Saturday and was taken to U.S. Naval Medical Center in suburban Bethesda, Md.

Skelton, 72, was returning to his office after a vote on the House floor when he fell near a bank of elevators in the Rayburn office building and struck his head.

"He's doing just fine," said Lara Battles, a spokeswoman for Skelton who was with him when he fell. She said she did not know what caused the fall but that Skelton was conscious.

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-skelton,0,2383746.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[ncrainbowgrrl]

1. Oh gosh.

I hope he's ok.

[Starlight]

2. Ok, where was Rove at the time?

He probably pushed him. :grr:

[intheflow]

3. I was thinking poison reaction.

No need for assailant to be in sight.

[Voltaire99]

5. My friend, the old fart is 72.

And he sits on the House Armed Services Committee, which means lots of lobbyist lobsters. Do the, er, math. :-)

[Starlight]

6. That occurred to me, too. n/t

[UL_Approved]

4. To fuel the fire:

This link is to a Yahoo News article. The Armed Services committee opposed the bill, BTW.

Article:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041121/ap_on_go_co/congress_intelligence

[aquart]

7. Democrats being stressed to death.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

8. They're Dropping Like Flies

I hope he's o.k.

[Protect The Vote]

9. I remember

my parents talking about voting for Skelton when I was a kid. Hope he's okay.

[TexanDem]

10. What is his relation to Red Skelton?

Being from Texas, I don't see him very much unless he's on C-Span and I happen to catch it. But when I have, there's a definite physical resemblance to Red Skelton who was always my abolute favorite comedian, hands down. I tried to find on both Ike's and Red's websites a relationship, but never could find it. Do any of you know?
I am sorry about his fall. I sincerely hope that it was just a stumble and not some fainting spell or something from an underlying problem. Lord knows we need to keep the good ones!!! They're become all too scarce now!