Wow... First Openly Gay Person (Studds) Elected To Congress Dies - (MSNBC)

[WillyT]

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BOSTON - Former U.S. Rep. Gerry Studds, the first openly gay person elected to Congress, died early Saturday at Boston Medical Center, a hospital official said. He was 69.

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Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15260256/

The timing of this is astounding. No conspiracies here, just... how weird is this in the current news cycle???

:shrug:

[Truthiness Inspector]

1. Whoa!

That is really weird. I wonder what the cause of death was.

[Gormy Cuss]

6. Blood clot in the lungs.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/10/14/hospital_former_rep_studds_dies_at_69/

Apparently he collapsed while walking his dog earlier in the month.

[originalpckelly]

2. First a lady who was attacked by a giant inflatable...

has her apartment totaled by the plane crash that killed Cory Lidle. Now the man who has been brought up many times in recent days for the Foley matter dies.

I know what you mean about a weird news cycle.

[dailykoff]

8. What giant inflatable?

What are you talking about?

[pk_du]

12. They annouced last night that the apartment that plane smashed

into and set ablaze belongs to the same lady who was seriously injured in the Macys Thx-giving day Parade a few years ago when the inflatable knocked part of a lamp-post onto her head.

She's waiting for number three....

[nuxvomica]

3. That is very weird

Perhaps he was ailing and the revival of the old scandal was just enough stress to finish him.

[Maine-ah]

4. he had a blood clot in his lung.

[Lerkfish]

5. very BIZARRE timing.

sometimes, even coincidencs can be timed oddly.

[Bigmack]

7. Gotta be bad luck....

The Dems can't seem to buy a break!

The MSM gets the opportunity to use the words "gay", "Democrat", "page", "sex", and "censure" all together.

The Pubs get to shout.. "Look! A gay, married Democrat who had actual sex with a page! Never mind Foley... he just sent 'naughty' emails!"

[dailykoff]

9. Yep. That's one way to get a gay Dem rep in the news.

Not that this admin would ever dream of pulling anything so devious, close election or no close election. They always take the high road!


hint: :sarcasm:

[Hugin]

10. I'd say that is the ticket...

They are really really struggling to find plausible comparability these days.

Good job on denying the Repugs strawmen all you Patriotic American Democrats out there!

:thumbsup:

[Hugin]

11. A big part of the Right Wing Noise Machine is choosing *what* to cover...

It's not all distortion, misdirection, and outright lies.

Don't know if this is a case in point.

Something to keep in mind though.