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Audacity of Truth
Whiner-in-Chief:
"[W]hether the grumbling is about Republicans on Fox or bloggers in pajamas, there's a word for what the president and his aides are doing. That word is "whining." And nothing [...] does more damage to Obama's credibility or authority than the sense that a popular president is becoming the whiner-in-chief."
- John Nichols, Nation Magazine - 10/12/09
Big news: Rudy Giuliani admitted to the hospital with “flu-like” symptons
The AP reports:
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican Rudy Giuliani was admitted to a hospital Wednesday night for flu-like symptoms, his campaign said.
The former New York City mayor felt the symptoms while campaining for the Republican presidential nomination in Missouri, and they soon became worse, campaign spokeswoman Katie Levinson said. The mayor decided to go to a St. Louis hospital and spend the night there, she said.
“The symptoms worsened as the day wore on and shortly after taking off from Chesterfield, Missouri, for New York the mayor became uncomfortable enough that our plane returned to the airport in Chesterfield,” Levinson said. “To be on the safe side, the mayor consulted with his personal physician in New York and made the decision to go to the Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis for routine tests.”
I’m by no means trying to make light of Mr. Giuliani’s condition, but I swear sometimes the way the mediots report every little move the candidates make drives me crazy. So he has flu-like symptoms? Uh, so do a lot of other Americans this time of the year. Sheesh.
Heck, I’m still sick right now. Thank goodness I’m not running for president, or I’d have people falling all over me, too.
Come to think of it, depending on the people, that might not be a bad situation to be in 
Seriously, I’ve got the congestion that sometimes lingers after a cold has passed, and it is whipping me. During the day I can manage, but at night when the congestion settles while you sleep, the morning can be a PITA.
Back to Rudy, who was endorsed by Missouri Senator Kit Bond yesterday, he’s got more to worry about than just those flu-like symptons right now. A new national poll is showing Rudy tied with Romney, just six weeks after he had double digit leads over all his opponents. With roughly two weeks to go before the primaries/caucuses kick off, he better hope he gets well soon so he can get back out on the campaign trail again.
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I got sick the Saturday after Thanksgiving. It didn’t go away for two weeks. No media at my apartment.
I’ve been fighting off this bug for two weeks, and still would have to get feeling better in order to die, no media either. Poor me. The whole family is sick, this particular bug is a very bad one, particularly if you have any respiratory problems like asthma. So if Rudi has it it’s no surprise he went to the hospital, in the early stages this can be a scary bug, feels like pneumonia. But why is this a major story? “Politician comes down with severe cold during cold/flu season!!!” makes a stupid headline.
But it’s an attempt, no doubt, to make him look sickly and weak, any excuse to cast doubt on a Republican candidate I guess.
“Flu-like”? Rudy says he is back on the road tomorrow. “Flu-like” usually last longer than two days, perhaps it was a stomach bug. Who knows, but he ended up in the hospital, leads me to believe he needed IV fluids. Any talk of the actual symptoms? Not that it is any of my business.
I’m right there with ya, Ryan and Sev. I went to Denver for what was supposed to be a long weekend vacation a few weeks ago and wound up in a hospital for 36 hours. Would you believe it…not ONE reporter stuck a camera in my face, or sneaked past security at 2am to get a candid interview. I’m just SHOCKED, I tell ya.
I should have went to the hospital, but again, the media probably would have ignored it.
I caught the flu once.
Thrashed it within an inch of its life. Since then it’s stayed well clear.