Fmr. First Lady Barbara Bush has heart surgery

[deminks]

Source: ABC

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Former First Lady Barbara Bush has undergone open heart surgery.

The elder President Bush's Chief of Staff, Jean Becker, described the surgery as very routine.

Becker said she talked to Barbara Bush, who is in the ICU. Her husband is with her, Becker said.

She described the former first lady as "alert and funny."

Spokesman Jim McGrath said the surgery was taken as precautionary step after doctors found hardening on one part of her aorta last week.

Doctors had been tracking this hardening and determined they didn't want to wait.

Read more: http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/national_world&id=6691639&rss=rss-wabc-article-6691639

[Starry Messenger]

1. Nothing would soften that heart.

[Drunken Irishman]

2. I didn't think she had a heart.

But here's to a good recovery!

[Demeter]

74. Where Did They Find a Donor?

It must take massive amounts of anti-rejection drugs!

[IADEMO2004]

80. a pig heart valve

[PM Martin]

3. She has a heart?

[colorado thinker]

23. Beat me to it.

LOL :rofl:

[MrsBrady]

71. that was what my husband said to me when I told him about this story n/t

[onlyadream]

77. That was my first thought....great minds...

[olddad56]

84. No, they are installing one.

and why does she get to have her picture on the one dollar bill?

[Ishoutandscream2]

4. Hmmmmm

No comment.

[NOW tense]

5. Was it because her son was a dictator? n/t

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

6. Interesting that one so old

only has the one problem. Often there are more arteries involved. Despite the fact she is Barbara Bush, I do wish her a speedy recovery.

[kestrel91316]

7. Sorry. That's physically impossible.

[Donnachaidh]

8. they gave her one finally? n/t

[peacebird]

9. would be nice if something could open her heart....

[JSK]

10. After all, she is the "Queen of Hearts"

You know, the "off with their heads" queen.

Or so says Al Franken in his hilarious story about meeting her in first class on an airplane:

http://workbench.cadenhead.org/news/2739/barbara-bushs-texas-hospitality

[Lint Head]

11. It's not relevant. Why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like her.

:dem:

[tavalon]

12. That is one interesting trick

Operating on the heart of a heartless woman. How does that work again?

[walkaway]

13. Barbara Bush has no heart

To the poor victims of Katrina


"So many of the people here, you know,
were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them. "

and giggled.

[Left Coast2020]

66. Thank you. I never forgot her for that comment.

Totally disrespectful of people in crisis. NO HEART.

[islandmkl]

14. so, babs, while you are lying there recuperating, most likely in a pharmaceutical fog..

not unlike your daily domestic routine...ponder the state of this nation 'you love'...try to get your head and newly-fixed heart around the situation for ALL 300 MILLION Americans in total...

how's that 'beautiful mind' process the true facts?

how sad that you are most likely truly proud of your boy(s)...and the jobs they have done...

at what level does the plundering dull the senses to the point that abject failure is still something to find pride in?

yeah, babs, those are YOUR BOYS...YOURS...

that fucking bad ticker ain't your problem, babs...it ain't your problem...

[OwnedByFerrets]

15. They replaced the mechanical one that was there??

Hope its "working out very well" for her.:puke:

[Gregorian]

16. Garlic is one remedy. Now I'm beginning to fill in the blanks.

She probably doesn't get anywhere near garlic.

[peace13]

17. Oh that every needing soul in America could get health care

of that caliber. Enjoy Babs.

[4lbs]

18. So... (chuckling) this is working out very well for her.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001054719

From 2005

<snip>
The former First Lady's remarks were aired this
evening on American Public Media's "Marketplace"
program.

She was part of a group in Houston today at the
Astrodome that included her husband and former
President Bill Clinton, who were chosen by her son,
the current president, to head fundraising efforts for
the recovery. Sen. Hilary Clinton and Sen. Barack
Obama were also present.

In a segment at the top of the show on the surge of
evacuees to the Texas city, Barbara Bush said: "Almost
everyone I’ve talked to says we're going to move to
Houston."

Then she added: "What I’m hearing which is sort of
scary is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is
so overwhelmed by the hospitality.

"And so many of the people in the arena here, you
know, were underprivileged anyway, so this--this (she
chuckles slightly) is working very well for them."

<snip>

[corkhead]

30. I was going to post something similar to this myself

but with this addition...

[kitty1]

19. There is a close connotation between a person's emotional state

and the condition of the heart. A lifetime of negativity and worry definitely took it's toll on this lady. I have a feeling Barbara Bush held in a lifetime of frustration and anger and the heart is the first place to express that pain.

[Mrs. Overall]

20. Oh come on you mean DUers. I wish a speedy recovery to the old bat.

[applegrove]

21. Badum bing.

[applegrove]

44. Bad dum bum (that is what I meant).

[Auggie]

22. Probably on our dime too

[frylock]

24. is she having one installed?

[judesedit]

25. What heart???

[A-Long-Little-Doggie]

26. Laproscopic surgery?

for that tiny heart?

[Politicalboi]

27. I could care less

About the quaker oats guy. May she rest in piss.

[rpannier]

28. While I'm not a fan of hers I do wish her a speedy recovery

nt

[ladywnch]

29. did this qualify as micro surgery?

[1620rock]

32. F*ck the old battle-axe.

[madmom]

31. So heart surgery makes you funny? Cause she sure wasn't before she had it.

[pleah]

33. Just don't let it bother your pretty little mind.

[UTUSN]

34. So Poppy can go back to JENNIFER?!1 n/t

[diane in sf]

35. how can you operate on a nonexistant organ?

[Stargazer09]

36. When I saw this on CNN's website

All I could think was, "She has a heart?"

[Demobrat]

37. I don't have anything nice to say

so I won't say anything.

[Jamastiene]

57. +1

[ezgoingrl]

38. She didn't want her children to know!?

"Houston television station KRTK reported that Mrs. Bush almost didn't want her children to know because she didn't think it was a big deal."

She had her chest cracked open then then they messed around with her AORTA! So, did they read about it online or find out while watching the news? Holy.COW.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090305/ap_on_re_us/barbara_bush_surgery

[LynnTheDem]

39. She's getting one?

Kinda late for that, isn't it?

Yep, mean of me. And as the spouse of a soldier she couldn't "waste her beautiful mind" about, fuck her.

[Ilsa]

48. I'm with you, even though we'll probably pick up flack for it. I just

can't stand the woman. I don't spend time wishing evil on her, but I'm sure as hell not going to send her "good vibes" or even consider a prayer for her. She is a thoughtless, cruel near-human.

[Igel]

40. Good hospital.

Much better than the a few blocks down the street.

[AnneD]

78. And it has...

VIP suites. Bet her gown isn't split in the back.

[DavidDvorkin]

41. I suppose we're all supposed to say nice things

Don't stress your beautiful mind too much, Barbs.

Does that qualify?

[2Design]

42. too bad n/t

[MrMickeysMom]

43. Actually, it's worked out quite well for her...

... Hmmmm?

I mean, compared to the every day she leads, this is such a nice change, eh?

[valerief]

46. You're hurting my beautiful mind. nt

[MrMickeysMom]

49. ...

:fistbump:

[valerief]

45. Well, she doesn't have to worry about not having govt paid health care, does she? nt

[skoalyman]

47. did her ticker go coo coo

:hide:

[Baby Snooks]

60. Just another Medicare patient.....

She's just another patient on Medicare receiving the same level of care all Medicare patients receive in this country.

:sarcasm:

[Beacool]

50. Come on people, play nice.

Not my favorite First Lady by a mile, but I wish her a speedy recovery. If all who uttered numbingly insensitive remarks were to be struck dead, there wouldn't be too many people left on the planet.

:eyes:

[DWilliamsamh]

55. No. I refuse to play nice with her and her f'ing "beautiful mind."

She doesn't kive a shit about the lives of her fellow Americans, and in fact disdained those lives. She doesn't deserve anything more than she puts out. Karma's a bitch.

[Beacool]

56. Yeah, and that's precisely why I don't wish her ill.

What goes around, comes around........

:eyes:

[Baby Snooks]

62. It does?

It doesn't seem to come around with the Bushes much. It doesn't seem to have come around at all.

[DWilliamsamh]

64. I would LOVE to see some "come-around" for them... that's exactly the problem

It never seems to.

[llmart]

81. "numbingly insensitive remarks".....

hmmmmm... Babs is the QUEEN of numbingly insensitive remarks so she'd be the first to be struck dead.

I, for one, could care less about this old bat's health.

[DWilliamsamh]

51. That's too bad.....too bad they saved that cold @#$%^

[TankLV]

52. Looks like things are going quite nicely for her -

I have more important things to waste MY Beautiful Mind on than to think of that BITCH...

All I can say is she's lived TOO LONG...which proves the GOOD die young...

[Marrah_G]

53. She is one of the few people I have no pity for

I would like for her to suffer, to feel fear, just once in her life. She has caused the entire planet a boatload of misery.

A nastier woman I have never seen.

[ORDagnabbit]

54. hope she has a painful recovery and is reminded every single day the pain she caused in the world...

and if you gonna go all stupid and wish her well please include a good thing she did for the world.

[Jamastiene]

58. I knew if she did have one, it sure as fuck wasn't working right.

[Hulk]

59. "Ah, she's probably 'better off' in the hospital than she was in her own house..."

Isn't that something like what the old bag said when the victims of her son's debacle, Katrina, we moved into the Houston Dome after they lost all?

I bristle every time I see this old bag. I know she isn't any smarter than her dumb ass son, but holy shit even.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

61. The ICU is working out very well for her.

Barbara Bush: Things Working Out 'Very Well' for Poor Evacuees from New Orleans

By E&P Staff

Published: September 05, 2005 7:25 PM ET updated 8:00 PM

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001054719

NEW YORK Accompanying her husband, former President George H.W.Bush, on a tour of hurricane relief centers in Houston, Barbara Bush said today, referring to the poor who had lost everything back home and evacuated, "This is working very well for them."



In a segment at the top of the show on the surge of evacuees to the Texas city, Barbara Bush said: "Almost everyone I’ve talked to says we're going to move to Houston."



Then she added: "What I’m hearing which is sort of scary is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality.



"And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this--this (she chuckles slightly) is working very well for them."

[Vinca]

69. This is the first thing that crossed my mind when I heard it.

I won't be sending a card to Babs.

[cherish44]

63. Wishing her a speedy recovery

nt

[Mind_your_head]

65. Barbara Bush had hardening in her heart? *gasp*

Who would've guessed/knew?

My thoughts and prayers go out to the bush family (isn't that the standard lame phrase that "they" always say? Back at-em' Do they feel "comforted" now, well, I sure do smiley/stupid platitude hope-so!!!)

[Vidar]

67. Naah, that would presuppose he having a heart.

[Belial]

68. "Taking the High Road" Not something done often here.

[Flagg]

70. Alert and funny ?

She never was alert and funny even when she was healthy.

[jody]

72. "A quiet, family fireside evening" by Oliphant

[Bonobo]

73. I won't worry my pretty little mind about it. nt

[snooper2]

75. POS represents true evil...hopefully her time is up soon...

nt

[Arugula Latte]

76. Nasty, nasty woman. nt

[damntexdem]

79. I didn't know she had one.

Sort of like with Darth Cheney.

[IggleDoer]

82. Did she have private insurance?

Or did a publically funded program, such as Medicare, pay for her hospitalization?

That would be socialism!!!

[stlsaxman]

83. No she and George paid for it outright with the profits from Prescott funding the Nazi war machine.

[BillyKessdotcom]

85. wow... so much for Democrats being kind and loving...

She's a former First Lady who is recovering from a serious operation. Has anyone here have any respect at all? Pathetic.

[Bake]

86. Too evil to do the honorable thing ...

She's going to hang on kicking and screaming, because I'm sure she's not done screwing over the little people.

Bake

[uppityperson]

87. May the alert and "funny" person heal quickly. eom

[BillyKessdotcom]

88. so how about that DOW?

tsk tsk ...