New Republican meme re: Kerry?

[everythingsxen]

I am hanging out in a Yahoo chat room on politics.

Some guy keeps saying Kerry has cancer and is dying from it. That Americans need to know he is dying and to vote Bush.

Is this BS (it sounds like it)? Is it a localised phenomenon? Or is this up on Drudge or something?

[Nashyra]

1. Start one that says * 's alcoholism caught up with him

and he has liver disease.

[liberalnurse]

4. Yes, I believe that too!

He appears to have Korsakoff Syndrome:


What is Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome?

Wernicke's encephalopathy is a degenerative brain disorder caused by the lack of thiamine (vitamin B1). It may result from alcohol abuse, dietary deficiencies, prolonged vomiting, eating disorders, or the effects of chemotherapy. Symptoms include mental confusion, vision impairment, stupor, coma, hypothermia, hypotension, and ataxia. Korsakoff's amnesic syndrome-a memory disorder-also results from a deficiency of thiamine, and is associated with alcoholism. The heart, vascular, and nervous system are involved. Symptoms include amnesia, confabulation, attention deficit, disorientation, and vision impairment. The main features of Korsakoff’s amnesic syndrome are the impairments in acquiring new information or establishing new memories, and in retrieving previous memories. Although Wernicke’s and Korsakoff’s may appear to be two different disorders, they are generally considered to be different stages of the same disorder, which is called Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. Wernicke’s encephalopathy represents the “acute” phase of the disorder, and Korsakoff’s amnesic syndrome represents the "chronic" phase.

[TrueAmerican]

2. Dubya is already brain dead

At least Kerry's brain is alive.

[CaTeacher]

3. Kerry is a cancer survivor.

A while back, he had the beginnings of prostrate cancer--it was caught early and treated. As far as I know he is in excellent health now.

[JohnKleeb]

5. bs

He got treated for prostate cancer early on and he's better now.

[molly]

6. * takes 2 different medications per day

he has some brain disease caused by alcohol and illegal drug abuse.

If Kerry had cancer, believe me, he wouldn't have a quarter of the energy he has displayed.

[iconoclastic cat]

7. Any links for the Shrub "brain" disease story?

I haven't heard that one outside of the silly Capitol Hill Blue tripe.