Nice update on Senator Tim Johnson: Makes first TV campaign ad since debilitating brain hemmorhage

[DeepModem Mom]

Politico: July 28, 2008
Tim Johnson on air for first time since brain hemmorhage
By Josh Kraushaar

Nearly two years after suffering a debilitating brain hemorrhage, Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) appears in his campaign’s first television ad telling voters that his illness has given him “a unique view on life.”

“I’m getting better, but my speech needs work,” Johnson says in the ad, in a breezy back-and-forth conversation with his wife, Barb.

My colleague, Amie Parnes, wrote in May about Johnson’s slowly improving health as he prepares for what should be a fairly easy re-election campaign against GOP state Rep. Joel Dykstra:

"Johnson has gradually resumed his normal duties in the Senate, meeting with constituents, presiding as chairman over multiple subcommittee hearings, casting votes. But the man who once made his own copies and fetched his own pens now needs help putting on his jacket. He needs a cane to walk, a motorized wheelchair to get him from his Senate office to the Senate floor. His speech is slurred, and he sometimes has difficulty matching words to thoughts.

'It has been said that I was given a second chance at life,' Johnson says in an interview with Politico. 'I have a new enthusiasm, and I’m determined to do an even better job and work harder for the people of South Dakota.'"

http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/0708/Tim_Johnson_on_air_for_first_time_since_brain_hemmorhage_.html?showall

LINK TO VIDEO OF AD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at0_Hc1_MWw&eurl=http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/0708/Tim_Johnson_on_air_for_first_time_since_brain_hemmorhage_.html?showall

[sellitman]

1. Maybe this guy should be our VP

Already he has accomplished more in my book than anyone in the room.

Kicked #1 and voted.

[DeepModem Mom]

4. Thank you! nt

[Botany]

2. Real Courage

'It has been said that I was given a second chance at life,' Johnson says in an interview with Politico.
'I have a new enthusiasm, and I’m determined to do an even better job and work harder for the people
of South Dakota.'"

[DeepModem Mom]

3. Yep. He's had a long journey -- and still getting there. nt

[Lisa0825]

5. That makes me so happy!!!

What a courageous person he is! :patriot:

[Triana]

6. More power to him. He's been down a long road. I wish him the best. n/t

[Cha]

7. Ohhhh, I'm glad he's doing better and better..amazing

person to keep going in his job in spite of what happened. Perfect example of the human spirit in action.

[Scurrilous]

8. Good news.

:thumbsup: