Wow, what's wrong with Bob Dole?

[Neecy]

It was nice for him to attend the Sebelius announcements - Senator Roberts was there as well, Brownback absent, not a surprise - but when President Obama walked out of the room with him he looked as stiff as a corpse, barely able to move. I thought he was going to topple over.

[Atman]

1. Uh...he's about 110.

Just sayin'.

.

[Cleita]

2. I think he was fossilized a few years back. Robotic parts keep him

animated IMHO.

:rofl:

[jenmito]

3. I think it's the viagra. n/t

[graywarrior]

5. It must cause a complete body hard-on

[Phx_Dem]

17. ROLF. Not a picture I want in my head!

:smoke:

[graywarrior]

18. Or anything to do with any head, no matter who's

[mak3cats]

4. Priapism? (n/t)

[DFW]

6. The guy's just shy of 90

Reaching that age after getting wounded as badly as he did in World War II isn't bad.
He bowed out from public life at the right time. My father in law was very badly wounded
at the Battle of Stalingrad, and he barely made it to age 73.

[Botany]

7. My guess is age and the wounds he took for all of us in WW II

He lost the use of 1 arm and some major muscle groups of his torso
in Italy and he turns 86 this July.

Wiki


In 1942, Dole joined the United States Army's Enlisted Reserve Corps to fight in World War II. He became a second lieutenant in the Army's 10th Mountain Division.
In April 1945, while engaged in combat in the hills of northern Italy, he was hit by German machine gun fire in his upper right back. His right arm was also badly injured. As Lee Sandlin describes, when fellow soldiers saw the extent of his injuries all they thought they could do was to "give him the largest dose of morphine they dared and write an 'M' for 'morphine' on his forehead in his own blood, so that nobody else who found him would give him a second, fatal dose."<5> He had to wait nine hours on the battlefield before being taken to the 15th Evacuation Hospital. He began a recovery that would last until 1948 at Percy Jones Army hospital in Battle Creek, Michigan, where he met future fellow politicians Daniel Inouye and Philip Hart. His right arm was paralyzed; Dole often carries a pen in his right hand to signal that he cannot shake hands with that arm.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

8. He's OLD!

Cripes, I think he went up San Juan Hill with Teddy Roosevelt.

[liberal N proud]

9. Rigormortis

[rasputin1952]

10. Dole is old school GOP, one can negoitate w/him...

I'm actualy surprised he has survived as long as he has. He took some serious wounds in Italy.

The 10th Mtn Div was some pretty harcore guys...as Dole has shown. I wish him well.

[Mira]

11. He's being nursed by Liddy. We in NC are grateful for her change of focus !

[Ganja Ninja]

12. He's older than dirt and was pretty messed up by WWII. n/t

[cali]

13. Wow. And now we're surprised that someone almost 90 freakin' years old

isn't bopping around the stage? Not to mention that he has serious war wounds.

[Neecy]

14. I didn't expect him to 'bop' anywhere

I know he's old, and I know about his war wounds. This went beyond not being able to bop - he looked seriously ill, to the point of being almost immobile. I was hoping that perhaps someone here knew about a recent health condition and had something constructive to offer.

[pansypoo53219]

15. the plastic surgery

did not help.

[Jennicut]

16. Dole is really really old. He was ancient when he ran for President and that was the mid 1990's.

Plus he had some war injuries. Nice to see him supportive of Sebelius. What happened to the days when Repubs used to be friends with people on the other side of the aisle. Those days are long gone.

[backwoodsbob]

19. Dole was one of the last repukes that didn't turn my stomach

was wrong on many things but he honostly seems like someone you could talk to.

[Muttocracy]

20. Dole spoke at Daschle's hearing, didn't he? I think that was the last time I saw him

and yeah, he seems like a generally nice guy. nt

[QC]

21. Bob Dole and Bob Michel were the last of the honorable Republicans in Congress.

After them came Newt and his band of loonies.

[RollWithIt]

24. True, also an honorable war hero.... not many of those left on the Republican side...

They eat their real heroes.

[JuniperLea]

22. Poor OLD Bob

Is OLD... OLD people sometimes get all stiff like that. A lot of OLD people don't want to stop working... I don't blame them.

Poor OLD Bob... I never agreed with his politics, but I hate to see any human being get OLD and stiff like that.

[RollWithIt]

23. I know this will come as a shock, but 90 year olds look, well, old and close to death....

It's very rare to see a 90 year old who doesn't look like they're ready to pack it in. Such is life.

[Undercurrent]

25. He had a severe health problem in 2004,

that compounded his limited mobility that were a result of his war injuries.


In December 2004, Dole had a hip-replacement operation, which required him to receive blood thinners. One month after the surgery it was determined that he was bleeding inside his head. He spent 40 days at Walter Reed, and when he was released, his "good" arm, the left, was of limited use. He told a reporter that he needed help to handle the simplest of tasks, since both of his arms are injured. He undergoes physical therapy for his left shoulder once a week, but doctors have told him that he might not regain total use of his left arm.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_dole

[Rockholm]

26. Must be the long term side effects of Viagra.

[elleng]

27. Where did you see him?

Been looking.