"Brief and sudden illness"???

[PCIntern]

It sure must have been brief, because he was scheduled to be on MTP this morning.

Another “interesting” senatorial scenario…

“I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but”…

Nah, I don’t want to say anything inappropriate at this time, it’d be utterly tasteless. And crass.

Nope, I’m taking the High Road….for now.

[H2O Man]

1. Recommended.

The High Road can include saying nice things, like I hope he is okay.

[durablend]

3. The weather's fine there

Mitch said so. Nice and warm.

[Omnipresent]

35. He's definitely not ok.

[displacedvermoter]

40. I hope he has a very nice funeral.

[Lifeafter70]

2. But we already know where all roads lead

Just saying

[FascismIsDeath]

4. Yea but 71 year old men just up and die all the time. Lets not get carried away.

This was unexpected for sure but not unrealistic at all.

[PCIntern]

5. You're absolutely right...

And please let me add that that can also be said in Russia with the epidemic there of defenestrations and poisonings.

But all jokes aside that’s true. I just wouldn’t classify a heart attack or stroke as an illness. But that’s me.

[FascismIsDeath]

11. It depends on what caused the heart attack, if that is even what happened.

But it could be as simple as pneumonia or something like that.

[PCIntern]

12. There'd be symptoms of pneumonia...

There’s either a lot more to this story or nothing at all.

[paulkienitz]

13. Sure, could be completely innocent, but given where it happened in the world,

and the abruptness of it, conspiracy ideas are gonna be inevitable.

[Katinfl]

37. You are right. Heart attack or a stroke is not a sudden illness. So why be so secretive?

be straightforward with the cause of death and end the speculation.

[agingdem]

41. Assuming soulless Lindsey had a heart,,

and unless he had an undisclosed history of coronary heart disease, reprehensible Lindsey died of a sudden heart attack..the cause is irrelevant because Trump’s ass-kissing toady is still dead..thoughts and prayers!

[liberalgunwilltravel]

19. Maybe he had the same brief and sudden illness

As Nelson Rockefeller. Except instead of a 25 year old woman …

[John1956PA]

21. You have a good memory for salacious 1970s political trivia.

[PCIntern]

38. Happy wasn't so Happy after the event

[liberalgunwilltravel]

45. What can I say

I’m old. Also a native of NY State and the beneficiary of the SUNY system that Rockefeller started. Pat Moynihan and Jacob Javits were the Senators I grew up with. Back when there were still honorable Republicans. And in today’s world, Nelson would be considered a Social Democrat, except for his misguided views on recreational drugs.

[wolfie001]

33. ....

[allegorical oracle]

26. Yep. Had a very healthy friend who suffered a brain aneurism while shopping. She

was in her 60s and died in surgery when surgeons couldn't staunch the resultant brain hemorrhage. Overall, sudden may be a kinder way to go than lingering for years.

[Bumbles]

29. Lindsay had already lingered for too long.

[LeftInTX]

6. Check out how he looked recently

Congestive Heart Failure?

Although it's not brief and sudden, he may have had it. People can have it for decades, but maybe it caused his cardiac arrest last night?

[CincyDem]

7. "Brief & sudden illness" vs. an "event" like a heart attack ?

A serious question for the medical types around the board...what's the difference. Not looking for conspiracies or anything but it just seems like a difference without distinction.

Is there some political reason its better (if that's possible) to die of a brief and sudden illness that to announce that he died of a heart attack of a cardiac arrest?

[PCIntern]

9. Exactly.

This has caused my eyebrow to be raised.

[RandySF]

10. No

Unless you die in some kind of comprising situation.

[pnwmom]

14. Could also be a pulmonary embolism caused by deep vein thrombosis.

Everyone knows what a heart attack is, but fewer people know about DVTs and P.E's, which can happen after long plane flights. And a P.E. can damage the heart or cause a stroke.

They might not know exactly how he died unless they do an autopsy.

[videohead5]

16. I was thinking the same thing

He was just on a very long airplane ride. It's pretty easy to put two and two together.

[Roy Rolling]

17. Ding! Ding! Ding!

We have a winner!

Just returning from a long flight is the key. A pulmonary embolism checks all the boxes. Not a shockable rhythm, it’s why he needed immediate transport.

I think, technically, a pulmonary embolism’s symptoms are nearly identical to a “cardiac arrest”. Defibrillator usually detects the difference in electrical rhythm. (From a retired EMT)

[ananda]

18. I know someone who died of that..

and never knew she had it.

It was sudden and unexpected.

[wolfie001]

32. I remember that young NBC reporter, David Bloom, who was traveling with the troops in Iraq

He seemed in shape but not "combat-ready". All of the sudden the body is in stressful situations. Sad.

[GPV]

15. Are we thinking poison?

[JMCKUSICK]

22. Cardiac arrest is certainly a sudden medical event

I know there are many of us who happen to have had symptoms that we heeded which made us long term medical issue sufferers rather than sudden medical event victims if you will.

There are many people who never have a sign before the Big One.

[Lovie777]

27. Odd choice of words, indeed..........................

[RandySF]

8. The reporting is

that DC Emergency Services desponded to a cardiac “event” at his house on Capitol Hill. I don’t know if he died or at the hospital.

[lostnfound]

20. ETTD. Coincidentally he just met with Zelensky and announced sanctions on Russia.

i think it was probably just a heart attack. Years of stress from selling his soul and from travel.

One never knows however.

[Trueblue Texan]

23. I've been sleeping...

Who are we talking about?

[wolfie001]

31. .........

[Trueblue Texan]

24. OMFG!!!!! Lindsay Graham CROAKED?!!!

PER-AYYYYZZZZZE Jesus if this is true!!!

[twodogsbarking]

25. I had to do it.............

[Vinca]

28. He just came back from Ukraine - 20 hours on a plane - blood clot?

Conspiracy me can't help but think now is the time for Russia to poison Ukraine supporters in this country. Our intelligence and federal law enforcement (excluding ICE) has been gutted.

[Boo1]

42. This was my thought

DVT after extended plane ride.

But just a thought, could be anything.

[wolfie001]

30. russki operative

That's my opinion. Just ask Ivana for confirmation.

[rampartd]

44. i would love a look inside that box

i wonder how many video discs fit in there?

[NCDem47]

34. I think he drank himself to death.

You saw it in his television appearnaces and odd behavior

I've seen it up close and personal. The body can only take so much abuse.

[bucolic_frolic]

36. Stress at the top

The wars, the temperatures of global warming, the anger and scheming, the paranoia, the travel, the infighting, the greed.

This is not a relaxed and tolerant space, and no one is getting any younger.

He rose high in life and deserves the respect of office, I suppose. But to me he was just misguided.

[Kid Berwyn]

39. Journalese for "Heart Attack."

“Extended Illness” is cancer.

Simplifies pathology to save time for readers.

[rampartd]

43. ok. i'm out of the gutter. for now