Dick says he's heard it all, but I've seen a lot more outrageous comments about politicians (especially President Clinton) in my time. All I was trying to say was the Clinton's heart surgery may have been more timed than he was letting on. {I knew one man who waited 5 months to have the same operation, which is why I was wondering. This was in the pre-angioplasty days, however.}
When I wrote that all I had heard was that he was going to have emergency surgery on Saturday, but Hillary wasn't canceling her engagements in upstate NY. Now, I either misheard or that was misreported on the news because Hillary did cancel her engagements after she explained why during her visit to a State Fair in Syracuse on Friday.
But, the timing couldn't have been better. By Friday morning, Clinton would have sensed the change in the momentum from the convention and probably seen some early polling data showing Kerry's campaign was in trouble. {It's also possible that Clinton never wanted to campaign for John Kerry and the convention and polls were not a consideration.}
"Clinton had agreed to campaign for Kerry in the two months before the Nov. 2 general election". And, that is exactly where we were when this announcement regarding his health was made. If the doctors told him that he had a heart problem and had to address it soon, it's possible he could have chosen a date that coincided with the end of his book promotion tour and the beginning of his campaign commitment.
Conjecture? Absolutely. Groundless? More than likely, but still not the most scandalous suggestion ever made about President Clinton.
