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Bill Clinton Hospitalized for Heart Problem

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Posted on Feb 11, 2010
Bill Clinton
World Economic Forum / Remy Steinegger

The former president was hospitalized in New York because of a problem with his heart, according to multiple reports. Clinton, who is 63, had major heart surgery in 2004. He is believed to have received a stent Thursday.

Update: AP reports that Clinton received two stents.

Sources: ABC News, NBC News

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By MarthaA, February 13, 2010 at 2:24 pm Link to this comment

No one in the populace should have any concern for Clinton, because Clinton has only feigned concern for the populace and became the corporate Right-Wing’s “best Republican President EVER”, according to Alan Greenspan, and Greenspan should know, as they worked together to destroy the economy of the nation.  Free Market being a soft cover for corporate control, or fascism, as they worked to condense the markets where only a few corporations would be in control.

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By MarthaA, February 12, 2010 at 5:26 am Link to this comment

DLC Bill eats too much fat because he threw away the populace:

Progressives and the Democratic Party - Part 1:
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=4775

Progressives and the Democratic Party - Part 2:
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=4783

Progressives and the Democratic Party - Part 3:
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=4786

Progressives and the Democratic Party - Part 4:
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=4787

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By thebeerdoctor, February 12, 2010 at 2:14 am Link to this comment

“As for the “U.N. Special Envoy to Haiti”. speaking at an October 2009 investors conference in Port-au-Prince that attracted do-gooders like Gap, Levi Strauss and Citibank, Bill Clinton claimed a revitalized garment industry could create 100,000 jobs. The reason some 200 companies, half of them garment manufacturers, attended the conference was because “Haiti’s extremely low labor costs, comparable to those in Bangladesh, make it so appealing” said the New York Times.”
ARUN GUPTA

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By Teresa smith, February 11, 2010 at 7:07 pm Link to this comment
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I know, Mark.  I hope the surgeon didn’t stint with his stent.  Brother, who looks at
these articles for accuracy?

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By Sandy Gaston, February 11, 2010 at 7:03 pm Link to this comment
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The little heart-thingy President Clinton recieved in the coronary surgery was a STENT, not a STINT.  You might say it was the latter that he served in the White House.

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By liecatcher, February 11, 2010 at 6:45 pm Link to this comment

I’m sure he inhaled this time.

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By MarthaA, February 11, 2010 at 6:10 pm Link to this comment

Too bad about DLC Bill.

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By radson, February 11, 2010 at 5:53 pm Link to this comment

This is a perfect moment for Bill to think about
HUMANITY.

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By markpkessinger, February 11, 2010 at 4:00 pm Link to this comment

To whomever bothered to edit this article:

The word is “stent,” not “stint.”

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