Tuesday, August 31, 2004
What Does "Decisive" Mean, Exactly?
Just came across this slightly aging post and story at Not Watching Television from June:0 comments
Las Vegas SUN: Former GOP Sen. Hecht owes life to Democratic candidate Kerry
First I've heard of this story.
So, let me see if I'm getting all this: at a time when Feckless Leader was thinking that trading away young prospect Sammy Sosa would be a good business move while he was Managing Owner of the Texas Rangers, Democratic Sen. John Kerry was stepping off an elevator, saw Republican Sen. Chic Hecht of Nevada lying slumped in the hallway and immediately jumped in to perform the Heimlich maneuver and saved Hecht's life.
The lifesaving incident made international news, and Dr. Henry Heimlich, who invented the maneuver in 1974, called Hecht to say that had Kerry intervened just 30 seconds later Hecht might have been in a vegetative state for life.
"This man gave me my life," the 75-year-old Hecht said Thursday.
Hecht said he was amazed that Kerry acted so quickly—some people were assuming that he was having a heart attack.
"He knew exactly what to do," he said. "But a lot of people know what to do. They just don't size up the situation immediately."
The story has a twist of irony: Hecht was up for re-election that year, and Kerry, who was serving as the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, had pegged Hecht as one of the most vulnerable Republican seats.
Indeed, the Democratic nominee for Hecht's seat, then-Gov. Richard Bryan, beat Hecht, who served just one term in office.
"Only in America can this happen, where he's working against me to get me defeated and then saves my life," Hecht said.
So much for this "sensitive," "effete," "warm and squishy" image Karl Rove is having the GOP troops trying to hang around Kerry's neck. Sounds more like "I'll save ya, sure, but you still have to go."
Did you notice that Rasmussen, the Green Beret Kerry fished out of the Mekong, is a Republican, as well?
Sure sounds like bi-partisan leadership material to me.
Seems this Kerry guy just strides along, saving people's lives—regardless of sex, creed or party affiliation—while this Bush fellow just plods along, not planning much of anything very well.
posted by Gotham 1:21 PM
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