# Bill Clinton has had a heart attack! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 3, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972 "2004-09-03T16:38:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/1 "2004-09-03T16:38:47Z")
Breaking news on the NYT site… ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/2 "2004-09-03T16:44:03Z")
CNN banner adds that he needs bypass surgery. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/3 "2004-09-03T16:53:33Z")
Well, I guess we all know what he was watching on t.v. last night. 😉 (Is it wrong to make a joke about a heart attack? It probably is. I blame this place for corrupting me.) ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/4 "2004-09-03T16:54:49Z")
Seriously, I hope he’s okay. Despite the fact that I was totally opposed to his national health plan, I think he was a fine president. In fact, I wish his name was on the ballot in November. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/5 "2004-09-03T16:59:39Z")
NYT says Clinton had a heart attack. CNN says Clinton needs heart bypass surgery. Fox News, I suppose, says he never had a heart, and the surgery will be to remove demons from his chest. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/6 "2004-09-03T17:40:31Z")
Even though I was only eighteen when his last term as president ended and thus wasn’t politically aware for most of his presidency, I still consider him to be a great man… I hope he pulls through with as little complications as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/7 "2004-09-03T18:11:52Z")
I had my diffences of opinion with him. Mainly, it seemed that the man never saw the gun control bill he didn’t like. Otherwise, he was a centrist like most presidents. Hope he recovers. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/8 "2004-09-03T18:46:55Z")
After reading the Reuters and CNN versions of the news, it’s clear to me that he did not have a heart attack, but experienced some unstable angina. “Further testing” means to me that he had a cardiac catheterization which showed some stenosis of his coronary arteries and would require bypass surgery. People with acute heart attacks don’t generally wait 3-4 days to have something done about it. ---
**Author:** ![praxim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@praxim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/praxim)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/9 "2004-09-03T19:05:50Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > After reading the Reuters and CNN versions of the news, it’s clear to me that he did not have a heart attack, but experienced some unstable angina. Angina? You sure that’s not a typo? (We are talking about Clinton, after all.) ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/10 "2004-09-03T19:12:15Z")
Well, surely he’s had some unstable VAgina in his day, too, man. 😃 [sub]You’re TERRIBLE![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/11 "2004-09-03T19:30:55Z")
> [@scout1222](#): > > Well, surely he’s had some unstable VAgina in his day, too, man. 😃 No, it was _Tipper_ who suffered from depression. 😃 I am terrible, too. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/12 "2004-09-03T20:49:18Z")
And in possibly related news, Krispy Kreme stock is down over 4% today… I heard it’s gonna be a quad, maybe as soon as tomorrow morning. Nice of Hilary to pretend to be a caring wife and run over there! ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/13 "2004-09-03T22:05:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Angina? You sure that’s not a typo? - - - Yes, but he never had sax with that angina. \<:D ~ ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/14 "2004-09-03T22:58:32Z")
Tasteless jokes from right-wing pundits will commence in five… four… three… ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/15 "2004-09-03T23:16:08Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > Tasteless jokes from right-wing pundits will commence in five… four… three… Dude, you know i share many of your political positions, but is it really productive to take such pre-emptive jabs at conservatives on topics that really have little to do with politics? In [another thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=274488) on this same subject, both **Shodan** and **Mr. Moto** expressed their concern for Clinton, and wished him well. ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/16 "2004-09-03T23:29:18Z")
> [@EJsGirl](#): > > …Nice of Hilary to pretend to be a caring wife and run over there! Did I miss the memo stating that Hilary had been declared the anti-Christ or something? Since when does a woman going to be at the side of her spouse (and father of her child) automatically get to be assumed to be “pretending to care”? ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/17 "2004-09-03T23:49:42Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > Tasteless jokes from right-wing pundits will commence in five… four… three… Actually, without exception, every right wing commentator I’ve heard today has wished Clinton a speedy recovery, without snarking. There have been a few good natured fast food jokes, but nothing tasteless. ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/18 "2004-09-04T00:07:04Z")
I didn’t like him even before he got elected, but I hope he pulls through okay. He’s somebody’s daddy. He needs to stick around to give Chelsea away at her wedding and then be Grandpa. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/19 "2004-09-04T01:55:22Z")
> [@Abbie Carmichael](#): > > He’s somebody’s daddy. I am touched. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/20 "2004-09-04T02:04:41Z")
> [@YWalker](#): > > Did I miss the memo stating that Hilary had been declared the anti-Christ or something? Yeah, it was posted back in 1992, about the time that she said she wasn’t going to bake cookies. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972.md?page=2)