# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/21 "2004-09-04T02:09:47Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Yeah, it was posted back in 1992, about the time that she said she wasn’t going to bake cookies. Not the anti-Christ, the anti-Tammy Wynette. Funny thing is, she has stood by her man. There’s definitely something there, whether the rest of us see it or not. ---
**Author:** ![RandomLetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@RandomLetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandomLetters)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/22 "2004-09-04T05:26:21Z")
> [@Abbie Carmichael](#): > > He’s somebody’s daddy. He needs to stick around to give Chelsea away at her wedding and then be Grandpa. That makes me wonder how many _other_ kids he is daddy too. 😉 Seriously, why I disagreed with with most aspects of Clinton’s politcs, I do wish him a speedy recovery. Hey, we conservatives need someone on the other side to pick on, and none of the other democrats fit the bill as well as Bill did. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/23 "2004-09-04T21:33:59Z")
…is how a man who probably has had the best health carre available on this planet, could be so sick? He has 4 arterial blockages, yet as president, he was attended by a personal physician (a man who was a professor of medicine), and had regualr checkups at Walter Reed Hospital, possibly one of the finest hospitals in the world! What was he doing with himself for the past 4 years? Stuffing himself with Big Macs? I don’t wish him ill, but its hard to see how this guy’s health could have deteriorated so much in 4 years! ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/24 "2004-09-05T03:08:56Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > Funny thing is, she has stood by her man. There’s definitely something there, whether the rest of us see it or not. Yeah, I know I’m a cynical bitch, but I don’t think that woman has made a move in _years_ without weighing it for political advantage. YMMV, of course… ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/25 "2004-09-05T03:25:57Z")
Hilary the anti-christ? You’ve never talked to a John Bircher, have ya? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/26 "2004-09-05T03:37:56Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I am touched. Sorry, I forgot I had my hand in there. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/27 "2004-09-05T08:00:35Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > 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? What can I say, my cynicism levels are rather high this week. Must be that darn RNC. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/28 "2004-09-05T21:48:59Z")
Moving this from IMHO to MPSIMS, and hoping we can keep it out of The BBQ Pit. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/29 "2004-09-06T05:47:42Z")
> [@](#): > > What can I say, my cynicism levels are rather high this week. Must be that darn RNC. Aw, don’t worry, Rjung. If you had heart troubles, I’d wish you an even speedier recovery! And I’d shush anyone that booed it, too. (Hey, I’m conservative, but I’m not entirely heartless… just mostly.) ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/30 "2004-09-06T12:03:24Z")
Ins tead of a basket of fruit, or flowers, let’s all get together and send Bill something to cheer him up after his surgery! A basket of Big Macs, Fries, and Hot Apple Pies! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/31 "2004-09-06T17:19:44Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Ins tead of a basket of fruit, or flowers, let’s all get together and send Bill something to cheer him up after his surgery! A basket of Big Macs, Fries, and Hot Apple Pies! 🙂 And cigars! 😃 Has anything new been posted on his condition? Is the surgery even finished yet? ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/32 "2004-09-06T20:15:05Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > …is how a man who probably has had the best health carre available on this planet, could be so sick? He has 4 arterial blockages, yet as president, he was attended by a personal physician (a man who was a professor of medicine), and had regualr checkups at Walter Reed Hospital, possibly one of the finest hospitals in the world! > What was he doing with himself for the past 4 years? Stuffing himself with Big Macs? > I don’t wish him ill, but its hard to see how this guy’s health could have deteriorated so much in 4 years! The guy was a major fast-food junkie for the first year or two of his presidency. Probably for years before that. I hated him as president, but still, I wish him a speedy recovery. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/33 "2004-09-06T20:18:09Z")
I really hope he’s okay. I hated some of the things he did as Prez but basically I liked the guy. But why did they have to interrupt the US open to give us a complete report & interview w/his doctor? A crawler would have done the job . . . ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/34 "2004-09-06T20:26:36Z")
If Pillory is too busy, send over Monica or Paula. I’m sure they could lift his spirits, maybe more. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/35 "2004-09-06T20:32:14Z")
I too wish him a speedy recovery. I am always heartened by the fact that caring, thinking people on both sides of the political fence can still look upon their opponents as human beings. When Reagan died, it lifted my beliefs in the basic goodness of 99.999% of humanity, when even his most ardent political foes on and off this board expressed sincere sympathy to the man’s family. And with Clinton’s bypass, I see the same from his political foes–they wish the **man** well. Black humor aside, of course. I cracked jokes about my best friend’s testicular ailments ("You don’t have the **ball** to face me!, etc) once a few years had passed and I was sure he was going to be okay. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/36 "2004-09-07T20:06:26Z")
The surgery went well and he is resting and breathing on his own, but it was close. I heard a report that he was very, _very_ close to a massive and possibly fatal heart attack. Yikes. ---
**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 7, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/37 "2004-09-07T21:04:15Z")
> [@EJsGirl](#): > > close to a massive and possibly fatal heart attack. That’s why they did the bypass. 🙂 ---
**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 7, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972/38 "2004-09-07T21:38:20Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > …is how a man who probably has had the best health carre available on this planet, could be so sick? He has 4 arterial blockages, yet as president, he was attended by a personal physician (a man who was a professor of medicine), and had regualr checkups at Walter Reed Hospital, possibly one of the finest hospitals in the world! > What was he doing with himself for the past 4 years? Stuffing himself with Big Macs? > I don’t wish him ill, but its hard to see how this guy’s health could have deteriorated so much in 4 years! It didn’t. This type of ailment is virtually undetectable by routine physical exams and is normally the result of many years of abuse. The only semi-reliable test is the stress test, but ususally the first sign of blockage is a heart attack of some degree or another (or chest pain in this case). You can’t start suddenly eating well and exercising in your 50s and expect things to be peachy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-had-a-heart-attack/262972.md?page=1)