Ill guest of former President Bush is taken from Maine retreat

[LeighAnn]

Source: Longview (TX) News Journal

Paramedics were called to the Maine seaside vacation home of former President Bush and his wife, Barbara, on Tuesday after one of the couple's houseguests became ill.

Kristan King, a spokeswoman for Barbara Bush, said that the guest was taken to a hospital and that no other details would be released.

"President and Mrs. Bush are both fine. It was not one of them," King told The Associated Press from Kennebunkport. "It was one of their houseguests here staying with them."


Read more: http://www.news-journal.com/news/content/gen/ap/Bush_Sr._Ill_Guest.html

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Borgia-like

[grasswire]

1. Bandar? Or perhaps Jenna?

Did anyone ask if there was foul play involved?

[napi21]

2. Hmmm, wasn't Bandar Bush was it? n/t

[Pilotguy]

3. Did Cheney Shoot Another Guy in the Face?

[lurky]

4. One too many jello shots?

Or was the roast California condor undercooked, perhaps?

[David__77]

5. Were there visible fang marks on the victim?

Or were they more careful than usual?

[Ian David]

15. ...

[TwilightGardener]

6. I did NOT say Jeff Gannon. No I did not!

(oops, did I?)

[TwilightGardener]

8. Oh wait...FORMER President Bush and Babs. It's late and I'm tired.

[SpiralHawk]

12. Yes, Jeff is the official George AWOL Bush male escort

who visited the George AWOL Bush White House over 200 times

Not the official Poppy Bush male escort

So I am glad you are not going to bring Jeff Gannon's name up

[global1]

7. Was It The Food Tester?........nt

[Cooley Hurd]

9. Someone walked in on Babs changing out of her bathing suit?

:puke:

[LiberalFighter]

17. Just think how many prision inmates would be scared straight

after looking at Babs naked.

[DrDan]

10. well . . . a lot of us are certainly sick and tired of his son . . . . . n/t

[Algorem]

11. Poppy's getting sloppy with the poison

[Donnachaidh]

13. Barbara got a little too cheap with the seafood?

Trying to save a buck or two buying seafood off the back of the truck backfire? :sarcasm:

[LiberalFighter]

18. Don't you mean they imported the seafood from China?

[Donnachaidh]

20. nah -- all they need to do is buy the stuff that isn't fresh

seafood goes bad pretty quickly. And she of course wouldn't want to pay full price to the locals for fresh caught.

[Ian David]

14. I'm sure that George and Barbara will play golf, rather than go to the funeral.

Just like they did when their daughter died.

But it's sad when rich people die. Because rich people don't go to Heaven.

"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."
Rich people don't go to heaven. (Mat 19:23-24)
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/mt/19.html



Also:


George Herbert Walker Bush and his wife Barbara had three young children (George W., age 6, Robin, age 3, and Jeb, a newborn) at the time that their middle child, Pauline Robinson Bush whom the family called Robin, was diagnosed with leukemia. Robin was named for Barbaras mother who had been killed in a car accident (in which her husband was driving), just three months before Robin was born. The parents never told George that she was ill, though they did instruct him to stop playing with her, his major playmate, because she was becoming more frail. During Robins illness, both parents spent a lot of time away from their home in Midland, Texas, taking her to Memorial Sloan Kettering hospital in New York, where Georges uncle, was a doctor. Robin was given treatments there and her parents stayed in the uncles apartment. Tragically, despite the intense treatment, Robin died two months before her fourth birthday. During her illness, George W. and Jeb, as often happens with siblings when parents must take care of one child who is very ill, were left home to be cared for by neighbors and extended family (Kelley, 131).


George and Barbara decided not to have a funeral for their daughter, and reportedly spent the day after her death on the golf course in Greenwich, CT. The paternal grandmother, Dorothy Bush, and Georges close friend Lud Ashley, arranged and buried Robin in the familys plot in Greenwich, Connecticut. George and Barbara, did not attend the burial, just as Barbara had failed to attend her own mothers funeral three months before Robin had been born. In fact, they did not even speak with young George about her illness and death, a fact which caused him to feel cheated of the chance to grieve his sister, to whom he had felt very close. His relatives recall that he was very upset and experienced nightmares and tearfulness following her death (Kelley, 142). Interestingly, in 2000, when George W. Bush was 54 years old, he had his sister moved to the same place where his parents plan to be buried in Texas.

More:
http://www.genopro.com/articles/death-distance-dynamics-bush-family.aspx

[tom_paine]

16. I don't think this was a murder attempt,. Perhaps a warning poisoning.

I don't really think you can poison enemies at your own house like Caligula used to, and I'll bet Poppy and Babs are really miffed about that, so that he could watch their death agonies.

But forensics and modern communications, no I don't believe it is YET possible for the Royal Bushies to behave publicly like Borgias.

As I said, it may be a warning.

Or it could be a legitimate illness and there's nothing to it besides some person (who's identity is clearly being shielded) got sick.

[MaineDem]

19. UPDATE: Friend of Bush Died at Walker's Point

Former President George Bush released a statement a few minutes ago saying that "his beloved friend John C. Lansing, the husband of his first cousin, Shelley Bush Jansing, died at Walker's Point Tuesday evening of a massive heart attack."
The Jansings were visiting the Bushes, when Mr. Jansing was stricken at the Bushes' Kennebunkport residence.
He was transfered to Southern Maine Medical Center, where personnel worked tirelessly to revive his friend to no avail, Bush said.

http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/014899.html

[smirkymonkey]

21. Poor guy.

I know it's terrible, but I have a hard time believing that anyone dies of natural causes where the Bushes are involved. The last 7 years have made me very cynical.

[Highway61]

22. Husband of George H.W. Bush’s cousin has heart attack at Maine retreat

Source: MSNBC

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine - An 81-year-old houseguest suffered a fatal heart attack at the summer home of former President George H.W. Bush.

John C. Jansing, the husband of Bush’s cousin Shelley Bush Jansing, was taken by paramedics late Tuesday to the emergency room at Southern Maine Medical Center in Biddeford. Efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.


Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20390887/

[Sequoia]

23. Maybe Cheney was at the window with his gun and scared him.

[LiberalFighter]

35. Cheney doesn't need a gun to scare people

[Sequoia]

37. That's the truth.

[DS1]

24. Must have seen Barb in her french maid outfit

[jobycom]

25. Condolences.

There, that's done.

[annabanana]

26. Found this interesting .pdf of the BFEE Family Tree,

If anyone's interested. .

http://www.randomhouse.com/doubleday/thefamily/media/thefamily_family_tree.pdf

[MADem]

27. It's a cousin's husband. Not political. Not a young fellow, but a sadness for his wife, who

wasn't political either....

[T Wolf]

28. Do you think for a minute that this puke and his wife did not

contribute big bucks to the Bushistas over the years? "Non-political" folks do not get invites to the mansion.

[MADem]

31. It was Senior's cousin's HUSBAND, fachrissake. An old man.

I never heard his name before I saw it on NESN today. He wasn't political.

I have my cousins over all the time--and they cover the spectrum in terms of income.

FWIW, Walker's Point isn't a mansion. It's a beach house with a few additions. What makes it valuable is the LAND it's on.

[Gormy Cuss]

33. Nah, must be someone worth our scorn.

:sarcasm:

W's cousin (H.W.'s nephew) was the cinematographer for Michael Moore's film "Roger and Me" and produced a film compilation of U.S. nuclear war propaganda footage ("The Atomic Cafe") but because he's a blood relative of the Bushes, I guess we should just assume that he's a Big Bad Repuke.

[MADem]

34. Isn't that something?

That fun fact sure throws a monkey wrench into the "Blood will tell" argument...though this poor dead bastard wasn't even blood. He just married a cousin!

[Tanuki]

36. According to Newsmeat, he gave a lot of $$$ to Repug campaigns

http://newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?city=Hobe+Sound&st=FL&last=JANSING&first=JOHN

http://newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?city=LOCUST+VALLEY&st=NY&last=JANSING&first=JOHN

http://newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?city=MILL+NECK&st=NY&last=JANSING&first=JOHN

http://newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?city=NEW+HYDE+PARK&st=NY&last=JANSING&first=JOHN

http://newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?city=NORTH+HILLS&st=NY&last=JANSING&first=JOHN

[unhappycamper]

29. He was a Skull & Bonser.

We're down to 299 - wonder who's gonna be up for the seat?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3467311&mesg_id=3467331

[Virginia Dare]

32. Somebody suggested the future Mr. Jenna Bush...n/t

[Captain Hilts]

30. Probably tried to swim in that cold water. Only Hepburn survived such swims over 80. nt