tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post5113138920668198599..comments2024-03-16T00:26:41.051-04:00Comments on Scaramouche: A Question No One Is Asking About Jack Laytonscaramouchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380374512378209528noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post-26305330644482853752011-08-26T10:01:32.166-04:002011-08-26T10:01:32.166-04:00Sadly, the 'chalk' memorial his newly disc...Sadly, the 'chalk' memorial his newly discovered followers had setup around city hall was washed away during the thunderstorm.<br /><br />There IS a God after all.Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10467645479270655089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post-73500140415824981572011-08-24T13:35:59.489-04:002011-08-24T13:35:59.489-04:00More to the point, was it honest of the NDP to pre...More to the point, was it honest of the NDP to present Mr Layton to the public as a healthy man, one for whom they (the public) could vote in full confidence that he would be there to represent them over the next several years?<br /><br />Accidents and illness can happen; but if the NDP knew Mr Layton's hip fracture was probably indicative of secondary cancer, then the party was certainly not being honest with the voters.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277713882450290045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post-21011787464739797582011-08-24T13:06:59.457-04:002011-08-24T13:06:59.457-04:00My former MP Belinda Stronach used the cancer card...My former MP Belinda Stronach used the cancer card to her advantage.Got herself out of a big mess with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post-88330740921091485942011-08-24T12:59:42.538-04:002011-08-24T12:59:42.538-04:00He was a politician to the end. This was a great o...He was a politician to the end. This was a great opportunity to win votes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post-4960679893122606682011-08-24T11:00:40.029-04:002011-08-24T11:00:40.029-04:00If he thought he had a cancer that was under contr...If he thought he had a cancer that was under control and not in need of extensive or debilitating treatments, then his approach seems totally appropriate. He and others have said that the cancer that was responsible for his death was a new cancer rather than a spread of the cancer for which he was being treated. If that's true, then the extent of his disease wasn't known or forseeable prior to the election.<br /><br />Having said that, to the extent there was cageiness in his answer it might have had to do with his prognosis for his prostate cancer which would have depended on what he was being told on that score (i.e., curable, treatable for a long time, treatable only for the short term). If he was told it wasn't curable but clearly treatable and likely for a long term period, again his answer makes sense. We don't know what treatments he underwent but perhaps there are some that would increase the risk of a fracture.Marky Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00465497859724027212noreply@blogger.com