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February 20, 2006

No Exit for Pootaki

2006_02_patakicollage.jpgOver the weekend, Governor George Pataki had to stay an extra day at a Peekskill hospital, which made him miss a New Hampshire political event, but doctors said that was normal for anyone who had appendectomy surgery. But now the truth is out: A doctor said, "His bowels have not started moving as we expect them to — and as we would like them to. So we are going to have to keep him." Dr. Wiji Ratnathicam, you can keep him! Apparently the poo-a-stasis is normal after this kind of surgery, if too much information for the people of New York.

And speaking of things that aren't moving, Freedom Tower won't be done until 2011 (Pataki said it would be done by 2008).

Our crude collage of things the Governor could eat to help speed things up: Prunes, bran muffin, Ex-Lax, and spices

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Comments (7)

that is Tenacious with a capital T

 

eh, everyone poops. get over it. normal pooping means your gastro-intestinal functioning is a-ok! go bowels!! wooo!

 

It's not too surprising that Pataki is full of shit.

 

It is supremely newsworthy stories like this that keep me coming back again and again to Gothamist!

Just the other day I was wondering about the state of our governor's gastro-intestinal system.

"All the news that fits, print."

 

Okay, as New Yorkers we may all have our bones to pick with Pataki. However, I'm not sure that invading his privacy does much to enhance our crediblity when we attack his political (in) actions.

 

Hey, he's a public figure and his doctors are putting this information out there for us.

 

Every individual in a free-speech/free(ish) information society has the responsibility to make good use of those freedoms. Just because you can do something, it doen't mean you should.

 
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