Bunning: Justice Ginsburg likely will be dead in 9 months

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ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. -- U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning predicted over the weekend that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg would likely be dead from pancreatic cancer within nine months.

During a wide-ranging 30-minute speech on Saturday at the Hardin County Republican Party's Lincoln Day Dinner, Bunning said he supports conservative judges "and that's going to be in place very shortly because Ruth Bader Ginsburg … has cancer."

"Bad cancer. The kind that you don't get better from," he told a crowd of about 100 at the old State Theater.

"Even though she was operated on, usually, nine months is the longest that anybody would live after (being diagnosed) with pancreatic cancer," he said.

Ginsburg, who is 75, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this month and surgeons removed a small tumor that had not spread. Doctors termed it a "Stage 1" cancer, meaning they found it in the early stages when it is most curable.

According to the American Cancer Society, people diagnosed with Stage 1 pancreatic cancer have between a 21 and 37 percent chance of living for more than five years with the disease.

Only about 20 percent of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer live for more than a year, but that's because the cancer is difficult to detect and generally is found in later stages.

Members of the U.S. Senate play a key role when a member of the Supreme Court dies or retires because the Senate must confirm a president's appointment before they can take the bench.

Ginsburg, appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1993, is one of the most liberal members of the high court.

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Keep it classy, GOP.

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During a wide-ranging 30-minute speech on Saturday at the Hardin County Republican Party's Lincoln Day Dinner, Bunning said he supports conservative judges "and that's going to be in place very shortly because Ruth Bader Ginsburg … has cancer."

Bunning's wasting his time on this one. Obama's going to replace a liberal like Ginsburg with another liberal.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Ginsburg, appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1993, is one of the most liberal members of the high court.

Go figure.

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During a wide-ranging 30-minute speech on Saturday at the Hardin County Republican Party's Lincoln Day Dinner, Bunning said he supports conservative judges "and that's going to be in place very shortly because Ruth Bader Ginsburg … has cancer."

Bunning's wasting his time on this one. Obama's going to replace a liberal like Ginsburg with another liberal.

That's what he was elected to do

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Ginsburg is also a very close friend to Scalia....even though they may not see eye to eye on many cases, they have a mutual respect and admiration for one another.

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Ginsburg is also a very close friend to Scalia....even though they may not see eye to eye on many cases, they have a mutual respect and admiration for one another.

I'm thinking back to what Scalia said about enjoying orgies and I know what Ginsburg looks like..... and I feel a tremendous disturbance in the Force.

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Ginsburg is also a very close friend to Scalia....even though they may not see eye to eye on many cases, they have a mutual respect and admiration for one another.

I'm thinking back to what Scalia said about enjoying orgies and I know what Ginsburg looks like..... and I feel a tremendous disturbance in the Force.

Scalia?

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Ginsburg is also a very close friend to Scalia....even though they may not see eye to eye on many cases, they have a mutual respect and admiration for one another.

I'm thinking back to what Scalia said about enjoying orgies and I know what Ginsburg looks like..... and I feel a tremendous disturbance in the Force.

I think you've got him mixed up with someone else.

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Yes, Scalia.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia ... raised some eyebrows with a speech last week at Harvard University, however, with a comment about the number of people needed for group sex and the jest that "sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged."

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Yes, Scalia.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia ... raised some eyebrows with a speech last week at Harvard University, however, with a comment about the number of people needed for group sex and the jest that "sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged."

Way to go Tony!

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yikes...

and i expect obama to appoint a liberal leaning justice....

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pancreatic cancer is a death sentence. Randy Pausch lasted almost two years which was better than most.

Edited February 24, 2009 by jasman0717

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Yes, Scalia.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia ... raised some eyebrows with a speech last week at Harvard University, however, with a comment about the number of people needed for group sex and the jest that "sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged."

He's such a joker.