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UrbScotty

(23,980 posts) Wed Apr 18, 2012, 12:54 PM Apr 2012

Watergate figure Chuck Colson reportedly near death

Source: CNN

Chuck Colson, the convicted Watergate figure turned evangelist, is near death after suffering a brain hemorrhage earlier this month, his media representatives said Wednesday.

“It is with a heavy, but hopeful heart that I share with you that it appears our friend, brother and founder will soon be home with the Lord,” Jim Liske, CEO of Prison Fellowship Ministries, which Colson founded, said in a statement.

“Chuck's condition took a decided turn yesterday, and the doctors advised Patty and the family to gather by his bedside,” Liske said, referring to Colson’s wife.

Colson, 80, underwent surgery this month to remove a pool of clotted blood on the surface of his brain.

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Watergate figure Chuck Colson reportedly near death (Original Post) UrbScotty Apr 2012 OP

Goodbye atreides1 Apr 2012 #1

"I'd walk over my own grandmother to re-elect Richard Nixon." earthside Apr 2012 #2

He still has a lot of apologising to do, for his behaviour this year alone muriel_volestrangler Apr 2012 #3

I wonder if he had any deathbed confessions to make. grasswire Apr 2012 #4

this would be one time I will break my promise rurallib Apr 2012 #5

death isn't always sad... provis99 Apr 2012 #6

About time Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Apr 2012 #8

One of the first nasty GOPers in the Rove mold Kingofalldems Apr 2012 #9

I guess it's not for me to judge whether he has atoned for his sins..... lastlib Apr 2012 #10

Funny, he and his crazy colleagues probably wonder how Colson could have worked Burma Jones Apr 2012 #11

atreides1

(16,094 posts)

1. Goodbye

Reply to UrbScotty (Original post)

Wed Apr 18, 2012, 12:56 PM

Apr 2012

Hope he finds in the next life what he couldn't find in this one...and that he gets the reward he truly deserves.

earthside

(6,960 posts)

2. "I'd walk over my own grandmother to re-elect Richard Nixon."

Reply to atreides1 (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 18, 2012, 01:02 PM

Apr 2012

For a guy who said that ... and then figuratively did it, well, he is going to have a lot to account for if there is a Supreme Judge somewhere beyond this life.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,381 posts)

3. He still has a lot of apologising to do, for his behaviour this year alone

Reply to UrbScotty (Original post)

Wed Apr 18, 2012, 01:15 PM

Apr 2012

Lying that he's not a homophobe

Lying about what Hillary Clinton says

Lying about what President Obama says

For someone who claims to have found faith, he's still a remarkable shitbag. I hope he recovers, and then is publicly humiliated.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)

4. I wonder if he had any deathbed confessions to make.

Reply to UrbScotty (Original post)

Wed Apr 18, 2012, 01:16 PM

Apr 2012

I knew Chuck, saw him nearly every day when I lived and worked in the Washington area. I won't speak ill of him as he's dying. He achieved an enormous amount of power in the evangelical Christian world -- truly leveraged his White House experiences to gain a fan base that hung on his every word. He had a daily radio commentary beamed everywhere, he had inserts that were distributed in church bulletins, he had a donor base for his non-profit that was immense. Quite a platform for his underlying political agenda. That rise to power was a model for those who get booted out of political life.