Reply #19: Bloomberg has a lot, does NOT sound good for the poor guy: [View All]

[originalpckelly]

"Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed while giving a speech in Washington tonight and was taken away on a gurney by emergency personnel.

Mukasey, 67, slumped at the lectern and fell to the floor as he neared the end of a speech to the Federalist Society. Several people gathered around him to offer aid, and emergency workers arrived.

Members of the audience, including former Attorney General John Ashcroft, formed a human wall so people could not view the attorney general as he was taken away. A member of the audience offered a prayer for Mukasey from the lectern and told everyone to go home.

Mukasey, a retired federal judge from New York, became attorney general in November 2007, replacing Alberto Gonzales, who resigned after a congressional investigation into allegations he politicized the department.

In his speech, the attorney general defended the Bush administration's anti-terrorism strategy against what he termed ``relentless criticism.''"

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a0WjNCWLcNe4&refer=home