Barb P. and "All"...
Gee, that was painful to read. Of course, had you or I or anyone of US.--
people WITH Parkinson's - said that, it might have brought a chuckle (and then
again, maybe it wouldn't).
But then since many of us DO have such a frustrating and embarrassing symptom
as shaking, "wandering" hands, it might have just brought tears to our eyes,
or a quiet "I know, dear... I know JUST what you're going thru..." And that
person WOULD know as so many others of us do.
Has this been verified as coming from the President?? Or is it just at the
"possibly said by the President" stage? 'Cause IF it's verified he's going to
hear from THIS Parkie!
Barb Mallut
"Lil_Honey" on the PD Chat
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From: PARKINSN: Parkinson's Disease - Information Exchange Network on behalf
of Barbara Patterson
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 1997 6:49 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN
Subject: Clinton Gibes Reno's Hand Tremor (fwd)
Has anyone heard or read of this from any other source? Barb
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Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 01:56:41 -0800
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Subject: Clinton Gibes Reno's Hand Tremor
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 16:58:06 -0800
Organization: Anglican Xenos Society
Washinton Times
24-26 Jan 96
Last Laugh
President Clinton likes to tell jokes. So did Ronald Reagan when he
was president. But if what the American Spectator reports in its February
issue is true, Mr. Clinton has stooped to a new low in humor.
According to the Spectator, while discussing how he would introduce
new members of his Cabinet and renominate others, Mr. Clinton joked that he
might have to shake hands with Attorney General.
Janet Reno, whose Parkinson's disease makes her hands shake
involuntarily. "Maybe I should just give her a pat on the shoulder," the
president is said to have quipped. "I don't want to look foolish chasing
that hand all over the place in front of the cameras."
Miss Reno skipped the renomination ceremony and "she had her revenge
anyway, serving the White House with a flurry of subpoenas concerning
potentially illegal campaign fund-raising."
