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Senator says Watson’s stroke worse than was claimed

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A stroke suffered more than two weeks ago by a top Illinois Republican was apparently more serious than his staff initially reported.

Senate Minority Leader Frank Watson’s speech and movement were affected by the stroke, which occurred while he was campaigning in southern Illinois last month, said state Sen. Dave Luechtefeld.

“It wasn’t just a slight stroke,” said Luechtefeld, R-Okawville, who visited the Greenville lawmaker at a St. Louis-area rehabilitation facility Sunday.

Along with Watson’s speech, his face, leg and arm were weakened by the incident, Luechtefeld said.

Watson’s spokeswoman had previously described it as a “very minor stroke.”

I suppose “very minor” could be a relative term, but if Luechtefeld is right, then it looks like we’ve been misinformed.

So nice of them to tell us after the election is over.

Even so, I’ll close this post with: Get well soon, Frank!!!

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Nov 4, 08 @ 4:04 pm

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