Chief Justice John Roberts

The ugliness of the Left shouldn't surprise me anymore, but there are always new lows.

When news spread that Chief Justice John Roberts had suffered a seizure, so did the really despicable comments of the fringe Leftist nutjobs.

WASHINGTON -- Chief Justice John Roberts suffered a seizure at his summer home in Maine on Monday, causing a fall that resulted in minor scrapes, Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said.

He will remain in a hospital in Maine overnight.

"It's my understanding he's fully recovered, said Christopher Burke, a spokesman for Penobscot Bay Medical Center, where Roberts was taken.

Roberts, 52, was taken by ambulance to the medical center, where he underwent a "thorough neurological evaluation, which revealed no cause for concern," Arberg said in a statement.

Roberts had a similar episode in 1993, she said.

Doctors called Monday's incident "a benign idiopathic seizure," Arberg said. The White House described the January 1993 episode as an "isolated, idiosyncratic seizure." Both descriptions indicate that doctors could not determine the seizure's cause or link it to another medical condition. For example, doctors would have quickly ruled out simple explanations such as dehydration or low blood sugar.

...Medical opinions differed on just what Roberts' seizures mean.

Someone who has had more than one seizure without any other cause is determined to have epilepsy, said Dr. Marc Schlosberg, a neurologist at Washington Hospital Center, who is not involved in the Roberts' case.

Whether Roberts will need anti-seizure medications to prevent another is something he and his doctor will have to decide. But after two seizures, the likelihood of another at some point is greater than 60 percent. "When it's going to occur, obviously nobody knows," Schlosberg said.

Thankfully, Roberts didn't seriously injure himself in the fall and there doesn't seem to be any cause for concern in terms of the seizure. That's all good news.

It's no big deal if Roberts needs to be on medication. It certainly seems like a manageable condition.

It bugs me that the libs are implying that Roberts lied about his health. For example, the headlines on The Huffington Post play up the negative.

Had First Seizure In 1993…60 Percent Likelihood Of Another…
Roberts Called His Health “Excellent”

It's true that Roberts had his first seizure in '93. It was his ONLY seizure until Monday.

Eight years later and without any other seizures, it doesn't seem odd to me that "[i]n 2001, Roberts described his health as 'excellent,' according to Senate Judiciary Committee records."

They're acting like he was trying to cover up a medical condition. Until this second seizure, 14 years after the first, there was no "condition." One isn't considered to have epilepsy without experiencing two or more seizures.

There was no cover-up.

Furthermore, why stress the odds of Roberts having another seizure? It seems the lunatic libs are trying to fool the public into believing that Roberts is unfit to serve. Of course, that's ridiculous.

The libs didn't demand that Janet Reno be replaced because she has a degenerative medical condition. She stayed on as Attorney General even though she was diagnosed with Parkison's disease in the fall of 1995. Reno was placed on medication after her diagnosis. So what?

A particularly offensive reaction to the news of Roberts' health issue comes from Wonkette.

Kathryn Jean Lopez points out an "Internet rumor" that appears on the site:

Chief Justice John Roberts has died in his summer home in Maine. No, not really, but we know you have your fingers crossed. [Talking Points Memo]

What a disgrace!

That's far from the only disgusting reaction circulating on the Internet.
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Daily Takes has some choice comments from that lib cesspool Democratic Underground.

They really are sickos. A decent person doesn't act that way.