ROLL CALL: CHENEY TO HAVE SURGERY FOR ANUERYSM...

[sabra]

http://www.rawstory.com

ROLL CALL: CHENEY TO HAVE
SURGERY FOR ANUERYSM...

Roll Call's Mary Ann Akers to reveal: 'The vice president is slated to have an elective surgical procedure to treat an aneurysm in the artery behind the right knee that was discovered earlier this year during a routine checkup,' spokesman Steve Schmidt said. 'It is a condition that needs to be addressed so as not to become a problem over time,' said Schmidt, who declined to say at which hospital the surgery
will be performed. Schmidt said the procedure will be performed under local anesthesia and will involve 'a short hospital stay.'

Cheney, 64, had quadruple bypass surgery in 1988 and had a defibrillator
implanted in his chest three years ago. He has suffered four heart attacks.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Not if it breaks loose, emoblizes to his lungs and kills him first

Hey..it could happen :D

[rzemanfl]

12. That's an embolism. I'm not a doctor, but I play one on DU. n/t

[obreaslan]

58. Maybe it's just been a really long week but....

Holy Fucking Shit you just made me laugh so hard. Sorry, i'll go now. :)

:applause: :rofl: :applause: :rofl: :applause: :rofl: :applause: :rofl: :applause: :rofl:

[kikiek]

18. It might burst. Embolism would be the potential traveler. Would cause

bleeding in the area it sits. Might be an ominous sign of his overall condition though.

[spinbaby]

2. Well now...

He has been looking a mite peeked past months. Looks like it should be more than something in his knee, though, to give him that grayish bloated look.

[raysr]

7. I don't pray

but I think I get out a doll and do some chanting!

[BiggJawn]

3. They forgot to mention the heart implant in 2001

I'd say transplant, but you have to have one in the FIRST place...

No mention about how it skips a beat when somebody mentions the name "Gary Condit"....

[leesa]

61. Must have been rejected by his body as completely foreign material.

[Botany]

4. Can I help?

Please let me clean the surgical instruments before they work on
"the dick."


I will do a good job ..... I promise.

Now where do i get some staff germs?

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Hmm chocolates for the press, err VEEP

What will teh boy king do?

[mark11727]

29. Will this help...?

(with apologies to Seinfeld)

[Hawkeye-X]

6. He's a walking waste of HMO money.

Just toss him in the trash and let Chimpy nominate a even more deader VP. Any suggestions?

[Dr.Phool]

14. KKKarl Rove is moving up the ladder fast!!

[moggie]

32. Zombie Reagan, of course!

What the US needs now is a strong, charismatic, undead VP:

http://www.bush-zombiereagan.com/

[AValdoux]

8. Why do I think Cheney's days are numbered?

I think Mr No-Bid Contract might be looking for a reason to step down, ie health reasons. It would be a good move politically to put someone popular like McCain in as VP. Then the VP could run in 08 as an "incumbant" & again 2012.


AValdoux

[anitar1]

25. Yikes--another phony ? But then , what else would he choose?

On second thought , he would never choose someone he hates. Probably be Condi or Karen.

[Lugnut]

41. Nah

He can't step down. Who would pull the dummy's strings? Heck, he can't even button his shirt by himself.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. I have a 4" power auger I'll donate, but is has to go up his %$@ first

[Carni]

10. Hmmm...maybe there really IS something to the voodoo queen stuff

Seems shrubco is having sort of a run of bad luck lately, doesn't it?

[AValdoux]

15. I've thought the same thing about Voodoo

These idiots better hope there isn't anything to this voodoo stuff. Can you imagine the voodoo dolls being made right now? It makes me think of those cat toys that look like Bush.


AValdoux

[Carni]

65. And the hits just keep coming-the Jebsters son busted for being drunken

tonight!

Clinton taking HUGE swipes at bush tonight on Larry King...bush getting busted writing Condi for permission to go to the bathroom yesterday.

Let me tell you...I will not be pissing any voodoo practioners off any time soon! (Nervously lol'ing and most definately bowing to then and saying I am not worthy!)

[Child_Of_Isis]

11. The finest medical care our money can buy.

It is also "elective" surgery. Who can afford "elective" sugery these days but the folks on the hill.

[iconoclastic cat]

13. Don't worry: EVIL NEVER DIES!

[Megahurtz]

34. That's what I'm worried about! n/t

[Horse with no Name]

16. pinch self...remember karma...pinch self...remember karma

http://www.aneurysm.co.uk/Main/main_pop_an.htm

[daleo]

17. He seems to have been dressing in awfully heavy clothes.

That is usually an indication of circulatory problems. Maybe that's why he canceled his trip to the Alberta oil sands - its pretty cool up in Fort MacMurray, even in the fall.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

19. Couldn't have happened to a better man.

Time to go back to hell, Dick!

[Seedersandleechers]

23. Hope he doesn't have some nasty allergic reaction to the

anesthetic. Not.

[Up2Late]

20. That the strangest place I've ever heard of for an Aneurysm

I thought they were only a problem in the Brain or the Heart.

[Botany]

24. god bless google

<When a section of an artery wall bulges or balloons out, it is called an aneurysm. This occurs because a section of the artery wall has weakened, usually due to a build-up of plaque. Aneurysm ruptures are painful events in which the weakened vessel bursts or tears, causing internal bleeding that can lead to death.

An aortic aneurysm occurs in the body's main artery (aorta) and an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) occurs in the section of the aorta the runs through the abdomen. A ruptured aortic aneurysm may be called an aortic dissection. When occurring in an artery of the brain, the term cerebral aneurysm (or brain aneurysm) may be used.>

[kikiek]

26. Can be caused by atherosclerosis like his heart arteries were..or could

be from an injury. I wonder though since it sounds like he has had serious heart problems starting at a pretty young age for them. Personally I can't imagine him running for president with even his known health problems. I'd bet we don't the the half of them either.

[knitter4democracy]

28. I'd bet it's not behind his knee.

That's the official story, but it doesn't pass my sniff test. It's either not an aneurysm but something else entirely or it is but not located there. They were found out the last time he disappeared into a hospital, even with all their security measures, so this is the disinfomation story.

[enlightenment]

68. I'm certainly no expert, but

my dad developed an aneurysm in his groin after his first angioplasty. I don't know how many of those procedures Cheney has had, but if you have to go through a new location each time (as with my dad -- first one side of the groin and later, the other side), perhaps they went through the knee and he developed the aneurysm as a side effect.

Or, he's just an evil SOB whose body is rotting from the inside-out.

[knitter4democracy]

73. That could be.

I haven't asked my hubby yet, but it just feels like the feel-good version of the truth to me. They're giving us part of the truth, hoping that's enough.

[sabbat hunter]

48. aneurysms

cnan happen anywhere. a few years ago former NY yankee pitcher David Cone had one in his shoulder that caused numbness in his throwing hand. you can have one in your stomach too.

basically where ever there is a major artery you can potentiall have an aneurysm.

peace

david
:hippie:

[malaise]

21. It's on CNN now

Now let me be the kind caring human being my mother dreamed about -NOT. Clots of hate all over that body. Does this now explain his absence and that incognito trip to the orthopedic ward. The rethugs have real problems.

[Ilsa]

22. George asks, "Will he need to invoke the 25th Amendment? "

"If something happens to Unca Dick, who's gonna tell me what to do?"

[FlemingsGhost]

27. Get well soon, Mr. Cheney. We need you in tip-top shape ...

in order to serve your full prison sentence.

[TheCowsCameHome]

35. Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

[Robeson]

30. Cheney knows a lot, and has been a corporate operative in government...

...a long time. He knows whole lot. He's been involved in whole lot. He knows where the bodies are buried. I wonder if he'll wake up from that surgery....

[Pharlo]

42. Is there a CIA sponsered Cardiovascular team anywhere?

[Liberty Belle]

54. Besides the bodies buried in the mud of New Orleans?

[txaslftist]

31. They're going to remove that pesky "666" from his head.

[Demeter]

33. You Know,Despite My First Inclination

(gloat and indulge in sympathetic magic) I think I will just say:

Mr. VP: you are very ill. Redign now and concentrate on your health. After all, we wouldn't want Lynn to be a widow, she's much too young.

[Lochloosa]

36. Dare I say it....

BLOOD CLOT!

[mike_c]

37. NOOOOO! Please god don't let him die...

...peacefully under anesthetic!

[TheCowsCameHome]

38. Mail your class picture to Bill Frist. He'll diagnose it from there.

[Say_What]

39. The Dick is way overdue for the BIG ONE n/t

[hardrainfallin]

40. Ohhhhhh we will all be praying **very** hard, won't we?

pls God, pls, pretty pls with sugar on top...

may justice and karma prevail!

[Tesla]

43. Wonder if they morf back to their ol lizard selves after they decease?

[hardrainfallin]

44. I'm afraid they're more like Uranium with a halflife of how long? n/t

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

45. May he recover quickly.

:pray:

:patriot:

[nvliberal]

46. It'll be

a hell of a note if Cheney dies.

Then Bush would HAVE to be president.

God forbid.

[killbotfactory]

47. Godspeed mighty aneurysm

[stepnw1f]

53. lol (nt)

[Fire Walk With Me]

49. Halliburton can rebuild him. They have the technology. They have the

capability to make the world's first bionic man...

[BayCityProgressive]

50. hopefully he

dies. And no I'm not joking and I don't care if people don't like it.

[Fire Walk With Me]

52. Nah.. RoboCheney would be worse than the Six Million Dollar Cheney.

[David Zephyr]

51. Socialized Healthcare for Dick Cheney.

.

[Xipe Totec]

55. It's not an aneurysm

On an asshole they're called hemorrhoids.

[Massachusetts]

56. "CHENEY TO HAVE SURGERY FOR ANUERYSM..."

Die dick...the Gates of Hell await your arrival!!!!!!!

Use the blood on someone who NEEDS IT!

PACIFISTS PLEASE DO NOT GIVE ME A HARD TIME ABOUT MY STATEMENT!

[WhiteTara]

57. don't worry...

all those people are at FREEP. May we dance on his grave.

[IndyJones]

59. So he actually gets a hospital stay, huh?

The rest of us working class stiff would be kicked out an hour after the surgery with a compress and some pain killers.

[cyr330]

60. I hope he dies

and I hope it will be very, very painful.

[barb162]

71. me too, but he won't , 4 heart attacks, etc.

he's too mean to die

[goforit]

62. Whatever...

[TheStates]

63. Hope he doesn't die........

.....Until he's lived to serve his prison sentence.

[Akoto]

64. If it weren't for these news stories, you might think he's been dead.

I hardly ever see him anywhere.

[TheStates]

66. It'd be nice if he dies in prison or some camp....

At the hague for instance instead of dying in a hospital. IMNSHO, Cheney deserves a true passing.

[TankLV]

67. I could care less.

He's had a horribly successful life at the expense of others.

He is a leech of the highest order.

The world will be better off with him gone - it would have been a lot better if he was never born.

I hope he suffers greatly just like he has made others suffer.

Fuck 'em.

[leesa]

69. Won't shed a tear if he dies. One less to keep track of.

[barb162]

70. Mean bastards just go on and on according to my mother

true story

[raysr]

72. He should be sent to

Iraq for surgery!

[Hotler]

74. Got to keep him alive long enough ...

to go to jail after a long trial in front of the public. May he be the first to stand trial.

[paineinthearse]

75. Cheney to Have Surgery Next Weekend

http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2005/09/16/223314.html

Cheney to Have Surgery Next Weekend
By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer
Fri Sep 16, 8:53 PM

WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney will undergo an elective surgery next weekend to treat an aneurysm in an artery behind his right knee. The condition, discovered earlier this year during a routine checkup, needs to be treated "as to not become a problem over time," Steve Schmidt, counselor to the vice president, said Friday.

"The procedure will be performed under local anesthetic," Schmidt said. "It will take place next weekend. It will involve a short hospital stay. The vice president will return to work shortly thereafter." Schmidt said more details will be announced next week.

Cheney, 64, has had four heart attacks, though none since he became vice president in 2001. That year, he had an implantable cardioverter defibrillator inserted in his chest. The pacemaker starts automatically if needed to regulate his heartbeat.

An aneurysm is a ballooning weak spot in an artery that, as blood pounds through, can eventually burst if left untreated. Those in the knee, popliteal aneurysms, act a little differently. They're less likely to burst than are aneurysms in other parts of the body. But blood clots can form in the weakened artery that can break off and cause a stroke, or block circulation in the leg. Typical surgical repair is to open the leg and sew a fabric patch onto the artery to reinforce the weak spot.

more.....

[BlueEyedSon]

76. was here yesterday (leg aneurysm, right?)nt

[Eurobabe]

77. Remember that digusting picture of his biggus dickus?

Maybe THAT's where the aneurysm REALLY is...

Jeff Gannon/Guckert will be so disappointed.