Dick Cheney has surfaced, but is still a bottom feeder.....

[whistle]

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07/08/2005
Vice President Cheney's Checkup

Vice President Dick Cheney was in a Washington, D.C. hospital this morning. The good news is he is back out this afternoon. The visit was part of a scheduled, routine health exam at George Washington Hospital in order to on the Vice President's heart. Cheney underwent surgery four years ago during which a pacemaker was installed. Mr. Cheney has had four heart attacks in the past, although none while he's been the Vice President.

Today's tests included a physical exam, an electrocardiogram- which is used evaluate the electrical activity of the heart at rest and with activity; an echocardiogram- which helps doctors see images of the heart as it beats; and a heart stress test. Results of today's exam haven't been released yet, but the Vice President was all smiles and appeared in good spirits as he left the hospital.

[patrice]

1. Did they look to see if blood runs in his veins?

[acmejack]

4. I was hoping he had a personality transplant.

nt

[donco6]

2. Hmmm.

>>Mr. Cheney has had four heart attacks in the past, although none while he's been the Vice President.

Well, none that we know of, anyway.

[wallwriter]

3. They ought to take a close look at Scooter Libby's heart, too.

His is probably beating a bit fast these days... And Rove, Bolton, Hughes...

[knitter4democracy]

5. It's not a pacemaker!!!

I'm so sick of the media repeating that lie. It's a defibrillator for crying out loud! It's the same thing as the paddles they use to shock you with when you code (aka die) only it's small and put inside you with electrodes on the heart.

When it goes off, it hurts like hell. They even give you a ring to turn it off if you want to die because it's so bad (you wear it and then hold it next to the device if you want to use it). Most people end up on the ground when it goes off, crying from the pain and worse. My husband has had patients with them, and they all say how bad it is when it goes off.

[whistle]

8. From what you describe it sounds like one of those taser weapons

[knitter4democracy]

10. It's kind of like that--a huge jolt.

It goes directly to the heart, though. It's more like the internal paddles they use in a code when they crack your chest open and directly massage and jolt the heart.

In other words, he's much worse off, health-wise, than they're obviously wanting people to know. Only very, very sick people get an implanted defibrillator, and there are even patients who turn them down because they feel that the next code is their time to go.

[seabeyond]

6. although none while he's been the Vice President.

that we know of. of course we dont know, if he had ten heart attacks and was hanging by a string we wouldnt know. so what

we know there is something physically and absolutely mentally wrong with the president, it isnt like his physician tells us what it is.

[Geoff R. Casavant]

9. He had one . . .

Just after the 2000 election, while the recount was going on. They hushed it up of course.

[politicaholic]

7. Hey Dick, go microwave a burrito!

get it!...pacemaker?...

I'll go now.
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