[bonesmccoy]

I hope the White House makes our VP very comfortable and relaxed. Some one should serve Mr. Cheney some breakfast in bed and make sure he's not jogging at the time he assumes command. I don't want Tom Daschle running this country!

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Simple outpatient surgery. The only reason Cheney is set in place is because the procedure does allow for sedation if necessary. But he can be awake the entire time.

[VOA]

IS THIS REALLY A NEWSSTORY (AP has a slow newsday???) Bush to Be Sedated for Colonoscopy

I guess it shows what a circumspect person I am...I just about freaked
when I heard NBC's Andrea Mitchell say talk about an examination of President Reagan's
colon and rectum.

Well, I guess if we get up-close description of one President's "staff of power",
we're going to hear about every President's body parts.

[Babsig]

I don't believe it would be Sen Daschle, he is just majority leader - not Pres Pro Tem. which I believe is Sen Byrd of WV. Anyone please correct me, if I'm wrong. Please Lord, don't let Senator KKK take charge.BWAAAA!

[right-sidedNYer]

ORDER OF U.S. PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION:

The Vice President Richard Cheney
Speaker of the House John Dennis Hastert
President pro tempore of the Senate Robert Byrd
Secretary of State Colin Powell
Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld
Attorney General John Ashcroft
Secretary of the Interior Gale A. Norton
Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman
Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans
Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao
Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Melquiades Rafael Martinez
Secretary of Transportation Norman Yoshiro Mineta
Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham
Secretary of Education Roderick Paige
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony J. Principi

Constitutionally, Congress is to decide who is next beyond this point.
I don't think you need to worry about Tommy running the country (assuming you meant other than the subtle way he's trying to do so now).

[SunStar]

I don't want Tom Daschle running this country!

Tom Daschle will NEVER assume the Presidency. Next in line is Dennis Hastert, the Speaker of the House.

[deport]

Tubb will join a military medical team lead by endoscopist Dr. James Butler, a Navy captain and chief of gastroenterology at the National Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Md.

Darn, wonder what happened to the Rear Admiral?

[Fast 1975]

Any possibility might sneak troops to protect our border while he's asleep?

[NC_Libertarian]

IS THIS REALLY A NEWSSTORY

In case you weren't told, Bush is the President of the United States. Of course it's a newsstory, silly.

[Coleus]

Sounds like a bunch of crap to me.

[aruanan]

Bush to Be Sedated for Colonoscopy

Probably with the wonderful Versed:

Midazolam (Versed) is a water-soluble benzodiazepine that has become widely used in procedures requiring conscious sedation, because of its optimal physicochemical properties.

When I was undergoing a colonoscopy, I watched the doctor snake the colonoscope all the way around. I asked him, "So, do you ever see anything and say, like, "Oh, sh-t!" He said he did. Then I realized that in spite of the Co-lyte, he probably would see something like that.

[Tony in Hawaii]

It's worse than that! Do you realize this man is TOTALLY UNCONSCIOUS for six to eight hours EVERY DAY?

[Tall_Texan]

IS THIS REALLY A NEWSSTORY (AP has a slow newsday???) Bush to Be Sedated for Colonoscopy

This is such a major story that FoxNews.com ran it as a "Breaking News Alert". Think that's bad? Their headline if you clicked on the story is headlined:

"Doctors To Get Rare Look Inside The President".

I'm not making this up (I only wish I were...).

[Kermit]

Don't worry, the Speaker of the House comes before the Majority Leader. I don't believe a Senator is in the line of sucession at all, since they were representatives of the State. I could be wrong, but I believe it's the Speake, then it goes into the Cabinet.

[Kermit]

"Before taking the test, Bush will be given a solution to drink to cleanse his system."

This is actually the worst part of the procedure. For 24 hours before, you can only eat and drink clear foods. Then about 6 hours before, you drink 4 oz. of a saline solution for hyper-cleansing. then 2 hours before, you drink another 4 oz. to clear out any specks that may be left.

I got woozy before the procedure from the friggin' saline solution. I watched the show on the monitor during the procedure, just got sleepy though. Not bad at all, as far as procedures go, kinda interesting in fact. Wanna see my pictures? ;^) (just joking).

[Dave S]

I hope the White House makes our VP very comfortable and relaxed. Some one should serve Mr. Cheney some breakfast in bed and make sure he's not jogging at the time he assumes command. I don't want Tom Daschle running this country!

Daschle is not in the line of succesion unless its after all the cabinet members are dead or incapacitated. First VP, then Speaker of the House, then Senator Byrd (President Pro Tem of the Senate) then Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and on and one in the order the cabinet positions was created.

[185JHP]

Schadenfreude by people who fear and loathe W? Still riled they didn't get AlGore?

[mrfixit514]

How nice of them to not only announce it but also to tell when it was going to happen. Reminds me of the George Brett hemoroids World Series.

[D. Miles]

yes, it is news ..this will be the second time that the 25th amendment has been envoked!

[Jhoffa_]

This has the potential to be really funny..

Think about it for a minute, Dubya can say anything he wants, and then blame it on being groggy and sedated.

Remember the press field day over hits like: "Big Time" "Pootie-Poot" and "Barney Fag"

Imagine what they would do if Dubya said something like:

"Felt like that Doctor had his whole arm in my McCain.. uh, whoops.. "

Then later:

"Hey John.. It was just the drugs talking man."

Bwahahah..

[chnsmok]

If I were President, I would bomb something just to get off the front page!