Dick Cheney receives heart transplant

CBS News ^ | March 24, 2012 | Kevin Hechtkopf

[Beaten Valve]

Breaking News:

Former Vice President Dick Cheney received a heart transplant on Saturday, his office announced.

A statement from the former vice president's office said Cheney is now recovering in the Intensive Care Unit of Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va., outside of Washington.

[mkjessup]

Reminds me of Ronald Reagan’s line as he was being put under for surgery after the Hinckley assassination attempt:
“I hope all of you are Republicans”.

And the little known response from the chief surgeon (who happened to be a Democrat) was "we are today, Mr. President."

Can anyone imagine how the sterling years of the Reagan Administration could have been improved had Dick Cheney been working for the Gipper in the capacity of VP?

(I think I just got a tingle, lol)

[COUNTrecount]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApGL2um1xOI

Uploaded by CBS on Jan 5, 2011

Dr. Jennifer Ashton discusses a new report that claims former Vice President Dick Cheney may be on the heart transplant list.

[Carriage Hill]

THAT’s one hell of a ticket I could instantly get behind/vote for!

[presently no screen name]

Yeah, I can almost hear Bill Maher’s nasty diatribe.

Yeah, I can almost hear Cheney saying - 'Be thankful, it could have been your heart I now have'.

[Not A Snowbird]

Good news!

[sthguard]

Short drive.

[Slump Tester]

Somehow they’ll have Haliburton involved too.

[GreenHornet]

Like many others here, I had no idea he was awaiting a transplant. God Bless You, Mr. Vice President.

It will be interesting to see if anyone on the left offers any kind of wishes for a full recovery (I won't hold me breath.) Most likely, they'll spin this situation as an argument in favor of Obamacare.

[presently no screen name]

Stop it! We are agreeing again! ;)

[Toespi]

Great great news! My husband received a heart transplant 20 months ago. We always felt a comraderie with the Cheney family, because their heart issues mirrored each other. We pray for a full and complete recovery. The six months after transplant is “interesting” but after that it is nothing but net! Prayers to the donor family.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Thanks I appreciate it. WOW I thought he was younger(I am so bad at looking at people and figuring out how old they are by the way they look, I always turn out to be wrong)

[TexasFreeper2009]

*sigh*

if only Cheney had run in 2008.. we might have avoided the desaster which is Obama, and Mittens would be off doing what he loves bankrupting companies and firing people.

[CWSNTEXAS]

Wishing all the best and prayers to G*d the creator for Mr. Cheney’s recovery and health. A true friend of Israel and the Jewish people.

[ruthles]

Prayers for Cheney.. I love him.

[CWSNTEXAS]

Wishing all the best and prayers to G*d the creator for Mr. Cheney’s recovery and health. A true friend of Israel and the Jewish people.

[Sarah Barracuda]

They can’t spin it in favor of Obamacare because in reality if Obamacare were in effect right now Cheney would already be dead. They would never have given a man of his age a new heart. This is why in Obamacare they have “Death Panels” to prevent the elderly from being able to get the treatment they need to live longer

[the invisib1e hand]

Godspeed, Dick!

[mkjessup]

Stop it! We are agreeing again! ;)

LOL, it appears to be a trend, FRiend! lol

[Bernard Marx]

Even if he was near death I think Cheney would have rejected Maher’s evil heart.

[Miss Behave]

Ditto on that, workerbee. Thank you for posting my favorite pic of him.