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Usually they don't give transplants to people in their 70s mucifer Mar 2012 #1
Money talks. Or perhaps threats. kestrel91316 Mar 2012 #5
Probably paid for ... aggiesal Mar 2012 #34
When a neighbor was 79 (last year) Suich Mar 2012 #10
My dad had a kidney transplant at the age of 48, but due to the anti-rejection pacalo Mar 2012 #60
If you are in the 1%, you will get whatever you need liberal N proud Mar 2012 #67
now you know where much of the money went shanti Mar 2012 #101
I met a number of people at UCSF who had heart transplants after age 70 The Second Stone Mar 2012 #106
If Dick got a heart, somone had to die for him to get it. n/t fasttense Mar 2012 #112
I thought his was replaced with some whirring (non beating) annabanana Mar 2012 #2
He was! freethought Mar 2012 #26
It's called an LVAD... 3waygeek Mar 2012 #39
Why is an old alcohol abuser getting a heart? eom Kolesar Mar 2012 #57
He has an entire health team that travels with him wherever he goes, just crunch60 Mar 2012 #100
Since he wasn't born with one, how will they hook it up? TheCowsCameHome Mar 2012 #3
No doubt this is a better heart ... aggiesal Mar 2012 #22
Should be "implant". Scuba Mar 2012 #4
yep! Pryderi Mar 2012 #65
Here's a link cbayer Mar 2012 #6
Ah, I thought this was an Onion article. Darth was reported to have been suffering greatly. freshwest Mar 2012 #7
He has a heart? Initech Mar 2012 #8
He does now. Devil_Fish Mar 2012 #47
No. Not really. Left Coast2020 Mar 2012 #90
Who had to die for this? surrealAmerican Mar 2012 #9
Some unfortunate Chinese activist? They sold organs to the highest bidder, didn't donate them. freshwest Mar 2012 #63
No, Lynne or Liz just ripped it out of the chest of some poor innocent person.... Pachamama Mar 2012 #69
I wonder how many younger folks he stepped in front of at age 70 bigtree Mar 2012 #11
They don't necessarily go by age alone. There are a lot of factors. totodeinhere Mar 2012 #85
good info bigtree Mar 2012 #108
I would hope that he had to wait his turn on the list just like everyone else bluestateguy Mar 2012 #12
Ha. That'll be the day...please... CTyankee Mar 2012 #64
So the Wizard of Oz does exist? And he can give a heart Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #13
If you do ever reconsider dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #21
A Hammond B3? aquart Mar 2012 #29
A Hammond B3 dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #36
Win mackattack Mar 2012 #74
Just saw that at his castle...very cool! FailureToCommunicate Mar 2012 #82
A very nice B3 (and bass pedals) with Leslie 122, there is no sound like it!!! winstars Mar 2012 #104
The back ground to the joke is dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #107
I'm not planning on going anywhere soon. Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #46
LOL - "Wizard of Oz" was trending on Twitter at the same time as "Dick Cheney" NYC Liberal Mar 2012 #45
................. Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #48
And the even funnier part is I'm pretty sure it was just coincidental! NYC Liberal Mar 2012 #96
The Chimp still needs brain pstokely Mar 2012 #111
I got lost on the yellow brick road...duh! nt Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #117
Everybody! Hum along RufusTFirefly Mar 2012 #14
Was it a pigs heart? BootinUp Mar 2012 #15
Compatibility is very important Xipe Totec Mar 2012 #17
Nah, Rush wouldn't sell his. Maybe it was Breitbart's. n/t TheCowsCameHome Mar 2012 #25
+ 1000! El Supremo Mar 2012 #71
I would like to suggest OnyxCollie Mar 2012 #78
I must reconsider my donor card. rug Mar 2012 #16
+ 1 n/t peace13 Mar 2012 #19
I hope he lives long frogmarch Mar 2012 #18
'Aide Says Cheney Had Heart Transplant' elleng Mar 2012 #20
waste marshall gaines Mar 2012 #23
Will they have to drive a stake through his old one? Or bury it as toxic waste? LongTomH Mar 2012 #24
Aw, now, you... freshwest Mar 2012 #88
If he feels better, maybe he won't be such an asshole. nt Deep13 Mar 2012 #27
All those years of smoking.... Julian Englis Mar 2012 #28
Must hurt a lot. aquart Mar 2012 #30
not to worry folks, I'm sure his body will reject anything even ladywnch Mar 2012 #31
Brava AngryOldDem Mar 2012 #37
Isn't it wonderful jehop61 Mar 2012 #32
So what worthy soul didn't get a heart today? nt onehandle Mar 2012 #33
Probably someone like the people Olbermann featured on Countdown during the health care debate. AngryOldDem Mar 2012 #42
Maybe the Good Lord wanted to give me Turbineguy Mar 2012 #35
This will probably be deleted, but.... Th1onein Mar 2012 #38
There's still a chance. Go to the light, Dick. Go to the light! Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2012 #103
I am somehow reminded... LeftishBrit Mar 2012 #40
Cheney had a sphincter transplant and it rejected him... Snarkoleptic Mar 2012 #41
One more person dies for cheney Ohio Joe Mar 2012 #43
who did he have killed to get it? notadmblnd Mar 2012 #44
Travon Martin. NT Devil_Fish Mar 2012 #51
You beat me. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #97
Change of heart? Naw... (nt) reACTIONary Mar 2012 #49
I wonder who they killed to get a match larkrake Mar 2012 #50
Travon Martin. NT Devil_Fish Mar 2012 #52
really? Utterly insensitive and out of line IMHO auntAgonist Mar 2012 #68
I agree, a 71 year old war crimminal getting a heart is Utterly insensitive and out of line Devil_Fish Mar 2012 #122
Palpatine. nt guitar man Mar 2012 #53
And so he takes out another loan against humanity. nt Poll_Blind Mar 2012 #54
wouldn't it be considered an initial installation rather than a replacement. olddad56 Mar 2012 #55
I won't share what I am thinking right now! Rosa Luxemburg Mar 2012 #56
A human could have used it. marias23 Mar 2012 #58
Bravo! n/t rzemanfl Mar 2012 #80
I wonder if the heart will reject the body? n/t davepdx Mar 2012 #59
I couldn't help but wonder too. Hmmm. Glimmer of Hope Mar 2012 #84
Isn't Dick President Obama's 8th cousin ? Grassy Knoll Mar 2012 #61
Yea something like that. I wonder if Cousin Barack will send him a get well card. n/t totodeinhere Mar 2012 #86
Let's hope Obamacare will stop things like this BamaFanLee Mar 2012 #94
I saw a science fiction show once where a person got a transplant and then totodeinhere Mar 2012 #102
His new heart, penndragon69 Mar 2012 #62
Well said.... Pachamama Mar 2012 #70
How can we not make Darth Vader references? underpants Mar 2012 #66
>>> El Supremo Mar 2012 #72
He must have gone to Oz mackattack Mar 2012 #73
Well hopefully he lives long enough to pay for his crimes. Fearless Mar 2012 #75
Heart to Heart talk qbhawk Mar 2012 #76
That was exactly the plot of John Carpenter's They Live LongTomH Mar 2012 #113
My question is was he given special consideration in getting the heart cstanleytech Mar 2012 #77
I don't think so. The average waiting time is between six months and three years. totodeinhere Mar 2012 #81
Thank you. cstanleytech Mar 2012 #121
Breaking News - Heart rejects Cheney jerseygal Mar 2012 #79
somewhere there is a dead unicorn Douglas Carpenter Mar 2012 #83
But it's family profited handsomely Canuckistanian Mar 2012 #89
Maybe He'll live sorefeet Mar 2012 #87
It would be ironic mackattack Mar 2012 #91
Some sociopath must have recently died... Thor_MN Mar 2012 #92
I Don't Want To See Anyone Ill...... queerart Mar 2012 #93
You are very kind Marthe48 Mar 2012 #127
the flames of h@ll are licking at your a$$ Dick..... rppper Mar 2012 #95
Who did he kill? avaistheone1 Mar 2012 #98
He should have been living hyphenate Mar 2012 #99
So Chandra Levy's heart finally rejected him? BiggJawn Mar 2012 #105
Waste of a perfectly good transplant heart GreydeeThos Mar 2012 #109
Don't they give federal prisoners health care? pstokely Mar 2012 #110
The attitudes expressed on this thread do no credit to DU n/t SylviaD Mar 2012 #114
How many other people in their 70's get heart transplants? I'm betting....zero teewrex Mar 2012 #115
can i take that bet? onenote Mar 2012 #123
Cheney finally gets a heart. avaistheone1 Mar 2012 #116
Oh, well. Solly Mack Mar 2012 #118
miserable piece of shit has "government-run health care" Doctor_J Mar 2012 #119
Where did they find one small enough Spirochete Mar 2012 #120
How can a person who never had a heart get a transplant? ohiolover Mar 2012 #124
if you believe that, I got a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you. William769 Mar 2012 #125
Bbwaaa! ohiolover Mar 2012 #126
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