Former VP Cheney hospitalized

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: MSNBC

breaking news
updated 8:44 p.m. ET June 25, 2010

WASHINGTON - A spokesman for Dick Cheney says the former vice president has been admitted to a hospital after reporting discomfort.

Spokesman Peter Long says Cheney was not feeling well Friday afternoon and was seen by his doctors at George Washington University.

He was admitted to the university's hospital for more testing. Cheney has a history of heart trouble, although the cause of his latest health problem was not clear.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37935956/ns/politics/

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That's all they have. Darth had to go back into the chamber.

[Duer 157099]

1. Who.The.Fuck.Cares. n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

3. LOL

:rofl:

[sasquuatch55]

78. AWWW! Unfortuneately evil never dies!

nt

[Mira]

103. OH YES he will. And you and I probably will live to experience it.

Heck, we have no update.
He may be dead now.

[bjobotts]

119. Just wish he'd take Liz with him. This is a family of monsters hopefully being called home

[Plucketeer]

52. I CARE!

I'm just ITCHIN' to send a wreath of skunk cabbage and hemlock boughs to the funeral home.

[wordpix]

144. me, too---want him to live long enough for US gov. to sue his ass over BP-Halliburton secret energy

deals

[pitchforksandtorches]

113. May he rest in pieces.

[Prophet 451]

156. I care!

I'm planning to dance on his grave. A soft-shoe shuffle every day and a matinee on weekends.

[onager]

169. Watch your shoes...

Since I plan to do something else on his grave.

[rzemanfl]

2. I hope he recovers as quickly as the Gulf of Mexico. n/t

[cutlassmama]

8. +11ty billion

[Bozita]

20. That's perfect!

[cliffordu]

28. + eleventy eleventy billion.....

[eowyn_of_rohan]

37. me too. That means he will have to suffer a LONG TIME

[Martin Eden]

38. Methuselah Cheney? n/t

[KillCapitalism]

125. Watch him live to 120. n/t

[wordpix]

145. on our dime for his health care, no doubt

:grr: while we get none

[Grassy Knoll]

64. The Question is.........

Where will he go ?
God doesn't want him and the devil is afraid he will take over.

[awoke_in_2003]

69. he will go where we all go...

the dirt- nothing more.

[rzemanfl]

81. I am about the most unreligious person I know. But I firmly

believe there is "good dirt" and "bad dirt."

[Drops_not_Dope]

88. LOL

[kestrel91316]

109. He needs to be buried in an unmarked grave in potter's field.

[Prophet 451]

157. Well, according to my faith

There is (and it should be added here that I'm a Luciferian Satanist) a special corner of hell where the unrepentently evil sit, experiancing the lives of those who their evil has affected. Hitler, for example, will experiance the whole lives of 11 million Jews, Roma, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc and every time, he will experiance the pain and terror they did. Dick Cheney will get to experiance the lives of everyone who suffered through his reign of terror. Every fish, every oil drenched bird, every dead American, Afghan and Iraqi, all of them. And if, after all that, Dick still remains unrepentent, his soul will be simply consigned to oblivion, gone.

[Dulcinea]

152. Oh yeah!

I hope the Gulf recovers a lot faster.

I don't wish death on anyone, but when Cheney kicks off, I'll have no tears to shed. Sort of like when Reagan bought it.

[Catherina]

4. I hope he gets the same excellent medical care he supported for ordinary Americans n/t

[glinda]

5. A bit of stress perhaps? Guilt?

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. They can look all they want, they'll never find a heart. but

in a strictly humanitarian gesture, I hope the fuck he suffers.

[Beetwasher]

7. "discomfort"

The more they downplay it, the more serious it usually is.

[DiehardLiberal]

14. Good

I hope so!

[elleng]

9. 'Bad' weather here, extremely hot and humid.

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. I am praying for him.

Very intensely.

[Frank Cannon]

140. So am I.

This may be the time when I actually take up witchcraft.

[droidamus2]

11. Excuse me but...

Don't you have to have one before you can have heart trouble?

[Jackpine Radical]

74. I'm not sure about hearts

But I know you can have all kinds of money trouble without having money.

[superconnected]

165. hahahaha good one!

[Ishoutandscream2]

12. Ok I'll say it. Die already!

[Botany]

13. gulf oil enema ASAP

he lied to start a war to make money and is behind the gulf oil spill

f*** him ..... I hope he lives to suffer

[cutlassmama]

19. His karma

[eowyn_of_rohan]

41. good one

:rofl:

[lobodons]

15. Cheney is pure evil

Cheney has done more harm to this country than almost any other American in it's history.

[Politicalboi]

16. Sharing the same anniversary

As Jacko. OH NO!. We can only hope. LOL! Too bad his pacemaker didn't spring a leak, we would have BP get right on that shit pronto.

[Duer 157099]

30. The King of GOP? n/t

[Politicalboi]

31. LOL!

Yes he is The King of GOP. Long live the...Oh wait! I don't want to say something I might regret.

[LiberalFighter]

17. As Biden would say... BFD!! But with a different inflection.

[Ian David]

18. So? n/t

[CountAllVotes]

21. get well soon Dick

:popcorn:

:dem:

[hyphenate]

22. My mama always said

if you don't have anything nice to say about anyone, say nothing at all.

I am now at a complete loss for words.

[dixiegrrrrl]

151. Bette Davis said, on hearing her rival Joan Crawford had died:

" My Momma said if you can't say anything good about a person's death, etc.
I just have this to say:
Good".

[brucefan]

23. Let me think of something nice to say

Nope,I got nothin.

[cadmium]

24. If serious it wouldve been nice

if it happened a few yrs ago. Now I wish for recovery ---especially if he has to testify on the oil energy talk force under oath.

PS -- Demon Daughter Liz is not going away

[TheEuclideanOne]

68. Under Oath? ROFLOL

I hate to spoil your wishes but they just released a recent picture of him in his current condition:

[cadmium]

138. ha ha

[Dappleganger]

25. .

:popcorn:

[CountAllVotes]

26. . .

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[liberal N proud]

27. It's nothing compared to the discomfort that ass cause this nation

I just can't bring my self to feel anything for this monster.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

29. a waste of good healthcare.

[PinkTiger]

32. Yeah

All of the above. But if he dies, the best thing will be that attention will be diverted from the oil spill for a bit and we can get a rest. I mean, it is important….but I'm tired of it. And maybe that will give the CIC long enough to chill and deal with this effectively, which I believe he is already, but you know, if I'm sick of it, you know he sure the heck is.

[cascadiance]

33. May everyone else get treated for a preexisting condition as much as this bum has!

Just about everyone else deserves that care far more than he does!

I'm speaking of his heart condition of course. As for his lack of soul, we know that's untreatable in his case!

[WhiteTara]

34. please suffer greatly, Darth Cheney

and when your suffering is intolerable, please suffer more. I beg that you hurt, that you squirm in discomfort, that you cry out in pain and that no one answers. Please suffer as you have made the world suffer for your insufferable arrogance. You, Dick have made our lives more miserable, the world more miserable and I can only pray that you suffer and then die.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

42. + + +

couldn't have said it better

[cascadiance]

44. How soon before he gets fitted for his "Darth" equipment?...

Seems like now's the time!

[Mira]

62. Flowing poetry. Nicely presented.

[cheapdate]

86. Tell it! Oh, tell it! Hallelujah!

[WhiteTara]

87. hey! Welcome to DU

:hi:

[cstanleytech]

134. That type of attitude from you and others we just dont need.

I dont like Cheney myself and I think he and Bush should have been put on trial before a jury for alot of the stuff but dont diminish yourself by wishing them to suffer, their not worth the effort.

[WhiteTara]

142. don't you mean "they're"

I'm not sure what there is to "their" not worth it.
:shrug:

[cstanleytech]

146. Nitpicking spelling mistakes

doesn't alter the facts of my statement though O8)

[WhiteTara]

147. that isn't a spelling mistake

that is incorrect usage of the English language. And to quote Margaret Mitchell, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" what you think of my comments

[cstanleytech]

158. Whatever babe, have a good day. Ciao!!

[WhiteTara]

162. adios. n/t

[DesertFlower]

35. amazing that he's survived this long.

[Mafia Killer]

79. only the good die young

after all, how old was that other heartless, racist "Strom Thurmon" .....200?

[caledesi]

89. Do you ANYONE that has had 5 heart attacks and still lives? nt

[thesquanderer]

36. Seeing all that oil spill uselessly into the gulf...

...with no way for him and his friends to sell it was too much for him to take.

[pjt7]

39. Cheney hospitalized has been a running headline

for years.

[jillan]

40. Just curious - do taxpayers pay for his healthcare? Does he have 'socialized' healthcare??

[Althaia]

115. yes. (nt)

[TeaBagsAreForCups]

43. It's spelled....

... K-A-R-M-A, you vile, evil, contemptible bastard.

[BumRushDaShow]

45. More

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/25/cheney-admitted-to-washington-hospital-for-tests/?fbid=f9fkz4bqUxJ>http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/25/cheney-admitted-to-washington-hospital-for-tests/?fbid=f9fkz4bqUxJ]

June 25, 2010
Cheney admitted to Washington hospital for tests
Posted: June 25th, 2010 09:13 PM ET

Washington (CNN) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney has been admitted to a hospital in Washington after reporting he wasn't feeling well.

A spokesman said he saw his doctors Friday afternoon at George Washington University, and upon their advice, was admitted for further tests.

Spokesman Peter Long says Cheney is expected to remain in the hospital over the weekend.

Cheney has a history of heart trouble, but the cause of the discomfort wasn't disclosed.

Maybe Haliburton told him he'd have to chip in? :popcorn:

[undeterred]

46. The thought of not getting to profit from all that spilt oil must be distressing.

[TheDebbieDee]

47. "So?"

[Fearless]

48. I had discomfort for 8 years... he's due for some of his own. Musta been the Wall Street reform.

[opihimoimoi]

49. I Hope that fucker has PAINUS ANUS...REAL BAD....9.9

Crawl level....

[benld74]

50. The Dolphin Crying before it dies story made me cry, THIS - I have NO feelings for

Does this make me a BAD person?

[UTUSN]

51. K&R #11 and PROUD of it !1 n/t

[Robert DAH Bruce]

53. Did someone splash holy water on him again???

[thelordofhell]

54. It's nice to hear good news on DU every now and then

I can't wait to piss on this bastard's grave.

My apologies to bastards everywhere.

[cdsilv]

60. Ok, listen, he's got a family, kids, grandikids and the like.

I don't wish the man ill, he's ill enough. I do wish the institution of a behind-the-scenes powerbroker ill.

I hope Dick Cheney the man can survive to entertain and love his kids and grandkids. I hope that he will remove himself from national politics/business to concentrate on his family - when you get down to it, family is what really counts.

I hope he realizes that. He will eventually, one way or the other. I've seen it in others. As the end approaches, one does see what really matters. Those whom you love and who love you (no matter how bad you are).

Dick Cheney before he dicks you.

[thelordofhell]

108. This is where we must disagree

This man is responsible for thousands of deaths of Americans. First with his absolute negligence on 911, then his part in sending our troops to 2 needless occupations. All so he can stuff extra millions into his pockets. I have no pity for this ghoul and hope he dies a painful death. I know that sounds cruel, but the man deserves it.

:grr: :grr:

[Frank Cannon]

141. Few people in history have deserved a painful, nasty death like this man

Even Attila the Hun was a pretty chill guy, by comparison.

[Arugula Latte]

149. Yes he does, and his wife and kids are frickin' evil, too.

[hlthe2b]

55. It was hot as Hades today... now, I know why...

the dark one emerged... Ok, I can say nothing nice, so....

[Xipe Totec]

56. Fucking tease

He's just yanking our chain again.

[The Backlash Cometh]

57. All I can think of is the little dolphin that people attempted to rescue.

It died, but they reported it was crying before it did.

I just hope that son of a bitch, Cheney, does an act of remorse and gives us the names of the people who were at those Energy meetings, because, in the end, I think he realizes now that his entire life was an EPIC FAIL.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

58. No point in even thinking about it. He'll get a new battery and be released tomorrow.

[proReality]

59. Makes me think of "Chorus Line"

...

Six months later I heard that Karp had died.
And I dug right down to the bottom of my soul...
And cried.
'Cause I felt... nothing.

[Hulk]

61. Satan is waiting for that disgusting turd to arrive....

Please don't keep him waiting!

[TheCowsCameHome]

63. Live feed here

[MrMickeysMom]

100. Wonderful, Here's some sound affects...

beep......beep.....beep.....beep......brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr_____________________________________________

[TheCowsCameHome]

135. !

:thumbsup:

[krispos42]

65. Well, that was bound to happen...

Nature abhorrs a vacuum.


(photoshoppers, have at it!)

[SnakeEyes]

66. karma

think about it for a moment before you post some of the things posted here

[marasinghe]

83. as a (pretty much imperfect) follower of Buddhist teachings ....

allow me to mention that karma (or more correctly karma phala = the effects of karma; karma being volitional actions taken of a person's own free will), are what would happen to cheney - for the destruction of hundreds of thousands of innocent iraqis & americans lives, amongst others.

not so much us - for our wish that he should pay the appropriate price for his crimes.

so let me add my sentiments to the DU consensus: fuck cheney & may he burn in the same hell he inflicted on his vast array of victims.

[scarface2004]

67. how was he admitted to the hospital!?

his cobra coverage should be up....he should have been turned away or sent to the county hospital!!! asshole!!!

[awoke_in_2003]

70. I am about to be impolite...

fuck him- fuck him right in the ass with no lube. Hell, he was part of the group that has been doing just the same thing to us.

[cyr330]

71. At the risk of sounding UGLY. . .

I hope I don't offend any faint hearted Dem people here, but I sincerely hope that motherfucker, Dick Cheney, has a huge heart attack & dies & roasts in hell where he belongs. I fucking HATE him!!!!!

[niyad]

72. dick, may you feel every iota of the suffering that you have caused to all the people, to all the

creatures of the sea, air and land, and to the land itself.

May you receive EVERYTHING you deserve.

I would have said, I want you to live long enough to wind up in jail, but, since we know that will never happen. . .

[Zephie]

73. Lets hope this is the hospital trip that we've been waiting for!

[Drops_not_Dope]

92. LOL

[CLANG]

75. He's not going to die, that's guaranteed. I'm just not that lucky lately...

[Bozita]

76. Do ambulance companies give frequent flier miles?

So, Dick, how's that government-run Medicare working out for you?

[Politicalboi]

77. Is it

Soup Yet???

[musette_sf]

80. I've been kind of wondering since January 1

if Ole Dead-Eye was planning to do something like a Dan Duncan this year.

Houston's Dan Duncan: First U.S. Billionaire To Die And Pay No Tax Whatsoever On His Estate

Had his life ended three months earlier, Mr. Duncan's riches -- Forbes magazine estimated his worth at $9 billion, ranking him as the 74th wealthiest in the world -- would have been subject to a federal tax of at least 45 percent. If he had lived past Jan. 1, 2011, the rate would be even higher -- 55 percent.

Instead, because Congress allowed the tax to lapse for one year and gave all estates a free pass in 2010, Mr. Duncan's four children and four grandchildren stand to collect billions that in any other year would have gone to the Treasury.

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2010/06/dan_duncan_no_tax.php

[DisgustipatedinCA]

82. when life gives you lemons, make lemonade

Specifically, I'm envisioning a federally-funded, deficit-reducing pay-urinal on top of the gravesite. At $20 per session, liberals would rapidly get credit for erasing the deficit and stimulating the hell out of the economy.

Get well soon, Mr. Vice President.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

84. I'm send this lovely get well gift to his room in Bethesda maybe 2 would work better?

2200 watt Amana

[Turbineguy]

85. Discomfort..

OK. Agony would be better, but I'll take what I can get.

[guitar man]

90. All I can say is

I'm hoping for the best possible outcome from this.

[Jennicut]

91. The man if half-dead anyways. He is part cyborg.

[appleannie1]

93. Is this a reason for a party?

[The Wizard]

94. He should live long enough

to sell his children into slavery.

[Arugula Latte]

95. Can't they just throw him in the crypt already?

Stake through the heart oughta do it.

[Yeahyeah]

96. May a lonely orderly sneak in and drill his relief well.

[Marie Marie]

124. Now you did it

I'm laughing so hard that I may have to be hospitalized right along with this SOB. And if I should catch a glimpse of his full moon through the opening of his hospital gown, I will hold you responsible for the permanent damage to my eyes. But yes Orderly - Drill Baby Drill!

[Diane R]

97. How can someone with no heart have heart trouble?

[sellitman]

98. Proof positive his Doctors are ready for whatever:

cheney doctor explains wooden stake among surgical tools as "covering all the bases"

[W T F]

99. I care as for him, as republicans did for Ted Kennedy

[Incitatus]

107. Yes, the difference being that the two workced to achieve. nt

[DailyGrind51]

101. His conscience was roused from a lifetime of dormancy?

[bora13]

102. aren't these cheney posts fun???

It's true. Some people have left a blight on the earth. Not a god,
but a human being has done this. So it must be true that god is in us.

[Historic NY]

104. Oily seafood will do that...dick have some more.

[A Physicist]

105. Get well soon and live long

enough to be judged at The Hague.

[Marie Marie]

106. He made me do this

My first post and I had wanted it to be something positive. But come on - this is Cheney.
May his discomfort be as great as the torture & water boarding he ordered. May his pain match that of all the wounded troops who fought his war for oil. May his suffering equal that of the families whose sons & daughters gave their lives for Halliburton profits. Here's hoping that he is gasping for air just like all the animals who are suffocating in oil due to his deregulation of the oil industry. Satan is shoveling some extra coals on the fire waiting for this evil son of a bitch to make his appearance in his eternal Hell. Yet here he is: a one man Weapon of Mass Destruction, still clinging to life. I want to dance on this asshole's grave - in stilettos!!

[thelordofhell]

110. I love you

[sakabatou]

111. Welcome to DU, Marie

[Marie Marie]

112. Thanks

I'm so glad to be here. Love you guys!

[lavenderdiva]

120. Welcome to DU, Marie Marie

you will fit in fine around here! Love your post- :hi:

[Lugnut]

127. Welcome to DU, Marie Marie!

Your post speaks for me. :hi:

[Initech]

128. Yes!!!!

I know they don't make stilletos in a men's size 13 but I'll gladly join you. :rofl:

[AsahinaKimi]

129. Welcome to DU Marie

I truly believe,

if Ghandi were alive today,

Dick Cheney would have been the only man


Ghandi would have enjoyed


beating with his walking stick.

[saigon68]

136. WOW

[tango-tee]

167. Yes, indeed!

Well said, Marie!

[Paper Roses]

168. You're my kind of people. Welcome! n/t

[Orrex]

114. Actually, this is kind of a relief

I was running out of needles and places in my Dick Cheney voodoo doll to stick them.

[Althaia]

116. I hope he recovers to full health and lives long enough to be convicted

..for ALL of his crimes against the USA. Death, even a long painful one, is letting him off far too easy. I want JUSTICE, and his death will prevent that.

[DemoTex]

117. The SOB is too sick to go home to Wyoming.

He hangs around DC where he has the best (free) medical care in the world.

[gjp]

118. party of compassion

so much for the party of compassion

[Mz Pip]

148. Our compassion for Cheney

ranks about the same as the right's compassion for Ted Kennedy. And you know that is true.

[Ter]

166. What did the right say when he was near death?

I seriously hope they weren't excited.

[blogslut]

164. Ha!

I thought you guys were the ones that wore the "compassionate conservative" costume?

Have fun while you're here. I know we will!

[Hulk]

121. Oh Please, please.....make my day!!!!

I pray that he won't have to suffer too much....at least not as much as he made the rest of the world suffer.

Satan?....do you have that hot corner ready yet??

[Yeahyeah]

122. Prescott Bush's death has set off Cheney's paranoia.He thinks P Bush and

him are on Obama's extra-judicial hit list and Obama has had him poisoned.

[Politicalboi]

123. I keep waiting for the

Headline to change. Damn.

[Initech]

126. Evil never dies. It grows and spawns new legs, like worms.

[classof56]

130. I've been suffering a lot of discomfort since I learned of Cheney's existence

Wish I had one good thing to say about him, but I can't think of a single word to describe him except for pure evil. Nope, that's two words--sorry. Evil will have to do.

Rachel was very gracious in her sincere best wishes to him and his family. She has far more class and character than I, which is one of the reasons I admire her and hold her in such high regard. When it comes to Cheney, I can't dredge up anything but a sneer.

Okay, I'll stop now.

[LiberalLovinLug]

131. If there is one man I want to see face his crimes before he dies

Its this bastard to the human race.

Please don't let him die before he is made to confront the pain, suffering, death and misery he is directly responsible for.

[Tabasco_Dave]

132. Hey Dick! I have a song for ya.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfva9M7FEeU

[LeftishBrit]

133. I hope that he makes a good recovery....

so that he can finally be put on trial and face justice for his crimes, which have harmed the entire world.

[BumRushDaShow]

137. LOL

This thread is still going. Very cathartic! :popcorn: :applause: :rofl:

[anachro1]

139. There will be joy

and outright dancing in the streets when this useless motherfucker finally dies.

[Myrina]

143. Full moon, morning eclipse and a Grand Cross in the astrological world ...

... could it be that the foremost Representative of The Dark Side is finally going to make his exit ??

[Mz Pip]

150. Interesting that there isn't more news

There is none of the PR releases that usually accompany one of his trips to the vet. No "The former VP is resting comfortably" statements.

Seems awfully quiet.

[Paper Roses]

153. Wishing him all the pain in the world. Long and slow with only

one end result.

[DebbieCDC]

154. I will quote Dylan's "Masters of War"

And I hope that you die
And your death will come soon
I'll follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
I'll watch as you're lowered into your deathbed
And I'll stand over your grave 'til I'm sure that you're dead

Just sayin'

[Prophet 451]

155. Is it too early to start celebrating?

Yes, probably a good idea to wait until the evil prick has actually died.

[cstanleytech]

163. Meh, you can if you want seeing as its a free country

though I personally would not do it for a number of reasons chiefly being
#1 He isn't worth the energy nor the time
#2 The fact that imo its kind of a distasteful thing to do imo.

[mochajava666]

159. Mr Cheney, with all due respect,

I would like to eat a large can of corn and shit on your fresh grave.

There is a bit of timing involved, so about a 24 hour notice would be appreciated.

Oh, and Go Fuck Yourself.

[opihimoimoi]

160. still hoping for GOUT of the HEART or Gigantus Butt Painus

The Pain he and Crew did to America is immeasurable....

He should suffer(Eye for an EYE)

The Bible calls for STONING.....not w THC but w real stones from the obsidian quarry

[Betty]

161. doesn't he have a pre-existing condition?

they ought to kick his ass to the curb like they do with the rest of us.