BREAKING: Cheney has erratic rhythm of the heart via MSNBC

[Coexist]

will go to hospital. Not a heart attack - has a pacemaker will cancel event, and go to George Washington University hospital to get checked out. Atrial fibrulation...

[SoonerPride]

1. BREAKING: DOCTORS ATTEST THAT CHENEY HAS A HEART.

I'll believe it when I see it.

[backscatter712]

24. A blackened, shriveled one, that is...

[Happyhippychick]

2. What heart? Sorry, I should be more grown up than that....

[Dbdmjs1022]

3. You mean an erratic rhythm in the stone in his chest...

[scheming daemons]

4. This story is bullshit..... Cheney doesn't even HAVE a heart...

[justiceischeap]

5. Breaking: Because Cheney Goes to Hospital, McClan asks for Debate to be Postponed

:sarcasm:

[K Gardner]

38. It's the OCTOBER SURPRISE !!

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

6. He plans on joining the Enron Wizard in the secret hideaway?

[myrna minx]

7. He still has organic parts? I thought he was more machine than man. n/t

[The Stranger]

8. Is it wrong to hope that he doesn't make it?

Or would that only get the Republicans a sympathy vote during the election next month?

[1corona4u]

9. Oh whatever....it's probably just

acid reflux and he's fucking paranoid that he will die before he gets to spend all of the money he stole from us.

[NoodleyAppendage]

10. Good. I hope it is VERY PAINFUL. n/t

J

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. And I thought John McCain was erratic? I don't know if I want him to die yet

I want him to stand trial first.

[nc4bo]

12. He will receive the best medical care that our American tax dollars can provide....

what about the rest of us.

Sorry, my pity pantry is fresh out.

[Jennicut]

13. Breaking: Doctors put real heart in heartless Darth Cheney

I didn't know he had one.

[jobycom]

14. That's got to be the hardest working pacemaker in the industry.

[Hepburn]

25. Actually what Cheney has in his chest is:

A cardioverterdefibulator. That is NO normal pace maker. In fact, it is the last step before a heart transplant.

Why do I know this? Done this, been there with my late husband.

:hi:

[Hepburn]

15. A-fib???

He has a badly, badly damaged heart. IMO, not an unusual rhythm for someone who has a heart like his. Matter of fact, IIRC, the elder Bush has this as his "normal" heart rhythm.

:shrug:

[Ilsa]

16. NOT a heart attack. A-fib. He is at risk for stroke and angina.

He has an arrhythmia. He is at risk for clots and stroke.

[Botany]

28. clots and stroke

could he have both?

[AtomTan]

31. We can hope. nt

[Ilsa]

41. If the condition goes untreated, it is possible that clots could

form and a stroke could be the result of that. But it is a long way off -- remember, he is getting the best of medical care immediately, no wait, lots of specialists, can afford any treatment.

Hell, they'd probably run over some guy on a motorcycle just to steal his heart for a transplant.

[spinbaby]

17. He looked at the polls n/t

[City Lights]

18. His mechanical heart malfunctioned? BFD. nt

[Aviation Pro]

19. I have an A-fib....

...and hopefully the doctors will prescribe coumadin, which is also know as warfarin, which everyone who can Google knows is rat poison.

Read it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warfarin

Incidentally, I keep my A-fib under control through baby aspirin.

[burythehatchet]

20. My prayers are with the Cheney family

may they suffer endlessly.

[riqster]

21. They'll put Palin in as interim VP until the election, replacing Cheney

...give her some 'seasoning'. Plus, she's used to backing up sick, evil, dirty old men - she's a natural. You betcha!

Uff' Da

[dave29]

22. Dick Cheney is 67, McCain is 72.

I do not wish poor health on anyone. But their health should always be a consideration for their fitness to hold office.

[nolabels]

34. Are you sure Cheney is only 67?

In that last picture of him running around the halls of congress he looked 87 at least.

[jazzjunkysue]

23. Total BS: Vampires don't have hearts.

[Retrograde]

42. Nonsense - everybody knows

that you have to drive the stake into the heart to destroy them! :)

[hogwyld]

26. Probably just a case of

stress. I mean, how would you feel knowing that the opposition party is going to slam your party, and then hold you accountable for all of your war crimes?

[frogmarch]

27. I hope the problem is resolved, and that

Cheney survives to live out the rest of his life in - as Keith calls it - The Big House.

[fascisthunter]

29. yeah yeah..... anyways

[Sannum]

30. Hell, I didn't even know he had a heart!

Breaking news indeed!

[jazzjunkysue]

32. VP Internal Staff Memo: All debriefing in future to be done under direct doctor supervision.

Anyone caught informing the VP of any breaking news outside of the doctor's immediate care will be terminated.

Oh-yeah, and, from now on, in all offices and hotels, the official TV channel for the VP will be changed from the Fox News Channel to the Disney Channel.

[BeyondGeography]

33. Cheney has rhythm?

[musicblind]

35. Well I sincerely hope that he will be okay. I do not wish harm to any political opponent.

Get well soon! And may the best be with your family as well! :hug:

[TheCoxwain]

His heart rhythms are in sync with McCain's Brain waves NT

[Johonny]

36. does McCain

start the debate with good wishes to Cheney and does he lose the debate right there.

[renie408]

37. Dick Cheney has a heart? Hey, that is breaking news. n/t

[symbolman]

39. Its time for his annual blood gore frenzy..

Once year he must consume a large bowl of South American Orphan's hearts or he'll turn into a bat..

Live a Looong Time old man, be well.. The Hague Awaits. You can die while you rot in a cell there on Suicide watch, naked on a cold, damp floor while they build and disassemble a gallows each day outside the tiny window you can barely reach..

ALL of your money and Bush's & pals will be returned to the Treasury long before..

Bush will be stripped naked and forced to bury all the bodies of the dead in Iraq with a spoon all day long for the rest of his natural life..

[Arugula Latte]

40. Cheney's heart is really going to wig out when Obama is sworn in as POTUS.