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BREAKING: Cheney has erratic rhythm of the heart via MSNBC
Edited on Wed Oct-15-08 10:46 AM by FLDem5
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...
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   BREAKING: DOCTORS ATTEST THAT CHENEY HAS A HEART.  SoonerPride   Oct-15-08 10:46 AM   #1 
   A blackened, shriveled one, that is...  backscatter712   Oct-15-08 10:50 AM   #24 
   What heart? Sorry, I should be more grown up than that....  Happyhippychick   Oct-15-08 10:46 AM   #2 
   You mean an erratic rhythm in the stone in his chest...  Dbdmjs1022   Oct-15-08 10:46 AM   #3 
   This story is bullshit..... Cheney doesn't even HAVE a heart...  scheming daemons   Oct-15-08 10:46 AM   #4 
   Breaking: Because Cheney Goes to Hospital, McClan asks for Debate to be Postponed  thecorrection   Oct-15-08 10:46 AM   #5 
   It's the OCTOBER SURPRISE !!  K Gardner   Oct-15-08 11:13 AM   #38 
   He plans on joining the Enron Wizard in the secret hideaway?  OnceUponTimeOnTheNet   Oct-15-08 10:47 AM   #6 
   He still has organic parts? I thought he was more machine than man. n/t  myrna minx   Oct-15-08 10:47 AM   #7 
   Is it wrong to hope that he doesn't make it?  The Stranger   Oct-15-08 10:47 AM   #8 
   Oh whatever....it's probably just  1corona4u   Oct-15-08 10:47 AM   #9 
   Good. I hope it is VERY PAINFUL. n/t  NoodleyAppendage   Oct-15-08 10:47 AM   #10 
   And I thought John McCain was erratic? I don't know if I want him to die yet  Ichingcarpenter   Oct-15-08 10:47 AM   #11 
   He will receive the best medical care that our American tax dollars can provide....  nc4bo   Oct-15-08 10:48 AM   #12 
   Breaking: Doctors put real heart in heartless Darth Cheney  Jennicut   Oct-15-08 10:48 AM   #13 
   That's got to be the hardest working pacemaker in the industry.  jobycom   Oct-15-08 10:48 AM   #14 
   Actually what Cheney has in his chest is:  Hepburn   Oct-15-08 10:50 AM   #25 
   A-fib???  Hepburn   Oct-15-08 10:48 AM   #15 
   NOT a heart attack. A-fib. He is at risk for stroke and angina.  Ilsa   Oct-15-08 10:49 AM   #16 
   clots and stroke  Botany   Oct-15-08 10:52 AM   #28 
      We can hope. nt  AtomTan   Oct-15-08 10:55 AM   #31 
      If the condition goes untreated, it is possible that clots could  Ilsa   Oct-15-08 12:39 PM   #41 
   He looked at the polls n/t  spinbaby   Oct-15-08 10:49 AM   #17 
   His mechanical heart malfunctioned? BFD. nt  No Surrender   Oct-15-08 10:49 AM   #18 
   I have an A-fib....  Aviation Pro   Oct-15-08 10:49 AM   #19 
   My prayers are with the Cheney family  burythehatchet   Oct-15-08 10:49 AM   #20 
   They'll put Palin in as interim VP until the election, replacing Cheney  riqster   Oct-15-08 10:49 AM   #21 
   Dick Cheney is 67, McCain is 72.  dave29   Oct-15-08 10:49 AM   #22 
   Are you sure Cheney is only 67?  nolabels   Oct-15-08 10:59 AM   #34 
   Total BS: Vampires don't have hearts.  jazzjunkysue   Oct-15-08 10:49 AM   #23 
   Nonsense - everybody knows  Retrograde   Oct-15-08 12:51 PM   #42 
   Probably just a case of  hogwyld   Oct-15-08 10:50 AM   #26 
   I hope the problem is resolved, and that  frogmarch   Oct-15-08 10:51 AM   #27 
   yeah yeah..... anyways  fascisthunter   Oct-15-08 10:52 AM   #29 
   Hell, I didn't even know he had a heart!  Sannum   Oct-15-08 10:52 AM   #30 
   VP Internal Staff Memo: All debriefing in future to be done under direct doctor supervision.  jazzjunkysue   Oct-15-08 10:57 AM   #32 
   Cheney has rhythm?  BeyondGeography   Oct-15-08 10:58 AM   #33 
   Well I sincerely hope that he will be okay. I do not wish harm to any political opponent.  musicblind   Oct-15-08 11:02 AM   #35 
   His heart rhythms are in sync with McCain's Brain waves NT  TheCoxwain   Oct-15-08 11:03 AM   # 
   does McCain  Johonny   Oct-15-08 11:03 AM   #36 
   Dick Cheney has a heart? Hey, that is breaking news. n/t  renie408   Oct-15-08 11:12 AM   #37 
   Its time for his annual blood gore frenzy..  symbolman   Oct-15-08 11:16 AM   #39 
   Cheney's heart is really going to wig out when Obama is sworn in as POTUS.  Oregonian   Oct-15-08 11:17 AM   #40 
 
SoonerPride (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:46 AM
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1. BREAKING: DOCTORS ATTEST THAT CHENEY HAS A HEART.
I'll believe it when I see it.
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backscatter712 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:50 AM
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24. A blackened, shriveled one, that is...
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Happyhippychick Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Oct-15-08 10:46 AM
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2. What heart? Sorry, I should be more grown up than that....
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Dbdmjs1022 (369 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:46 AM
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3. You mean an erratic rhythm in the stone in his chest...
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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:46 AM
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4. This story is bullshit..... Cheney doesn't even HAVE a heart...
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justiceischeap Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:46 AM
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5. Breaking: Because Cheney Goes to Hospital, McClan asks for Debate to be Postponed
:sarcasm:
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K Gardner (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 11:13 AM
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38. It's the OCTOBER SURPRISE !!
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:47 AM
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6. He plans on joining the Enron Wizard in the secret hideaway?
Edited on Wed Oct-15-08 10:48 AM by OnceUponTimeOnTheNet
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:47 AM
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7. He still has organic parts? I thought he was more machine than man. n/t
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The Stranger (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:47 AM
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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?
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1corona4u Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:47 AM
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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.
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:47 AM
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10. Good. I hope it is VERY PAINFUL. n/t
J
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Oct-15-08 10:47 AM
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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.
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nc4bo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:48 AM
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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.
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:48 AM
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13. Breaking: Doctors put real heart in heartless Darth Cheney
I didn't know he had one.
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:48 AM
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14. That's got to be the hardest working pacemaker in the industry.
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Hepburn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Oct-15-08 10:50 AM
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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:
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Hepburn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Oct-15-08 10:48 AM
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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:
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:49 AM
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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.
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Oct-15-08 10:52 AM
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28. clots and stroke
could he have both?
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AtomTan (189 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:55 AM
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31. We can hope. nt
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 12:39 PM
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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.
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spinbaby Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:49 AM
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17. He looked at the polls n/t
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:49 AM
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18. His mechanical heart malfunctioned? BFD. nt
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Aviation Pro Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:49 AM
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19. I have an A-fib....
Edited on Wed Oct-15-08 10:50 AM by Aviation Pro
...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.
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:49 AM
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20. My prayers are with the Cheney family
may they suffer endlessly.
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riqster (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:49 AM
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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
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dave29 (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:49 AM
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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.
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:59 AM
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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.
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:49 AM
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23. Total BS: Vampires don't have hearts.
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Retrograde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 12:51 PM
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42. Nonsense - everybody knows
that you have to drive the stake into the heart to destroy them! :)
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:50 AM
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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?
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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.
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:52 AM
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29. yeah yeah..... anyways
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Sannum (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:52 AM
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30. Hell, I didn't even know he had a heart!
Breaking news indeed!
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:57 AM
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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.
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BeyondGeography Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 10:58 AM
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33. Cheney has rhythm?
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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:
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His heart rhythms are in sync with McCain's Brain waves NT
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Johonny Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 11:03 AM
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36. does McCain
start the debate with good wishes to Cheney and does he lose the debate right there.
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37. Dick Cheney has a heart? Hey, that is breaking news. n/t
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symbolman Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-15-08 11:16 AM
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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..
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40. Cheney's heart is really going to wig out when Obama is sworn in as POTUS.
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