Bush reclaims power after colonoscopy

[babylonsister]

PHEW! We're safe now!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070721/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_colonoscopy

Bush reclaims power after colonoscopy

By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer 11 minutes ago

CAMP DAVID, Md. - President Bush transferred the powers of his office to Vice President Dick Cheney for more than two hours Saturday while under sedation for a colon cancer screening.
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Doctors removed five small polyps during the procedure at Camp David. "None appeared worrisome," White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said. Polyps are precancerous growths in the colon.

All the polyps were less than a centimeter and were sent for microscopic examination to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Results were expected within 72 hours.

The colonoscopy lasted 31 minutes; the sedated president was asleep the whole time. The transfer of power from Bush to Cheney covered two hours and five minutes.

The president invoked Section 3 of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution "out of an abundance of caution." Stanzel said. The amendment, approved in 1967, four years after President Kennedy was assassinated, had been used only twice before.

At 7:16 a.m. EDT, Bush invoked the disability clause and transferred his authority to Cheney. The vice president was at his home on the Chesapeake Bay in St. Michaels, Md., about 30 miles east of Washington.

Bush reclaimed his presidential powers and duties at 9:21 a.m. EDT.

more, I think...

[helderheid]

1. This thread is useless without pictures.

:P

[babylonsister]

2. I think it's pretty useless with 'em! Reclaims power? Who talks, or

even thinks, like that, especially when talking about this evil little man?

[babylonsister]

4. But for you, here:

[tblue]

10. Is that a self-administered colonoscopy?

[NYCGirl]

3. Our long national nightmare is over!

:sarcasm:

[Frustratedlady]

5. Gee, I thought they'd announce they found the WMDs.

Nope, no WMDs there!

[peekaloo]

6. any way you look at it, there was an Asshole in charge at all times.

[Kazak]

7. Yeah, we're safe now...

:eyes:

[stillcool]

8. I hope this means...

that he's no longer full of shit.

[enid602]

9. safe

I guess with his colonoscopy over, it's now safe for him to resume the 'throne.'

[razors edge]

11. Did they find

the WMDs?

[SeattleVet]

12. Now that they removed the 5 polyps....

I guess we can start calling him a perfect asshole.

[annabanana]

13. Depends on who those 5 polyps were.... . . . n/t