The Dick of a war criminal had a heart transplant today

[malaise]

He's in the ICU

http://www.npr.org/2012/03/24/149308964/dick-cheney-recovering-after-heart-transplant
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney is recovering after having a heart transplant, his office says.

HIs office released a statement Saturday disclosing the surgery, and saying that Cheney has been on the transplant list for more than 20 months.

Aide Kara Ahern says Cheney is recovering in the Intensive Care Unit of Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va., after undergoing the surgery. She says the former vice president does not know the heart donor's identity.
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I only want one question answered - is it time yet?

[lob1]

1. This is great news. It means he's fit to stand trial.

[Octafish]

51. The heart of the matter.

He has a lot to answer for . In court, too.

[lob1]

53. Thanks for all the info. I'll read it in depth tomorrow.

[alittlelark]

2. What did the transplant heart replace?

[Incitatus]

9. .

[El Supremo]

42. This >>>

[Kingofalldems]

3. I wonder how many people on the list he jumped over

[Logical]

7. I agree. Any of us would have been ruled to unhealthy for a transplant. And....

how sad someone did not get a heart and that asshole did.

[nobodyspecial]

11. If he was on the list for 20 months, not that many

I would hate to be that donor's family member. It would make my skin crawl to know that my loved one's heart went to perpetuating evil.

[nadinbrzezinski]

45. None, the identity of both donor and recipient

Are kept away from the matching officers. Not just procedure, but law.

[DippyDem]

50. I bet the dying guy was being sarcastic when he said "hey make sure my heart goes to Dick Cheney" n/

[longship]

4. Come on, people. This thread is ripe for DUzys

R&K

[malaise]

18. At least it couldn't be Trayvon's heart

What a waste.

[TheCowsCameHome]

27. I hope it wasn't Breitbart's

His ticker was floating in venom.

[malaise]

30. LOL

That might have made it the best match ever

[barbtries]

5. i really feel

for the donor's family. i would be horrified. this is my first off the cuff reaction to this news other than that which i cannot say out loud.

[meow2u3]

6. How can Cheney have a heart transplant

when he didn't have a heart to begin with? His old oil pump must have gone on the fritz, so they took him to the mechanic to have a new one installed.

[Ruby the Liberal]

8. Does this mean he gets a pulse back?

I kinda liked the idea of Dick the Walking Dead.

[LisaL]

35. Yes, he will get his pulse back.

[lpbk2713]

10. The taxpayers are footing the bills.

So he's probably going first class all the way.


... while others die before their time due to no health insurance coverage.

[glinda]

39. my parents are dying even with health care coverage.....

[malaise]

44. I don't see how he survives the week

Someone needs to explain this to me

[bedazzled]

57. my mom too. i call it "health care coverage"

what amazes me is, WITH INSURANCE and WITH LOUSY TREATMENT
she still gets a ton of bills.

[11 Bravo]

12. Shit, he's only about 3 miles from me! Should I send flowers ... or a card ... or a subpoena?

[sadbear]

14. Maybe you could hide behind the corner

and jump out and yell "Boo!" when they're wheeling him out of the hospital.

[dhill926]

37. ha ha.....oh shit......

made me spray my chardonnay......

[malaise]

38. Send him my champagne cork

[Ilsa]

13. New technology from BP or EXXON?

I can't imagine anyone actually giving him a heart.
Was anyone executed in the last 24 hours?

[Incitatus]

17. Not executed, maybe a convenient hit and run.

[HarveyDarkey]

59. Halliburton probably

[mucifer]

15. now now children, play nice

[malaise]

23. I'm trying real hard

Remember I've had this champagne on ice for ages

[LisaL]

16. I wonder whose heart he got.

[sadbear]

19. Maybe they'll give him one of those Darth Vader helmets, too

You know, to complete the look.

[Initech]

20. It's an implant, not a transplant - they need to get the terminology right.

Transplant would imply he had a heart to begin with.

[ladywnch]

21. not to worry folks, I'm sure his body will reject anything even

vaguely resembling a heart. It will see it as a foreign object.

[malaise]

43. Seriously how do you get a heart to work after over a year

on the battieries

[lunatica]

54. It's amazing but a healthy heart works when it gets an electric shock

Even cut up parts of hearts will 'pump' when they get an electric shock.

[TheCowsCameHome]

22. I'd really be happy

if the donor was at least 108.

[xchrom]

24. Dick gets a Heart! A fairy tale come true. Nt

[MichaelMcGuire]

58. Now Rommy needs a brain (nt)

[Pisces]

25. How could a 71yr old with quadruple bypass qualify for a transplant? He is a coward. His time is up

And he takes a viable heart from another person who is definitely younger and more deserving!!

[malaise]

28. I don't see how he survives this

He's been on batteries for ages. It's a waste of a good heart.

Suppose the deceased had a living will stating clearly Anyone but Cheney?

[guitar man]

40. It's ok

Nobody else was a match for this guy

[DippyDem]

26. Maybe Dick wanted to extend his life so that

he can be Mitt's VP candidate?

[TheCowsCameHome]

29. Now he's fit to travel to the Hague.

Good news.

[Frustratedlady]

31. I'm really surprised at the anger in my reaction...

and even angrier that I can't truly voice that reaction. But, I will say...

If my relative's heart was used to perpetuate this man, I would be very angry.

[Kingofalldems]

32. He'll be out 'hunting' those caged birds in no time

Doing all that manly stuff.

[roamer65]

33. Too bad donors aren't given the option of an "exclusion list".

I'd rather see my heart rot in the ground than go to this criminal.

[LisaL]

34. Your heart is now beating in Dick Cheney.

Not a pleasant thought.

[arthritisR_US]

36. Sooo, the puppeteer got a new heart...

won't help him, he's still missing a soul.

[kwassa]

41. This is a heart implant, not a heart transplant.

and, of course, too little far too late.

[nadinbrzezinski]

46. Unlike most a speedy recovery

Knowing what I know of what awaits him, with all them lovely drugs.

Oh and it goes without saying, he did not jump over any line...and this is not a nice procedure or easy life after the fact.

I am not that surprised he made it into the list either.

[malaise]

48. What's the prognosis?

I mean can you transition from a battery since January 2011 and survive this mess at his age and condition?

[nadinbrzezinski]

49. Transplant survivors do have a shorter life expectancy

Also the cocktail of anti rejection drugs at times make the patient quiet sick.

He will have a better quality of life, but the question is how much. Also his cardiac issues may mean a heart attack.

[malaise]

52. Well he can think about torture for the remainder of

his life

[morningfog]

47. Goddamit. Worst news all day. Fucker doesn't deserve it.

[HarveyDarkey]

55. Damn that evil gubmint health insurance

[malaise]

56. Will anyone on M$Greedia discuss this? n/t