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Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
Thu Nov 14, 2013, 11:58 AM Nov 2013

Cheney is just one cold and soulless monster.





http://www.salon.com/2013/11/14/dick_cheney_even_bigger_monster_than_you_thought/

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When King asks if he knows the identity of the person whose heart keeps him alive, Cheney, who is promoting a book about his transplant experience, says no, and adds, “it hadn’t been a priority for me.” Then he goes on:

When I came out from under the anesthetic after the transplant, I was euphoric. I’d had–I’d been given the gift of additional lives, additional years of life. For the family of the donor, they’d just been [through] some terrible tragedy, they’d lost a family member. Can’t tell why, obviously, when you don’t know the details, but the way I think of it from a psychological standpoint is that it’s my new heart, not someone else’s old heart. And I always thank the donor, generically thank donors for the gift that I’ve been given, but I don’t spend time wondering who had it, what they’d done, what kind of person....more

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Cheney is just one cold and soulless monster. (Original Post) Skidmore Nov 2013 OP
Hey should try skydiving, and pack his own chute snooper2 Nov 2013 #1
Just another expression... JimboBillyBubbaBob Nov 2013 #2
Go fuck yourself, Dick. nt City Lights Nov 2013 #3
I'm sure the SOB has had more than one transplant. Autumn Nov 2013 #4

Autumn

(45,056 posts)
4. I'm sure the SOB has had more than one transplant.
Thu Nov 14, 2013, 12:10 PM
Nov 2013

"And I always thank the donor, generically thank donors for the gift that I’ve been given," always thank the donor? How many fucking times?

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