Foot problem forces Cheney to use a cane

[proud2BlibKansan]

Foot problem forces Cheney to use a cane

Associated Press

WASHINGTON - A foot ailment forced Vice President Dick Cheney to use a cane on Friday, but it didn't affect his sense of humor.

"I'm a little hobbled-up today," Cheney told workers at a Harley-Davidson factory in Kansas City, Mo., where he was highlighting upturns in the economy. "I don't usually carry a cane, but (Defense Secretary) Don Rumsfeld has been chewing on my ankles."

Lea Anne McBride, a Cheney spokeswoman who is traveling with the vice president, said he was experiencing a recurrence of a "pre-existing foot condition."

She didn't disclose details about the problem with Cheney's left foot, but she said it was being treated with rest and anti-inflammatory medicine.
Cheney is no stranger to a cane. In September 2005, he returned to work with a cane after surgery to repair aneurysms behind both knees.
McBride said the foot condition is not related to the surgery or the 64-year-old vice president's lengthy history of heart problems. He has had four heart attacks, quadruple bypass surgery, two artery-clearing angioplasties and an operation to implant a special pacemaker in his chest.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/breaking_news/13566157.htm

[Connie_Corleone]

1. Is he having heart attacks in his feet now?

[Straight Shooter]

3. LOL.

That black heart is trying to slink its way out of his body via gravity.

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. Probably so

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. Sounds like he might be a candidate for more bypass surgury

Seems he's got some serious circulation problems.

[spindrifter]

17. Yes, his next bypass is the remainder of his term as VP.

[NanceGreggs]

4. "pre-existing foot condition."

Medical advice to Cheney: Keep your foot firmly out of your mouth. The condition should improve immediately. If the pain persists, take two aspirin, and tap my phone in the morning ...

[rkc3]

9. Out of bush's ass is more like it.

I'm sure cheney gives him the boot after every speech.

[MurrayDelph]

29. yeah, and the last time he did it

Bush almost chipped a tooth.

[acmejack]

Nasty infection from a denture cut.

[proud2BlibKansan]

22. LOL

:rofl:

[Kingshakabobo]

5. Sounds a lot like Gout.

I used to get it when I ate too much red meat and drank too much beer.

They call it rich man's disease. Gout is recurring and is treated with anti-inflammatory medicine.

[bluestateguy]

6. neuropathy?

Just a guess.

[Saphire]

7. He's had it up *'s ass to long.

[Glimmer of Hope]

8. It looks like there is something wrong with him.

Poor thing!

[proud2BlibKansan]

23. He is anything BUT poor

[chat_noir]

10. attacked by a pack of Chihuahuas? :)

[William769]

11. I heard he broke his foot

Kicking a cane out from under a elderly person.

[NanceGreggs]

18. OMG ...

I can't stop laughing - great post!

That also explains why he's USING the cane -- wants to show off his 'battle trophy'!

[Dr.Phool]

12. He should do like his wife does. Ride a broom!

[PDittie]

13. Most people who have heart problems have

leg and feet and circulatory problems as well.

It's a vein thing.

[Burried News]

14. Looking more like Peter Sellers' Dr. Strangelove everyday.

[cybildisobedience]

24. more like Mr. Potter in "It's a Wonderful Life"

[thereismore]

15. Makes him look like a Churchill figure of American politics. He wishes. nt

[dusmcj]

16. standard Connected ploy for sympathy, "bottoming"

He knows he's not flavor of the month (tastes like santorum must ?), so he's going down-low to contention aimed his way. He wears glasses regularly, so that's not an option.

Ever notice this phenomenon at work, when groupthink proclaims that someone's rising too high, and lo they appear with some sort of debility one morning, so's to reassure everyone that they're not worth being the target of contention ?

Woof woof, we're all Connected, bow wow wow I'm following the piss trail. I feel Firm and Confident, Trusting that we're all Under Control.

[meegbear]

19. Must be from all the times he put it in his mouth

MICHELLE MALKIN, IF YOU'RE READING THIS,

FUCK OFF

[AnnieBW]

20. Morton's Neuroma

That numbness on the balls of your feet - especially for women. It comes from wearing high heeled shoes. :D Although the thought of Cheney in his wife's high heels and lingerie is both funny and disgusting.

[thebigidea]

25. what's so strange is we used to depict him this way two years ago

believe it... or not!



fig 34535. douchebags lurking at the fbi building

(made him look more like the monopoly man or something - fits his character. this message brought to you by the cassandra complex.)

[txindy]

26. He must be running out of babies to eat

And has resorted to chomping on his own flesh to stave off those cravings.

:rofl:

[AZBlue]

27. A heavy conscience is weighing him down so much he can't stand straight

Oh.....Wait.....Oops! I forgot!! He DOESN'T HAVE ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[durablend]

28. The cane would work better

If somebody shoved it up his ass.

He may not appreciate the suggestion though...

[AZBlue]

31. No he might not. But I do!!

:D

[jazzjunkysue]

30. It's his LEFT foot: It's trying to defect.

No one will know he's got the poison dart in the point in case the foot makes a run for it.

[Geoff R. Casavant]

32. The hooves keep trying to re-cleave

N/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

33. LOL

Good one! :rofl:

[No Exit]

34. Gout. Betcha.

Because they say "anti-inflammatory medicine".

NOT ALL cases of gout come from previous heavy drinking, I am told. But of the few people I know who DO have gout, they are w/o exception heavy drinkers.

[No Exit]

35. What walks on 4 legs at dawn, 2 legs at noon,

3 legs at sunset, and flies like a bat at midnight, seeking blood?

Cheney.

[Hardrada]

36. So instead of kicking people when they're down

he beats them with his cane? I would not be surprised!