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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 09:59 AM
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Foot problem forces Cheney to use a cane
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-01-06-cheney-foot-condition_x.htm

WASHINGTON (AP) — A foot ailment forced Vice President Dick Cheney to use a cane on Friday.
"The vice president is experiencing a recurrence of a pre-existing foot condition," said Jennifer Mayfield, a spokeswoman for the vice president.

"The condition is being treated with rest and anti-inflammatory medicine," Mayfield said about the ailment to Cheney's left foot.

more...
I wonder if he kicked anybody???...First Scooter and now Dick
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 10:01 AM
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1. "Cheney's Left Foot"
A new movie about a little used body part akin to "Bush's Brain."
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jazzjunkysue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 09:30 PM
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32. It's his LEFT foot: It's trying to defect.
:kick:
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Olney Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 10:03 AM
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2. Foot in mouth disease?
Edited on Sat Jan-07-06 10:08 AM by Olney Blue
:shrug:

Due to the nature of this post, I have "Kicked" it!
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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 10:03 AM
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3. Gout--rich man's disease
no doubt
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bear425 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 10:05 AM
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4. That's exactly what I was thinking myself.
Although, my dad had it and he wasn't rich. He just liked rich foods. ;)
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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 10:38 AM
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20. yeah, it gained that nickname cuz only rich bastards
could afford to eat that lavishly.

And the disease is more complicated than that. I'm no expert, but I know it belongs to the cluster of Congestive Heart Failure symptoms that Cheney suffers from. It's got more to do with excess fluid everywhere in the body, particularly the extremities, and of course the heart, than it does eating too much. Altho I gotta say Cheney doesn't look like he's done ANYTHING to control his weight, which would be key to recovering from those symptoms. What a stubborn old bastard--nobody tells him what to do, especially not his cardiologist. It's hard to believe he's still alive, years after they implanted the
defibrillator. It almost makes me believe in Satan.
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 11:05 AM
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21. I think he's developed a cloven foot
like Satan's.

Just wait till the tail and horns grow in!
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bear425 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 11:47 AM
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28. I know. I've been saying lately that he looks like he's just
getting fatter and fatter. I know that my dad really suffered pain until he learned what was causing it. He had to give up shrimp and anything that had iodine in it and that helped. Of course, losing weight also was a factor.

As far as Cheney goes, it's hard to believe he can suffer any affliction that is heart related. If you get my meaning. ;)
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 02:00 PM
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29. Cheney eats off Lynne's plate
He was at a fundraiser four or five years ago, and the menu was surf and turf. Lynne made them take away his plate and bring one with just fish on it. While she wasn't looking, he speared HER filet mignon and scarfed it down.

Da boy likes to eat....
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 10:06 AM
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5. doncha love that he had a pre existing foot problem
i guess his new medical insurance won't cover preexisting diseases... welcome to no medical coverage... Dick!!!
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 10:07 AM
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6. He's getting to be more like Mr Potter every day
wheelchair next?

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americanstranger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 10:11 AM
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10. How 'bout something a little more high-tech?


-as
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 10:13 AM
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13. Baaawaaahaaa!!! have you seen the Seinfeld episode
where George is being chased by senior citizens... I can see Cheney running from them swing his cane at them... Baaawaaahaaa...
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Notary Sojac Donating Member (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 10:07 AM
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7. The better to whack orphans and cripples with. eom
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Olney Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 10:10 AM
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9. Hi Notary- welcome to DU!
That's funny.
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Notary Sojac Donating Member (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 10:14 AM
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15. Thanx!
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 10:15 AM
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16. LOL!!! that was great Notary!!!
I wonder if he has a handicap sticker for his car...

now he can park in the space and not just say its legal I'm an executive privledged person!!!
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Not Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 10:09 AM
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8. Let's ask Pat Robertson what brought it on...
n/t
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Olney Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 10:12 AM
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12. There was a funny political cartoon about Pat this week....
Pat Robertson was standing behind a man in a drug store buying
hemorrhoid cream. The man turned around to Pat, and said,
"No, this is not God's punishment- mind your own business!"
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 10:18 AM
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18. LOL!!!
I'm laughing so hard on that one... I mean this man has no mercy in his heart its hard to feel sorry for him...

but I would tell him Dick you can have zillions but it doesn't mean anything if you don't have your health...
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Ezlivin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 10:12 AM
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11. What??? No prayer?
I thought that Bush could fly in some of his "healing" buddies and they'd take care of that with a couple of prayers and maybe some laying on of hands.

Oh ye of little faith!
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Auntie Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 10:13 AM
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14. If he didn't have such a DIRTY mouth maybe his foot wouldn't be diseased.
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 10:17 AM
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17. What does Pat Robertson say about this? nm
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benburch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 10:36 AM
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19. I hope he is in serious pain. nt
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 11:11 AM
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22. Eye Irregularity forces Cheney to use Monocle
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 11:17 AM
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23. Burning his soles on the ceiling of hell....
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Nomen Tuum Donating Member (396 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 11:23 AM
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24. Good, I hope this is a sign Chandra's heart is rejecting him!
He deserves every bit of pain and discomfort he gets!
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jburton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 11:34 AM
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25. Shrapnel from an old 'Nam injury, no doubt
/sarcasm
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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 11:36 AM
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26. FOOT problem?? More like cloven hoof problem.

He's satan.
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CJCRANE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 11:41 AM
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27. Cheney's got a foot injury and GW a forehead injury...nt
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 04:01 PM
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30. Now Dick can beat the fuck out ya with his cane.
Remember the "Penguin" and his cane?
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MagickMuffin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 04:27 PM
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31. his antics have caught up with him
Both Dick & Scooter shoulda learned, you can't go around kicking things because the scandals your involved in are being exposed.

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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 09:31 PM
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33. Those cloven hooves can give a guy trouble...
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nashville_brook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 10:14 PM
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34. congestive heart failure
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