BREAKING: Corrupt scumbag with 5 draft deferments & a new heart pump released from hospital

[Amerigo Vespucci]

WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney was released from a suburban Washington hospital on Monday following surgery last month to install a pump that helps his failing heart work.

Cheney left Inova Fairfax Heart and Vascular Institute in Northern Virginia to continue his recovery at his home, according to a statement released by his office.

Cheney, 69, has had five heart attacks since he was 37 and suffers from congestive heart failure. He disclosed in a statement on July 14 that he had undergone surgery the previous week after what he called "entering a new phase of the disease when I began to experience increasing congestive heart failure."

Congestive heart failure – the heart weakens and cannot pump blood as needed – affects about 5 million Americans.

Cheney said at the time that the pump, called a left ventricular assist device, would allow him to resume an active life. His daughter Liz said last week that the former vice president has been planning trips to fly fish and hunt.

The battery-powered pump is mainly used for short periods by a heart transplant candidate awaiting a donor organ. Such devices are being studied for use by people with severe heart failure who aren't candidates for transplants. The pump relieves pressure on the heart by rerouting blood.

Cheney said last month that he chose the surgical procedure after testing and consultation with doctors.

"He and his family express their gratitude for the tremendous care he has received from the medical staff at Inova Fairfax and at George Washington University Hospital," the statement on Monday said. "They also want to thank the many people who have reached out with letters and prayers and warm wishes."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/09/dick-cheney-released-from_n_676181.html

[NanceGreggs]

1. I take great exception to your thread title ...

I find it to be unspeakably polite.

[malaise]

15. Bwaaaaaaaaaah hahahahahahahahah

May he enjoy his last deferral. Hopefully Scalia is his nurse and Rick Warren will be plugging in the batteries for a recharge.

[DinahMoeHum]

2. "Heart pump"? You need a heart. . .before you can have a pump.

:evilgrin:

[existentialist]

3. Myself, I'm hoping he lives

into 2011 so that his estate will be taxed.

If he dies January 1, 2011 with the 55% pre Bush tax cuts on large estates back in effect there would be some small measure of karma in that.

[CountAllVotes]

7. good point there

hmmm ..... I like it!

:toast:

[JuniperLea]

16. I like!

Good idea. Here's to Cheney's health... when the tax bill hits, all bets are off;)

:toast:

[glitch]

28. First time in his life he'll actually give back to the country.

Not nearly what he's stolen, better than nothing.

[existentialist]

32. That's what I'm thinking.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

34. How about 12:01AM, January 1st, 2011-

when a drunk Halliburton employee mistakenly dumps a load of faulty concrete on him. I might start to believe there was some justice in the world- maybe even a god- if that happened.

Of course we'd better make sure he doesn't have a stroke or a heart attack on New Years Eve- Liz would probably sink a knife into him at 11:59.

[peacetalksforall]

35. I hope he lives a long time - I want truths to come out while he is still living.

[Bitwit1234]

38. I thought they said that the heart pump would only be able

to stay in the body for six months. That he would have to have a heart transplant before that. Guess they will pay someone to donate.

[HughBeaumont]

4. Pull the plug.

Leaving a trail of green muck wherever he walks. Stench of deep manure pits and bread mold. Julienne that shitbag. Not one person on this rock will miss him.

[CountAllVotes]

5. keep on pumpin Dick

glad to know you are feeling better AGAIN. :evilgrin:

[Ernesto]

6. Waste of human tissue............... NT

[Xipe Totec]

8. Another one? Damn it, Arizona! can't you do anything right? nt

Oh, wait. Hospital....

Never mind.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. I hope they fitted him with a lightning rod to keep it charged.

edit: sp

[Xipe Totec]

14. I'd love to see him looking for a power plug every five minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS1-9HsptR0

[marmar]

10. He's on his way back to his lair......

[Vickers]

11. How's that socialized medicine, you dumb fuck? n/t

[glitch]

30. +infinity. nt

[Dennis Donovan]

12. An active life? Not one expert I've heard on the subject has claimed...

...that an "active life" is possible. This device was installed for a single reason - because the chickenshit chickenhawk is afraid to die a natural death.

[704wipes]

20. with that pump, pumping all the fluids away from his heart

I guess we have to wait until his kidneys can't handle all the fluid, huh?
Or will he get dialysis and a kidney transplant on the taxpayer dime?

Where's a Death Panel when you really need one?

[Rhiannon12866]

40. +1. "Where's a Death Panel when you really need one?"

:spray:

[dixiegrrrrl]

37. Gets more Darth-like every day, doesn't he?

[JuniperLea]

13. Momma always said, if you haven't anything good to say...

I say, thank goodness Momma doesn't read DU!

I hope Cheney gets all he deserves. If that means he needs to live a few more years, so be it. Karma is on her own clock, not his.

[malaise]

19. In my case thankfully Mama is

resting in peace calling the Dick from his last deferral.

[hobbit709]

33. Then sit next to me.

[WillyT]

17. Gonna Go Home, And Plug Himself In

Here's hoping he can't find an extension cord.

:evilgrin:

[Submariner]

18. I hope he has a major pump failure

[kestrel91316]

21. Where's a well-placed massive blood clot when you need one?

[Robeson]

22. Fuck him.

[bigwillq]

23. So, can we indict him now?

:shrug:
Please.

Or is that off the table, too?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

26. That was my immediate reaction...he's well enough to stand trial! USA! USA! USA!

:rofl:

:toast:

[BeyondGeography]

24. Your tax dollars at work

[theothersnippywshrub]

25. Satan is keeping Cheney alive because Satan does not want that kind of competition in hell. n/t

[pipi_k]

27. Heaven doesn't want him, and Hell is afraid he'll take over....n/t

:evilgrin:

[blueknight]

29. this old rotten bastard

will live to be 100, on my dime!

[w8liftinglady]

36. lol..i can't help but think of South Park Satan and Saddam Hussein love-I see Cheney

in a future movie

[seabeyond]

31. plug 'em in, plug 'em in.... nt

[me b zola]

39. Do they make an LRAD kind of thing that would interfere with heart pumps

not that I'm promoting any such a thing, just curious.