Former US vice president Dick Cheney is expected to spend the weekend in hospital in Washington after his latest health scare.
Mr Cheney, 69, who has suffered five heart attacks since he was 37, was admitted to hospital after telling his doctors he felt unwell. He is undergoing tests, his office said.
“On the advice of his physicians, he was admitted to the (George Washington University) hospital for further testing. He is expected to remain in the hospital over the weekend,” said a statement released by his office.
The hawkish Republican was the most influential vice-president in recent history during his eight years alongside George W Bush and remains extremely popular in conservative circles, despite leaving office with extremely low public approval ratings.
He played a key role in US decisions on Iraq and Afghanistan and has emerged as one of his party’s most outspoken critics of the national security policies of President Barack Obama.
Proof, he has a heart.
Cheney is clearly the best VP we’ve had in a long time. Compared to that plagiarizing drunkard buffoon Biden, there’s no contest. Get on the train Joe!
So some of you sickos wish a great American dead? That’s nice you losers!
Ugh and I see Bobbo’s back to his tricks again…being full of crap.
Perhaps the editor’s handle “SN” means “Sh*t nose”? Thanks lefty!
Don’t make me have to dig up old comments on Ted Kennedy.
Dick has had 5 H A. Funny how he will only get one more for 6. Who thought D C would be going out on number 6. It all adds up now.
Maybe he’ll get an erroneous sex change operation like Ann Coulter and become Dickless Cheney
I don’t wish anyone dead, but I do think he should be tried as a war criminal, along with every other responsible leader who is in fact responsible for countless unnecessary deaths.
So typical of right wingers to point throw up the KKK issue, or point out Ted Kennedy’s history in response.
#27: And, just what IS it about the Ku Klux Klan and Teddy Kennedy that we have WRONG?????
Speaking of DEAD… I am waiting for Byrd to assume room temperature finally, and put an end to the endless artifacts named after him in his state, based on his equally endless PORK projects.
Let’s finally have the Robert Byrd tombstone with his fucking name on it.
@ #22 “greatAmerican” you are such an ignorant republican, as are most republicans. Dick Cheney the greatest VP? WTF is wrong with you? Stop watching fox news and bill oreilly and watch some unbiased sources like BBC and you will learn the truth about your previous leaders.
You have voted for a torturer and war criminal and his right hand man, donald rumsefldis wanted for war crimes at several industrialized countries around the world – to be arrested as soon as he/if he lands.
The educated world hates you guys because of the crimes and murders they have committed, and even after you guys knew your leaders lied to you all to send you into an oil war and a hulburton make “Cheney” money war and lied about weapons of mass destruction, uz still voted those morons in again.
Now there are two categories you fit in, either you are ignorant and do t really know whats going on and watch too much fox news and hannity, or you do in fact know exactly what is going on and like it that way, which means you are a heartless person who is happy to have unnecessary foreigners killed for the vhastly misguided iillusion that you and your country are safer.
Ever single republican falls into one of those two categories, either really ignorant or really heartless, I don’t know which one you belong to but you should be ashamed of yourself either way.
How can you be proud to be an American after all the things done in the bush years? Drop dead and rott in hell!
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What’s th matter Patrick? Couldn’t spread your republican blabbering? Go watch more hannity and his bullshit flicking, incomplete sentence and pseudo-fact spreading nonsense.