July 20th, 2007
01:25 PM ET
12 years ago
Cheney to become president...briefly
Vice President Dick Cheney.
WASHINGTON (CNN) - President Bush will undergo a routine colonoscopy Saturday, and will transfer power to Vice President Dick Cheney during the procedure, expected to take about two and a half hours, the chief White House spokesman said.
Tony Snow said Friday that the procedure, during which a doctor looks for any signs of cancer, will be carried out at Camp David, Maryland, and the president will be placed under anesthesia.
Bush's last colonoscopy was in June 2002, and no abnormalities were found, Snow said.
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Well it looks like the U.S. is going to be attacking Iran tomorrow, its about time.
Does this mean that for two hours he WILL be a member of the Executive Branch??
Yeah not a big deal. Everybody knows Dick Cheney is really the one that calls the shots.
CHENEY FOR PRES PERMANENT
After they clean out Bush for the procedure, will there be anything left of him?
Hasn't he pretty much been the president since 2001, anyway?
For those 2 1/2 hours we all need to pray that Dick Cheney will not carry out any hidden policies and destroy the world.
For the record, Mr. Akbar, just because a person thinks that the Bush/Cheney administration is the worst in this nation's history doesn't necessarily mean that they're a 'liberal,' it means they're a concerned, educated, attentive, free-thinking American concerned with our country's past, present and future being tarnished by such brazen acts of political negligence under the guise of patriotism.
From it's refusal to take responsibility for it's actions (unethical and otherwise), removal of the line between church and state, proposing discriminatory amendments, to it's "money grows on trees, who needs the middle class" spending habits, and ending with refusal to acknowledge checks and balance.. I had thought nothing more this administration did could scare me. However, knowing that our Vice President, who changes legislative branches like a squirrel, will be President even for a few hours is truly frightening.
Cheney president for 2-1/2 hours, this is very scary.
Will they remove Fox News while they are in there or just let them stay. It may cause an infection later.
GOD HELP US ALL! and GOD BLESS THE USA
Isn't this what the Impeach-Bush crowd has wanted all along??
Merry Christmas y'all!
Hey, I was going to say the one about the president's head being up his colon! Someone beat me to it! I hope it is a BIG CAMERA! Maby then GW will feel our pain.
I love you guys!
You guys are babies. All afraid of a little old man.
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Well said Justin!!!!
Maybe this time they'll find all the missing "Weapons of Mass Destruction" that Bush has been looking for that wasn't under the furniture in his office.
Cheney=Military Industrial Complex Death Machine Personified.
Why can't he go to Walter Reed? Makes no sense to me why he can't.Nobody deserves it better than our Chief, Right?
AMEN!!!!!!! See Justin's comment 1:04 p.m.
Wait - someone distract Cheney with a phony WMD story while Congress goes and digs up the Constitution where ever those two burried it in the White House lawn.
This is probably the end of the world as we knew it. I'm scared.
is this surgery exploratory, looking for W's head?
I would be nice to get eight years of Cheney as President, not just a three hour tease. America needs someone of his intellect and determination to continue the fight against the two great evils: terrorism and socialism.
As someone who recently had a colonoscopy...I can only wish the preparations are just as "pleasant" for the Shrub as they were for me. He certainly deserves it...had I known he would have followed in my footsteps, it would have made the evening much more tolerable!
Umm... what is political about this story? Why is this on a 'political ticker.' "The CNN Political Ticker provides the latest political news." Isn't this just standard operating procedure. News... OK. Political? I don't think so. And you wonder why CNN gets the biased slant thrown at it.... so sad.