Transfer of power

Beach Fanatic

Jul 20, '07 · 12:04 PM4951

I hope nothing funny happens domestically or abroad while Cheney is "officially" in charge.

President Bush to Undergo Colonoscopy

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July 20, 2007 12:29 PM
ABC News' Jon Garcia Reports: President George W. Bush will undergo a 'routine' colonoscopy while at Camp David Saturday to check for colorectal cancer, White House spokesperson Tony Snow told reporters Friday.
Because the procedure will put Bush under general anesthesia, he will transfer power to Vice President Dick Cheney for as long as Bush is affected by the anesthesia, Snow said.
"The Vice President will serve as acting president ... the exact time and duration will be dictated by the findings of the exam," Snow said.
The Vice President will be at his home on the Eastern Shore of Maryland on Saturday. Asked if it would be better to have Cheney in Washington for that time, Snow responded, "He has full capability to respond to anything from the Eastern Shore."
The procedure will be supervised by the President's doctor, Dr. Richard Tubb, and conducted by a team of doctors from the Naval Medical Center.
Bush last had a colonoscopy in June 2002 and White House officials expect this to be similar to what was done then. That procedure lasted for about two hours, Snow said. No colon polyps were found during the 2002 procedure, however Bush had polyps removed from his colon before he became President.
"The President (currently) has had no symptoms," Snow said, but his doctors recommended another check five years after his last colonoscopy.

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Beach Fanatic

Jul 20, '07 · 12:37 PM#2

Rumor has it, the early result from George's colonoscopy show significant brain damage.

SoWal Insider

Jul 20, '07 · 12:42 PM#3

This will be the "butt' of many jokes on late night TV. :lol:

Beach FanaticAuthor

Jul 20, '07 · 12:46 PM#4

This will be the "butt' of many jokes on late night TV. :lol:

I know some of the Cheney targets are probably thinking holy crap, well not exactly holy..

SoWal Insider

Jul 20, '07 · 12:52 PM#5

I know some of the Cheney targets are probably thinking holy crap, well not exactly holy..

Warning: There is a little-known provision of the Patriot Act that makes it a federal crime to commit rectal jokes directed at the Chief Executive.

After reading the following dispatch from Reuters, bloggers should therefore proceed with utmost caution before attempting analogies of what doctors will do to the President this weekend with what he has been doing to the rest of the country for six years.

Likewise, anatomical references to what the Vice President may be covering for the President this weekend, as he always does, will be subject to prosecutorial scrutiny:

?President George W. Bush will undergo what aides described as a routine colonoscopy on Saturday at the Camp David presidential retreat.

?White House spokesman Tony Snow said that during the time that Bush is under anesthesia, he would delegate power to Vice President Dick Cheney.?

Beach FanaticAuthor

Jul 20, '07 · 1:24 PM#6

Warning: There is a little-known provision of the Patriot Act that makes it a federal crime to commit rectal jokes directed at the Chief Executive.

After reading the following dispatch from Reuters, bloggers should therefore proceed with utmost caution before attempting analogies of what doctors will do to the President this weekend with what he has been doing to the rest of the country for six years.

Likewise, anatomical references to what the Vice President may be covering for the President this weekend, as he always does, will be subject to prosecutorial scrutiny:

?President George W. Bush will undergo what aides described as a routine colonoscopy on Saturday at the Camp David presidential retreat.

?White House spokesman Tony Snow said that during the time that Bush is under anesthesia, he would delegate power to Vice President Dick Cheney.?

Is that you John Ashcroft...:yikes: