Former Vice President Dick Cheney was recovering Saturday evening after undergoing heart transplant surgery, his office said. Cheney, 71, had surgery at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia. He had been on the cardiac transplant list for more than 20 months, a statement from his office said. “Although the former vice president and his family do not know the identity of the donor, they will be forever grateful for this lifesaving gift,” it said.
I’m sure Cheney’s new heart goes out to the donor. The former VP is famous for random acts of kindness and, in general, for the almost boundless love of humanity he demonstrated in making foreign policy throughout his distinguished career.
News of the transplant surely will inspire millions of prayers and good wishes from the Middle East, especially from Iraq, where Cheney helped make possible the killing and wounding of hundreds of thousands of people who might otherwise have had to live out their lives under an oppressive regime.
Rumor has it that the new heart was a gift from the Emerald City — not the one in Iraq, but rather the legendary home of the Wizard of Oz, the man behind the curtain who was the model for Cheney’s style of wielding power. More here.
Whomever donated the heart is probably working feverishly behind the scenes to retrieve it at this very moment. Unless of course he/she is a Republican.
Uh-oh…………DUCK everyone!
“the former vice president and his family do not know the identity of the donor”
This would indicate they snuck up on the donor from behind before kidnapping him and bringing him to the secret location’s surgical center.
He is doomed. There isn’t a rejection medication known to medicine strong enough to protect that poor innocent heart from the toxic bile that issues from that sick mind.