Cheney to be president briefly on Saturday

While the President undergoes a colonoscopy:

WASHINGTON (CNN) â€“ 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.

As usual, the reactions of the left go beyond unhinged. Here’s a sampling from the commenters at the Think Progress blog:

So we can expect the nuking of Iran to commence about what time on Sat?

Comment by RUCerious — July 20, 2007 @ 12:56 pm

on no – he’ll probably start another two wars with that much time

Comment by muzz — July 20, 2007 @ 12:57 pm

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i hope the doctors recover the U.S. Constitution while they’re in there

Comment by pgw — July 20, 2007 @ 12:58 pm

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RAT’s (Republican American Terrorists) 26% bemoan the vitriol, the mean words the majority of American people say about Bush and Cheney as if that equates to the Death, Destruction, and Demoralization this incompetent admin has wrought.

If I could ask the RAT’s one question is how painful is your dying idealogy? It has been excruciating to us, the U.S.

Comment by Your Conscience — July 20, 2007 @ 12:59 pm

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Any chance Cheney will have a heart attack while President?

Then Pelosi would become president!

Comment by Eggreggious — July 20, 2007 @ 1:01 pm

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Can we get President Cheney (ACK!) near a microwave Saturday?

Comment by Heterodoxy — July 20, 2007 @ 1:02 pm

Then Pelosi would become president!

Comment by Eggreggious

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I’m wondering if the anesthesiologist could do us all a little favor and use the fake stuff. That way, Bush gets to experience first-hand what he’s been doing to the country for six and a half years.

Comment by Madison Mel — July 20, 2007 @ 1:10 pm

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An excellent opportunity to carpet bomb Northern Pakistan, destroy Iran’s one and only gasoline refinery, execute all the prisoners at Gitmo and pardon the border guards who shot that Mexican drug dealer in the ass.

And if the doctor is really slow Cheney could really get some things done.

Comment by Unvarnished Truth — July 20, 2007 @ 1:15 pm

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Lets hope there are severe complications

Comment by dickey donuts — July 20, 2007 @ 1:26 pm

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I understood that, intrusive as it is, a colonoscopy required only local anaesthetic. Granted, in Shrub’s case that would be as effective as a general; come to think of it, he doesn’t need either to be consdidered incompetent. But the public, formalistic granting of authority to the guy who has it anyway comes right out of an episode of “24â€³. Mr. Bush should be afraid of more than that little camera. And so should we.

Comment by OutSourced — July 20, 2007 @ 2:36 pm

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â€¦.so Shrub is takin’ the pipe

***think exploding steam pipe****

Comment by null — July 20, 2007 @ 2:54 pm “null” is a former commenter to this blog. You can see why he’s no longer here. –ST

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Oh, I know. Once Bush is under, Cheney will order his oxygen turned off. Second order will be to make him (Cheney) the President, and then he will fire Bush.. (Yes, I do know he can’t do that).

Comment by JG — July 20, 2007 @ 3:55 pm

That was dumb of me. If Bush isn’t breathing, Cheney wouldn’t need to fire him..

Comment by JG — July 20, 2007 @ 3:58 pm

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I’m really enjoying this thread!

Comment by bogtrotters — July 20, 2007 @ 4:04 pm

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hopefully, the surgeon remembers the chain saw.

Comment by tr — July 20, 2007 @ 8:31 pm