I was enjoying the thought of Bush’s impending colonoscopy and the discomfort it might inflict upon the world’s biggest ass’s ass. Then I realized with horrifying clarity that Cheney will be president while Bush is under anesthesia.
White House press secretary Tony Snow says Bush will have the procedure at Camp David in Maryland.
Snow says the president will hand over presidential powers to Vice President Cheney while he is under anesthesia.
Bush did this before in 2002, at that time becoming only the second president in history to invoke Section 3 of the 25th Amendment. The first was none other than Ronald Reagan — again for a colon procedure — making Poppy Bush the first “acting” president in history.
Why the overabundance of caution? As Bush likes to persuade us, we’re at war. Whether an occupation really qualifies as “war” I’m not sure, but in a 2002 press conference he said it did.
Q Should we read anything into the fact that you are going to transfer the power, the length of time of this?
THE PRESIDENT: No, not at all. It’s just that I made the decision. We looked at the precedent. I’m the first President to have done so under this type of procedure and/or physical examination. I did so because we’re at war and I just want to be super — you know, super cautious.
And I informed the Vice President of this and he’s fully prepared to — he’s standing by. He’ll realize he’s not going to be President that long. (Laughter.)
The more cynical among us might wonder if he’s doing it so there can be no question of Dick’s authority.
Anybody up for a coup?
- Topic: Politics
- Topics: Worst President Ever
At least this should ruin Cheney’s claim that he isn’t part of the Executive branch.
And how can they possibly tell when Bush is anesthetized? It’s his normal state.
So.. what are they looking for? Are they looking for Bush’s head?
Dick to take over when bush is probed… conjures up quite an image.
The Dark Lord re-emerges from the undisclosed location to take the reins… won’t he lose some of his Vice Presidential powers? He is, in effect, being demoted for a while.
“I did so because we’re at war and I just want to be super — you know, super cautious.”
Yes, what would we do without the decider or the VP to tell us to ’stay the course’?
Man, I have been hoping for a coup for years. Maybe he will have a allergic reaction to the anesthesia and when the Prince of Darkness finds out he really will be president, he has a heart attack and his pacemaker fails. And then I woke up. Damn. Good dream though.
Since Bush has his head up his ass 24/7, 365, can’t the doctors just ask him to look around and see if anything’s remiss?
Reminds me of algebra:
the asshole in charge of the asshole’s asshole. Cheney’s new nickname:
asshole cubed.
The large polyp to be removed from Bush’s hiney will no doubt be the hand of Dick Cheney. All the smaller ones will be what few supporters he has left in the country.
At first it seems scary that Cheney will be president when bush is being violated…er, ah, I mean reamed, er, ah, I mean fisted… Well, anyway, it really doesn’t matter since cheney is the REAL asshole of the WH, bush is just a little turd anyway…