Dick Cheney Admitted to George Washington University Hospital
EmailABC News' Karen Travers and Kristina Wong report:
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has been admitted to the George Washington University Hospital this evening, after taking ill earlier this afternoon.
“Former Vice President Cheney was not feeling well and was seen this afternoon by his doctors in their offices at George Washington University. On the advice of his physicians, he was admitted to the hospital for further testing. He is expected to remain in the hospital over the weekend,” a statement from Cheney’s office said.
Cheney has a long history of heart problems. He has had five heart attacks, the first in 1978 when he was just 37 years old and the fourth in November 2000 after he and former President George W. Bush were elected to the White House. In 2001 Cheney had a pacemaker installed into his chest and last September he underwent elective back surgery to treat lumbar spinal stenosis.
Cheney was last admitted to the George Washington Hospital on Feb. 22 after experiencing chest pains. His doctors later said it was a heart attack — his fifth. He was released on Feb 24.
More on that incident HERE and HERE.
Former President George W. Bush dropped by to visit Cheney at his home in Virginia on Feb 25. ABC News has exclusive video of that visit.
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Don’t toy with me Jake……
Posted by: stacy | June 25, 2010, 10:40 pm 10:40 pm
Bad things happen to bad people, lots of bad things seem to happen to this guy, nuff said. We all know you are a war criminal cheney.
Posted by: Sideeous | June 25, 2010, 10:57 pm 10:57 pm
Cheyney’s Chernobyl
Posted by: oh please | June 25, 2010, 11:06 pm 11:06 pm
I may not agree with his politics, but one has to wish him well!
Posted by: Allan Kleer | June 25, 2010, 11:20 pm 11:20 pm
Isn’t this guy in jail?
Posted by: Russell | June 26, 2010, 12:00 am 12:00 am
I remember when the War started… the sight of the first bomb dropping on humans upset me so deeply I was admitted to the hospital…. I pray for the Soldiers daily….all the young men and women that died in a war that was totally unnecessary… I wondered how could this happen? When it came to light that there was no WMD’s and all these Soldiers were dead & injured along with 10′s of thousands civilians…my heart broke. Mr. Cheney I don’t know your role in this tragedy… but whatever it was I hope you have prayed for mercy and forgiveness!
Posted by: Lauren | June 26, 2010, 12:27 am 12:27 am
He should be rotting slowly in a cell at the Hague.
Posted by: homeslice | June 26, 2010, 12:28 am 12:28 am
Daddy, is the oil plugged completely yet?
Posted by: young_voter | June 26, 2010, 12:33 am 12:33 am
Poor old man, may he live long enough to see us leave the quagmires in Iraq and Afghanistan that he got us into.
Posted by: Benibiker | June 26, 2010, 12:36 am 12:36 am
this is just the beginning.
Posted by: 4real | June 26, 2010, 12:51 am 12:51 am
He is a war monger according to the bible. If you have read the bible War mongers are going to hell. Bush will be with him.
Posted by: ann | June 26, 2010, 12:53 am 12:53 am
Will Cousin Barky will be present to lay the wreath??? Inquiring minds want to know…
Posted by: CBA | June 26, 2010, 1:05 am 1:05 am
My Prayers are for him and his family.
Charley Miller
Posted by: charley miller | June 26, 2010, 2:04 am 2:04 am
Grand Oil Party
Posted by: Dan | June 26, 2010, 2:11 am 2:11 am
I may not agree with his politics, but one has to wish him well!
Posted by: Allan Kleer | Jun 25, 2010 11:20:28 PM
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agreed. If I didn’t wish him well then I’d be a big piece of crap just like him and his beotch of a daughter…….
I don’t like the man but I certainly do not wish harm on him.
Posted by: dk | June 26, 2010, 2:44 am 2:44 am
thats what makes me a better person than him :-)
Posted by: dk | June 26, 2010, 2:45 am 2:45 am
Oh, yes. One more major reason he may be in discomfort. Non collateral dirivatives ring a bell Cheney? Finance Reform going to put you into the RED? That’s what you get for being dirty and dishonest. Possibly we should set up a hedge fund to bet when you will die NOT since we don’t bet. Therefore dirty Richard, you and your wonderful gem of a partner and Phil Gramm has some explaning to do, don’t you?
Posted by: Elle | June 26, 2010, 4:45 am 4:45 am
It was not immediately clear whether Cheney’s health concern was related to his previous heart troubles. He sustained his last heart attack, deemed a mild one, in February.
Posted by: iPadCraze | June 26, 2010, 5:47 am 5:47 am
This liberal wishes Mr. Cheney a very long life so that under universal laws he is able to truly reap all that which he has sown…
And may the universal laws also work to keep President Obama safe and well, for he has benefited the American people and our country in his short term to stave off the worst of the recession. This President that came in to the WH in the worst economic times that I can remember or have known, two wars, high unemployment and resented by the rest of the globe… He has been assaulted relentlessly consistently from the extremism of the conservative right…and with consistently deafening opposition and criticisms from seemingly shameless and common sense lacking Republicans…
He has been presented with Crisis after Crisis…Banking/financial, healthcare, Iraq/Afghanistan…Iran…Pakistan and then Isreal… and now even the BP Oil spill polluting our Gulf shores,,, All with the expectations that he has some sort of magical powers to be able to handle all these things quickly but not too quickly,least he be accused of Hitler-like qualities and a government taking over any and all things to the other extreme that he is not doing enough when he doesn’t go in, push BP out of the way and assume command…he must do it transparently, but not spend any money and he must do it without help from any Republican… because Republicans have proven to be more fiscally responsible??? LOL…
My admiration for this President grows more and more everyday… I am proud to have voted for him and am so very thankful for others like myself…and so very thankful that it is Obama as President leading our country verses what would have been,,,with a McCainPalin leadership…what a joke that would have been … Thank YOU Lord, Thank YOU!!!
Posted by: theafalcon200 | June 26, 2010, 7:22 am 7:22 am
Just love these liberal, hypocrites. Hope people say the same things about you when you are ill. As you all you what gowes around comes around. You will all no where your bad luck comes from. Enjoy!
Posted by: jonny | June 26, 2010, 8:12 am 8:12 am
The hatred from the left is always amazing.
Posted by: mikemcdon321 | June 26, 2010, 8:39 am 8:39 am
Please get well Mr. Vice President. You are missed by many of us who admire you for your courage and intelligence for all that you have done for America.
May you and your family get through this health issue and be strong again.
Posted by: Dee Tucker | June 26, 2010, 9:00 am 9:00 am
Here’s a Jeapardy Answer: Afghanistan, Iraq, WMD, Halliburton, Oil industry, Oil stocks, Scooter Libby/Vallerie Plain mess. Question: What has Dick Cheney’s fingerprints all over it? Is it any wonder the man has discomfort sleeping?
Posted by: tom fisher | June 26, 2010, 9:08 am 9:08 am
With all those comments, the left shows their true face.
Posted by: Lizzie | June 26, 2010, 10:10 am 10:10 am
Cheney should live to 120.
In jail.
For war crimes in the Middle East and for fraud perpetrated against the American people.
Posted by: Demetermaid | June 26, 2010, 10:30 am 10:30 am
Stay classy, liberals.
Posted by: Bob | June 26, 2010, 11:02 am 11:02 am
Bob- That should be “get classy, liberals”.
Posted by: BigGuy | June 26, 2010, 11:07 am 11:07 am
It seems Americans have not forgiven Cheney for the Iraq war.
Posted by: You_Lie | June 26, 2010, 11:23 am 11:23 am
Wish him well
Posted by: You_Lie | June 26, 2010, 11:25 am 11:25 am
Sure do wish he was president. War would be over, and the liberals would be next in the sights of this true American hero.
Posted by: smokepipe12345 | June 26, 2010, 11:27 am 11:27 am
and the liberals would be next in the sights of this true American hero.
Posted by: smokepipe12345 | Jun 26, 2010 11:27:44 AM
In the sights, huh? As if we hadn’t been there for years already.
Stay classy, neocons.
The hatred from the right is always amazing.
To the Cheney family, hang in there. I may not agree with Liz or the former VP on much of anything but I know this is stressful as I’ve been through it with my own father, whose heart, amazingly, continues to tick. The medicine and technology available nowadays for heart patients is pretty amazing.
Some time completely out of the limelight may do the Cheneys– and the country– some good.
Posted by: progressive mama | June 26, 2010, 2:35 pm 2:35 pm
“Discomfort”? Probably feeling closer and closer to intense heat and smelling more and more brimstone, IMO.
Posted by: JLS1950B | June 26, 2010, 3:13 pm 3:13 pm
“the hatred from the right is always amazing”-something that from the left would never be amazing, just expected,judging from the posts on this blog.So much for liberal compassion.
Posted by: Nephron | June 26, 2010, 10:29 pm 10:29 pm
I just could not resist…”If I went to the hospital for “Discomfort”, I’d never leave. They’d have to put an express but from my house to the hospital!” All kidding aside I sincerely do hope it is only discomfort.
Posted by: Rick | June 26, 2010, 11:18 pm 11:18 pm
Make that Express Bus!!
Posted by: Rick | June 26, 2010, 11:19 pm 11:19 pm
Of course Cheney didn’t have a heart attack. He’d have to have a heart first!
Posted by: WRobbins | June 26, 2010, 11:26 pm 11:26 pm
.So much for liberal compassion.
Posted by: Nephron | Jun 26, 2010 10:29:19 PM
Pretty hilarious given the hate-filled comments those on the right posted here and around the blogosphere– but that said, I think the “liberal compassion” thing is overrated in certain contexts. Compassion for the poor and needy is one thing. Compassion for those who declare us their enemy and set out to diminish and ruin us and the middle class and our environment and our country is another. It falsely gives neocons and their allied tribes the impression we’re weak and/or patsies and/or that we’ll feel guilty and not fight back when they try to hold us to a higher standard than that to which they hold themselves.
Given the animosity Cheney has created, the comments are pretty tame, really. After all, there are many who deeply hate much of what he represents and stands for as well the ongoing destruction he wrought on our beloved country.
Nevertheless, as I noted before, my thoughts and prayers do go out to him and his family. It’s a stressful time, and he has a family who loves him and grandchildren. I wish him well– and there is always hope, meaning that part of my prayers for him have always been that he sees the error of his ways and uses that brain and tenacity for something positive and worthwhile and good for the country.
We can all evolve, change, improve ourselves and our destructive ways of thinking.
Good luck, Mr. Cheney. And may your stick around. As it turns out, your missions haven’t been accomplished, and its never too late to change the mission.
Posted by: progressive mama | June 27, 2010, 12:04 am 12:04 am
I don’t think that this man had 5 heart attacks. I bet they are panic attacks. They can feel just like a heart attack. Go tell it to the Doctors?
Posted by: Magnum1 | June 27, 2010, 5:15 am 5:15 am
theafalcon200 Said: “My admiration for this President grows more and more everyday… I am proud to have voted for him and am so very thankful for others like myself…and so very thankful that it is Obama as President leading our country verses what would have been,,,with a McCainPalin leadership…what a joke that would have been … Thank YOU Lord, Thank YOU!”
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AMEN!!! …. The republican nut heads think we’ve forgotten about where they brought this country in 6 years of a Republican controlled White House and congress (2001 to 2007). The National Bureau of Economic Research officially declared that the current recession began December 2007.
….republicans, we have not forgotten!!!
Posted by: GeorgieBushie | June 27, 2010, 11:48 am 11:48 am
Repubs are the hypocrites–remember what they said when Ted Kennedy died. Ted Kennedy was not a war criminal like Cheney. Hopefully this is the “big one Lisbeth!”
Posted by: greg | June 27, 2010, 12:02 pm 12:02 pm
I wish Mr. Chney well as I do anyone fighting medical problems. Maybe this is a wake-up call from our Maker to change your ways? To work for the better of America instead of trying to divide America? To respect the office of the President, regardless of who is there? To realize that we are all equal in God’s eyes, regardless of color, economic status,etc.?
Posted by: Pat - Houston | June 27, 2010, 12:10 pm 12:10 pm
Please get well Mr. Cheney, we need you. You have been a man of courage and conviction. May your strength carry you in this recovery period.
God bless you and your family
Laure Fellows
Posted by: Laure Fellows | August 2, 2010, 2:03 pm 2:03 pm