wigwam @ 62

Right! Per Section 1 of the 25th Amendment: “In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.” And that is not an outcome to be desired with the current VP in office.

do Cheney, then you do Bush, then it’s PELOSI 2007!

Perhaps a better scenario is for great pressure to be lined up and made obvious to Cheney and then to offer him a chance to resign for ‘health’ reasons. That way his rep wouldn’t be destroyed and he could do the right thing for the nation and a much better person (not a candidate for prez though) could be placed in the WH just in case.

Of course, who his replacement would be would have to be worked out and agreed upon before anything is sealed.

Stephen Parrish, CPA @ 122

Hugh – how might postperfusion syndrome affect his behavior? Kirk Murphy – are you here?

The short answer is that I don’t know.

Post cardiac surgery personality changes would be a simple to explain Cheney but what studies have been done on this indicate that such changes are usually transient.

OTOH people who knew him earlier in life have often remarked on how changed he is. But let’s face it many of those who wrote letters in support of Scooter Libby coudn’t reconcile their memories of him with the crimes for which he was convicted, and he did not have any cardiac history that I know of.

There is certainly a pathological tinge to Cheney and his actions but a lot of what we see now has been in process for decades, since his time in the Nixon and Ford Administrations.

Sometimes malicious people fester unless and until circumstances give scope to their malice and paranoia. This is as good an explanation as any to Dick Cheney as far as I can see.

It is my understanding that some of the medications used in treating such heart conditions as Cheney’s can help trigger depression. There is also great fear in someone like Cheney that the next twinge in the chest will be the last one. I do not know what the man was like in previous years, but I suspect he lives with LOTS of anxiety both about his job and his health. Enough of that can push someone over the edge. I have seen it with my own father, who is otherwise healthy.

Meanwhile, the Senate hearings on the DOJ are just a circus for the proletariat.

When will someone prosecute The White House AND
CONGRESS on RICO for the Wars on Everything for
private personal AND corporate profit?

I believe that was Harry Reid calling out Hadley in the confirmation.

Hugh – how might postperfusion syndrome affect his behavior? Kirk Murphy – are you here?

The short answer is that I don’t know.

Post cardiac surgery personality changes would be a simple to explain Cheney but what studies have been done on this indicate that such changes are usually transient.

OTOH people who knew him earlier in life have often remarked on how changed he is. But let’s face it many of those who wrote letters in support of Scooter Libby coudn’t reconcile their memories of him with the crimes for which he was convicted, and he did not have any cardiac history that I know of.

There is certainly a pathological tinge to Cheney and his actions but a lot of what we see now has been in process for decades, since his time in the Nixon and Ford Administrations.

Sometimes malicious people fester unless and until circumstances give scope to their malice and paranoia. This is as good an explanation as any to Dick Cheney as far as I can see.

Perris @87…There was a chart up on the senate floor via cspan showing several million in penalties to employers in the late 90’s for hiring ellegals…latest penalties were in the neighborhood of 100,000. Agree with you on trade policies needing to be addressed. Bernie Sanders did that yesterday in the senate.Noted thousands applying for 300 jobs at various walmarts being opened. Dell and Motorola laying off workers for some time. But they are also applying for visas for immigrants. Bernie feels strongly about this massive sell out to US workers.

our trade policies are a massive sell out to workers every where. this shouldn’t pit workers in the us vs. workers in mexico, china or anywhere else…. unless corporations in favor of cheap labor are able to distract us by scapegoating non-us workers

QuakerGirl @ 123

In response: Convinced since the 1960s era. My children are birthright.

Thanks for your reply – I have about ten generations of Quaker ancestors on my father’s side of my family.

That is also the same for my children. Their father comes from several generations of Quakers. You probably all crossed paths at some point in time. Nice to meet you.