IMPLANT. cheney got a heart IMPLANT.

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if cheney got someone else's heart put into his chest cavity, that would be a heart IMPLANT, not a heart TRANSPLANT.

did the wizard of oz give the tin man a heart TRANSPLANT?

i don't think so.

please use the correct terminology.

thank you for your time and attention.

[lunatica]

1. Cheney didn't have a heart to take out in the first place

So you're right. They took out a pump.

[Ilsa]

2. Halliburton probably built him a pump. nt

[jberryhill]

5. If Halliburton built it, it would gush blood all over

[pinboy3niner]

6. If Halliburton built it, it could electrocute him when he showers

Halliburton subsidiary KBR did some pretty shoddy wiring work, with fatal results in G.I. showers in Iraq. If I were Cheney, I'd get that thing inspected--fast!

[Spider Jerusalem]

3. No, it would be a transplant, because the organ itself is transplanted.

Like a tree being transplanted to new soil.

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. The Wizard of Oz gave the Tin Man a Watch... (***<<<oops! Spoiler!)

So, really it was a gift.

[Redneck Democrat]

7. Either way, he doesn't deserve one

Let nature take its course!

[Ken Burch]

9. ...Nature is SCARED of Cheney, though...

(and so are God, Satan, AND Emperor Klaktu of Rigel VIII).

[Ken Burch]

8. I heard they let Cheney strangle the donor himself

...and, let me tell you, it wasn't as easy as you'd think...that eight-year-old Iraqi orphan put up a heck of a fight from her wheelchair...

[w8liftinglady]

10. Implant was the term used with the ventricular assist device

"implanted in his chest"

Trnsplant if the exchange of a lving human organ from one body to the next.