My guess is that Cheney fears death

[book_worm]

He is in his 70's and rather than let nature takes its coarse and say, 'I've had a hell of a life--I've war mongered with the best of them--endorsed torture and killed thousands of innocent people--I think I can die a satisfied man--God, my only regret is I haven't shot more people in the face--what a high that was!' he decides to try and prolong his grasp on life with a heart transplant. My guess is that he fears dying and what death will bring. He isn't as sure of his Christian beliefs of an after life as he thought. He'll do all he can to try and squeek out another few years--or even another few months and to hell with younger, perhaps needier people who could have benefitted by that heart.

I know these are heartless thoughts about a man who always seemed to me to have no heart at all.

[MannyGoldstein]

1. I think Death fears Cheney

Too much competition.

[Faygo Kid]

3. DUzy

That has to make it.

[MannyGoldstein]

33. A snowball's chance in Cheney's kingdom

That I'll get a DUzy

[randome]

2. I think the vast majority of us would do all we can to stay alive.

And deep inside, I think that no one is ever sure of his or her beliefs.

[CreekDog]

5. that's what i think too

[LiberalLoner]

16. Me too.

[yourout]

4. My guess is he is more fearfull of who he is going to meet in the afterlife.

he better have a stockpile of cold drinks waiting cause it's going to be hot were he is heading.

[Journeyman]

6. Or perhaps he has intimations that Christian afterlife may be all he's heard it will be. . .

"I tremble . . . when I reflect that God is just," opined Jefferson.

Maybe Cheney worries that the Preacher may prove right after all, and vanity of vanities, Cheney won't be able to whitewash his sins.

There's been no justice for him in this life. Perhaps he worries that his luck's about to run out, and he hasn't the heart to face the music.

[earthside]

7. He is the supreme coward.

And he rationalizes his cowardice through the belief that he is morally superior to the rest of us, the rabble.

I think he sees himself as a kind of macho "philosopher-king" who could make the 'tough' decisions, therefore, his own life was too valuable to risk in say, Vietnam.

I don't wish any human being physical pain, even Cheney ... too bad he never had the same empathetic feelings for the thousands of people, Iraqis and Americans, civilian and military, young and old, who suffered (and are still suffering) and/or died in the two Iraq wars that he directed from his lofty perch.

Scared of death? Without a doubt Richard Bruce Cheney is probably one of the most inwardly frightened people on the planet.

[gvstn]

15. He is and has always been terrified of death. +1

Scared of death? Without a doubt Richard Bruce Cheney is probably one of the most inwardly frightened people on the planet.

--Exactly! You can smell it through the television. Even before this last health episode.

[Old and In the Way]

28. Had he been on the Titanic, he'd have been on the 1st boat off.

He'd have had no second thoughts throwing children or women over the side to save his worthless hide. He's a war monger and war profiteer and his whole life has been profiting off of someone else's misery. Too bad they couldn't have transplanted a conscience to go with that heart. A Profile in Cowardice.

[rustydog]

8. He is a disgusting human being. That said, he has as much a right to live

and walk this planet as you or me.

[obxhead]

13. Maybe, but that walk should be confined to a 6 by 8 cell in prison.

I won't wish death on Cheney, but I'll certainly be sure to stop and piss on his grave when the day does come.

[SmileyRose]

9. 70's is not old

older yes, too old to justify life saving medical treatment - no.

To equate the will to fight for life with fear of dying is far too simplistic. To do so is the same as saying people who choose to use death with dignity laws are happy about dying.

Dick Cheney has more money than God and can afford to make a different choice than most of us. For most of us, economics is the biggest part of the equation. But even with more money than God there is always that balance between prolonging our life and prolonging our death.

[RebelOne]

32. No it is not. I am 73 and do not consider myself old

There are times when I get strange aches and pains and feel old.

[cleanhippie]

10. If average wait time for a heart transplant is 6 mos- 3 years, how did cheney get to the top of the

list. His wait time was allegedly 2 months (I heard it on MSNBC yesterday).

How Long Will I Have to Wait?

After the decision for transplantation is made, your name will be added to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) and California Transplant Donor Network (CTDN) waiting lists and you will receive a beeper for emergency contact when a heart becomes available. We cannot predict exactly how long you will have to remain on the UNOS waiting list, but an average wait is between six months to three years because of the shortage of donor organs.

http://www.cpmc.org/advanced/heart/patients/topics/transplant.html

[jeff47]

22. 20 months, not 2 months. (nt)

[cleanhippie]

27. Ahh, well then...

[pangaia]

11. I "read" that he waited 20 months.. Who knows.

[ingac70]

26. In the real world people his age generally aren't given consideration for heart transplants. n/t

[jeff47]

30. Actually, they are.

An otherwise healthy 71-year-old is fine for transplants. It's only when there's a lot of other issues that they'll consider not giving them an organ.

[targetpractice]

12. Narcissists generally do...

I suspect Cheney has Narcissistic Personality Disorder primarily because he is incapable of admitting he is ever wrong, plus his willingness to act in secret and above the law... Just my theory.

[malaise]

14. Only his life matters

I hope he's terrified and I also hope he's conscious to the end

[Major Hogwash]

17. How many times did Count Dracula rise from the dead?

How many times can Cheney get a new heart?

[HopeHoops]

18. He knows what awaits.

[Frustratedlady]

19. I once had a customer whose father was dying...

but she said he wouldn't go to sleep because the devil would get him. He had been sitting at the dining room table for days.

I asked her what he was afraid of and she said he was afraid the devil would get him for how he treated her mother. He knew what he'd done and knew the devil had every right to his soul, but he was terrified.

I saw a week or so later that the devil finally won. Never saw the customer again, so I wasn't able to get the rest of the story.

[Rex]

20. Everyone fears death.

I've been told moreso as you get older.

[onethatcares]

21. but not everyone fears

Canada.

[Rex]

25. HA!

[mantis49]

23. Age doesn't make you fear death more.

I'm a nurse who works with the elderly (greater that 75 yrs old as a rule) and frequently ask a question that is part of CMS-mandated assessment. "In the last 14 days, have you had thoughts that you would be better off dead, or of harming yourself in some way?" It is part of a depression assessment and is supposed to identify those who may be considering suicide. Many times I get yes answers to having thoughts about the being "better off dead" part because the person may be looking forward to being with Jesus or loved ones who have already died, may be miserable due to chronic disease or disability, or believe that they have just lived long enough. These people will welcome death when it comes.

[Rex]

24. Well I am always told that by older people.

Don't know if it is true, but since everyone older then me says that...I assumed it was true.

[mantis49]

29. Don't know how old you are,

so everyone older than you could be a very large group of people (or not).

[Cleita]

36. Not really. I'm old and I'm at peace with the idea.

I do have some apprehension about a long, painful and lingering death so I hope it's fairly rapid. However, if it must be a hard death, I think I'm mentally prepared for it too. Right now I'm disgustingly healthy and spry for my age but I know the time will come and it will be sooner rather than later.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

31. "I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, ...

I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it. Mark Twain

[Blue Owl]

34. Cheney will live to shoot another face

n/t

[Cleita]

35. Another DUer posted a few years ago, that maybe he's

superstitious and fearful that there might actually be a Hell. Someone with as much blood on his hands as he has, certainly must be having some second thoughts every time mortality stares him in the face.

[blakeArt]

37. Scientific evidence for a Kinder, Gentler Dick Cheney..?

I was thinking the same thing last week, after I heard about Darth's transplant -

I wrote a post that deals with it, and the evidence that has been compiled by others who have had heart transplants - let me know what you think..!

[Ian David]

39. I like your politics, but not your "science." I do not think it means what you think it means. n/t

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

38. He's afraid to meet his maker I guess.

[great white snark]

41. If I were him I'd be afraid too.

Although I hear the stalagmites are beautiful during springtime in hell.

[Zorra]

40. Huh. I've always wondered if this song was written about Cheney.

You feel bad, but not bad enough
You know you had it coming 'cause you played so rough
Back over your shoulder got an icy chill
Man, you thought you'd get away with it
Now you know you never will

Somebody, somebody
You got a feelin' somebody's following you

No one knows 'bout the times you had
You've been so evil; you know, you've been so bad
There's a devil to pay for what you put them through
And you got a feeling somebody's following you

Somebody, somebody
You got a feelin' somebody's following you
Somebody, somebody
You got a feelin' somebody's following you

There's a jack-o-lantern moon in the midnight sky
Somebody gonna live, somebody gonna die
But down in the graveyard on that old tombstone
There's a big black crow and it's callin' you home

Somebody, somebody
You got a feelin' somebody's following you
Somebody, somebody
You got a feelin' somebody's following you
Somebody
You know there's somebody

[Iggo]

42. My guess is that makes me very happy.