we’re always informed whoever is sitting in the WH has medical procedures.
and yes, this one just begs for jokes. Just like the pretzle. Or Clinton tripping (or what was that other thing that happened that people joked about??? 
), or Ford tripping and hitting people w/golf balls, or Bush pere throwing up in Japan, or the evil dangerous bunny that attacked Carter.
You know, with the wind at your back, and proper warm-up, you can throw those little guys pretty freekin far…
What?
Yes, we really, really need to know about it, because in the highly unlikely event something happened while he was out, and Cheney had to act, everyone would freak out and want to know where W is.
And if they just said “he’s having medical work done,” everyone would freak out and wonder if he was dying of cancer or having a heart bypass or what, and want to know where W is.
And in either instance, everyone would be angry w/ the press for not preemptively disclosing what was going on.
So yeah, they should make it public knowledge. The guy can’t win.
That doesn’t mean everyone has to make a big deal about it, though.
Yes, in the unlikely event something had happened, we could all have asked “How much longer can you keep Bush down for?”
Suppose they let OJ look for the real killer in there? He’s scoured the rest of the world by now.
Hey, particlewill, I wonder what kind of distance you can get on one of them if you shoot it out of a potato gun.
So here’s the real question I have about colonscope 2002!
Did the medical team pose the president in funny positions and take pictures?
One should always fire a guinea pig on a rocket, not out of a potato gun, unless you have a sabot. Otherwise, you tend to end up with a skinless flying pig, which has got to be a sign of the apocalypse.
That paints a really funny mental image.