# So Has Cheney Signed His Powers Over to Bush?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-has-cheney-signed-his-powers-over-to-bush/413487
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 28, 2007, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-has-cheney-signed-his-powers-over-to-bush/413487 "2007-07-28T13:48:51Z")
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### Author:  [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2007, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-has-cheney-signed-his-powers-over-to-bush/413487/1 "2007-07-28T13:48:51Z")
[Dead Eye Dick goes under the knife.](http://www.star-telegram.com/national_news/story/183893.html)
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> President Dick Cheney will undergo minor surgery this morning to replace the battery that powers a device implanted in his chest six years ago to monitor his heart and deliver a shock if it ever goes out of rhythm.
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> “During the vice president’s annual physical examination in June, testing of his implantable cardioverter-defibrillator indicated that the device’s battery has reached the level where elective replacement of the device is recommended,” Megan McGinn, deputy press secretary for Cheney, said.
There’s a joke in there about Cheney’s heart, but I’m not going to make it.
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### Author:  [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2007, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-has-cheney-signed-his-powers-over-to-bush/413487/2 "2007-07-28T13:58:51Z")
_squawking noise_ My heart. It’s mechanical. My heart burned out when I was three. It couldn’t stand the fires of my soul. _squawking noise_
Need a tune up.