No one can say that Dick Cheney isn’t brilliant.

At the young age of 37, he’d already experienced heart problems.

Richard Bruce Cheney (b. January 30th, 1941) served as the 46th Vice President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009 under President George Bush.

Once a heavy smoker, Cheney sustained the first of five heart attacks in 1978, at age 37. Subsequent attacks in 1984, 1988, 2000, and 2010 have resulted in moderate contractile dysfunction of his left ventricle.^{[135] [136]} He underwent four-vessel coronary artery bypass grafting in 1988, coronary artery stenting in November 2000, urgent coronary balloon angioplasty in March 2001, and the implantation of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in June, 2001.^[135]

In early July 2010, Cheney was outfitted with a left-ventricular assist device (LVAD) at Inova Fairfax Heart and Vascular Institute to compensate for worsening congestive heart failure.^[145] The device pumps blood continuously through his body.^[146][147] He was released from Inova on August 9, 2010,^[148] and will have to decide whether to seek a full heart transplant.^[149][150] This pump is centrifugal and as a result he is alive without a pulse.^[151]

^{Because of his history of public service, he was sufficiently intelligent to realize that taxpayer dollars could pay for his medical issues from then to infinity.}

Your taxpayer dollars at work.

No matter what your political philosophies may be.

You think these people DON’T plan these things?

BZ