Cheny lost weight

trekkie · **Posted:** November 16th, 2010, 3:02 pm

and i mean a lot!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theticket ... brary-groundbreaking

Former Vice President **** Cheney looked thinner at a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday in Dallas for George W. Bush's planned presidential library. It was the first time Cheney has been seen at a major public event since he underwent surgery in July to install a heart pump implant.

honestly I do wonder if bush's library will be filled with picture books

Adbot · **Posted:** November 16th, 2010, 3:02 pm

Duke Juker · RSBandB Donor since 07/01/2010

Beats the nice provocative pictures in Clinton's library. xD And dang, Cheney looks way skinnier. Also seems that age is taking a toll. Still, he looks pretty much the same as when he left office besides the weight.

trekkie · **Posted:** November 16th, 2010, 9:25 pm

i don't know if it's just me, but i find his nose more profound now.

thelion777 · **Posted:** November 17th, 2010, 3:37 am

Wow, if I had seen that picture without knowing it was Cheney, I would have never guessed it was him. Can you imagine the public's reaction if that had happened when he was vice president, people wondering if he was sick and running down who's next in line for the vice presidency.

Kyle · **Posted:** November 17th, 2010, 9:45 pm

trekkie wrote:

honestly I do wonder if bush's library will be filled with picture books

No, it will be filled with books on how to run a government without adding $4 trillion dollars to the national debt in the first 20 months of having office. And possibly a subsection of books on how he didn't spend more money then all the past Presidents combined. Ive also heard a rumor of a big banner in the foyer of a "Thanks for playing Obama?"

And Former Vice President Cheney looks pretty good. Sounds like he finally listened to his doctors.

Chief Snake · **Posted:** November 17th, 2010, 11:45 pm

Kyle wrote:

trekkie wrote:

honestly I do wonder if bush's library will be filled with picture books

No, it will be filled with books on how to run a government without adding $4 trillion dollars to the national debt in the first 20 months of having office. And possibly a subsection of books on how he didn't spend more money then all the past Presidents combined. Ive also heard a rumor of a big banner in the foyer of a "Thanks for playing Obama?"

... 4 trillion dollars? :lol:

I don't think you can get away with a comment like that without adequate explanation?

Adbot · **Posted:** November 17th, 2010, 11:45 pm

Shane · **Posted:** November 17th, 2010, 11:49 pm

Reminds me of how Steve Jobs looked after having cancer. I'd say it's weightloss due to being sick.

Also, Bush didn't keep his promise. He bailed out wall street.

King Kulla · **Posted:** November 18th, 2010, 12:26 am

Chief Snake wrote:

Kyle wrote:

trekkie wrote:

honestly I do wonder if bush's library will be filled with picture books

No, it will be filled with books on how to run a government without adding $4 trillion dollars to the national debt in the first 20 months of having office. And possibly a subsection of books on how he didn't spend more money then all the past Presidents combined. Ive also heard a rumor of a big banner in the foyer of a "Thanks for playing Obama?"

... 4 trillion dollars? :lol:

I don't think you can get away with a comment like that without adequate explanation?

Yeah, I wouldn't mind seeing the source on that too. People forget that Bush took the debt from 56.4% of the GDP to 83.4% of the GDP from 2000-2008. And the GDP rose as well, making that data look even worse. Not only that, but he wasn't contending with a recession, that was a relative economic boom! The Bush years marked the highest rate of increase of the debt that has ever been overseen by a US president.

Believe it or not, the debt increase in 2010 under Obama (3.2%) was less than any of the increases by Bush: 5.5%, 6.2%, 5.7%, 3.7%, 3.4%, 3.6%, 5.0%, 5.5%.

And people say that Obama started the recession? Please.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_d ... ._presidential_terms

Shane · **Posted:** November 18th, 2010, 12:41 am

Third.

But perhaps that's best in a different topic since this is for Cheney's weightloss

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King Kulla · **Posted:** November 18th, 2010, 1:22 am

True.

I think that being a politician puts major strain on anyone, whether or not they perform well. If you compare the look of world leaders at the beginning of their term and then at the end of the term, they've aged much more than they should have. Just another reason why health is the most important asset that one can have, disease and death can happen at any time. Hopefully he's taking care of himself better now, though we never did hear much of him while he was Vice President.

Duke Juker · RSBandB Donor since 07/01/2010

Shane wrote:

Reminds me of how Steve Jobs looked after having cancer. I'd say it's weightloss due to being sick.

Also, Bush didn't keep his promise. He bailed out wall street.

That's what's nice about being at the end of your second term. You can pretty much do what you like. Think about it this way...if he didn't do it, Obama would have obviously. He already added to the bailouts of Bush. This issue came so late in Bush's presidency that it's hard to conjecture what he would have done with more time. I think he was just waiting to get out of office before it went any father than it did. President's often get stuff dumped on them from previous Presidents, making the job oodles of times harder.

Obama didn't start the recession, but he inherited dealing with the after effects. On a final note, I think people ought to judge President's in context of their own terms of service, not with other Presidents necessarily. I think Bush did a decent job. Looking back, the war's were probably unnecessary, but we have them nevertheless. Obama has some more ends to tie up before he leaves on or they'll just be passed onto the next guy.

trekkie · **Posted:** November 22nd, 2010, 12:11 am

the only thing bush will be remembered for is having a pair of shoes thrown at him