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President Dick Cheney

· Friday, July 20, 2007 · 2 comments

The Democrats’ worst nightmare will occur this weekend: Dick Cheney will become assume the powers of the presidency. For a little while, at least.

President Bush will undergo a routine colonoscopy Saturday, and will transfer power to Vice President Dick Cheney during the procedure, expected to take about two and a half hours, the chief White House spokesman said.

Cheney was Acting President for a little over two hours back in 2002.

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  1. Andy says:
    Friday, 20 July 2007 at 18:00

    Cheney was Acting President for a little over two hours back in 2002.

    Also, Cheney has been acting President for a little over 6 years, from January 2001 to July 2007.

  2. charles austin says:
    Friday, 20 July 2007 at 22:11

    Perhaps he can put a little more umph into his command to Senator Leahy as President.

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