Anonymous wrote:I am an organ donor and (although I wouldn't be alive to know it) I'd be so mad if Dick Cheney had gotten my heart. I know this is bad, but I'd rather have it rot in the ground with me than go to Dick Cheney.

Ha! I just told DH the same thing.

I realize people are skeptical about this, but trust me on this one. There is no way to "jump the line" in organ donation, unless you have a family donor. It just doesn't work that way. The article I saw said that Cheney was on the list for 20 months. Been VP has nothing to do with anything.

I am an organ donor and (although I wouldn't be alive to know it) I'd be so mad if Dick Cheney had gotten my heart. I know this is bad, but I'd rather have it rot in the ground with me than go to Dick Cheney.

I have to say I'm a little surprised, given his age and health history.

You're surprised? Do you read much?

I thought he was too old to receive a heart on the transplant list? Isn't there always way more demand than supply, and someone of advanced age has virtually no chance? Are former VPs exempt from this?

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that a 70 year old man can get to the top of the donor list while a child with Down syndrome can't even get on the list at all tells you everything you need to know about health care in this country.

Heart transplant cures down syndrome, amazing news

A child with down syndrome couldn't have heart issues, as many do, and need a transplant? Come on, don't be stupid. Of course it doesn't cure DS but that doesn't mean a person with it doesn't need a heart.

I hope he didn't work the system to get his heart, I also hope that it's the heart of another 70 year old man.

My last hope is that this news outrages Americans and that 60 minutes or DateLine investigate to see how many people who have been waiting for years were skipped over so Dick could have a new heart... unless he bought it on Ebay, which wouldn't surprise me.

I feel like I need to put an asterisk next to the donor symbol on my driver's license...

Anonymous wrote:The fact that a 70 year old man can get to the top of the donor list while a child with Down syndrome can't even get on the list at all tells you everything you need to know about health care in this country.

Heart transplant cures down syndrome, amazing news

The fact that a 70 year old man can get to the top of the donor list while a child with Down syndrome can't even get on the list at all tells you everything you need to know about health care in this country.

I'm waiting for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to run with this when they resume taping.

Let's hope it wasn't some liberal working class guy's heart.

What would Dick Cheney do with a heart?

Now maybe he'll have a heart.

I have to say I'm a little surprised, given his age and health history.