Rachel Maddow: Cheney has gout. - Democratic Underground

thereismore

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Wed May-09-07 05:26 PM
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Rachel Maddow: Cheney has gout.

Gout is a very painful condition.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gout

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mmonk

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Wed May-09-07 05:27 PM
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1. Is it torture?

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Cha

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Wed May-09-07 07:43 PM
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37. It's not that

bad.x(

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annabanana

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Wed May-09-07 05:29 PM
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2. I remember Hyacinth Bucket telling people that Richard

had gout. . ("A condition of the upper classes")

Now he has gone and ruined gout's stellar reputation. . . sigh

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Gidney N Cloyd

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Wed May-09-07 05:30 PM
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6. Pronounced 'bouquet.'

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ljm2002

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Wed May-09-07 05:35 PM
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11. And I suppose that URL in your sig line...

Edited on Wed May-09-07 05:36 PM by ljm2002

...is pronounced "photo-bouquet" ???

:-)

Note: I do get the reference, it was the first thing I thought too!

(edited to add the Note)

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enid602

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Wed May-09-07 05:38 PM
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17. bouquet

That's Booooo-kaaay!!!!!!

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rasputin1952

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Wed May-09-07 06:01 PM
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26. Well...syphilis can take gout's place in the stellar reputation

Edited on Wed May-09-07 06:02 PM by rasputin1952

disease list...unless of course Cheney has/gets it...then we'lll have to look at leprosy...:(

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Cha

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Wed May-09-07 07:40 PM
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36. It was just a wealthy man's disease

because they had all those rich foods laden with calories and they would stuff themselves like pigs for the slaughter.

I remember seeing pictures of ol kings with their swollen foot and leg up on a hassack with the gout.

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aquart

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Wed May-09-07 05:29 PM
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3. He earned it.

I understand it's no longer considered a disease of the over-indulging rich. And yet....

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Hand

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Wed May-09-07 05:29 PM
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4. Sux to be him.

:nopity:

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AlCzervik

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Wed May-09-07 05:30 PM
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5. ok.

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Phredicles

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Wed May-09-07 05:30 PM
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7. What a pre-French Revolution malady.

Fits.

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hobbit709

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Wed May-09-07 05:30 PM
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8. It can be treated

but for some people it takes major lifestyle changes. Is he willing to give up a lot of what he eats and drinks? I doubt it, judging from his unwillingness to change his attitude about anything else.

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MADem

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Wed May-09-07 05:57 PM
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22. He's the baaastid who swipes the fatty pieces of steak off his wife's plate when she isn't lookin!

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deutsey

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Wed May-09-07 05:33 PM
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9. Good. The more painful, the better.

I hate being like that, but when it comes to Cheney, I can't muster up any semblence of sympathy.

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Vogon_Glory

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Wed May-09-07 05:33 PM
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10. Should We Protest Cheney's Presence By...

Should we protest Cheney's presence by jumping up and down in large numbers in his presence and hope that he feels the vibrations, or is this why Dick and Buckaroo have created those "Free Speech Zones" at least a quarter mile away from wherever he deigns to gift folks with his presence?

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The Count

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Wed May-09-07 05:36 PM
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12. More importantly, he was heard saying "I want the reporters taken out" (from the

shelter, during the bombing)

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Proud2BAmurkin

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Wed May-09-07 05:36 PM
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13. "a complaint as arises from too much ease and comfort" a glutton's disease

http://www.fitnessandfreebies.com/health/gout.html

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Justitia

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Wed May-09-07 05:37 PM
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14. Ahhhh, the "Kings Disease" - how appropriate. -eom

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Fridays Child

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Wed May-09-07 05:49 PM
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20. Didn't gout kill Henry the Eighth?

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LisaM

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Wed May-09-07 05:59 PM
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25. No, probably syphilis for Henry (as far as what killed him)

But I believe that he also had gout.

Years ago in BC there was a cartoon where the father ant was sitting there with his leg on a stool and his little boy asked what was wrong. "I have gout", the father said. The son ran outside and yelled, "we're rich! we're rich!"

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martymar64

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Wed May-09-07 05:37 PM
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15. I hope it hurts like a motherfucker

He's just way too evil for it to be painless.

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jillan

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Wed May-09-07 05:38 PM
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16. Why is it that I am an extremely compassionate person but

when it comes to Cheney or Bsh - I am glad when they suffer?

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Canuckistanian

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Wed May-09-07 05:40 PM
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18. The "rich man's disease"

I think it was a condition that only rich people used to get, mainly because they ate so many fatty foods.

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cliss

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Wed May-09-07 05:49 PM
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19. It was the

Lobster Thermidor for lunch every day, smothered in a Lovely Dill-hazelnut sauce. Mmmmm....
Topped off with a chestnut parfait, flown in direct from France, even.

Holds up his champagne glass, "Cheers!"

Good for you Buddy. I hope you enjoyed it.

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slampoet

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Wed May-09-07 07:08 PM
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33. Plus have you ever had the kind of steaks they raise in Wyoming?

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sandyj999

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Wed May-09-07 05:50 PM
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21. It's Called Karma n/t

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Philosoraptor

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Wed May-09-07 05:58 PM
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23. Gosh that's terrible.

cheney himself is a very painful condition.

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Faygo Kid

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Wed May-09-07 05:59 PM
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24. Not painful enough.

Friend of mine had gout; very painful. Not nearly enough for Dick, but lay off the brewskis, pal. You immoral SOB.

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hippiechick

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Wed May-09-07 06:04 PM
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27. As a child of an alcoholic, that's a surprise ...

Not. :eyes:

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NV Whino

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Wed May-09-07 06:04 PM
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28. Cheney IS gout.

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IChing

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Wed May-09-07 07:44 PM
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38. Beat me to it. ----picture below

He is an inborn disorder of the uric acid to this nation attacking the body of America

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TheCowsCameHome

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Wed May-09-07 06:22 PM
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29. I feel sorry for the gout in this case.

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murray hill farm

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Wed May-09-07 06:27 PM
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31. Hahahahahahaha!

Laughed out loud at that one.

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KamaAina

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Wed May-09-07 06:25 PM
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30. Ah, that explains it. He was once like us.

Then the uric acid crystals started eating away at his brain... :scared:

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Le Taz Hot

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Wed May-09-07 06:32 PM
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32. My husband

had his first (and luckily, his only) case of gout 2 years ago. He says he's suffered innumerable injuries from his jock days and those were nothing compared to the pain of gout.

So, Cheney has gout -- cry me a river. :sarcasm:

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Venus Dog

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Wed May-09-07 07:11 PM
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34. He's an alcoholic and fat blob eater

What a waste of space he is! We should start a class-action/malpractice suit against the so-called "doctors" that have kept this excrement alive :mad:

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lonestarnot

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Wed May-09-07 07:13 PM
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35. heh heh heh and he has

water in places he shouldn't have.

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