Something very scary…..George Bush would become President!

WASHINGTON (March 9) - Dick Cheney ’s health problems and the perjury conviction of his former chief of staff touched off another round of a favorite Washington “what if?” parlor game: What would happen if he quit as President George W. Bush ’s vice president and who would replace him?

The game has been played frequently in recent years, usually after the vice president, who has suffered several heart attacks, has had a health scare or has done something particularly embarrassing, like blasting a fellow hunter with birdshot.

The latest round of “what if?” began with the perjury trial of Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Cheney’s former chief of staff, who was convicted this week of trying to obstruct an investigation to determine who leaked a CIA operative’s identity to the press.

The discovery of a blood clot in the vice president’s leg fueled further resignation speculation.

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