The Elephant in the Room: The BushBoy Ain't Right

So often, a news show cuts away to Chimpy speaking and then returns to the anchors, and I wonder how they can NOT comment on how it appears something is WRONG with him. Whether he's slurring his speech, stammering through reading a basic statement as if he didn't understand what he's saying, or whether it's his drueling or his jaw-twitching or his weak facial muscles on his left side, there is clearly SOMEthing wrong with him.

And they never say a word about it.

There's been a lot of discussion here on DU about what exactly IS wrong with him, and who knows what the Hell it is. But since he can not speak extemporaneously, claims not to know anything about what's going on in his administration, doesn't even pretend to write his own speeches, why hasn't ANYone in the media at least questioned whether he's in control of anything?

Why hasn't anyone in the media asked whether a third grader couldn't do the exact job he appears to be doing, given the evidence we have, and don't have, of his engagement?

And why hasn't anyone in the media asked what the HELL is wrong with him?!?

They belong to Big Business just like the Republican and Democrat elected (??) leaders.

But kudos to you for pointing out how glaringly obvious his problems are and how the MSM media tiptoe around it like the proverbial elephant in the living room. (A figure of speech often used to refer to alcoholism in a family that nobody talks about.)

Maybe without actual medical proof, there's risk of backlash or libel? I dunno.

I'm waiting for an expose -- a book titled, "There's Something Wrong With the Preznit!!" But I think we won't see it until after he's out of office. Eventually, I think there'll be some explanation of what's going on right now with his deterioration.

"there's risk of backlash or libel"

I've only started it but it is a good exploration of just how loony he is.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060736712/qid=1133899877/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/102-6742424-0348950?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Sooner than later, one hopes. I'll bet you'll start to see all kinds of confessionals and mea culpas from various media types about how they were led astray and just SOOOOOOOOOOOO scared of telling the truth about this asshole.

And remember, too: it was only AFTER Reagan left office that stories started to trickle out about him being ACTUALLY under the influence of Alzheimers, WHILE he was still president, and how its onset occurred DURING his time in the White House. It was suspected like crazy, all over. But NOTHING was ever said, or hinted about, in the media. Nobody dared even broach the subject. The era of the "untouchable 'god' republi-CON 'president'" began with Reagan - with its own commandment: "Thou Shalt Not Speak Ill of Any republi-CON in the White House." I guess that would be their "Twelvth Commandment." But after Reagan left office, and ONLY after he left, ONLY THEN did we start hearing about how seriously addled he'd become - WHILE HE WAS STILL PRESIDENT. WHILE HE WAS STILL IN OFFICE. WHILE HE WAS STILL READING OFF THOSE CUE-CARDS AND SMILING THAT "ENDEARING" LITTLE SIDEWAYS "AW-SHUCKS" SMILE OF HIS. WHILE HIS FINGER WAS STILL POSITIONED JUST ABOVE THE BUTTON.

WHILE he was still there, and in the throes of it, nobody said squat.

"They belong to Big Business just like the Republican and Democrat elected (??) leaders."

What I meant was, all leaders who are (s)elected, whether they belong to the Republican or the Democratic party, belong to Big Business.

Keep in mind that the use of the noun "Democrat" in place of the adjective "Democratic" is a Republican slur. It is easy to slip up but be mindful that the Republicans use this slur daily.

...and workin' hard is hard work. (Barf!)

Not to mention the fact that he's totally, completely, horribly insane. Bonkers. Straight Jacket candy. Loon-E-Toons.

Didn't your mother tell you not to stare at the idiots?

on the TEEVEE again and again, "Go to, my son!"

Listen, fellow Clarkie, I've got a short story (26 pages) that's about what a mistake Kerry was. Some say that it's not good sportsmanship to put Kerry down, but, a) it's just the truth, and, b) if this country is ever going to come together, we need to have some egg on our own face to help the Bush supporters save face.
if you're a regular on securingamerica.com you may know of Noel Schutz; he's read it and loved it. A woman whose son is in Iraq told me: "I was honored to have read it."
my mom recently gave it to the former manager for BB King and she called yesterday and said, "I just finished reading page 1 and I'm blown away." ...so it should be in the public domain really soon now.

leave me your email and I'll forward it to you.

there mrhope. If anybody started publicly to question the present power structure and to wonder openly who is really in charge, the rickety scaffolding would begin tumbling down. This is far too harrowing a scenario for the faint-hearts in the mainstream. SG

:scared:

I never received it. :shrug:

well, worked out in your favor a little since now you'll get to read the absolute last draft. Incidentally, Noel Schutz, a regular contributor to securingamerica.com, loved it, and a Clarkie whose son is in Iraq said "I was honored to have read it." and just yesterday, the former manager for B.B. King called me and said, "I'm halfway through this and it's brilliant and we're getting Clark and Madonna a copy as soon as I finish it." (My mom met her recently)

so just leave me your email address again if you want it.

all shaky and confused. The old
bastard was obviously losing it, but
it was not polite to say so.

Germany, or someplace over in Europe? The were telling people who lived along the route that they could not use their balconies and that they shouldn't even try to look at the Pres. I thought they were saying something similar the day of his innauguration.

That ALWAYS bothered me. Kinda like if you look at him, you'll turn to stone.

balconies or look out their windows. Participants in the inaugural parade were told to avert their eyes from the viewing stand where * was sitting. Sick, isn't it? :(

This was attributed to the security delays. Also watch Georges eye contact with others, it is rare, would be hard to assess except in person. I wonder????

everyone thinks he is joking. who's going to tell the emperor he's nekkid?

ellen fl

It all goes back to the years in the Texas Air National Guard the years his problems first were noted by others.

This is what happens when media loses curiosity and the problems only appear in the form of vague rumor. Bush's life history has been passed over.

Comparing vids of him from the mid 90s to current ones is seriously scary.

is deeply awry. Everyone sees it on TV. But the corporate media never mention it.

Talk about Corporate Pravda.

for example: Jim Hatfield. There were many others.

I was dumbstruck after the series of debates with Kerry. It was so obvious that there is something seriously wrong with this man. He has more personalities than Sybil. He's got major psychological problems, and seems to be on some heavy duty medication/drugs. Every few weeks he turns up with a new injury to his face and/or hands. What the hell is going on?

MSM completely ignores it.

Norah O'Donnell has her head too far up his ass to notice.

I thought it was strange in his speech the other day how he boasted that Americans wouldn't run away from car-bombs as long as he was C-in-C. It was almost as though he was gloating about putting people in the line of fire.

at the White House today? He looked bizarre.....he looked totally bored and is mouth seemed to be very dry.

Your right about him looking increasingly confused.....it's pretty obvious that he is on some kind of anti-depressant meds!

Some can cause sleepiness, but not the kind of obvious mental impairment chimp has.

my poor mother was on them for 40 years and they turned her into a complete ZOMBIE!!

On a limited basis they may be okay, but should not be given on a long term basis. At least that is my opinion, even though I haven't taken any and would never do so.

I have no doubt Bush is on them. He shows classic signs, i.e., dry mouth, facial twiches, eyes glazed over, look of distraction, etc., etc.

In addition to his low intellect, the guy is a complete mess!!!

inhibitors, which were really rough on the mind and body. The newer antidepressants do NOT cause those problems.

are you a nurse, or do you take them. If you do, be very careful...the last one Mom was on was Depacote...before she died 7 years ago.

She was so Zombie like I made the doctor cut down the dose. I really hate prescription drugs, but know that sometimes they are necessary.

You haven't said if you think Bush is on Meds?

I'm a published author and I run a large website and couldn't do that if I was confused or befuddled. The effect the meds had were like taking a huge weight off of me. Depression is the second most debilitating disease, right after major heart disease.

I think there's something physically wrong with Bush, whether it's a deteriorating disease or being back on the bottle, I don't know. If he is on meds, I think it's more likely he's on anti-psychotics than antidepressants. I do wish that somebody in the MSM would start addressing this.

from a Southern childhood: "That boy ain't right." It fits this "boy," I'm afraid, perfectly.

My best guess is that he's on some fairly heavy anti-psychotic like Thorazine. The weird thing is that Chimpy's keepers seem to shoot him full of speed before he goes out in public and the speed and the Thorazine are at war in his burned out two-volt brain. Thus the strange syntax (rushed passages alternating with long silences), constantly parroted talking points and the whacked-out look in his eyes.

So what's the problem? Everyone has their little pecadilloes. Why dwell on the negative? Why do you hate America?

The point of that story is: no one dares to challenge "accepted" reality. Trust me, I've found this a stupid insane world and people just go "that's the way it is." If you challenge it ALONE you are treated as a lunatic. (and yeah-I've gotten plenty of that look in my life-how dare you speak up, make a scene on and on and on and on)

If you are the first, you are brave. There isn't much bravery on this planet. At least not enough that it stopped this emperor from being president. And the other point of the emperor with no clothes is, he's given a pass because he's the emperor. He's been "chosen" by someone. So who the hell are YOU to question it? Yeah, I noticed he wasn't wearing any clothes and I noticed the other thousand people around me not mentioning it. Maybe I'm the crazy one, huh? Maybe you are. That's the curse of consenual reality. I'm sure you've heard of those torture studies-when they find out everyone else did it-hey I guess it's okay then! I will too. Herd mentality. Groupthink.

I'm an only child and I've noticed that all my life. THE GROUP is always right.

He's an ill-tempered ogre who cusses like a sailor in private, and he has to fight the urge daily to go off in public. His jaw flinching is part of that process. He's resisting the urge to go off, while he struggles to say something acceptable.

one day he will just start screaming and cussing and acting like a wild man.

Of course the fundies will just say he's speaking in tongues. :rofl:

Hey Skinner, we need a snake-handling smilie! :P

I'm watching him speak to the Council on Foreign Relations on CSPAN right now, and it is clear that he is trying to suppress his familiar smirk, his smug smile, and his flippant manner.

He's trying to be seen as more serious, more GIN-U-INE.

why is it that after the campaign, and five years in office, we still don't know who the hell this guy really is? We don't know even what he stands for. I'm not young, and I can't remember any other acting President where everyone, including the media, has to play guessing games as to who he is, or what sort of people he will appoint to which jobs, or whether he's for or against whichever policies.

I have such a hard time expressing how badly he's hurt this country.

I thought 1968 was bad, but this is so much worse. In spite of everything, I always assumed that things would work out OK in the end, I mean, after all, we're America. But now, I'm not so sure. The next president is going to have his/her hands full just trying to get us back to where we were 5 years ago. I don't think another repug can do it.

And that, my friends, is saying something.

As I've posted before, I am not a doctor or health professional. I can only guess about what I suspect are the many serious mental and physical problems consuming this man. The kindest description I've seen of him is that he is likely a "complex clinical picture." I'd like to mention again in this thread what I have before--to me, the most disturbing aspect of the Bush health question is that it cannot be answered. I doubt even the doctors who are officially responsible for treating him have anything like his complete medical history. Which is extremely troubling. I wonder if, and doubt that, any single doctor does. My guess about the main things which are wrong is this: He's an acutely egocentric untreated ex-addict who has started drinking and abusing opiates again, after possibly developing severe depression, an adrenal disorder of undetermined significance and possible colon or colorectal cancer. He's a mess. And the existence of any single one of those issues is reason enough to BENCH a president, if you ask me.

....the news media got Dan Quayle syndrome. It was rarely news that Quayle went somewhere and fucked up royally because he did that almost every day. What became news was the rare occasion that he didn't fuck up (For example, he went to the Indy 500 and managed to say "Gentlemen, start your engines!") and that was what America saw.

Not sure that's relevant, but it came to mind.

"why hasn't ANYone in the media at least questioned whether he's in control of anything?"
What always struck me about the "My Pet Goat" incident on 9/11 wasn't that the corrupt drunk sat motionless for so long...but that his staff didn't even bother to pretend he was in charge in all that time. The WH Chief of Staff, Andrew Card, came into the classroom and whispered something in his ear...and then walked briskly away, not even pausing to pretend that Chimpy had an order to give. Card knew Chimpy wouldn't have anything to say worth the hearing.

Other than writing letters to the editor along the lines of your post, I do not know what can be done.

Nothing like a good "well, it could be worse--remember Quayle?" moment to perk me up at 1:38 a.m. on a dreary I'll-probably-get-snowed-in-today Thursday night.

There is something seriously wrong with Chimpy...and I suspect it's the mushbrain that comes from a lifetime of substance abuse...

but those two colonoscopies weren't for nothing. He has a history of colon issues in his family, not to mention all of those STDs he's probably been exposing himself to. And then there was all that weird sweating in the summer of '04. Michael Moore based a whole essay on it ("1000 Dead, How Do You Sleep At Night, Mr. Bush?"). For his rhetorical purposes, Moore chocked it up to subconscious guilt ("Men who cheat on their wives sweat like that. Men who tell lies sweat like that"). I think it was obvious enough and went on long enough to have had some as-yet-unknown physical cause.

....how is it he keeps banging up his face? How often does he have bruises on his cheeks or forehead.

And the mysterious state of Cheney's health is a WHOLE 'NOTHER story. Liberal blogger tbogg sometimes refers to him as "Crashcart"...

http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/topics/bells.cfm

"Twitching, weakness, or paralysis of the face are symptoms of a disorder involving the facial nerve, not a disease in itself. Abnormal movement or paralysis of the face can result from infection, injury, or tumors, and an evaluation by your physician is needed to determine the cause."

(i.e., untreated alcoholism leading to permanent brain damage).