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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:13 AM
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So do you believe that George and Laura were poisoned while in Germany in 2007?
CNN) - Laura Bush suggests she, her husband, and several aides were poisoned during a 2007 visit to Germany for the G8 summit - one of several new details in the former first lady's forthcoming memoir, "Spoken for the Heart."

Due to hit bookshelves May 4 but acquired early by the New York Times, Mrs. Bush says she and former President George W. Bush became mysteriously sick on the Germany trip to such a degree that the president became bedridden. According to Mrs. Bush, doctors and the Secret Service investigated the possibility a poisoning had occurred but were unable to make a definitive conclusion.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/28/laura-bush-alleges-poisoning-in-new-book/?fbid=iiqnlWlrmpo
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sui generis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:14 AM
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1. they should have just given the bastard another pretzel.
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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:15 AM
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2. No, but they poison everyone they talk to.
:shrug:
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:15 AM
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3. so, laura knows more than the secret service?
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Lost4words Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:17 AM
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4. The BFEE was poisoned in the mind generations ago! nt
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:17 AM
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5. Isn't it possible it was just food poisoning?
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closeupready Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:39 AM
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17. Not impossible, but very, very unlikely, IMHO.
Does anyone know if they were the only two to become ill? Or did others become ill?
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tabatha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:57 AM
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21. "and several aides were poisoned "
from the OP.
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:17 AM
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6. Has a Bush ever made a true statement?
Of course not.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:18 AM
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7. It is possible, but I would think food poisoning, but who knows.
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Dogtown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:20 AM
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8. She killed an ex-boyfriend
but she left out some of the details in her book.


I think it's more likely they just got a bad load of Botox.
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:23 AM
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9. Of course not. They're just looking for an excuse to invade Europe.
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Beetwasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:23 AM
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10. Get The Poison Out
n/t
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:27 AM
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11. No. She and junior are paranoid.
:tinfoilhat:
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:28 AM
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12. Xanax (alprazolam) has a significantly different profile from other benzodiazepines...
due to its greater capacity to bind to receptors and its shorter half-life.

The brain-disabling or toxic effects of benzodiazepines in general can be divided into several somewhat overlapping categories:

(1) The primary clinical effect of inducing sedation (tranquility) or hypnosis (sleep), which is indistinguishable from a toxic effect except in degree;
(2) Cognitive dysfunction, ranging from short-term memory impairment and confusion to delirium;
(3) Disinhibition and other behavioral aberrations-- including extreme agitation, psychosis, paranoia, and depression, sometimes with violence toward self or others;

http://www.a1b2c3.com/drugs/benz03.htm
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Hepburn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:33 AM
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13. Total bullshit...
...she is bat shit crazy.
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GreatCaesarsGhost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:34 AM
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14. I'd like to know who the several aides were.
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:37 AM
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15. Yes


Bush @ G8 getting poisoned.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:37 AM
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16. I don't count but since the majority of Germans want to
Edited on Wed Apr-28-10 10:38 AM by malaise
know why their military people are fighting a war in Afghanistan, Angela should be thanking Laura for a way out.


Maybe Dumbya was trying to choke her for attempting to poison him here


sp
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 11:09 AM
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25. that's a classic
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greencharlie Donating Member (827 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 11:51 AM
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32. I STILL cringe every time I see that. nt
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:41 AM
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18. Maybe
I'm thinking that maybe one of the cooks pissed in their food.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:43 AM
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19. No.
I'm sure the population there would not have minded if they were, but no. If someone went to enough trouble to attempt it, they would have been dehabilitated longer. Besides, more lies came out of the Bush administration than any other administration I can remember, even the Nixon administration and the Johnson administration when it came to the Vietnam war.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:45 AM
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20. Absolutely - ALCOHOL poisoning - self-inflicted.
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frylock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 11:32 AM
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27. this..
+1
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 11:00 AM
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22. So much for fabled German efficiency...
because unfortunately they are still breathing
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craigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 11:01 AM
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23. they probably just ate some bad sausage. I think it was karma more than poison. n/t
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 11:06 AM
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24. Yes. Absolutely!
The poison:


Before:


After:
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 11:24 AM
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26. papering over the bullshit with "controversy". This woman is a plague. nt
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JHB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 11:38 AM
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28. Poisoned by Jack Daniels, no doubt...
...although maybe Merkel didn't care for the backrub and made sure he got some bad quark in his Käsekuchen (cheesecake).
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Missy Vixen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 11:39 AM
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29. Somehow, I'm thinking the German government might have something
to say about this that won't be positive.

Hey, Laura, you just opened a huge can of worms.
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Retrograde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 11:46 AM
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30. I rhought Bush always traveled with his own cooks and tasters
I seem to recall reading here on DU about a summit where he traveled with a whole cortege of cooks, etc. to make sure he wasn't getting anything that would upset his little tummy. I'm highly skeptical of any "poisoning" claims.
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RainDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 11:49 AM
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31. I wouldn't put anything past Dick Cheney n/t
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 11:52 AM
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33. No -- but they certainly poisoned atmosphere . . .!!
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 11:53 AM
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34. Re the accident --
While I do sympathize with anyone such a tragic thing would happen to --

my recollection of it was quite different from what she described --

thought it happened in town -- and in the afternoon???
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Still Blue in PDX Donating Member (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 12:11 PM
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35. It was probably from improper handwashing.
Idiots.
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bullwinkle428 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 12:14 PM
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36. I'm sure their stomachs react completely adversely to any food
that's not mayo sandwiches on Wonder bread, peanut butter & jelly, or pizza with the crusts trimmed off!
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