List Bush's "symptoms"

[auburngrad82]

Let's compile a list of symptoms that Bush seems to have and then take a guess at what he might be hiding.

Here are a few:

Flushed Skin
Confusion
Imbalance (not sure about this one but considering the bump on his head, his leaning on McCain yesterday and falling off his bike recently could be a symptom)
Rapid blinking
possible paralysis in face? Could account for the sneer.

Any others?

From the ones I've listed could be stroke.

[Worst Username Ever]

1. Extreme lapses in judgement

[BlueEyedSon]

2. Dry mouth, Confabulation, Forgetfulness

[phylny]

3. Word-finding difficulties n/t

[Hubert Flottz]

4. Sorry but I don't have six months!

Besides my typing finger would be worn away before I got half of them typed!

The void between his ears sez it all!

[aden_nak]

5. Is "douchebaggery" a symptom?

[auburngrad82]

6. Based on the symptoms

Epilepsy could be a possibility:

http://my.webmd.com/hw/epilepsy/hw108213.asp

Seizures that make you fall to the ground ("drop attacks") or make the muscles stiffen or jerk out of control are easy to recognize. Many seizures do not involve these reactions, however, and may be harder to notice. Some seizures make you stare into space for a few seconds. Others may consist only of a few muscle twitches, a turn of the head, or a strange smell or visual disturbance that only you sense.

Seizures can begin in a specific portion of the brain (partial seizures) or involve the entire surface of the brain (generalized seizures).

Generalized seizures begin over the entire surface of the brain and may involve the whole body. The cause of generalized seizures is presumed to be genetic. The origin of these seizures cannot be traced to a specific location in the brain. Epilepsy that causes generalized seizures is more common in children than in adults. Generalized seizures are usually treated with medications, although surgery may be helpful in some cases.

Partial seizures, sometimes called focal seizures, begin in a specific location in the brain. While the cause of these seizures is not always clear, they often result from severe head injury, stroke, brain tumor, brain infections, scar tissue, and other diseases that affect the brain. Partial seizures may affect awareness and only one side or part of the body, but may also involve the entire body. While partial seizures commonly occur in adults with epilepsy, children can also develop them. Partial seizures are usually treated with medications, although surgery to remove the affected area of the brain is an option for some people.

[GregW]

7. Slur/lisp in his speech in 3rd debate

I think his handlers placed a device in his mouth to reduce/negate the smirk/smrown. Either that, or he had a craw full of chew.

[auburngrad82]

8. Another possibility

Parkinson's disease:

http://my.webmd.com/hw/parkinsons/hw93214.asp?lastselectedguid={5FE84E90-BC77-4056-A91C-9531713CA348}

The most common symptoms include:

Tremor, or shaking, often in a hand, arm, or leg. Tremor caused by Parkinson's disease occurs when the person is awake and sitting or standing still (resting tremor) and subsides when the person moves the affected body part.

Stiff muscles (rigidity) and achiness. One of the most common early signs of Parkinson's disease is a reduced arm swing on one side when the person is walking due to rigid muscles. Rigidity can also affect the muscles of the legs, face, neck, or other parts of the body and may cause muscles to feel tired and achy.

Slow, limited movement (bradykinesia), especially when the person tries to move from a resting position. For instance, it may be difficult to get out of a chair or turn over in bed.

Weakness of face and throat muscles. Talking and swallowing may become more difficult, and choking, coughing, or drooling may occur. Speech becomes softer and monotonous. Loss of movement in the muscles in the face, including those around the eyes, can cause a fixed, vacant facial expression, often called the "Parkinson's mask."

Difficulty with walking (gait disturbance) and balance (postural instability). A person with Parkinson's disease is likely to use small steps and shuffle with his or her feet close together, bend forward slightly at the waist (stooped posture), and have trouble turning around. Balance and posture problems may result in frequent falls. However, these problems usually do not develop until later in the course of the disease.

[aden_nak]

9. If Bush had Parkinson's, he'd fund Stem Cell Research out the ass.

Seriously. He's not the kind of man to let his principles get in the way of his immediate wants.

[MatrixEscape]

10. Others ...

A few I have noticed:

High stools
Oz-head curtain tugging
Illusions of grandeur
Mexed missage ejaculations
U-turn forehead crease
Quasimodo's hunch
Hawk proboscis inflection
Gomer Pyle Surprise Syndrome
Implosive lip invective
Trapped headlight eye
No pile lead-behind
Elite, glutious maximus tongue application
Fuhrer hand spasms
Advanced oral corruption
Spittle lip
Stature deficit
Stalinitis
Emperor's dementia
Gin blossoms
Iraqomainia
Cerebral flatulence

Oh gosh, I could go on for miles.

[shuffnew]

11. Bush Symptoms? 3-Faces of Eve

Add to list:

Saliva (Drooling) during 3rd Debate (saliva shining in corner of mouth)

3-Faces of Eve (totally different personality, facial, and behavior in each of the 3 debates)

Irrational and inconsistent "decision making"

Insecure and incompetent (eg, taking Cheney with him to the 911 commission instead of the two of them meeting individually as requested. He can't attend a one-on-one with the 911 commission or other critical meetings or negotiations without a security blanket like Cheney or Rove or Hughes, etc.)

Could be stroke, but likely not soley. Stroke, drug or alcohol abuse or treatment, ??? Even if it were not an election year, why wouldn't this President take his physical in a time of war when American citizens deserve the right to know if their President is of sound body and mind?

He reportedly has taken his annual physical in prior years by August of each year. Not taking a physical until after the election in 2004 makes one wonder what might he have to cover up that he doesn't want the voters to know about? Waiting until after the election is too late... voters have already cast their votes. I don't buy the story that he is too busy, as he has plenty of time to lounge around in Crawford all year long.

[rocktivity]

12. Symptoms of what?

http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis1/p21-pe07.html">A narcissitic personality disorder?
has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)

is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)

requires excessive admiration

has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations

is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends

lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others

is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her

shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes

of serial bullying?
The Socialised Psychopath or Sociopath

Also known as the corporate psychopath, workplace psychopath, industrial psychopath and administrative psychopath.

Motivation: power, gratification, personal gain, survival

Mindset: manipulation, deception, evil

Malice: high to very high; when held accountable, off the scale

of presenile dimentia?
...Dr. Carson also agrees...that "The main problem with these theories is that through his forties Bush was perfectly articulate." Yet, Dr. Carson stated he felt "that something organic was wrong with President Bush, most probably dyslexia, but...was unaware of what Fallows pointed out so clearly: that Bush's problems have been developing slowly, and that just a decade ago he was an articulate debater." He was as Fallows said, "artful indeed in steering questions and challenges to his desired subjects... who did not pause before forcing out big words, as he so often does now, or invent mangled new ones." As Dr. Carson suggests, "Consider, in contrast, the present: 'the informal Q&A he has tried to avoid,' 'Bush's recent faltering performances,' 'his stalling, defensive pose when put on the spot,' 'speaking more slowly and less gracefully.'"

Or of closet facism?
Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic images, slogans and symbols

Disdain for human and political rights

Corporate power is protected

Controlled mass media

Disdain for intellectuals...

:shrug:
rocknation

[rocktivity]

13. The symptom that disturbs me most is his "living in the moment"

Bush is so incapable of admitting he's wrong, or even mistaken, that he'll do anything to avoid it regardless of the consequences.

I first noticed it during the Mission Accomplished banner scandal. He said it was put up by the people on the ship, not his PR department. The style of the banner matched that of the backdrops at his speeches, and the timing of his landing on the ship was coordinated with the sunset. Yet, Bush brazenly expected us to believe that the banner could have been hung without his staff's knowledge or consent. He ended up looking damned silly, of course, when it was finally "admitted" that Bush's staff made the banner at the "request" of the troops. But WHY tell a lie that was so easy to be caught in?

Bush did it again at the final debate when he said that he never said that he didn't care about finding bin Laden. Never mind that it was on videotape: as the person who accused bin Laden of being responsible for 9/11 and who therefore okayed the attack on Afghanistan, how COULD he have forgotten such a thing?

Incompetence? Memory problems? Denial? Flat-out LYING? No, something much more dangerous--his way of banishing anything that doesn't fit into his fantasy world of fear, smear and spin. The immediate relief he gets from "saving" himself from the intolerable fate of being wrong far outweighs any unpleasantness that reality may present afterwards.

I read that alcoholics are told to aim for not drinking one day at a time, and if that becomes too insurmountable, to concentrate on not drinking for one hour at a time. That can work, but only if you're aware of what the consequences of your alcoholism are (I'll lose my family/career/life), and more important, if you're committed to avoiding them. Bush's idea of consequences seem to be exposing himself as "weak" and "inferior." Now that his world is beginning to crumble, he's reduced to either lashing out, breaking down--or most dangerous of all, doing both.

:headbang:
rocknation

[Jade Fox]

14. Mood swings!

I made my own list of what he went through just during 4.5 hrs of debating:

sulking
scowling
depressed
freezing with fear
raging
shouting
interupting
laughing/smiling/winking for no apparent reason
pounding the podium
acting incredulous that he was contradicted