Reply #39: Bush always has a Dr. as close as his "Nuclear Football". [View All]

[galloglas]

from what I was told in that exchange regarding CHB. It is definitely no blood pressure med the doc gives and says, "Call me in a month, or if you have any adverse affects."

He is watched like a hawk!

As to "Sometimes probable cause and probable effect jumps out from a timeline." is an on the money observation, IMHO.

His August vacation during 2003, five months after the Invasion, was I month I took note of. I wish I could recall the specifics, but there were several times my gut told my head, "Ahaaa!"

Also, "seeing Justin Frank's speculation about drinking during Dubya's long vacations" brings up a thought I've had (which I also floated out for vetting to some mental health folks).

I think that his medical keepers have decided it is better to let Bush be a "hidden tippler" than to risk his coming completely unglued under pressure sometime, and chugging a bottle of Wild Turkey.

But I don't think his drinking is confined to vacations. There is talk about a "half glass of wine" as his constitutional, and the parsing of the phrasing "quit drinking". Many consider him a "dry drunk", not a reformed drinker. And, if so, that might be an upside scenario, considering the alternatives.

Myself, I think I have seen him (visibly, but barely so) under the influence several times in the last two years. Just a little tooo jolly, sometimes, considering whatever circumstances surrounded it.

If I am right, the man is a walking time bomb. It's like he is sooo screwed up, he is in an ICU, but is allowed to walk and talk, by his keepers, as long as he abides by their rules.