Bush postpones pre-election doctor's visit

[JoFerret]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1521&ncid=703&e=7&u=/afp/20041005/pl_afp/us_vote_bush_health

[Cha]

1. Again, with the getting out of

physicals!! What's up, bush?

[skylarmae]

10. drugs ? alcohol ? receiving device in in ear?

All have been bandied about the web. I go with all three..

[Cha]

27. And meds unless those are the

drugs you mean}(

[aquart]

2. ANOTHER physical he doesn't show up for?

What's he hiding THIS time?

[spotbird]

6. Alzheimer's. nt

[JoFerret]

40. Pre-senile dementia

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[dqueue]

43. Hah!

You'd think someone in the Kerry camp would hit on this angle!

[Amigust]

44. Exactly my sentiments

eom

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. Fuck the physical...give this guy a psyche exam!

[napi21]

4. Cute excuse...too busy campaigning.

It's obviously BS. A very extensive physical takes, at the most 5 hours. It is a bit mysterious why he would want to postpone it. I would think it would be a good campaign item...a positive "Look I'm in great condition".

[snippy]

13. They could do it on Air Force One. It wouldn't need to take any time

away from campaigning. I think it's the amount of medication he is taking because of the campaign. Better campaigning through chemistry.

[bagnana]

5. this is bull.

We (the American people) are entitled to know whether he is mentally and physically fit for office. Got my mind made up about the answer to the first question, and am waiting for the second.

[leftchick]

7. This is bull shit...

<"The president, like other Americans, talked with his doctors about when to have his physical. They felt it was perfectly fine to do it later this year," said McClellan. "The president is an active person who is physically fit and in great health." >


...so we just take their word for it?!?

[snippy]

8. Probably doesn't want to do the physical until after detox, and he can't

go through detox until after the campaign.

[DURHAM D]

9. Imagine if Bill Clinton had done this - impeachment time again. n/t

[Moderator]

11. Snip

JoFerret- please offer the readers of LBN a snip of the article you are posting.



WASHINGTON (AFP) - After undergoing his annual medical check-up in August 2001, 2002 and 2003, US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) has put the procedure off this year until after the November 2 election, his spokesman said.

Bush, locked in a neck-and-neck race for the White House with Democratic Senator John Kerry (news - web sites), is in "great health" and got the green light for the decision from his doctors, spokesman Scott McClellan told AFP.


"This has been a busier travel period for the president than the previous three years," the spokesman said.

[LiberalFighter]

35. How could he get the green light from his doctors...

if he didn't get the physical?

[sam sarrha]

12. His Bradycardia [spl] looks serious.. resting heartbeat is 45..not enough

to run the brain sometimes.. he probably got those marks on his face from standing up too fast then falling down when he blacked out...

I wouldn't doubt he is on speed during the debates, noted impatience, to get his heart up fast enough to run his 91 IQ.

i think he needs the pacemaker for that really bad but cant look vulnerable before the election...

[spotbird]

15. 91 IQ?!?

What are you, some kind of troll?

Let's get real here it is 82 in the morning, with the speed.

[clydefrand]

23. Tooooo damn high! That's trainable and he ain't!

[knowbody0]

14. cheney propably swallowed his balls

[LiberalFighter]

36. How is that possible?

He doesn't have any?

[neomonkey]

16. If Bush wins I wonder what the sheople will think

When all the repressed, sordid truths about the Idiot King suddenly hail down from the heavens. Will they regret they voted for this maniac?

I doubt it.

[JoFerret]

18. Repeat of 1972

.

[CheshireCat]

26. Many Nixon supporters

refused to admit that they supported old "Tricky Dicky" after Watergate went into full-swing! It was beautiful!

After the despair over Nixon getting "4 more years", watching him fall was especially sweet.

Many of the people who voted for Nixon could not believe the extent of the corruption in his administration. I never could figure out why! It was all so obvious to so many of us.

The big difference is that the Bushista's make Nixon and his crowd look like amateurs. And Nixon supporters were appalled at his criminal acts. Bush's supporters do not care that he is so totally corrupt.

Very sad!

[LiberalFighter]

37. Such high moral values that these fundamentals have

[Amigust]

41. The canoe will already be over the falls before the sheople

get a clue.

[AlCzervik]

17. I really dont know where to even start

on this one. The specualtion for me will be endless.

[KoKo]

19. This article does "protest al little too much" No? (n/t)

[henslee]

20. A link to Bush's medical history.(not "Whitehouse" official but...)

it looks reseached and has attributions.

http://www.doctorzebra.com/prez/t43.htm

[havocmom]

21. Got one for his 'meds' history?

That's the one which would tell the tale.

[henslee]

22. not enuff ram on my pc to handle that list.

[havocmom]

25. snarf! Two points for the disguinshed gentleman from LA.

Good one, henslee.

[Corgigal]

24. I thought the current DU theory

was Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome. Well someone put on your Doc/Detective hat and throw some new stuff out there. This guy got something and it's something he doesn't want us to know.

Link for Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome :

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/wernicke-korsakoff.htm

[TrogL]

28. This would be an interesting topic at the debates

[Rose Siding]

29. Sets a horrible example

although who can afford a physical every year?

If a dem did this, the siren would be up at Drudge with all the accompanying speculation.

[VegasWolf]

30. Simple, bush doesn't want to reveal the meds to keep him

calmed down. If he has a breakdown after the election we
would have Haliburton for president. The american people
need to know if bush is going pschyco!!

New Information Shows Bush Indecisive, Paranoid, Delusional

[truthisfreedom]

31. i say Kerry should be using this... he skips his physical AGAIN... this

time as commander-in-chief! GROUND HIM AGAIN!

[daleo]

32. There is something fishy here

They claim he doesn't have time. I mean, how long would it take? It is not like he has to spend a few hours at the doctor's office, like regular mortals.

[VegasWolf]

33. Kerry found time!!!

[Carolab]

34. Oh RIIIIIGGGHHHTTTT

"This has been a busier travel period for the president than the previous three years," the spokesman said.

Like it takes so long to have a physical? Maybe Shrub could've put off one of his fishin' trips or a bike ride or two to go to the doctor!

[MisterP]

38. this is a pattern

[arikara]

39. Be sure and vote the story up

so that it gets out there...

[VegasWolf]

42. Oh Georgie, don't worry its just a little needle!!!

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