Harry Shearer: "What's with the President's jaw?"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/archive/harry-shearer/the-president-goes-jawggi_4456.html

Yes, it was amusing to see how excited broadcast/cable media folk were, after having gotten their White House briefing, to be able to scoop the President's official announcement of the Roberts nomination by almost an hour. There's gotta be a different word for a scoop that's so assiduously spoon-fed by the scoopee.

But I'd rather concentrate on a real scoop -- i.e., what's with the President's jaw? During the announcement remarks, George W. Bush unveiled a (to me, at least) entirely new facial movement, and it was a trimphant debut, since the movement/tic/signal was repeated more than a dozen times. I have no idea what it means, but a new Presidential facial movement, well into the second term, is exciting enough on its own terms. Enjoy it here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/video/bush%20roberts%20speech.mov

[still_one]

1. heard randi rhodes yesterday imply that people on coke

have that tendancy

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

3. He's over-amping on something.

George Bush is one man who will never know the meaning of the term "natural high."

:evilgrin:

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

4. He must have to balance the drugs before public appearances...

Go lighter on the sedatives, increase the stimulants, but not too much, adjust the psychotropics and then send him out to speak.

The cumulative effect of whatever chemicals he's been ingesting are starting to show. Other medical types out there...do you think we're seeing some extrapyramidal(sp) symptoms here? MKJ

[Tallison]

6. If he were my patient, I'd have definitely noted it.

Looks so typical of the cocaine tic. (Psych RN):hi:

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

2. OMFG...what is up with that? n/t

MKJ

[Tallison]

5. Oh God, really does resemble the tic coke users get n/t