PHOTO: Bush as he really is (British press)

[Bluebear]

Why does our media only show * with a man-tan and caked with stage cosmetics? Why did Bush skip his physical? What's wrong with him?

[Dickie Flatt]

1. Get him to a doctor.

[Bluebear]

39. For a physical!

[DaveSZ]

2. Doesn't your face get red like that from drinking?

[PDittie]

11. Gin blossoms n/t

[Sandpiper]

12. Gin Blossoms

Is what they're called.

[sangh0]

18. I don't think those are gin blossoms

They don't look like any I've ever seen, and unfortunately, I've seen a lot.

It looks like he's been doing a lot of scratching, which is a side effect of some drugs.

[Sandpiper]

22. I think it's a mixture

Of all those years of booze and coke.

It makes you wonder how much makeup they have to cake on the guy before he goes on TV.

[sangh0]

23. That could be

because I've never seen a gin blossom on someone's hand. I'm not saying it couldn't happen, but I've never seen it

[Nordic]

56. dude

that's exactly the way my nose used to look the day after I'd drink.

And it's one of the reasons I don't drink anymore.

[NDFan]

3. EW!!

Should be a warning with this post! ;)

[slutticus]

4. Ebola?

Or any hemorrhagic fever of your choice...

[hippiegranny]

5. Holy Catfish!

Man, that is sooooo NOT pretty.

[Hobarticus]

Needs some sunshine blown up his ass.

Quick! get Condi and Rummy in here!

[Clinton Crusader]

6. Is it Halloween already!??! ACK!

:scared:
:kick:

[RedEarth]

20. lol...that would scare the hell out of you....damn sure wouldn't trick or

treat at his house...

[ClintonTyree]

7. He's blotchier than O'Reilly......................

and that isn't easy. There is something seriously wrong with that man. Physically as well as mentally

[rhino47]

8. You would think he could at least trim ear hair .. ewwwww

Notice hes in the classic coke pose?snooooorttt.

[Bluebear]

17. Snooooooooortttttt lol

[polmaven]

21. But if he trims his ear hair

where will he hide the earpiece? :shrug:

[THUNDER HANDS]

9. ewwwwwwwwww

Who punched him in the nose?

Was he eating pretzels again?

[htuttle]

10. With gin blossoms like that, he's got to stink

I bet he has the sour, yeasty smell that old drunks get...

[Dover]

13. Is there any blood/circulation in his hands?

Strange.

[RedEarth]

14. Is that actually the chimpster?....the sob looks terrible...

[rockydem]

15. He's not sleeping well

and he's scared.

[MADem]

16. Jesus, look at the blotches on his HANDS

Say, maybe he has GULF WAR ILLNESS....one of the symptoms in addition to the strange rashes is that some people's hands get all blotchy, flaky and turn almost ORANGE. Maybe he got it from the fucking shots they gave us, that made US sick!!!

Boy, would that be sick justice. He who never served, getting GWI.

That picture is hideous--should be posted everywhere, on BILLBOARDS.

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[Clinton Crusader]

24. WTF is wrong with his nose? He looks like WC Fields!

:kick:

[OldLeftieLawyer]

25. Rosacea

It's rosacea, I bet. Sure looks like it to me.

It's aggravated - and that's an aggravated state he's got there - by consumption of alcohol and stress.

http://www.rosacea.org/

He's drinking again, I'd bet anything.

[Kinkistyle]

35. yeah, Clinton has it too.

So do I. It sucks. But then again I don't wear make-up to cover it up.

[npincus]

26. leprosy- I hope his dick falls off

[Randi_Listener]

27. Jesus "Fuck Ass" Christ

Nice grill, Fuckee.

[treading_water]

28. BWAHHahahahh! Did you see what they named this pic?

It's hosted on the Guardian... they called it bushdone.jpg.

BWAhahahhahaha!!!!!

:evilgrin:

[Bluebear]

37. I DID notice that!

[Algorem]

29. Bush today:Kerry's"the wrong man for the wrong job at the wrong time!"

What the hell does that mean?It would mean Kerry's the right man for the right job at the right time,right?

[Randi_Listener]

31. Triple negative

Is that a positive or a fucking negative?

[Kali]

30. GEEEEEZZZUUUSSSS

looks like a battered wife, Unca Dick beat the crap out of him?

[ChloeForKerry]

32. If that isn't a drunkard

don't know what is? He's a raging alcoholic.

[Catfight]

33. This is what rotting looks like from the inside out! n/t

[Anakin Skywalker]

34. A Beaten Bush.

Damn! Bush looks like he got bitch-slapped in that picture! LOL :-) Maybe Laura caught him in some hanky-panky, eh?

[MrTriumph]

36. Photo looks doctored

Hang on now. Look at his pinkie is red on one end and flesh colored at the other. And some of the other red spots appear somewhat irregular.

DUers, take a critical look.

[Bluebear]

38. You think a newspaper doctored a picture?

[Bluebear]

40. any more on this?

[Nordic]

58. I know photoshop. They cranked up the contrast

which pronounces the skin blemishes.

But the blemishes are all there, you're just seeing them better.

It's not "doctored" in the respect that you're not seeing anything fake. You're just seeing it amplified.

[Dover]

41. What's the source, the date and the story that accompanied this picture?

I'm curious.

[Bundbuster]

42. Mas

[wellstone_democrat]

Looks like bloat from certain drugs

cortisteroids do that as I recall. That isn't a healthy man---

[Fridays Child]

70. It's a bit of the cortisone moonface effect, I agree.

[ILeft]

43. I'll bet Karen & Karl wear gloves when they handle him.

I'm sure the Federal Agents will.

[Bundbuster]

44. Another

[budkin]

45. MY PRRRREEECCCCIOUSSSS!!!!!

The ring will not let go!!!

[Bundbuster]

46. Untouched

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

47. Too much time in the hot Crawford sun

[Bundbuster]

48. Insane

[Bundbuster]

49. Coward

[MrMonk]

50. George! Step down and take care of your health.

No more pictures like this one.
I almost feel sorry for the guy.

[Bundbuster]

51. How he really is

[Bundbuster]

52. Idiot

[grasswire]

57. this one cracked me up

Oh lordy. What will we do for laughs after Kerry takes the WH?

[TexasChick]

82. Jobs and growth, where's mine, Chimp?! Man, he's ballooning!

[NAO]

53. He's Out-Splotched O'Reiley!

More splotchy than Mr. Splotchy himself.

Looking at this photo is like looking at the sun - I can only glance at it for a split second and they I have to avert my eyes because it is actually painful to perceive this image.

[MetaTrope]

54. Do you have a link to whatever Guardian article this was connected with?

I'd like to know the context...

[blueblitzkrieg]

55. Holy crap.

He looks like total shit.

[JSJ]

59. forget it monkeyboy- your septum is history

[FlaGranny]

60. What about lupus?

If we're looking for a physical condition other than boozing, lupus might be it.

"Changes of the skin, hair, nails, and mucous membranes are very common in people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE),"
see: http://www.lupus.org/education/topics/skinchanges.html

Also: http://www.lupus.org/education/sympt.html

The list of symptoms at this lupus information web site also lists sun sensitivity as a symptom. Both father Bush and GW have extremely sun-damaged skin. Note the blotchiness, freckles and lighter pink areas on his forehead. Actually, when looking closely at his hand, it also looks like he has vitiligo.

And what's with those brown fingertips? Weird.

[mitchum]

61. It looks like he also inherited Poppy's skin cancer

[Bundbuster]

62. Spoiled brat

[seraph]

67. Or this?

Incompetent.

[TexasChick]

83. Geez, look how much this chimp has aged! I guess it is hard work being

the presidunce!

[Bundbuster]

63. Petulant pusbag

[Placebo]

64. Oy, he is a hideous man-beast.

[Bluebear]

72. Truth.

[snowbear]

65. If I have bad dreams tonight.....

it's plastic turkey's fault! :P

[Maiden England]

66. blimey, I'm getting slaughtered from the stench of alcohol

coming from that pic

[Bundbuster]

68. ruh roh

[lanparty]

69. Candid: Bush and Tony Blair

An unused "Mission Accomplished" photo op with little brother Jeb:



Bush down on the Ranch:


Powell trying to make Bush feel better:


X-Ray from a recent Bush physical:


Don Rumsfeld:


Presidential spokesman Scott McClellan:


Andrew Card:


Bush in Alabama, circa 1973:


Bush's chief scientific advisor:


John Ashcroft smoking a stogie:


Dick Cheney consults with his chief of staff:


Iraq re-construction funds coordinator:


Karl Rove:


Tommy Franks:


Bush Jeb and family get a visit from Pat Robertson:


Where Bush will be next year:

[livinginphotographs]

80. That was by far

The funniest post I've ever seen in my life.

[NightOwwl]

71. He chews his fingers.

You can see the little pieces of skin around the nail and cuticle, especially on the ring finger. I started doing this after I quit smoking...exchanging one habit for another. Methinks he'd rather be drinking.

[bat17]

73. Guardian source for the photo

http://www.guardian.co.uk/gall/0,8542,1330921,00.html

About 1/2 down the page, October 19th.

[pandorasox]

74. kicked for your lunchtime pleasure

:kick:

[MsAnthropy]

75. While John Kerry grows more gorgeous every day!

Karma at work

[tomfodw]

76. When & where was this taken?

Wow, does he look like shit.

[pandorasox]

77. Check msg #73 above

[DuaneBidoux]

78. He did a lot more in his youth than we've given him credit for.

[donsu]

79. maybe he has AIDs - his penis has been around the block a lot

nt

[minerva50]

81. Maybe they have him on steroids

There are stories about him going off on people, and that's why they keep him in a bubble. Roid Rage?