Bush off the Wagon?

[YEM]

[chelsea0011]

1. Maybe he thinks beer doesn't count as alcohol

[merh]

2. his paid liars will say it was a non-alcoholic beer

but thanks for the images to share!

A belated welcome to DU. :hi:

[Dhalgren]

3. Is this why he turns into the Groper in Chief when he is out on his own?

Is that "near beer"? can you even get that in Europe? (Just kidding)...

[bunkerbuster1]

17. Interesting, in the US there's non-alcoholic beer and "regular"

but I've seen "low-alcohol" beer in the UK that was around 2%. You could get a bit of a buzz, but it was more trouble than it was worth, which was sort of the point.

[Kikosexy2]

34. Maybe it's ...

his own urine....

[Peregrine Took]

4. If he's going to drink -it won't be in front of anyone with a camera. Non-

alcoholic beer only in public.

[Dhalgren]

6. Yeah, but ask any alcoholic, and they will tell you that they avoid

non-alcoholic or near beer just as much as the real thing. And just by-the-by, non-alcoholic beer actually has alcohol in it, just very small amounts...

[merh]

8. Bullshit, he has sheeple & devoted out there to defend his drinking by claiming

its the non-alcoholic stuff.

Just watch ..... ermmm, I mean welcome.

[oldgrowth]

10. There low alcohol from .5 to 1.5 not nonalcoholic

[Eurobabe]

5. Liar was never ON the wagon n/t

[jobycom]

9. Bingo. Ask around Austin

and you'll find enough people who saw him drunk as governor.

Also, watch the clip of him on 9-11, in his recorded message from Louisiana. Dude was slurring, his eyes were red, his cheeks flushed. He was drunk that day. I believe that's why they hid him from the public until that night.

[benld74]

7. Perhaps his stomach ailment mentioned in the MSM was a hangover

[Dhalgren]

13. Exactly what i thought! Great minds and all that...

He probably went on a bender the night before (this picture is probably early in the bout). He must have woken up fighting pretzels again...

[jobycom]

11. The Deciderer decidereded he'd have a beer. nt

[Vickers]

12. A recovering alcoholic in a 12 step program wouldn't touch a NA beer.

He's a boozer, always has been.

I wouldn't be surprised if he makes it a habit of drinking NA beer in front of people, then sneaking the real thing backstage (so to speak)...it would give a cover to the smell of the real stuff.

[bunkerbuster1]

18. But he's never been in a 12-step program, has he?

Not that this is a knock against him (or for), but hasn't he always maintained that his re-emerging faith in God & Jesus was the catalyst that also enabled him the willpower to stop drinking?

Believe him or not (and I trust him as far as I can throw him, like 99.44% of the DUers), that is as valid an explanation as any. There is more than one way to skin a cat, and more than one way to achieve sobriety.

[Warpy]

23. Untreated alcoholics have a very poor prognosis

no matter how much they love Jesus. Yes, they might be able to stop drinking for long periods of time, but the underlying emotional problems are never dealt with the way they are in 12 step programs. Dry drunks--alcoholic behavior without the alcohol--are frequent and frightening. Physical problems arising from years of abuse are not addressed.

Also, there is a huge difference between problem drinkers and alcoholics. Problem drinkers are not yet addicted and can stop, although they do much better with treatment, too. Alcoholics, especially maintenance drinkers, need treatment, period.

Anyone who has ever lived with an alcoholic knows that Stupid was drunk at last year's G8. I sincerely doubt that is the only time because his neurological deterioration has continued throughout his pResidency.

There are alternatives to the 12 step programs, all with varying rates of success. Some are quite good. However, an alcoholic needs something besides the bible. The bible alone won't provide what he needs to recover.

[Vickers]

26. His "faith in God & Jesus" is campaign bullshit for the addled masses.

He's no more a religious man than I am an astronaut.

And in my (admittedly limited) experience, I have never met a recovering alcoholic that has maintained sobriety over the years without either being (1) in AA or (2) some sort of long-term and uninterrupted therapy.

[dflprincess]

28. I'm sure George-Boy rationalizes that if

Jesus didn't want us to drink, he wouldn't have turned water to wine. So not drinking must be an abomination. :evilgrin:

[Vickers]

29. OK, I admit it...I've actually used that very argument with my teetotaler friends.

:P

[dflprincess]

30. Yeah, but I bet you were trying to be funny

George-Boy actually believes it.

[leveymg]

14. Warsteiner makes a low-alcoholic beer

Look at the label on the bottle, and compare to the image of Warsteiner "non-alcoholic" beer (link) (the Premium gold label (right) is normal beer, but the neck labels are similar). http://beergeek.stores.yahoo.net/nowagebe12.html

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/beergeek_1929_6582428


I've been having as much fun with this story as anyone this morning, but don't take this whole thing too far. We don't want the wingnuts to say we wear too much tinfoil, I mean beer wrappers.

[Eurobabe]

20. Very bitter. Not as good as the real thing....in fact all this talk about beer

is making me head down to the local biergarten to have a Mas! PROST!!

:toast: :toast:

[PATRICK]

22. Worthwhile research at last

The label, blurred doesn't look like your example exactly, but we need more detail. Bitter taste would explain his facial grimace during the downing. And's its residual alcohol content for sure would be very helpful.

[Warpy]

25. I get migraines from alcohol

in any form. I really missed beer when I had to admit I could never drink again for the rest of my life unless I learned to love a thirty six hour migraine.

I tried drinking Birell. It was at least as good as commercial US lagers, which means it was carbonated cat pee if I tried to drink it at room temperature, but the twice a summer I wanted a cold one, it worked.

O'Doul's left me flat, I just wasn't impressed, and since that's all I've found here in the wild west, I've just learned to live without the occasional cold almost one in the summer.

I haven't seen Warsteiner's, but might give it a try if I do. If it's as lousy as the others, I suppose I could make a beer batter something or other for dinner.

[snappyturtle]

15. Thanks for posting this! I'm going to bookmark it for * supporters

that think the sun rises and sets with him.

[Ian David]

16. The more he drinks, the more attractive she gets...

[grasswire]

19. no ugly girls at closing time

Isn't that the old saying?

[momster]

37. In the fifth picture, especially,

that blurred, slack-jawed, "where the hell am I" look on his face reminds me of every alcohol-impaired person I've ever seen, from my f-i-l to the guy with the paper-bag wrapped bottle on the corner. He was drinking during that summit and he's drinking during this one. He probably looks forward to the chance to get away and get hammered. What Happens at the G-8, Stays at the G-8, right?

[blueworld]

21. as well as his rocker? n/t

[OneBlueSky]

24. puh-leeze! . . . he's never been ON the wagon . . .Bush's claims of sobriety . . .

have about as much credibility as his claims that he's a "religious" person . . . both are merely public relations tactics that have absolutely no basis in reality . . . he is, and always has been, an immoral, unethical, spirit-deprived drunk/punk . . .

[polichick]

27. Yep, he played America big time...

I never bought the religious stuff (just a tool to get elected and manipulate people), but it's really disheartening to know he's still drinking. Kinda 'spains a lot though! :crazy:

[StudentsMustUniteNow]

31. Guy's a degenerate from start to finish

He was obviously tweaked out of his mind during one of the debates against Kerry.

[LibDemAlways]

32. It's unseemly for a US President, who admits to having

past drinking problems, to be photographed drinking alcohol. And the "near beer" crap is just that - crap. And he wakes up this morning with a hangover that's passed off as a stomach disorder. Bullshit.

[zulchzulu]

33. The second photo...he's thinking how to fuck up the World more

He's plotting something.

[rodeodance]

35. He is on happy pills

[ludwigb]

36. Give The Guy A Break

Is a beer with Merkel supposed to be a bad thing?

Maybe she took the opportunity to bend his ear on climate change.

"George, think about the effect of global warming on the quaility of our beer.... George, you are messing with our livlihood here.."

[snowbear]

39. Give him a break???

Sheezuz Ludwig, have you been on a space station mission the past 6.5 years without media coverage of any sort?

The last thing Americans need to do is to give Mr. Bush any more breaks!

[defendandprotect]

38. Wild-eyed and drugged and downing beer?

From the reports over the past week, a few Texans -- friends and donors -- have seen some strange behavior -- chest thumping and "I am the President" scared a few --
A rant about Iraq and being misunderstood scared some others.

Besides the beers -- and I doubt he'd want to down some straight hard liquor in public --
I think the question is how much anti-anxienty drugs he's taking -- ????