Okay....so what's up with Dubya and all that water?

[ewagner]

Damn that was strange......he drank it like it was going out of style!

Theories anybody?

[DenverDem]

1. Vodka.

Teenager trick.

[jean]

2. beta blocker meds to help with public speaking phobia

[redstateblues]

11. Probably true

I have a friend who uses that shit to perform in public

[Longhorn]

3. I think he was nervous and just needed something to do.

When he wasn't gulping water, he was fidgiting and looking more lost than usual.

[Lex]

4. Vodka. "mexed missinghes" instead of "mixed messages"

[grace0418]

5. heavy medication

was screwing with him. They had to keep him doped up so he wouldn't lose it.

[Jokinomx]

6. Actually my Wife pointed that out to me ... she said it means his

mouth was drying out... a common sign of stress and frustration.

Kerry was calm and collected... we didn't see him take one drink... even though he may have and it just happened not to be on caught on film.

[Technowitch]

7. Kerry drank

Just very much less often than Bush did.

We watched on CSPAN, which had split-screen the whole time. Kerry never got past half his first glass of water.

Bush sucked down one and a half, at least. Funny moments came when at least two or three times that I saw, Bush picked up the empty glass late in the debate.

[redstateblues]

10. That was funny and odd

[Oddman]

12. I watched C-Span too and I wondered why his team didn't take away

the empty glass . . .

[alvis]

8. You know you're plenty high

when your mouth is getting dry.

One bourbon, one scotch, one beer

:evilgrin:

[IHaveADream]

9. caffeine or coke - let us pray for him . . .

[mark11727]

13. Side effect... gotta-go, gotta-go, gotta-go right now.. :o)

No wonder he was so fidgety.

[theHandpuppet]

14. If there's a doctor in the house...

... they could tell us what kind of medications cause an increase in thirst, because I truly believe Bush is on meds for whatever condition he's hiding by avoiding his physical.

[Richard D]

15. Also

He blinked around 260 times in the 2 minute closing statement. Really weird looking. Dry eyes as well?