Did Bush have something in his eyes last night?

[kerryin2004]

Jesus I started to count his blining during hs closing speech, but I lost count at 1,000.. Anyone else try and count how many times he blinked during the debate??

[T Roosevelt]

1. They're called headlights

[makhno]

2. I think this is what HST called

The Fear

[hippiechick]

3. Yeah, he was looking at reality ...

... for the first time in a very long time.

[Mrs. Overall]

4. He was controlling tears and his desire to stomp his foot, throw himself

on the ground and contort into a tantrum.

[Richard D]

5. I got 260 . . .

But I think it was a bit more than that. Sometimes the blinks were coming so fast I couldn't keep up. This could be tourette's syndrome, tardive dyskenesia (a side effect of anti-psychotic medications and possibly other, shall we say recreational drugs), or a side effect of some CNS stimulant like ritalin.

[samplegirl]

6. Tourettes

http://www.larouchepub.com/pr_lar/2004/040927bush_nuts.html

[Norquist Nemesis]

7. Isn't blinking a tell?

I might be mistaken, but somewhere I read or saw a documentary about tells dealing with body language. One of the reasons con men are so effective is because they can recognize tells and control their own.

IIRC, blinking in such a way as Bush does is a sure sign he's lying or hiding something.