Bush Is Not Looking Well ---pix--->>>

[Stephanie]

He's unravelling.




President Bush speaks about post-Katrina rebuilding efforts in Mississippi on
Wednesday, August 29, 2007, in Bay St. Louis, Miss. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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President Bush with first lady Laura Bush waves as they arrive at the White House,
Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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[madokie]

1. considering how much he drinks I think he still looks pretty good

if one can use the words pretty or good in relationship to w* that is.

[Stephanie]

2. this is what happens when he doesn't get four full weeks of vacation

Looks like he was drinking the whole time, one long two week binge.

[thereismore]

12. How could anyone be rested after 2 weeks in that Waco hellhole of his?

His daughters hate it there for a reason.

[Virginia Dare]

3. I agree, he's got a classic alcoholic look about him..

I imagine he smells like a walking distillery.

[madokie]

14. yesterdays booze, yea yesterdays booze

in my best george jones

[Vickers]

4. Wow, was he sleeping on a hay bale inside the chopper?

He looks like a hobo.

[Virginia Dare]

9. His clothes always look wrinkled and never seem to match..

he never looks like he combs his hair or brushes his teeth anymore, and he's got a fucking tax-payer supported valet! He just simply doesn't give a shit anymore, the booze/pills have taken over.

[truth2power]

34. But he still remembers to wave. Christ!! I really want to know

what important individual is out there that he has to wave at?

It looks stupid!

[sofa king]

38. He's waving to Leni Riefenstahl

[MissMillie]

5. the dark side does that to ya

[Virginia Dare]

8. delete

[AndyA]

6. He's been looking a little ragged for the last few years, but it does seem

to be gaining on him.

Sometimes he looks heavily made up, no doubt to cover the signs of heavy drinking and/or side effects of prescription drugs.

I read somewhere that someone who met him said that he had that "alcoholic smell" to him, where the liquor leeches out through the skin. Anyone who's ever been around a heavy drinker knows that smell. And no amount of cologne can cover it up.

I certainly don't know if it's true or not, but I remember reading the story about it. And it is a bit concerning to think that an alcoholic is running this country. :shrug:

[Stephanie]

13. here he is in heavy makeup >

And he still looks like shit. I know that smell. I remember working with someone who smelled like that in the mornings, and I couldn't figure out if he was drinking vodka in the a.m. and covering it with Listerine, or if it was just still leeching out from the night before. Hard to tell.



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[DaveJ]

18. To be fair...

I surmise most the planet has been run by druggies and alcoholics for quite a while

[WI_DEM]

7. He still looks better than all the corpses he's piled up in Iraq

[presspeal]

10. With the departure of some of his kaball...

he's probably beginning to realize his place in history. You know-"Worst American President Ever!":argh:

[yardwork]

11. I think that his liver is failing.

I also think that he has severe brain damage as a result of lifelong hard drinking and drugging. His arms flap uncontrollably. He has poor muscle coordination. He's gained weight in the abdomen (ascites) and lost weight everywhere else, with obvious loss of muscle tone all over his body. His skin is dark red. His hands and face are covered with blotches. He gets rashes and bleeding sores on his face and hands. His hair is always unkempt - probably as a result of uncontrollably running his hands through it. His clothes never look right on him - they're always pulled to one side or hitched up or something. He obviously fidgets with his clothes and hair. He's frequently unshaven in public now.

Google the effects of severe liver disease.

[sinkingfeeling]

16. Maybe. But he'll be first in line for a new liver, jumping in front of all those on the waiting

list for transplants.

[tiptoe]

21. maybe the resignations of *-Brain and *-Shield are

clearing-the-way harbingers for Bush's own resignation due to *-Liver.

("Clearing the way" that is...for Cheney)

[BurtWorm]

15. "Vodka! Vo-o-o-dka!"

[WinkyDink]

17. Looks like Larry Craig copied his "wide stance" from Bush! Heh, heh.

[tiptoe]

19. hmm "Lazy" dems haven't charged any of his subpoena-ignorin' gang, yet: He may miss

opportunity to "Scooterize", if he's out of office before charges/trials/convictions of Rice, Sara, Cheney, Gonzo, Miers, Ralston, WHIG-members, etc etc etc.

A "Time" Sword of Damocles hangs over his ragged-lookin' head (now-brainless).

"Why don't those dang democrats git on with it?!!! Ya almost think they be schemin' to try 'em after I'm OUT of office...when I won't be able to pardon no one! I hope my loyal pals don't crack in the meantime and answer the sapeenees I told 'em to ignore...'It's HARD WORK!'...need more love from the bottle...'HARD WORK!!'...attorney general?...Ah! I'll nominate Gonzo!...gotta see what turdblossom thinks...oh wait...damn...'HARD WORK!!!'..."

******
Meanwhile:

American Nightmare: Gonzales "wrong and illegal and unethical"

Wednesday, 29 August 2007, Column: Greg Palast

...
So what is most frightening is not the resignation of Alberto Gonzales, the Pinocchio of prosecutorial misconduct, but the resignation of Karl Rove. Because New Mexico 2004 was just the testing ground for the roll-out of the "ID" attack planned for 2008.

And Rove who three decades ago cut his political fangs as chief of the Nixon Youth, is ready to roll. To say Rove left his White House job under a cloud is nonsense. He just went into free-agent status, an electoral hitman ready to jump on the next GOP nominee's black-ops squad. The fact that Rove's venomous assistant, Tim Griffin, was set up to work for the campaign Fred Thompson, is a sign that the Lord Voldemort of vote suppression is preparing to practice his Dark Arts in '08.

It was Rove who convinced Bush to fire upright prosecutors and replace them with Rove-bots ready to strike out at fraudulent (i.e. Democratic) voters.
...

[soleft]

20. Doesn't Barb Bush look like Nathan Lane from Bird Cage in this pic

I was looking for Pics of Herbert Walker to compare and found this

[Stephanie]

23. that's one unhappy family

Dodo looks like a prisoner of war

[SammyWinstonJack]

24. She does, indeed!

:spray:

[Jane Austin]

27. I think Barb looks just like George Tenet in a white wig in that picture!

Yikes.

[WI_DEM]

36. Dumbya looks just as stupid then as he does now

[dddem]

37. funny you should mention that

I just saw the birdcage again after many years, and enjoyed it more than I did the first time, but when I saw Nathan Lane come out as Val's mom, thats the 1st thing I thought. I bet he used Babs as his inspiration - even down to the fake pearls.

[DaveJ]

22. But, didn't the doctors say he's in good health?

I heard it on TV and the people on TV never lie.

[backscatter712]

25. This seems to happen to all Presidents.

I swear, it's like Dorian Gray in reverse. I've seen it happen to Clinton, Bush 41 and Reagan. They come in looking lively, youngish and spry, and come out looking like they're ready for the nursing home, like they've aged 20 years. I guess the job's pretty damned stressful.

Though I can't say I'd be shocked or surprised to see that Bush is accelerating the process with booze...

[Virginia Dare]

31. Clinton apparently was in an advancing stage of heart disease..

and still didn't look nearly that bad when he left office.

[qdemn7]

33. I think it's stress

Clinton looked bad at the end of his term. But, shit, I can't imagine having to be "on" all the time. Not being able to just say "fuck it" and take a break for a few days. No worry about the office or the job. Knowing everything you do and say will be scrutinized, analyzed and dissected to the Nth degree. All Presidents have to put up with tons of shit from people. I think people in this country better be damned glad dueling is no longer legal.

[Arkansas Granny]

26. When compared to pictures taken of him just 3 years ago, yes

he looks awful. This picture was taken in October, 2004.



I don't know whether to attribute the change to stress, drinking, illness or the fact that "prezidentin" is harder work that he thought it would be.

[MilesColtrane]

28. I hear that clearing brush is particularly hard on the liver. n/t

[lonestarnot]

29. everclearing brush will take the paint right off of it.

[Homer Wells]

30. "I started to die

Which started the whole world living
Oh, if I'd only seen
That the joke was on me"

Bee Gees
"I Started a Joke":shrug:

[RB TexLa]

32. I'll get flamed but I'm going to say it, Yankees don't do well with the humidity

And by "Yankee" I mean the traditional definition of the word - - - Blue blood, Anglo, New England Protestants

[Cleita]

35. He should do fine in Dubai then. It's a dry heat. n/t