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KyuzoGator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 10:33 PM
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Serious question: When will the issue of Bush's mental health be explored?
No joke or sarcasm here. I'm not a psychoanalyst (I know there are a few on DU), but the man really does not seem mentally stable to me when I watch him speak.

Thinking back to how Reagan was pretty much out of commission from 1986 on, I wonder how much we'll end up learning about Bush's mental state while claiming to be a "war president."

I think it's entirely possible that he's psychotic.
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thinkingwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 10:37 PM
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1. When? After he's out of office
I'm hoping that the hindsight will lead to a review of the entire assessment of fitness process and make it possible to relieve such people of their duties in a more timely and orderly fashion...for their own well-being and treatment of course. :evilgrin:
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oscar111 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 10:37 PM
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2. you are so right . SWISS HAVE THREE Presidents, to guard against
Edited on Mon Mar-20-06 10:41 PM by oscar111
such things. If i heard rightly.

and rememb er how it came out that Nixon was an alcoholic and Gen Haig actually ran things at the end?

IIRC, in WWone, Gen Pershing ordered the execution of the one million US deserters/stragglers in europe.. but his underlings felt he was just a bit odd, so they ignored his direct order. Officers can get away with ignoring orders, it seems. Source: a PBS show two yrs ago, about ww1.
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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 10:38 PM
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3. wernicke karsakoff syndrome
look it up, you'll find his photo in the book

you may have read it here first but one day he'll be the poster boy for this illness, alas, only years after he is out of office and it's safe for his tearful family to acknowledge that he's barking mad a la the reagans
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 10:38 PM
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4. Something's clearly wrong with him. Your post reminded me of this vid...
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Mend Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 10:39 PM
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5. they seem to be juggling his meds around....
when they give him stimulants, he can organize his thoughts better but his jaw locks up. It looks like he is binge-drinking and that screws up his meds. He has to be getting something for the anxiety/paranoia. We will probably hear about it later after they're done naming airports and highways after him.
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oscar111 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 10:44 PM
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7. after he's on MT. Rushmore, too.
nothing less would be appropriate, considering his great achievements, which have made us the envy of the world.
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badgerpup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 11:00 PM
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11. Here's a link I found for Wernike/Korsakoff's syndrome...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000771.htm
Seems there is some serious alcohol abuse involved for this to occur. Who'da thunk it...:sarcasm:
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porphyrian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 10:43 PM
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6. When his defense team brings it up at trial to reduce sentence. - n/t
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 10:47 PM
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9. You beat me to it.
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 10:46 PM
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8. Not in 2000, not in 2004, so - uh, NEVER? n/t
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Cosmocat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 10:57 PM
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10. It isn't mental health ...
He just is a flaming moron ... It is no more complicated than that ...

The clown got where he got in life by being born into a priviliged family that propped him up, covered his butt and advanced him despite his actions, and developed a swarmy charm, that in a package allowed him to get by in life ... He is deluded into believing that he is as great as the people who foisted him to power made him out to be ... But, believing that is part and parcel of being the idiot he is ...

What you see when you see him speak is a man who is completely in over his head ... As Al Franken accurately describes him, he is that guy who is the third funniest guy in a fraternity ... Dumb as a post, and gets by with crude jokes ... In the clinch, which is ANY time he is not reading off a script, he falls back into character ... PAINFULLY inadequate for a president, but it is all he knows ...
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Coastie for Truth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 11:07 PM
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12. "Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President" - Justin Frank MD
A great read. The guy is nuts - and is getting worse.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 11:16 PM
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13. DU has been "on top" of this since 2002 - along with Mark Crispin Miller
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KyuzoGator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 10:31 PM
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14. Kick nt
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omega minimo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 10:50 PM
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15. Every time long bits of 3-21 WH Press conference are shown................
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