Reply #45: "mexed missages"

[Lisa]

Yes -- for somebody who's had lots of practice at public speaking, and access to professional expertise, he does seem to drop a lot of spoonerisms and other bloopers!

Re: a possible thyroid condition, you mentioned mood swings. Bush seems to have emotional outbursts -- I've noticed that he seems to be inappropriately jolly at some times, and visibly ill-tempered at others. Not sure whether they're evident because they are intense and he simply can't cover them up, or because he doesn't bother trying. Is there a linkage with Graves or other maladies? (Both his parents were diagnosed with Graves, within a two-year period. Apparently this is unusual enough that the Secret Service tested the water at the White House, Camp David, and the holiday compound in Maine, in case of abnormal mineral levels.)