McCain's Left Eye is Very Droopy I just watched his speech again- photo

[Ichingcarpenter]

changed for right to left eye.





Much more than normal.

[Speck Tater]

1. Delaying the debate on doctor's orders to hide out and rest? NT

[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. Like Forest Whitaker-droopy?

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. He really didn't look good sort of like this

[kestrel91316]

3. I thought his LEFT eye (same side as the "mess") was the droopy one....

[Ichingcarpenter]

6. You are right its his left side

I'll change it, but be sure to watch it again and his eyes.

[kestrel91316]

9. He's got tumor recurrence on that left side. Mark my words.

One foot in the grave, one on a banana peel. And Palin's got a tight grip on the banana peel.

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. But its was much more enhanced today.... watch his posture when

he leaves the podium

[rebel with a cause]

22. I noticed it today. The difference in the two eyes is getting more pronounced.

It does not look good, to me any way.

[Alhena]

5. It's a TOOMAH!

[mile18blister]

7. Dead man walking nt

[Ichingcarpenter]

8. Photo up now..... you can see it.... his eyes really look weird.

[Blarch]

10. Yep, Watch the video...

he is trying to force open his eyes, make them wide...it just isn't working.

[AtomicKitten]

12. I think it's a postoperative residual from his radical head & neck dissection.

[mamalone]

13. I noticed the exact same thing!

Looking at that picture there has been a definite change... it seems to me anyway. I also posted on it:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7167164

[panAmerican]

14. A lot of people have a droopier eyelid; my Dad had corrective surgery

In fact a few people on my dad's side of the family have that. Sometimes it's nothing more than extra fat tissue in the eyelid.

[Ichingcarpenter]

15. It is much more pronounced today..... look at other videos and pictures n/t

[panAmerican]

17. Yes, with that condition, the eye gets droopier and droopier because...

with age, the muscle weakens, so the skin sags, closing the eye more and more.

[jberryhill]

16. His left cheek has been expanding for two weeks - gravity is starting to pull

the left side of his face down now.

He needs to get that worked on fast, or he's going to let whatever it is metastasize.

[HughMoran]

18. He doesn't look Presidential

He looks too tired and worn out.

[fishnfla]

19. playing keyboard doctor is fun

but what the hell, ever hear of proptosis?

Consider the idea that the left eye is normal, and the right eye is bulging.

that photo is misleading, due to dextroversion

[DeschutesRiver]

20. My dh who is usually not too observant about things like this noted the droopy eye

I thought McCain look a bit gaunt in the face; has lost weight? I seem to remember photos of him where that tumor cheek looked like he had a grapefruit on steriods in there, and it looked less prominent, again making me think weight loss.

Overall, I saw an ill looking older man today.

[BlooInBloo]

21. More pics....

http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/draft-anybody-else-notice-anything.html

"Joe and Rob both mentioned this to me in the past week, and now several readers have brought it up. I also just noticed that Atrios picked up on this too today. Something wrong, changed, droopy or puffy with McCain's left eye. Anybody else notice anything? I just searched Google a bit more and found references to his eye being droopy in April and May of this year as well. But whatever it is, it seems to be intermittent. (McCain has had 4 bouts of melanoma, and did in 2002 have a benign growth removed from under his left eye.)

I decided to take a look at McCain's Herbert Hoover Speech, as Rob calls the economic speech McCain gave last Friday in Wisconsin, and tried to see what it was that Rob was noticing wrong with McCain's left eye. It was only a 15 second video, so I pulled it up in my iMovie movie editor and checked out each frame (see a selection of still shots above). What you see is apparently McCain's left eye more closed than this right, and/or when he blinks, his left eye is lazier, or blinks slightly out of phase with his right. Either way, it does look like something's up. Perhaps McCain has always had a bad left eye, though it's odd that so many people just noticed this week.

Actually, there's one more thing. A reader wrote me about a week ago, commenting on how suddenly McCain's make up had changed. As though the campaign was suddenly trying to hide something. I read the email, kind of shrugged, and went on my way. Well, today that reader wrote back and noted the story that came out earlier today about McCain's apparently new $5000 make-up artist. Isn't that interesting - suddenly when everyone is noticing something wrong, something changed, with McCain's face, he hires a $5000 make-up artist, and she now seems to be attached at his hip."