Who Has Heard Rumors That Bush Is Still a Drunk? ---pix--->>>

[Stephanie]

I've heard from friends who cater Park Avenue dinner parties that Bush's drinking is a topic of conversation among the media elite. I've also heard third-hand that his drinking is an open secret in Washington. Has anyone heard anything more substantial? I think it's high time the cards were on the table. There's an unstable, irresponsible, irrational man in the presidency. If he's impaired by drugs or alcohol, we need to know.

You tell me, is Bush still a drunk, or what? And are you just guessing, or do you have information to back it up? If there were such information, now's the time, my friends.



http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070111/photos_sc_afp/582172792b8a7cf8ad667dbf2727bd85

[Redstone]

1. Just look at the gin blossom on the bridge of his nose...

Redstone

[MadMaddie]

3. It's obvious...isn't it?

[Redstone]

5. Couldn't be more so.

Redstone

[Sparkly]

58. Could that be from his past drinking, or do those come and go? nt

[Stephanie]

60. both

rosacea flares up with alcohol use

[tammywammy]

64. And you can be a non-drinker

and have horrible roseacea. A couple of my uncles have it really bad and neither drink.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Rumors you can see ??

i guess we're not supposed to believe our eyes

[cool user name]

69. Check out this video (this is hilarious)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irOFAjsnSg0

[Dinger]

4. Not To Change The Subject, But I wonder What The "Media Elite" Say About * & CONdi?

Just curious.

[NoAmericanTaliban]

6. Kinda has that Columbo glass eye look.

His eyes are not looking in the same place.

[rebel with a cause]

7. If the media would just release the news

that bush still drank and proved it, his support would fall even more. There are crazies here that argue that they support him no matter what because he is a "christain" and "reformed alcoholic". How is that for a reason to support a mad man.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

8. I assume he is a drunk.

I'd have to see evidence to believe otherwise.

Have you ever known a person known to have a substance abuse problem, and he says he's clean but it's totally obvious that he's lying? That's Bush.

[wordpix]

9. these rumors have been circulating since Laura supposedly ran off to a DC hotel last year

to escape *, his drinking and his galivanting with Condi. Dumbass looks terrible but that might not be due to booze; could be due to his karma catching up to him.

[Stephanie]

13. I did not hear that rumor

do you have a link? how did I miss that one?

[Olney Blue]

10. He governs like a drunken madman.

[fishnfla]

11. He's too stupid to be drunk

eom

[Alexander]

12. He's a smoker, too. So WHY doesn't the media report this?

If word got out that Bush chain smokes and binge drinks, his remaining support would plummet.

At some point, the members of the press have to ask themselves, is it really worth it? Does this idiot drunk need his open secrets kept, or do the American people need somebody halfway sane and competent?

I sincerely hope the reporters who know about his drinking for a fact come forward, and tell everyone.

[Stephanie]

14. I hadn't heard about the smoking either

I've heard that Laura smokes but not Bush - do you have a source for that? I'd love to know.

[Alexander]

23. If you see the video of him drunk at the wedding in 1992...

He chastises both bride and groom for not smoking or drinking. "Nice people. Boring people." Something like that.

The smoking thing I posted about a few months ago - a White House aide, who is friends with this guitar player I know, informed him that both Georgie and Laura are heavy smokers, immediately lighting up when the cameras are off. I mentioned that I knew about Laura but was surprised by George puffing cigs, and the aide insisted that both of them chain-smoked, not just Laura.

However, after thinking about it, it's not too surprising, particularly when you see the video (and his teeth).

At any rate, the video proves, at least, that he lied about quitting the bottle. Since it's implied he thinks non-smokers are "boring", and his teeth these days are yellowed and nasty, that, for me, connects the dots.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/bush/bush.html

[Stephanie]

27. thanks

that's the kind of info I'm after. people know, they see, now's the time to tell.

[rhiannon55]

31. Is there a trick to getting that video to work?

I REALLY want to see the monkey with the proverbial lampshade on his head... What a buffoon!

[kskiska]

37. Plus - he chews tobacco

He has since college - especially during his baseball years. His former professor says he used to carry around a styrofoam cup to spit in.

[shanti]

39. ok.....

i was wondering why his teeth were so nasty and he didn't fix them (like most wealthy do). he smokes for sure.

[seabeyond]

15. omg... a smoker. oh no. not a smoker. we are doomed n/t

[Stephanie]

18. well it makes him a liar and a phony

his holier than thou, "I'm clean" bullshit should be called out if it's false

[shanti]

40. i don't give a

flying rat's ass that he smokes, the problem is that he's a fucking phony. :grr:

[Auntie Bush]

16. Doesn't look like anyone is really in the know.

Is he drinking? :shrug: Your guess is good as mine.

[Stephanie]

19. I believe there are people on this board whose guesses are better than yours and mine

I would not be surprised if people in-the-know are reading and likely posting here.

[seabeyond]

17. i thought we have been seeing pictures of him with wine ect...

i had a sister in law during christmas tell me he wasnt drinking and i was surprised. i thought that shipped sailed

[Art_from_Ark]

20. How about this picture?

[karlrschneider]

22. I don't read Cyrillic but those balloon captions have to be hilarious!

:D

[SoCalDem]

24. My take on that pic

[lady lib]

32. The look on Putin's face speaks volumes. n/t

[Lucky Luciano]

68. That pic is amazing!

He looks absolutely WASTED there! HAHA...but oh so sad for us...

That is the true look of a drunk fucker that doesn't know which end is up!

[karlrschneider]

21. Regardless of current rumors, there's that video of him blotto YEARS after he

claims to have quit. The Texas wedding one...I don't have a link but it's not hard to find.

[Alexander]

26. The video of GWB drunk in 1992 is in my post, #23.

Yes, that's right. 1992. 6 years after he supposedly "quit".

He's such an obvious liar, and yet the media would have us believe him, instead of our own "lying eyes".

[karlrschneider]

28. Thanks! I figured a sharp-eyed DUer would have a link handy!

Good on ya. :D

[peacetalksforall]

25. Feel sorry for him and then ask WHY ARE HIS HANDLERS

NOT DOING ANYTHING FOR THE COUNTRY? IF HE IS AN ALCHOLIC, WHY IS AN ALCOHOLIC PUSHING US INTO WAR WITH IRAN - ARE THEY ALL ALCHOHOLICS?

[Stephanie]

30. feel sorry for him? feel sorry for him??????

I hope his liver rots. I hope his wife leaves him and his children disown him and the world shuns him and he dies alone, in pain. I don't feel sorry for him, at all.

[peacetalksforall]

33. He just seems to be such a total life mess. He let those people

talk him into taking the job to be their fund raiser, but he decided to be President instead though he was never qualified and never became qualified - because of his arrogance, selfishness, spoiled status, laziness, superiority, and the stupor he can't break out of. I feel sorry for pathetic creatures.

[malaise]

53. You are way kinder than I am

I want him to have a complete breakdown on TV where he takes off all his clothes and shows the world the naked emperor. I hate that fugger.

[CTyankee]

65. I think that will happen and it's karma. Did you ever read the short story

"The Swimmer" by John Cheever? I think that is where Bush will end up.

If you have never read it, find it online and read it. It is one of the most incredible narratives of a "successful" man totally deteriorating that I have ever read. A modern fable...

[Zorra]

29. Bu*h looks like his kool-aid had a little to much mercury in it. nt

[Stephanie]

41. His kool-aid has too much GIN in it!

i'm sure of it.

[RamboLiberal]

34. I know John Dean hinted in his book that it is known

that Bush is either drinking or on drugs and it is known in DC circles.

[Stephanie]

35. Well it's time for them to speak the fuck up

I am so SICK AND TIRED of the Beltway Insiders, the Kool Kids, who care more about their party invitations and their access than they do about the good of the country and the future of the planet and their children. IT IS TIME FOR THEM TO COME FORWARD AND TELL THE TRUTH. It's maddening.

Do you have the book? I'd love to see a quote from the relevant section.

[Az]

36. Na... I say he is a dry drunk

He so wasted his system that his body and demenor are forever etched with the effects of being drunk.

[Virginia Dare]

44. Not so dry, see post #43...n/t

[spanone]

38. That's a frightening thought. If I woke up and I was Junior, I'd be the biggest drunk on the planet.

[npincus]

42. read it and weep:

original thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2867439

Damn, if this "tell-all book" extsits, please get published NOW!

[Virginia Dare]

43. Remember when he tied one on with Pooty Poot?...

[npincus]

45. Facts: he is an alcoholic, he has fallen off the wagon

One can assume those with the disease of alcoholism and no longer abstain from drinking are... practicing alcoholics.

And we're all on board the bus he's driving (which is your point).

[Stephanie]

48. that's right

and I want it out in the open. those who are in the know must tell. it's TIME for an INTERVENTION.

[mandyky]

46. Read Bush on the Couch

Some of the close ups I have seen make me almost sure he is off the wagon.

[npincus]

47. if he is drinking (which we know from numerous pics)

then he IS off the wagon. If he is drinking, then he is a practicing alcoholic.

[ThomWV]

49. I Don't Think He Is

It would show and people would know. You could not hide it.

[Stephanie]

50. My point is that people DO know

And that they are protecting him. And it's time for that to stop.

[npincus]

51. I contacted Huffington Post:

emailed it in as a "scoop", so someone would read it:


OK- this is less of a tip and more of a plea: if 'insiders' in Washington are buzzing about Bush's drinking, aren't they responsible to shine a light on our Commander-in-Chief's impairment?

He is ordering aircraft carriers to provoke Iran, and Syria... his behavior is in contradiction to all the advice and consultation he has received... he is clearly listening to the beat of his own inner drum. Well, if that inner drum is soaked in alcohol, and he's driving the bus we Americans are strapped in, right off a cliff... when does media silence on this matter become immoral, even criminal?

You guys who KNOW what is happening have an obligation to report on this. This is WAY more consequential than an act of oral sex with an intern.... the RW media had no problem trumpeting that. So, why should the Progressive media protect this alcoholic president any longer?

Please, Arianna, speak for us.

[Stephanie]

52. excellent!

thank you. that's exactly what is needed. :hi:

[npincus]

54. you've got it!

feel free to use, change do whatever to text if you like it and can think of anywhere else to send.

The subject line was "Time to Out Bush: His alcoholism is an "open secret" in Washington".

I truly believe the public is ready to hear this, and not dismiss it as spewing from the 'radical' leftwing of our party. I think they are confused and frightened about his illogical and dangerous behavior and this information will make sense to them.

:hi:

[seabeyond]

56. yup yup yup. also let us know if you get anything from your post

thanks

[janx]

55. It's drugs.

This isn't to say that Bush didn't fall of the wagon a time or two, but I'd bet on drugs--the pharma kind. They're so very prelevant in our society, especially in the upper classes. Many, many drunks are depressed; drinking is a symptom for them. When they're on their meds (assuming their meds are working), they tend not to abuse alcohol. But when they're not--look out.

Bush is being medicated.

[seabeyond]

57. way back to 2004 election it slipped bush was taking a pill twice a day

could not get the info on what the pill was. it has been dropped. still curious about that one.

[janx]

59. It'll come out later, probably not now.

Some documented history text or other will reveal it many years from now. (Isn't that the way it always goes?)

[Stephanie]

61. The World Can't Wait

Look at the new photos of him returning from Camp David. He clearly goes there to binge.

[Virginia Dare]

62. Yes, and I also think he was on a serious bender...

in Texas when Katrina hit, and he also appears to binge drink when he goes overseas.

[Stephanie]

67. Possiblly, He was out of sight for a week before Katrina hit.

The storm hit Monday morning. Bush resurfaced that day to eat cake with McCain, then attended a fundraiser in San Diego that night at the Hotel del Coronado. That's right, he was partying while New Orleans drowned. Tuesday he gave a speech on a Navy ship and infamously posed with the guitar. Tuesday night they returned to Crawford. Wednesday he was uncermoniously yanked from his vacation two days early. Quite a sacrifice.

[grasswire]

63. Arianna was happy to oppose Clinton's excess.

She was on the telly night after night badgering Bill Clinton, with no more "evidence" about Lewinsky than there is about Bush's boozing.

So I expect her to step up to the plate on this one, with equal fervor. The consequences are infinitely more dangerous for us all, now.

[cool user name]

66. Convict him of "DWI" ...

"Dickheadedness While Impaired"

:D