Is Dubya really refusing a physical now?

[bluedeminredstate]

I just read that in another thread and it was referred to by several posters. I couldn't tell if it was a sarcastic reference to his time in TANG, but it didn't seem like it.
Has Bush refused a physical recently and if so what was the reason?
Sorry if I'm being totally clueless about sarcasm - I can usually tell the difference - but these posts seemed to be referring to a real news event and my curiosityis piqued.
Anyone got the scoop?
:dunce:

[jn2375]

1. I heard it was mentioned on CNN but I don't have the link

[murielm99]

9. I wish someone had a link.

Or, one of the people who saw it could ask CNN to elaborate.

I have seen nothing. I Googled it after the first thread. Nothing.

If we can find something, it might be worth it to tell the Kerry campaign. It could be tied in with Cheney's health.

But, considering the prep time needed for the rest of the debates, and the closeness of the election, maybe it is not significant.
We can hit them with other stuff.

[Goldmund]

2. Yes, I've heard that too

Postponed until after the election.

[T Bone]

4. Because they don't want to reveal the medications he takes ?

Tardive Dyskinesia is a side effect of taking antipsychotic / neuroleptics drugs. Symptoms can be hardly noticeable or profound. Symptoms involve uncontrollable movement of various body parts, including the body trunk, legs, arms, fingers, mouth, lips, or tongue. Once any symptom of Tardive Dyskinesia appear, the antipsychotic / neuroleptic must be discontinued.

http://www.psyweb.com/Diction/tardived.html

http://www.psyweb.com/Drughtm/otherdrug.html



Or ones he has taken previously. It is so obvious.

[Goldmund]

5. I don't know...

...but I think that he could certainly conceive health problems if he wanted to. He wouldn't be the first president to do it -- for example, we now know that JFK had all sorts of health problems that weren't publicly known until recently.

That said, I'm sure there is a political reason why he's canceling his physical.

[Lexingtonian]

11. probably Topamax (anti-convulsant)

At least that's what medical folks around here said is the medication that is conventionally prescribed to be taken at the dosage/frequency of the highly secret drug Dubya gets (described in Woodward's book).

Some Bush aide got caught on record mentioning obliquely that Dubya had had a seizure. No one in the Big Media apparently dares touch it, much like the Robin Lowman Garner abortion story. All those falls off the Segway, the bike, the 'pretzel' incident... there's some suspicious incident about every other month that points to epilepsy. Topamax is the top of the line medication prescribed for the kind that is predominantly temporal lobe-centered. And temporal lobe epileptics often have a characteristic personality change to high religiosity.

[napi21]

3. I know this was on DU yesterday. We figure it's a habit.

I'm not sure, but I think it's law that the Pres. have a yearly physical. Well, last year, his was in August, so can I assume he's now breaking the law AGAIN?

[InfoMinister]

6. He's Still Doing Coke At Camp David

So that's why he took all of those days off.

I just realized that would actually explain a lot if that were true.

[SW FL Dem]

7. I posted a thread on this a few day ago

Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN, in a teaser for a show about Presidential health issues (to air on Sunday night), mentioned that Bush usually has his annual physical in August, but has postponed it this year until after the elaction. I don't know if he is required to take a physical, but I find the fact he has postponed it to be interesting.

[bluedeminredstate]

8. I can't believe this!!

Don't the American people deserve to know his general health since we pay for a physician to be with him around the clock? I don't need to see his medical chart, but refusing a physical (which I would think is required as POTUS) should be big news. The obvious questions are what is is hiding? Is he hiding something? Why wait until after the election? Is it because his doc couldn't give him a generic clean bill of health?
I just can't believe that after the endless hours spent talking about President Clinton's semen and the implications of his DNA on the dress, that Bush can simply say he won't take a physical until after the election. Medical issues and the president have ALWAYS been considered news. Remember when President Clinton injured himself at Greg Norman's house and there was all the talk about him getting an epidural for surgery and not taking narcotic painkillers? The media acted as though it was the public's right to know - and I think it was. Now the media are just going to basically ignore this?
I am just stunned.
:wow:

[JanMichael]

10. I, uh, can't, no really, can not, believe this...The unmittigated GALL of

...these RW hacks is AMAZING.

So, is it true?

[kayell]

12. Found the link - the comment is deeply buried, almost an aside

http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0409/29/lol.02.html

lots of snip

n an exclusive CNN/Gallup poll, 96 percent say the health of the president is important or very important to his ability to be a good president. Americans also think the president should have an annual physical examination. Eighty-four percent say this is a good idea. And 79 percent say the president should undergo an annual mental exam for conditions such as depression or Alzheimer's. But there is no requirement.

A White House spokesman says President Bush remains in great shape. But his busy schedule and the presidential campaign means his annual physical, usually conducted in August, will have to wait until after the election.

more but not much else except on presidential health in general

[kayell]

13. Kick for those who want to call and ask the "liberal" media some qusestion

Strange that with all those vacation days, * couldn't spare the time for his physical. hmmmm

[theHandpuppet]

14. Keeping this topic kicked...

... until someone in the spineless media demands an explanation for why Bush is avoiding the physical he OWES to the citizens of this country!!

[SoCalDem]

15. He's TOO BUSY, and his personal physician is in Houston??

Hey.. It worked before:)