New Bush photo from biking accident

[narcjen]

That's a nasty-looking scrape on his chin. Yet he still manages to muster a goofy grin for the camera.


Bush suffered minor abrasions after falling off a mountain bike while cycling on his Texas ranch on Saturday, the White House said...'He had minor abrasions and scratches on his chin, upper lip, his nose, right hand and both knees,' White House spokesman Trent Duffy told reporters.

[cheezus]

1. that must have been one hell of a fall

looks like he did a face plant. ouch!

[NewYorkerfromMass]

12. You have to actually try hard to mess up your face so bad

what an idiot. Was he wearing a helmet?

[DoYouEverWonder]

16. A helmet and a mouth guard

and his 24 hour MD was with him.

Yeah, that was one heck of a fall? He even got his neck.

Funny thing, some of the marks on his face appeared a day or two before the accident.

[salin]

2. I get the nose, even the chin... but how did he get the scrape just

above his top lip? Looks like it almost takes a bit of talent in the clumsy department to accomplish this feat.

[KuroKensaki]

4. Wasn't a biking accident.

That's from his.. y'know.... medicine.

[htuttle]

5. I've been trying to figure that one out

It looks like the scrape is on both the top and bottom of his nose, too. ???

What sort of fucked reaction times does a person have to have to not instinctively turn their head to the side -- even a little?

[oostevo]

7. I've had the same thing happen to me

And I've the scars to prove it (though I bet I was going quite a bit faster when it happened). Often beginning cyclists are too scared or too slow to turn their head away until they hit.

[Snellius]

3. Little Bush boy fall off his bicycle and get a big booboo? Boo hoo.

This is like the Picture of Dorian Gray after the devil took back his part of the deal. Once a bloody snot nose, always a bloody snot nose.

[narcjen]

6. it must hurt for him to smile

or even to speak. This will only make it harder for him to speak since the injuries are to the facial muscles that control the mouth. He'll sound even dumber than usual when he makes his speech.

[sendero]

8. What strikes me...

... is that facial expression. It's like a kid, flauting his "boo-boo" with mischievous pride.

That's the level of "man" we have running our country.

[soothsayer]

9. chokes on snacks? falls off bicycles? there's a word for this. It's

TODDLER!

(stolen from fabulous local deejays Ron and Fez)

[kanrok]

10. "Chokes on Snacks"

His Indian name. Bestowed upon him by a wise, old Cherokee, living off the land in Crawford.

(It is also reminiscent of Ms. Chokesondick from South Park)

[Vickers]

11. Man, that must've been some wagon, er, bike.

:P

[ILeft]

13. He looks hung over after these mysterious bruising events

After both the "pretzel" (whatever) incident and this "bicycle" (whatever) incident, Junior looked very hung over for a good day or more after. Am I wrong?

[Guava Jelly]

14. Printed that one off on photo paper

to show everyone I see.
I bet he was saying
Look Ma no brains

[redqueen]

15. How can repubs not be embarassed by this .... man

Ugh!

[Gin]

17. both knees? he must have flown off the bike face first...how can all of

those injuries to his face hand and knee happen if he was on a bike?
This is a strange story.

[ronnykmarshall]

18. Bike accident?

Uh huh. Yeah right.

[DoYouEverWonder]

19. Considering the scrapes on his face

How come there isn't more bruising and swelling? He should have ended up with a pretty fat lip and even a chipped tooth?

It looks more like some kind of weird skin condition? Or maybe it's his inner reptile trying to escape?

[no_hypocrisy]

21. Look at the location of the abrasion on the chin. Even if he went head

over the handlebars and hit the ground chin first, his excuse for the wound is theoretically improbable. First his helmet would have deflected the contact between his chin/face and the ground. Next, he would have had to fly over the bike with his chin jutting out, like his head was tilted backwards. Finally the abrasion looks symmetrical, not more on the right or left side. I've fallen off bikes since age 6. None of them were so centered, so even, and so well-represented on the chin in general.

[DoYouEverWonder]

23. I just remembered a baby

that we treated in a high risk clinic that I worked in. The baby had been exposed to herpes when she was born and about a year later she got a major case of it all over her face.

It sort of looked like this:




Now look a W's face. Some of the sore comes from inside the right nostril. Another sore is spreading over his left lip. The picture below shows a smaller sore over his left lip and one on the tip of his nose a week before the 'fall'.

I think W has facial herpes.

[troublemaker]

25. What does a helmet's chin-strap look like? (re: symetrical)

Serious question--I've never worn a bike lemet and I don't know how the strap could behave when you hit the helmet part

[no_hypocrisy]

26. It goes 1-1/2 to 2 inches from the edge of your chin, around the periphery

The strap is supposed to be loose enough so you can breathe and swallow but also to firmly hold the helmet on your head.

[Bandit]

20. Well apparently the "Adults" need some refresher courses.

The "Adults" are in charge. It is written all over his face.

[peterh]

22. And this critter is a code away from the buttons….

Last time I felt this way was with Ford…..but then Gerald was harmless for the most part….the twit isn’t….Last time I felt this way was with Ford…..but then Gerald was harmless for the most part….the twit isn’t….then again, there was Raygun…..shaker of salt….where is that friggin’ shaker of salt….

[myomy]

24. Only an idiot would lead with his chin.

.

[narcjen]

27. Looks like he's still bleeding!

[AlCzervik]

28. It looks like he fell stepping off a curb.

When my sister was a teenager she was a little loaded after a kegga and she fell off a curb right onto her face and suffered similiar road rash. If the Shrub fell off his bike and landed on his face it would appear that his movement stopped right on impact with no further movement.

[PATRICK]

29. He was right about those potholes!

Maybe he sacrificed himself to publicize this underrated danger of concern to us all.

(Note a DU thread about Bush's stump speech always including "pothole" references lately.) Maybe it was a premonition of catastrophe. Too bad it never helps him.