I agree with the mild stroke theory - * medicated to the max

[AVID]

The slouching 1/2 of his face.

The drool, or (spit booger)

The totally erratic behavior - whisper to a SCREAM

The inappropriate giggles, snorting

The deer-in-head-lights eyes and posture.

He was medicated to the max

My theory:

60 mg of Toprol (beta-blocker) for heart rate
10 mg Lortab (hydrocodone for nerves)
50 mg Zoloft bumped to 100mg for the night (mental clarity)
10 mg Aricept for memory loss
10 mg Zyprexa for psychotic episode control
75 mg Plavix - blood thinner

About an hour in he crumbled - meds went haywire - SO OBVIOUS!!!

[SheilaT]

1. Well,

his behavior last night was no different from what it always is. He's had the posture of a monkey for at least several years now. Look back (if you can stand to) at any clips of him since entering public life and he's always had the inappropriate giggles and sneers. He's the only person I've seen whose mouth turns down when he smiles.

The two sides of his face match far less than most people's. Early in his presidency I remember reading something about that.

I do think he might have been medicated last night, because he was (for him) quite calm and rational. Once again he had a limited number of talking points and stuck with them quite well. But his inability to string a coherent sentence together was there in full force.

[acmavm]

2. Stroke, presenile demential, something. There is something horribly

wrong with that guy. And they're hiding it from the American public. Hence the refusal (AGAIN) to take a physical.

[Daisey Mae]

3. I always believe drugs when it comes to Bush

They are a family of drug addicts also whats with the bulge.....CHEATER

[PresidentErnestTBass]

4. My brother is a med student

and he thought there was something wrong medically with Bush last night. He said under normal circumstances a healthy person should _not_ be exhibiting the stuff that Shrubya was doing. He didn't watch the debate but I shared what happened with him, especially the drool :puke:

[AVID]

10. my wife's a GP I used her precribers guide

cheated

[CityHall]

5. Supposedly he used to drink to overcome shyness

He probably does need some sort of medication to avoid anxiety when he has to be questioned. That would explain why he seems to change so much over the course of the debate. But antidepressants don't work over the course of two hours, they're taken over days and weeks.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

6. I vote for...

That lump on his back being an automatic infuser, delivering a Haldol and Thorazine soup. Either that or Brompton's Cocktail.

[arwalden]

7. Spit Boogers... OMG! Did Bush REALLY Have One Of Those During The Debate??

That foamy bit that "hops" from upper to lower lip? Or that accumulates in the corner of his mouth?

Did he REALLY have one?? (Or are you just kidding?)

-- Allen

[spotbird]

8. He really had one for much of the debate.

It was strange that he couldn't feel it.

What causes that? I've only seen it is physically ill people.

[Amaya]

9. This sounds about right

It would definitely explain his behavior.

You forgot one drug, Trazodone. I'd say about 50-100 mg.
:)