MORE bush* photos.....after full face-flop.....

[diamond14]

...the bruises will develop soon....




President Bush (news - web sites) waves as he arrives in Austin Texas for a graduation celebration for his daughter Barbara Bush Saturday, May 22, 2004. President Bush suffered cuts and bruises early Saturday afternoon when he fell while mountain biking on his ranch and had minor abrasions on his chin, lip, cheekbone and knees, White House spokesman Trent Duffy said. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)


















Bush was wearing his bike helmet and a mouth guard when the mishap occurred. Duffy said he didn't know exactly how the accident happened.


"It's been raining a lot and the topsoil is loose," the spokesman said. "You know this president. He likes to go all out. Suffice it to say he wasn't whistling show tunes."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=4&u=/ap/20040522/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_injured_2



The incident occurred two days before the president is scheduled to give a prime-time speech to lay out what aides are calling a "clear strategy" to stabilize Iraq (news - web sites) and build democracy there.


Duffy blamed loose topsoil for the spill, but also suggested that Bush had been riding hard, noting the president is "a fitness enthusiast" and adding that "he wasn't poking along, whistling show tunes."


Bush previously fell off a Segway -- a motorized, two-wheel vehicle -- while visiting his parents in Kennebunkport, Maine, in June 2003 and suffered scrapes to his face when he fainted and fell after choking on a pretzel at the White House in January 2002.


http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040523/ts_alt_afp/us_bush_bike_040523004850

[slinkerwink]

1. god....what a grinning idiot.

:wtf:

[lancdem]

16. You took the words right out of my mouth

[the_real_38]

74. Mega-dittoes...

... ch-ch.

[xultar]

91. Too bad he didn't scrape off that shit-eating grin! n/t

[Tatiana]

100. Couldn't have said it any better.

I'd just like to once again say I'm so embarrassed this idiot us supposed to be our President.

[rucky]

2. Hey! It's the "I Didn't Do It" Kid!

say it. saaaaaayyyy itttt.

[Langis]

3. He sure looks drunk to me

:shrug:

[Virginian]

8. to me too.

[jobycom]

9. He's always drunk, they just pretend not to know it.

The media, I mean.

[gristy]

12. me too

[Blasphemer]

40. Or heavily medicated...

But something ain't right. His eyes look like he has no idea what is going on (and not in the usual way).

[Fridays Child]

45. He looks like a goofy Vicodin boy. Free floating and out of it.

eom

[Tight_rope]

80. For course * would have no trouble…

getting his daughter to write a prescription for him. After all, she wouldn't get charged with a felony crime. She would simply get a misdemeanor case and have to perform public service.

[Jawja]

104. Yes, he looks

a tad lit up.

Shit faced, to be exact.

[Bluebear]

4. Three sheets to the wind

n/t

[NMDemDist2]

5. he'll look like he was in a barroom brawl during his "big speech"

on the Iraq "plan"

How karmic is that?

[Soup Bean]

23. I hadn't thought about that.

That's really going to suck for his speech. Jenna needs to give him some makeup tips.

[madmax]

6. roflmao! I love it...

Look at his chin. Oh, this will look soooooooooo good on national and international tv. Annnnd, if he cancels because of his little 'fall - he will still look like a schmuck :evilgrin: :bounce: :bounce:

:kick:

[elf]

7. How can you get the chin hurt badly, when you wear a mouth guard

Bush was wearing his bike helmet and a mouth guard when the mishap occurred. Duffy said he didn't know exactly how the accident happened.

Or do I misunderstand the "mouth guard" thing? What is it?

[elf]

13. ok I googled

now I know

[Malva Zebrina]

10. He looks awful

absolutely awful. Where is the mother, Laura? No wonder the brats look so sullen and unhappy.


so where are the cuts and bruises from the "fall off the bicycle" after riding seventeen miles? lOL

Is that one on his nose?

[kentuck]

11. I think it's a very serious matter......

How many times have you crashed on a bike or taken a spill ? Don't you usually manage to protect your face? Or do you always land on your face? Something not right here??

[Virginian]

15. It's a reflex, isn't it? The hands were AWOL.

Christopher Reeve said his hands were tangled in the reigns or he would have broken his fall with his hands.
Where were Dubya's hands and what were they doing when they were supposed to be breaking his fall.

[madmax]

19. Where were Dubya's hands and what were they doing

when they were supposed to be breaking his fall.


Please don't make me go there... :evilgrin:

[NMDemDist2]

30. they reported injuries to his right hand

but the left hand didn't know what the right hand was doing (left hand was "out of the loop") and didn't get the memo to "protect FACE at any cost"


:smoke:

[crossroads]

37. *snicker* *sniker*

:kick:

[LosinIt]

88. his hands were busy holding his drink

[SammyWinstonJack]

97. LOL

Must. Not. Spill. One. Drop. :evilgrin:

[elf]

18. in case you are drunk

you don't have this natural reflex anymore, most of them have face injuries when they fell (I was a nurse in Germany, saw a lot)

[senseandsensibility]

26. And of course,

We are assuming that the "bike fall" story is actually true, and he could break his fall with his hands. Unlike if someone took a swing at him or he passed out.

[Jacobin]

35. That's EXACTLY what I have been thinking.

In my decades of riding a bike, I've fallen a few times, but NEVER on my face. Hands skinned up, arms, legs but hell your reflexes make you extend your arms to protect your head.

He was either three sheets to the wind or had a seizure.

[crossroads]

39. Is it related to --"this is your brain on drugs!"?

:shrug:

[King_Crimson]

68. I honestly think somebody...

is knocking the fuck outta him! Perhaps he and the old man been having a little "mano et mano"!

[Ella]

118. My thoughts also

I think Bush has been beaten by somebody, has to be either mom, dad or James Baker, at least twice now when he won't do as he's told or is so blitzed and stupid that they can't make him understand in any other manner that he's ruining the neo-con world domination project.

[blackcat77]

69. If he went over the bars, where you hit is pretty much random

I hit a dog that ran out in front of me and went completely ass over teakettle. There was no time to tuck or do anything. Landed on my shoulder and the side of my head. Fortunately I was wearing a helmet so it cracked but my head was fine.

And, as someone who used to ride thousands of miles a year in groups of all sizes, I've never seen anybody wear a mouthguard for a normal ride. Even mountain bikers don't normally wear them -- it's usually for downhillers only.

[HuskerDem]

117. I went over the bars, broke my foot and my ass (tailbone)

But reflexes protected my noggin.

Bush was Drunk, I say. Bike or no bike - dued hit the sauce then het the dirt.

[progressivebydesign]

71. Yeah.. why are his hands always fine..

.. but everything else is smashed up? I never could figure that out.. did he pass out again? His knees, chin, and nose, and cheekbone. Knees? How would those figure in a fall like that? But didn't put his hands out to break the fall?

How utterly convenient that his personal physician was mountain bike riding with him... that's a little wierd in itself. I know I frequently bike ride with my personal physician by my side.

[Ironpost]

14. and he is our pResident

this guy is a disgrace

[Bluebear]

17. Yeah that loose topsoil after it rains always gets me

>"It's been raining a lot and the topsoil is loose," the spokesman said. "You know this president. He likes to go all out. Suffice it to say he wasn't whistling show tunes."



P.S. "Suffice it to say he wasn't whistling show tunes." my ASS.

[RC]

20. Like they haven't heard of mud....?

Raining? Loose top soil?

[warrior1]

22. does

that mean he brused his codpiece?

[T Bone]

78. Rice: "We weren't warned specifically about the loose topsoil."

"And it was not covered in the 3/4 page PDB this morning that I read to him, so there is absolutely no way the President or any of his cabinet could have known the specifics of the fall and been prepared to break his fall with his hands." /sarcasm off/<<


heh-heh.

[lectrobyte]

65. they lie about everything else, so I bet he was whistling show tumes

and like who's ever heard that phrase before, anyway?

[Soup Bean]

21. He's Reptilian. David Icke was right.

The scales are starting show....:)

Seriously, though...I bet that hurt. He's lucky he didn't knock his teeth out. He's clumsier than I am....

[number6]

24. you're insulting Reptilians by comparing them to Bush

I here there much better at making sentences and riding bicycles.
;) ...;)

[newsguyatl]

25. this one's a keeper folks

[PaDUer]

28. He has a bandaid

on the palm of his hand..He's going to look great on Monday nite.

[Oddman]

67. Reminds me of something . . . .

[SammyWinstonJack]

99. What a clueless looking moran

This idiot DOES NOT LOOK PRESIDENTIAL! Ever!

[LizW]

27. God he looks old

That last picture looks like Bush I.

Think things might be beginning to wear on him?

[Vickers]

29. Geez, in the 3rd photo: does he *ever* get his "Sieg Heil!" salute right?

I swear, that man could fuck up anything.

[elf]

32. somebody wrote about this

Did Vice-President Groundhog stick his head out of his Undisclosed Location?

It's hilarious!

[Hubert Flottz]

31. If GAWD was his Copilot then GAWD may be late for Sunday

School!

[Soup Bean]

38. Maybe God was his Pilot instead.

Maybe God is trying to tell him something?

[Hubert Flottz]

85. Nope, that was the Devil on that bike!

And he was wearing his Smirk Protector to protect that EVIL smirk!

[slor]

33. He did not fall off a bike...

that is the cover story for the fact that his reptilian protection layer started peeling prematurely.

[calimary]

34. Maybe not the bike - perhaps he fell off the wagon? Looks like a dork.

Those photos make him look like a first class dork. Good LORD! The leader of the Western World.

[madmax]

41. lol calimary - he's not the leader of anything.

Cheney and the gang are the leaders.

[rumguy]

36. Whatever happened it looks like he fell right on his face....

Damn.

[salin]

49. he has been falling on his face since he was (s)elected

this time he just did it literally.

[DancingBear]

42. No doubt - he's drunk

My dad was an alcoholic until very late in life - I've seen that look on Chimpy's face more times than I care to remember.

The pResident of the United States is either a) still drinking or b) heavily medicated due to YEARS of alcohol/drug abuse.

I'd bet the (Crawford) ranch on it.

[NMDemDist2]

47. as a recovering alky, my bet is he "binges" in Crawford

and the visits to Texas get closer and closer together

[Octafish]

43. SCARFACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Separated at birth, see.

[seemslikeadream]

61. Octafish here's an entertaining way of looking at things

from
Iceburg
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1480748


B*shs condition may be worse than any lay person could have guessed

Edited on Tue Apr-27-04 04:13 PM by Iceburg
Let's see if the media picks this up over the next few days

Origniator's name and location has be redacted (in keeping with the policies\habits of this administration)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: XXX
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 12:14 PM
> To: '[e-mail]'
> Subject: Bush's mysterious grounding
>
> Mr. Conason,
>
> I am a neurologist in XXXX. I've just read your excellent article on
> Bush's Guard service (thanks by the way for for your excellent book "Big
> Lies" which i enjoyed immensely). Ever since reading Bob Woodward's
> description (in Plan of Attack) of an unusual event in which Bush suddenly
> "began speaking as though in a foreign language" and looking
> confused...I've wondered if Mr. Bush suffers from temporal lobe epilepsy.
> The description Woodward gives sound very much like Mr. Bush had what's
> known as a "complex partial seizure". Woodward's further mention of a
> medication the president takes twice daily and the secrecy with which this
> info is guarded are also very suggestive : there are a number of
> anti-epileptic medicationstaken on a b.i.d. (ie twice daily) schedule. I
> would think that the stigma associated with epilepsy (often undeservedly
> so) would make it something Bush's advisors would hush up.
>
> Certainly the hard-drinking Bush would have been at risk for worsening
> this condition (alcohol lowers the seizure threshold) and having ANY type
> of seizures would be an ABSOLUTE loss of flying status...therefore
> explaining the otherwise inexplicable lack of interest the Guard showed in
> finding out why he was grounding himself, thereby wasting all that
> expensive training. It might also explain why he skipped his
> physical...wouldn't want the nasty "e-word" (epilepsy) in his file. For
> that matter, perhaps worsening seizure control was the ultimate reason he
> finally stopped drinking...by that time, however, he may well have had
> mesial temporal sclerosis...which would have perpetuated the seizures even
> in the absence of ongoing alcohol consumption.
>
> Furthermore, it might explain his habit of "early to bed' (sleep
> deprivation would put him at risk for further public seizures). There are
> a number of his personal traits that have been linked to temporal lobe
> epilepsy (his hyper-religiosity, his sometimes confused look, his frequent
> verbal mis-steps, ...perhaps even his avoidance of live interviews).
>
> I of course have no solid first hand evidence whatsoever of this, it's
> just something that occurred to me (as a Neurologist) while reading
> Woodward's book.
>
> Dr. XXXXXX

from
CaptainMidnight

Bush 'Seizure' Answer to his Awful Press Conference Performance?

TBR News | April 25 2004


"Vice President Cheney is the de facto President of the United States. When he arrives at the White House for one of his "briefings" of the President, all employees are cleared from the West Wing and especially from the Presidential office suites. Cheney arrives in an escorted armored limousine surrounded by his own personal, heavily armed bodyguard and is always shown directly into the President's office. It is reliably reported by that Bush has a thick pad of lined, yellow note paper on his desk, placed there by just before the Vice President arrives."

"After Cheney's departure, the notes taken by the President are transcribed by and prepared as talking points for the President..."

"At some time in the past, according to both and the President suffered what one of his aides called "a very minor seizure" and as a result of this, the President has a very difficult time following any unscripted conversations. For this reason, his staff carefully and aggressively protect the President from "unexpected" questions that he is not capable of answering."

"The President takes oral medication at least twice a day according to because of an unspecified "indisposition' and this subject is strictly off limits for any casual staff conversation."

"At one point during a staff conference, the President stood up and began to speak in an unknown language. Mr. Rove was able to stop the President and get him to resume his seat. It was reported by that for a period of time (about fifteen minutes) after this incident, the President appeared to be 'somewhat confused and very inarticulate.'"
more
http://prisonplanet.tv/articles/april2004/042504bushseizure.htm

[dmr]

84. If he is having seizures,

then American citiznes have a right to know. We are voting on men who we are told are healthy. If there is a health issue that is hidden and if a health form is filled out not stating that health issue, then it is a lie - which is an impeachable offense (not that it would matter to this Congress - lying only mattered to the last Congress). Double standards ought to be the Republican motto.

[Kipper58]

86. Epilepsy would also explain why he doesn't ride horses

has he ever been seen driving a car?

[seemslikeadream]

87. he does get to drive a golf cart sometimes

great observation, Kipper58



I think they let him drive a truck out on the ranch when there's no other cars within 50 miles!

[uncle ray]

112. caption for the bush picture

" do you realize how big my balls are!?"

" i think you need to wash, mr. president"

[Aussie_Hillbilly]

94. That would explain his religious fanaticism

Inspiration for this work has come from a group of patients who have a brain disorder called temporal lobe epilepsy. In a minority of patients, this condition induces bizarre religious hallucinations - something that patient Rudi Affolter has experienced vividly.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2865009.stm

G-d told him to invade Iraq, remember?

What else is his G-d telling him?

[seemslikeadream]

105. religious fanaticism - understatement

[Octafish]

108. And to think all this time I believed him to be a sociopathic moron.

It seems, in reality, he's a sick, sociopathic moron.

Thanks, seemslikeadream! Blinded by my own feelings of disgust, I had not considered epilepsy until the last couple of days. I am ashamed at my own ignorance.

[kanrok]

44. What a dick.

[riverwalker]

46. the hair dye is gone

maybe he hopes the "distinguished grey statesman" thing will work for him tomorrow.
bwaahhaaahhaahhhaa!

[Bluebear]

52. Yeah what happened to Loving Care Strom Thurmond Auburn #223A?

nt

[spooked]

63. trying to look like Clinton??

lol

[progressivebydesign]

72. Nope.. it's a rinse he uses.

I saw him on tv the day after a big speech, and he looked like Dorian Gray's portrait again. It's a temporary rinse... I only long for the day when he begins to sweat and that cheezy (not found in nature) color starts bleeding down his temples...

[buycitgo]

48. this just in.......on the scene photo from enterprising photojournalist

thx to ozymandius at LBN

[qanda]

50. Oh my goodness!

That is too funny.

[Tight_rope]

81. Ok...you topped this one...but it's quiet funny too!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=575177&mesg_id=576163&page=

[markses]

51. About halfway through those photos

I just started laughing and saying "Watta SCHMUCK!"

The feelings different now, I think. Bush is becoming laughable. the charges of incompetence will stick now, like the charges of patricianesque distance stuck to his father. What. A. Schmuck.

[diamond14]

64. let's all vote for KERRY and take back America !!

[katusha]

53. oh god, did pickles beat up GW again?

[pinniped]

54. The A$$HOLE has give the illusion that he performs outdoor activities...

After the moran's illegal term expires it is back to Crawford to push shrubs around. A few months later the people from the ICC will take the screaming chimp away.

[NMDemDist2]

55. kick, this one is too good to let sink hehehehehe eom

[diamond14]

56. compare hair color....today and last week.....

today, with facial flop injuries....



President Bush (news - web sites) speaks during a meeting with his cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House Wednesday, May 19, 2004. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

[Oddman]

66. Hmmmm . . . . .

[opihimoimoi]

57. He should bike in Hawaii on the LAVA FLOWS

Face will look like hamburger

[ILeft]

58. Did he cry when Dr. Tubbs "cleaned his scratches?"

"Dr. Tubbs, who was with him, cleaned his scratches, said he was fine. The Secret Service offered to drive him back to the house. He declined and finished his ride."

I'm betting he cried on his bike ride home. He is too weak not to have.

[DancingBear]

59. In these photos

* looks like what Paul Lynde would look like if he really let himself go to hell.

(oh, and if he were alive, too)

[Bluebear]

60. They will need some make-up artist for his big "speech" Monday

And poor George, real men don't wear makeup. C'mon, W, do it without retouching. Let the world see how manly and banged up you are! bwahahahaha

[thebaghwan]

62. Half the fucking country has bruises on their knees from praying for a job

n/t

[Nlighten1]

70. I'm sorry but...

those look like carpet burns...

[Catherine Vincent]

73. Geeze! Can't Bush* have a more manly accident.

At least when Clinton fell (once), he bruised his knee. Chimpy keeps fucking up his face.

[MessiahRp]

75. I don't like how this sounded...

"You know this president. He likes to go all out. Suffice it to say he wasn't whistling show tunes."

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

After you have car repair center commercials using "Singing show tunes" as innuendo for gay, and right after this stupid ban on Gays donating sperm, can they just lay off for once?

Man do I hate him.

Rp

[minkyboodle]

76. the caption to that grin

"What me Mass Murder?"

[PurityOfEssence]

77. Chin chin chin...chin of fools

What a goofball smile.

[thecrow]

79. "It's been raining a lot ...."

yeah, someplace in the world, but not in Crawford TX!!!!!
Precipitation has been 0.0" since may 16th!!!!
:wtf:

[Andy_Stephenson]

82. Two Words

Elevator Mud...In Central Texas...there is no such thing as "loose topsoil" when wet, it is anything but "loose". I know...I am from there. It is more like glue than anything.

83. Bush Has Dirty Hands!

Look at the photos of him waving.

Dirty fingers. Dirty palms. Dirty hands.

Why does this man have a beaten face and dirty hands?

Oh. He "fell off his bike" did he? When, seconds before the photos were snapped? Yeah, that it.

The guy is a drunk! He has lousy hygeine, falls on his face often--and really, how many people do you know who scratch up their face so often?--has trouble concentrating, and often says things that are innapropriate to the gravity of the moment.

But still... you would think his handlers could make sure he washed up a bit before waving to the world.

[snippy]

89. Why does the Bush administration always, always, always insist on lying?

White House explanation for the "bicycle accident:"

"It's been raining a lot. the topsoil was loose," the White House spokesman noted.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5226462


The last rainfall in Crawford, Texas was on May 13 and measured 0.38 inches. Prior to that, the last rainfall was on May 1 and measured 2.23 inches.

http://www.instaweather.com/kwtx2/default.asp?cid=94&id=CRWRD

The entire world knows that Bush is the most compulsive and incessant liar in the history of American politics.

FIRE THE LIAR

[Maeve]

90. Good catch!!!

They do not lie because it serves them, they lie because it is their nature.

In other words, if they swallowed knitting needles, they'd cough up corkscrews.

[kalian]

96. Exactly....me thinks this was another pretzel attack....

:eyes:

[LosinIt]

92. Why does he hold his head to the right in all pics...

He looks like a school girl trying to hide a hickey on his neck.

[liveoaktx]

101. He's doing his nyuk-nyuk-nyuk shoulder shrug laugh

and the photo happened to catch it on the upswing.

[lanparty]

93. What kind of IDIOT?!?!?!?!?!

Wears a mouthguard while mountain biking BUT .....

He apparantly wasn't wearing GLOVES!!!!!!! You can clearly see from these pictures that he hand bandages on his right hand from breaking his fall.

Now I've taken MANY, MANY spills on my mountain bike. I've gotten MANY, MANY cuts and abrasions. But I've NEVER gotton any cuts on the palms of my hands. Why????

I, like every other sane cyclist, ALWAYS wears two protective items.

1) A helmet
2) GLOVES!!!!
3) NEVER A MOUTH GUARD!!!!!

The reason is simple. If you fall, you will use your hands to break your fall. Gloves means

It's incredible to me that a man would wear a MOUTH GUARD while biking, but not GLOVES!!!!!!

My gut tells me that Bush didn't get his cuts and abrasions while biking. It's just a cover story. He did something else really STUPID!!!!

After WHATEVER happened. The Rovians thought about a nice cover that would make the president seem like a "rugged individualist" instead of a stupid drunk. Ahh, mountain biking. And they had to think up some explanation why his pearly whites weren't damaged during his face-plant ... MOUTH GUARD!!!!!

My guess is the dumb-ass got drunk and ran into a wall.

[wishlist]

102. Does he wear a mouth guard due to seizure disorder?

I have been an avid biker for over 40 years and never heard of mouth guards for bike riding- only for sports like hockey or boxing. You are right that gloves make more sense. I have seen pics of him wearing gloves to chop wood. This leads credence to the seizure disorder stories since that would certainly be a reason to wear a mouth guard.

[liveoaktx]

103. gloves-especially for one who *goes all out*-the story is BS

[kalian]

95. Those "wounds" look awefully mild IMHO.....

for falling off a mountain bike flat on his face onto the pavement.
I'm sorry...but I think that the pretzels have struck again.

[jackstraw45]

113. The VERY slight scrape on the tip of his nose

also doesn't match a real SPILL from a mountain bike.

[doni_georgia]

98. Crawford Texas has had ZERO precipitation for a week

http://www.weather.com/activities/other/other/weather/yesterday.html?locid=USTX0307

[wishlist]

106. The story is all wet!

Stupid for spokesman to feel he had to use the rain excuse. I have had more bike accidents from loose gravel or dry leaves than when it was wet- but simply out of common sense because I avoid bike riding in wet conditions as do most responsible cyclists.

[Paradise]

107. why am i laughing, hysterically?

do you think i'm sadistic or what? :evilgrin:

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

109. My stepfather is a dry drunk

meaning he doesn't drink but is not recovering from the alcoholism, either.

He turns to obsessive workouts, instead.

And dear Lord, please don't ever let me see bush that close up again. His left eye freaks me out in that last picture. It looks almost....alien.

[Terran]

110. That first shot is what is known as

a shit-eating grin. Very appropriate, all things considered.

[drdigi420]

111. mebbe those are carpet burns on his chin

after realizing how well the economy performed the last time the leader of the free world got a blow job, he decided to try it on Cheney.

[diamond14]

116. was Condi down at the pig farm this weekend? (photos)

condi and bush* always seem like such a happy couple...even when caught sneaking in the White House back door....

[Que]

114. oh...

I wonder if the training wheels fell off? :D

[donsu]

115. I keep saying that there is domestic abuse in that family

nt

[rocktivity]

119. "I went out on a mountain bike (though I was high)

I wondered what a wheelie was like (because I was high)
But now I'm bruised and on the ground, and I know why
Because I was high
Because I was high
Because I was high!"

:headbang:
rocknation