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symbolman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 04:20 AM
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Palin's gained weight, and I get the feeling she may be on drugs, perhaps antidepressants?
My wife and I were noticing the size of Palin's neck and face since the "In what Regard, Churless?" interview.. she appearst to have gained a good ten or more pounds.. sometimes these kind of weight changes can be attributed to drug use, and of course travelling by plane, sitting on her ass, eating whatever garbage is thrown at her (where's her Chef?) on the road, or whatever she has to eat in a locale to appear "with it" there, can have an effect, no doubt..

But, knowing the seriousness of this situation, I'm willing to bet that at some point ALL of these people are drugged. Colin Powell hawked the benefits of Ambien for govt officials, said they were ALL on it, etc. Bush's father was once said to be consuming so much Halycon (sp?) that he was reported to have been plagued by Giant Methodist Spiders for a spell.

We've seen Bush slurring, but that could be alcohol as well..

I'm fairly certain that McCain's big on Ambien as well, and with his campaign trying to get a handle on this woman, keeping her from Puking her guts out from Nerves while she's made a laughing stock by the media (and by her own actions of course), but keeping her SHARP so she can answer questions (and yeah, that's worked out SO WELL for them too), I'm thinking that she's being given a "cocktail" by good old Dr ROBERTS (of the Beatle Song) to keep her more "sane" than she really IS..

Anyone here wonder what they may be pouring down her throat? Any Doctors watching this woman? One of my jobs was to take care of helpless Veterans at a VA hospital (after Nam and my discharge), and most of them had been rendered incomunicado by "shell shock" or PTSS, depending on the war that knocked them for a loop. I read all the records of about 300 of these guys and observed them as they went about their business as inpatients in the Hospital, many shuffled around from building to building in underground corridors to keep them from freezing in the snow up top. They'd pool and congeal in areas, usually where there was some kind of food, vending machines, etc. It was a hairy scene, and I was right in the middle of it, but soon learned how to handle these folks, and after reading their Case Histories, and knowing what drugs they were on, I could pretty much spot drug use, and WHICH drug was IN Use, a mile away..

Some Vets at the community care centers were just booted up with thorozine every two weeks and sent out into the world to talk to Parking meters in the interim.. rendered basically incapable of harming anyone but themselves, freezing to death, etc. It was sickening and I saw it close up.

Back to Sarah Pork Barrel Palin. I'm Damned sure she's doing a cocktail, a mix of antidepressants and something to speed her up, so she's sociable enough to be "folksy", but not talk TOO Damned Much either..

I'm wondering if she'll be dosed for the Debates as well, and what magic potion would work best on her.

On the other hand, she may not be drug addled at all, it just may be her false bravado, overbearing phoney Call Girl Cheerleader Prick Tease personality that keeps here going. But it doesn't explain the weight gain to me. She's fussy about that.

The sparkle in her eyes also seem different, more sheen to the eyes can denote drugs too. Hell, they could even make her pupils BIG, which any body language expert will tell you, would make it seem like YOU were the most important thing in the world to her when those eyes are upon you, BIG Pupils usually denote sexual interest, surprise, or again, Drugs..
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beac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 04:48 AM
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1. 'Giant Methodist Spiders' and 'Call Girl Cheerleader Prick Tease'
would both be EXCELLENT names for bands.

That said, your OP raises an interesting question. I did notice that she seemed a little thick around the middle in the footage of the 'cheesesteak gaffe'--- however, my first thought was if she had another moose in the oven. Those Palins are nothing if not fertile.

I don't know if she's on any 'cocktails' but I predict a MASSIVE amount of cocktails-- both the drug and alcohol kind-- will be required to sit through the barrage of BS that will invade our TV screens beginning at 9pm tonight.
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symbolman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 04:52 AM
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2. Im always thinking of band names myself :)
I imagine one could get real wasted just hefting a shot every time she says "Ya" or "Yup Yup" (my particular nickname for her)..

Should come up with a Palin Debate Drinking game before the fun is Over today,eh? :)
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 06:54 AM
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9. I like "Sarah Pork Barrel" for a band name, as well.
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Kalyke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 01:04 PM
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23. Confess.
Are you David Letterman?

:D
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beac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-03-08 05:58 PM
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32. Nah-- but I might be Dave Barry...
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Norrin Radd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 06:34 AM
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3. Probably pregnant again. Clowncar.
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NatBurner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 10:42 AM
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13. lol this reply needs the visual:
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Norrin Radd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 10:27 PM
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31. lol. That pic is insane.
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 06:38 AM
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4. They haven't released her medical records yet which makes
you just as suspicious about hers as McCain's. Maybe she's on a psychotropic drug they don't want the public to know about.
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Essene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 06:44 AM
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5. i suspect she's chomping a lot of comfort food and eating a lot more rich stuff than usual...
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salguine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 06:47 AM
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6. I agree she's on drugs, but her weight isn't what tipped me off—
it's the answers she gives to simple questions and the fact that the fact that she can't string a coherent sentence together. Every time she opens her mouth, I think, "Jesus, is she on fucking drugs!?"
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 06:49 AM
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7. Thanks for promoting idiotic stereotypes about mental health.
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Bonn1997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 06:53 AM
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8. Bingo! Anti-depressants help millions of people
They're not some disgraceful drug like Cocaine.
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Perky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 07:34 AM
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11. I gotta agree. this is a bunch of self-importtant Hooey.
with no basis in fact.
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symbolman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 07:40 AM
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12. Observation, that's all
Edited on Thu Oct-02-08 07:41 AM by symbolman
and as I mentioned above, I was a Hired "empath" for the Govt.. all I did was Observe noncommunicative vets, and I'm talking some pretty fucked up folks, for any sign of pain, and root cause of it, and then I'd send them to the proper doctors for treatment. I was a diagnosing machine..

You watch 300 people for a year, you get pretty good at spotting potential problems and when you know their case history you can see how some drugs affect everyone pretty much the same way.

Like I used to tell people about cocaine.. turns every person into the very same asshole, paranoid, delusions of granduer, lack of Joy in anything they do, lying, manipulating, etc, etc..

They become the DRUG.

And I'm fairly sure she's ON something. These monsters think nothing of dosing their "customers".. low lifes.
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anneboleyn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 01:38 PM
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30. I agree with you -- plus the anti-ambien rant, which millions of people take, makes no sense to me
Millions of people take ambien to help them sleep at night. It is a relatively mild sleep aid. This is not being "drugged up." Now, inhaling buckets of cocaine or injecting heroine would be drugged up. She may be taking xanax to help her through interviews and the debate, but that is also relatively mild sedative unless a person is taking much larger amounts than the normal prescription dosage.

I also find the snarky bit about her gaining weight irritating. It's the last thing that is important right now. She just had a baby a few months back and women who are nursing tend to have weight fluctuations.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 10:56 AM
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14. Nice Post Dr. Phil!
So umm where did you get your degree is psychiatry from? Google?
THis is WAAAAAAY out of bounds and makes Democrats look like mean vicious douchebags.
God help people who think they can diagnose BASED ON A PHYSICAL APPEARANCE IN A VIDEO.
Buy Hey, thats what the rupukes did with the women in florida in a coma..by looking at the video they could tell what kind of coma she was in, so thats acceptable.
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renie408 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 10:58 AM
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15. Damn your rational logic!! We won't be having any of that HERE!! n/t
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dawgmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 10:59 AM
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16. Hey, that's the future Director of the NIMH you're talking to
In a Palin administration, I mean.

(NIMH = National Institute of Mental Health, for the acronym-challenged.)
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 11:02 AM
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17. Some people are just goofy. Some women get by in the world by using tricks to manipulate
their audience. Hard as it is to understand, there are Republicans who really believe what they say. They have a very strange world view.


Suggesting that people on anti-depressants behave and look like Sarah Palin is an insult to those of us who use anti-depressants because we have chronic clinical depression!

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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 11:12 AM
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18. She's just pounding down Twinkies® by the dozens to lay the groundwork....
to present her case for insanity after she physically attacks Joe during the debate. Keep all sharp objects, including scissors, away from her during the debate. Please!
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gauguin57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 11:18 AM
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19. I've gained weight since Palin was nominated, too! Just listening to her makes me want to eat CARBS!
All the time!

I'm suing McCain/Palin for months of Weight Watchers dues!
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 01:15 PM
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27. lol me too! Must start diet. Tomorrow! nt
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Dangerously Amused Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 12:45 PM
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20. Dude, get your own head checked out.
Edited on Thu Oct-02-08 12:46 PM by Dangerously Amused


That is an awful lot of angry sexism and contempt for the mentally ill that you are spewing. And frankly you sound about as ridiculous as "Dr. Frist" did when he was diagnosing Terry Schiavo from her parent's video clips.

Besides, who cares whether Palin is on medication to help her? As long as the meds are not illegal and/or as long as she's not abusing them, you got nothin'


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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 12:49 PM
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21. You're the kind of man I hate to work with
or just be around, actually. You just hate women and you can barely conceal it.
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SoonerPride Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 01:02 PM
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22. Freshman 15
duh!

:)
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moriah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 01:10 PM
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24. Most of the newer antidepressants don't seem to encourage weight gain.
It's mood stabilizers and antipsychotics that do that.

Sure, Elavil in its heydey encouraged weight gain, and there are a few that do.

But most only seem to have weight side effects in people whose depression is resulting in anorexia -- treating the depression encourages them to eat.

How do I know? I've volunteered in an RCF, and been given many antidepressants myself as attempted treatments for fibromyalgia. I ate much less on Zoloft, Paxil, Lexapro, and lost 20+ lbs on Effexor.

I agree with those who say it's campaign diet and inability to exercise as much as she usually does.
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bklyncowgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 01:13 PM
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25. October Surprise--she's preggers?
Maybe they'll announce the joyous event at Bristol's wedding.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 01:15 PM
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26. You win the most pointless, irrelevant post of the day contest.
Congratulations!
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EmeraldCityGrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 01:17 PM
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28. She's from the Meth Capital of Alaska...might be hard getting the stuff on the road.
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 01:20 PM
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29. "skip it"
Sometimes I wish we could still rate threads "skip it".
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greendog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-03-08 07:00 PM
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33. She's missing the moose jerky and her daily run.
Get her back into her native habitat and she'll be fine.

4 1/2 weeks to go!
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