W's Facial Abrasions

[Beetwasher]

Something Occurred to me recently about W's seemingly frequent facial abrasions. There was the big one that was blamed on a pretzel and there was one recently blamed on some brush. Have there been others?

When was the pretzel incident? I'm just wondering if it might have coincided for instance w/ the Chimp questioning the necessity for more tax cuts for the wealthy that appeared in O'Neil's book. When was this meeting? Was it around the same time as the pretzel incidient? Is it possible that these abrasions are actually the result of Cheney bitchslapping the Chimp when he says something stupid? I could see it happening after that meeting where the Chimp questioned the tax cuts. He meets privately w/ Cheney and begins mouthing off a bit, he's feeling a bit cocky and begins to act like a wise ass to Cheney and WHAMMO! Cheney cracks him good to shut him up, and then makes him blame it on pretzel. I could totally see this happening.

[Champion Jack]

1. It may be rug burns from his get togethers with Victor Ashe

[radwriter0555]

26. In 11 YEARS, clinton never had one single mark on him... how many has

bush had?

[laruemtt]

2. maybe there's "a secret side"

to the lump in the bed...

[Gman]

3. I still think Laura

slapped the shit out of him after she put up with so many years of domestic violence/abuse.

[davidinalameda]

4. I think Laura is making him her b***h

I can see her in leather with a whip

makes the skin crawl thinking about it

[hlthe2b]

5. Naaah... Alcohol induced clumsiness, I can buy...

While I think Bush is a stupid pawn, I also think his handlers do so by building him up as the little omnipotent dictator, calling all the shots. He's stupid enough to manipulate, by folks like Cheney.

[ngGale]

11. Typical Co-Dependent behavior...

Typical co-dependent behavior. He's a follower, not a leader. Knew that before he went into the White House. I'm not sure how many other people picked it up. Cheney and the Rummy influence, typical.

[Fovea]

6. I think it means that there is a double secret cabinet post

filled by Robert Novak.

[DoYouEverWonder]

7. Nah, self inflicted

Probably stumbling around in the dark in the middle of the night, trying to find the toilet, so he doesn't pee the bed again.

[Gingersnap]

8. from shaving?

I think that Bush is on heavy prescription pills to keep him "mellow" and hopefully keep his mouth shut so he doesn't embarrass the admin. Some of these pills make you less sensitive to pain (as does alcohol, which I won't rule out) and he could be digging into his face when he shaves without realizing it.

Seriously. I think that--or Cheney bitchslapping him--are more believable than the pretzel. Funny, I seem to remember a lot of speculation about Clinton's rosacea (?) being alcoholism...odd that no one ever talks about this.. Oh year, that's because Clinton had a cock.

[Kanary]

12. A man, and I use the term loosely, in his position

doesn't shave himself.

Kanary

[Iverson]

18. yuck!

Why the hell do we want to think about THAT?

[Lisa]

27. apparently he shaves with warm water, no soap ...

Some kind of macho thing -- his skin is already inflamed from too much sun exposure, so it's not surprising it looks like he took a power sander to his face!

If you look at some photos -- I have no choice, the Globe and Mail frequently prints extreme close-ups of the Shrub for no apparent reason -- there are lots of places where he misses shaving, so stray whiskers etc. are not uncommon.

The pretzel incident happened in January 2002. I don't know when the cabinet meetings took place -- anyone?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1758848.stm

[Sapphocrat]

29. Shaving?

Well, if the meds are that heavy, yeah, I guess he could end up with some major damage 'twixt cheekbone and eye socket:

George! Let Mommy do that! You'll put an eye out!

[Amager]

9. Oh please.

Do you really think the secret service would allow anyone to wail on the president??

[thebigidea]

13. do you really think the Secret Service are next to him at all times?

that they stand around his bed like lamposts while he sleeps, crooning Brahms' lullaby all the time?

[Beetwasher]

14. Do You Think The SS Would Let Him Choke on a Pretzel and Pass Out!

Oh Please indeed....

[Fovea]

16. That depends

Did their overtime get cut?

[CatWoman]

17. This incident occurred during last year's Super Bowl

and it was reported that the Secret Service was in another room.

Do you expect the SS to be with * every minute of the day?

Do you suppose they shake his wang after he urinates, too?

[Iverson]

19. There's Waldo!

Thanks for clearing that up.

[Lisa]

28. thank you for that mental image, CatWoman ...

I'm going to have to subject myself to a night of heavy drinking to erase it, so I don't keep screaming.

It was bad enough reading his coy little hints that he strips down to his undies on the porch, purportedly so he won't track dirt into the Crawford house. I wonder if he insists the guards watch that, as well.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/august01/2001-08-25-ranch.htm

[catmandu57]

21. It was an inside job

someone from the immediate circle, while others believe it was chaindrive or the lump, I'm putting my money on poppy. They had a falling out about that time.

[Sapphocrat]

30. Nah, don't you remember, there WAS somebody else in the room...

...during the famous pretzel incident: one or both of those poor, abused dogs -- who, according to the Pres-i-dunce, were standing over him when he came to.

I say he's dropped poor Barney a whole lot more times than we've ever seen captured on film. The doggies were just trying to get a little revenge.

Think Ray Milland in Frogs. Or Ernest Borgnine in Willard. Or...

[Iverson]

10. "Where's Waldo?" gone horribly wrong.

We can't tell the children about this one.

[Lizz612]

15. Laura caught him drinking a beer

while watching the game and eating pretzels; so she slapped him real hard. Then blamed the poor pretzels.

[TheDebbieDee]

20. The man is a drunkard...........

I read (in an article on Smirking Chimp recently by a substance-abuse expert) that W.'s behavior exhibits symptoms or signs of a recovering alcoholic that keeps falling off the wagon. He goes for so long without a drink, then goes on a drunken bender and passes out. He probably bruises his face up when he falls face first onto the floor.

Allegedly, the pretzel-choking incident was precipitated by one of W.'s drunken binges.

[Cleita]

23. Yep, I think you nailed it.

Welcome to DU. Yes, I had an employer who fit your description, being on the wagon most of the time and going to AA, but bing drinking to oblivion several times a year and yes, emerging when sober, with some marks on her face.

[Mandate My Ass]

22. He could be poster child for Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

Korsakoff syndrome, or Korsakoff psychosis, involves impairment of memory and intellect/cognitive skills such as problem solving or learning, along with multiple symptoms of nerve damage. The most distinguishing symptom is confabulation (fabrication) where the person makes up detailed, believable stories about experiences or situations to cover the gaps in the memory. Korsakoff psychosis involves damage to areas of the brain.

Signs and tests:

History is significant for chronic alcohol use. Examination of the nervous/muscular system may show polyneuropathy (damage to multiple nerve systems). Reflexes may be decreased or of abnormal intensity, or abnormal reflexes may be present. Testing of gait and coordination indicate damage to portions of the brain that control muscle coordination. Muscles may be weak and may show atrophy (loss of tissue mass).

http://www.healthcentral.com/mhc/top/000771.cfm

[Jose Diablo]

24. Ruptured capillaries from

alcohol abuse. He is drinking.

[ET Awful]

25. You're ALL WRONG. . .

Those are abrasion marks from the attempts to remove his head from his ass.

[Poiuyt]

31. I don't believe the pretzel story for one minute

It's what he was using to wash the pretzels down. He got shitfaced and passed out. Nothing more.

[Sapphocrat]

32. Jerry Falwell told me all those marks are just...

...stigmata.

[grasswire]

33. a couple of weeks ago...

....there was a long scratch on his right cheek. From clearing brush, they said.

Some days he looks terribly puffy. Something's definitely wrong.

[shanti]

34. it's his reptilian skin

peeling off....lol

[ComerPerro]

35. Man, who cares if that is the case or not

The mental image is just too damn priceless not to at least consider.


I keep picturing and replaying it in my head, and I am laughing my ass off....



LOL