President Tourette's? - Democratic Underground

gristy

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Thu Mar-23-06 12:12 AM
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President Tourette's?

Is this from yesterday? Interesting...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJXj9qRm92Q&feature=Views&page=5&t=t&f=b

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Roland99

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Thu Mar-23-06 12:13 AM
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1. Did his earpiece shock him?

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Jade Fox

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Thu Mar-23-06 12:16 AM
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2. He's got some sort of physical problem....

whether it's the drugs they pump him full of or something in his secret annual check-up file, I don't know.

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AtomicKitten

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Thu Mar-23-06 12:21 AM
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3. it's delirium tremens

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CrazyOrangeCat

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Thu Mar-23-06 12:29 AM
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4. God, if it's latent Tourette's setting in . . .

. . . one day he'll just start screaming "EAT ME!!!" in a SOTU address.

:rofl:

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this_side_up

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Thu Mar-23-06 02:58 AM
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5. Wannabe seizures that cannot mature into fullblown seizures n/t

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quaoar

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Thu Mar-23-06 03:19 AM
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6. Not cool

Frankly, I'm sick of seeing people make jokes about Tourette's Syndrome as if sufferers belong in some kind of freak show.

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CrazyOrangeCat

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Thu Mar-23-06 11:26 AM
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7. I'm very sorry.

I'm a horse's ass. My mother did teach me better than that.

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July

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Thu Mar-23-06 12:01 PM
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11. quaoar, I agree that people shouldn't make fun of Tourette's sufferers,

but I didn't see any mockery in the OP; it seemed to me that he was questioning whether Bush might have the syndrome. The tic Bush displayed did look like it could be a sign of Tourette's.

I do understand your POV, having a dear relative w/mild OCD and Tourette's.

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Dora

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Thu Mar-23-06 11:31 AM
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8. I wonder what this "microexpression" reveals.

Microexpressions were discussed in this thread...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=718342

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Blue Diadem

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Thu Mar-23-06 11:36 AM
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9. I noticed several expressions/tics. I don't know what he has

but IMO, there is definitely something wrong with him. There was one that I haven't seen anyone have a video of yet..it was a lip curl/head jerk tic that was very obvious but also very quick.

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Minnesota Libra

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Thu Mar-23-06 11:37 AM
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10. It's "leave me the *uck alone" being acted out. nt

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