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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 07:12 PM Original message |
My husband is in AA and he says Bush is |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. That is... |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. What's his reasoning? |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 08:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. Hubby says mannerisms, facial expresions |
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johnfunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. Wouldn't surprise me. Alan Bisbort pegged Bush as a dry drunk in... |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. hubby and I am too, and we think so also n/t |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 07:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. What makes you think so? |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 07:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. appearance is a lot (the "gin blossoms" on his face just get bigger) |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 08:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. I just showed hubby this picture and he said |
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Jokinomx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. I am no expert...but I agree.. he looks as though he has been hitting |
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AgadorSparticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 07:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. in that book, bush on the couch, dr. frank said that his speech |
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DemNoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. I have thought that for a long time |
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Andromeda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. He has that gin blossom complexion... |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. My apolitical friend's apolitical mother... |
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ItsTheMediaStupid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 10:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
49. Great dialog from old W.C. Fields movie |
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benddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. something is going on |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 07:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. They'll forbid any closeup lenses on the cameras. |
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GingerSnaps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 08:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. They will get a copy of the questions ahead of time |
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Lancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 08:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. A dry drunk |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 08:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Yeah, a dry drunk never went to AA |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Well, not all alcoholics have those particular character defects.... |
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Raenelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 10:14 PM Response to Reply #41 |
52. My understanding--untreated, alcoholics are all obsessively self-centered |
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GingerSnaps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Thanks for explaining what they are like |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. here's a pretty good list of characteristics of dry drunk syndrome |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. WOW. That list pretty much describes Smirk to perfection |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
44. That might work |
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Nancy Waterman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. I noticed it for his convention speech |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. He tripped going down the platform steps at the Pa. rally today. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 07:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I heard him on the radio today |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 08:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. You tripped once. How many times has HE fallen in the past 4 years? |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. What makes y'all think he ever stopped? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 07:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. God? |
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Stew225 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 07:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. There has never been a doubt in my mind |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 08:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. 5-15% is the success rate WITH help? |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. sadly that is true, it's a horrible addiction |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. There aren't reliable stats, but AA and other groups estimate 10% |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
48. Agreed; and last night couldn't have been more obvious. |
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TXDemGal (600 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 07:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Exactly! I doubt he stopped, ever. |
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speedoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 08:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. What the "journalists" shoule really say: |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 10:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
51. I stopped cold turkey the 3rd Saturday in August of 1993 |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
19. There never been a doubt in my mind that both of them |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 08:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. I think she went off and got a face lift. |
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SayitAintSo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 10:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
50. I think you are right... |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
20. I bet Blinky tied one on last night after Kerry slapped |
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Lancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
22. I don't think he ever quit. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 08:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Of course he didn't! |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 08:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Maybe... |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. Would the gw* camp be responsible for the "water" or would that |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 08:31 AM Response to Reply #35 |
56. Hi ZombieNixon!! |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
29. I don't think it's just alcohol |
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RareLubbockDem (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
33. I think that too! |
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carpe_vinum (134 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
38. I don't know if it's drinking or drugs, but he's got something ... |
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GDoyle (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Hard Work |
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ItsTheMediaStupid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
46. I'm in recovery |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
53. And what about this story about him not taking his scheduled physical |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
54. I'd be glad if he was drinking again |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-04 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
55. Bush and drinking |
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