So do you believe that George and Laura were poisoned while in Germany in 2007?

[WI_DEM]

CNN) - Laura Bush suggests she, her husband, and several aides were poisoned during a 2007 visit to Germany for the G8 summit - one of several new details in the former first lady's forthcoming memoir, "Spoken for the Heart."

Due to hit bookshelves May 4 but acquired early by the New York Times, Mrs. Bush says she and former President George W. Bush became mysteriously sick on the Germany trip to such a degree that the president became bedridden. According to Mrs. Bush, doctors and the Secret Service investigated the possibility a poisoning had occurred but were unable to make a definitive conclusion.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/28/laura-bush-alleges-poisoning-in-new-book/?fbid=iiqnlWlrmpo

[sui generis]

1. they should have just given the bastard another pretzel.

[FSogol]

2. No, but they poison everyone they talk to.

:shrug:

[spanone]

3. so, laura knows more than the secret service?

[Lost4words]

4. The BFEE was poisoned in the mind generations ago! nt

[WI_DEM]

5. Isn't it possible it was just food poisoning?

[closeupready]

17. Not impossible, but very, very unlikely, IMHO.

Does anyone know if they were the only two to become ill? Or did others become ill?

[tabatha]

21. "and several aides were poisoned "

from the OP.

[Webster Green]

6. Has a Bush ever made a true statement?

Of course not.

[Shell Beau]

7. It is possible, but I would think food poisoning, but who knows.

[Dogtown]

8. She killed an ex-boyfriend

but she left out some of the details in her book.


I think it's more likely they just got a bad load of Botox.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Of course not. They're just looking for an excuse to invade Europe.

[Beetwasher]

10. Get The Poison Out

n/t

[City Lights]

11. No. She and junior are paranoid.

:tinfoilhat:

[MilesColtrane]

12. Xanax (alprazolam) has a significantly different profile from other benzodiazepines...

due to its greater capacity to bind to receptors and its shorter half-life.

The brain-disabling or toxic effects of benzodiazepines in general can be divided into several somewhat overlapping categories:

(1) The primary clinical effect of inducing sedation (tranquility) or hypnosis (sleep), which is indistinguishable from a toxic effect except in degree;
(2) Cognitive dysfunction, ranging from short-term memory impairment and confusion to delirium;
(3) Disinhibition and other behavioral aberrations-- including extreme agitation, psychosis, paranoia, and depression, sometimes with violence toward self or others;

http://www.a1b2c3.com/drugs/benz03.htm

[Hepburn]

13. Total bullshit...

...she is bat shit crazy.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

14. I'd like to know who the several aides were.

[Botany]

15. Yes

Bush @ G8 getting poisoned.

[malaise]

16. I don't count but since the majority of Germans want to

know why their military people are fighting a war in Afghanistan, Angela should be thanking Laura for a way out.


Maybe Dumbya was trying to choke her for attempting to poison him here


sp

[WI_DEM]

25. that's a classic

[greencharlie]

32. I STILL cringe every time I see that. nt

[johnnie]

18. Maybe

I'm thinking that maybe one of the cooks pissed in their food.

[mmonk]

19. No.

I'm sure the population there would not have minded if they were, but no. If someone went to enough trouble to attempt it, they would have been dehabilitated longer. Besides, more lies came out of the Bush administration than any other administration I can remember, even the Nixon administration and the Johnson administration when it came to the Vietnam war.

[HopeHoops]

20. Absolutely - ALCOHOL poisoning - self-inflicted.

[frylock]

27. this..

+1

[mitchum]

22. So much for fabled German efficiency...

because unfortunately they are still breathing

[craigmatic]

23. they probably just ate some bad sausage. I think it was karma more than poison. n/t

[DemoTex]

24. Yes. Absolutely!

The poison:


Before:


After:

[Javaman]

26. papering over the bullshit with "controversy". This woman is a plague. nt

[JHB]

28. Poisoned by Jack Daniels, no doubt...

...although maybe Merkel didn't care for the backrub and made sure he got some bad quark in his Käsekuchen (cheesecake).

[Missy Vixen]

29. Somehow, I'm thinking the German government might have something

to say about this that won't be positive.

Hey, Laura, you just opened a huge can of worms.

[Retrograde]

30. I rhought Bush always traveled with his own cooks and tasters

I seem to recall reading here on DU about a summit where he traveled with a whole cortege of cooks, etc. to make sure he wasn't getting anything that would upset his little tummy. I'm highly skeptical of any "poisoning" claims.

[RainDog]

31. I wouldn't put anything past Dick Cheney n/t

[defendandprotect]

33. No -- but they certainly poisoned atmosphere . . .!!

[defendandprotect]

34. Re the accident --

While I do sympathize with anyone such a tragic thing would happen to --

my recollection of it was quite different from what she described --

thought it happened in town -- and in the afternoon???

[Still Blue in PDX]

35. It was probably from improper handwashing.

Idiots.

[bullwinkle428]

36. I'm sure their stomachs react completely adversely to any food

that's not mayo sandwiches on Wonder bread, peanut butter & jelly, or pizza with the crusts trimmed off!