I've mentioned this before, the weird jaw-wiggle that (still) President George W. Bush does after he completes a sentence. It's a strange, distracting thing, once you start to notice it. John Boehner has a similar thing, tensing back the corners of his mouth repeatedly. When you clue into it, you notice almost nothing else.
But Boehner's grimace is pretty obviously a facial tic. He's probably not aware he's doing it. Bush's looks more serious than that. It's a waggle more than a wiggle, a jut outward and to the left. It alternates with tightly pursed lips. What the hell does that to his face? Is his slurred (schlurrred) speech part of the problem? And why does it come and go from speech to speech? Is he just drunk? Medicated? Is it a holdover from his cocaine-binge days? This just bugs me. I hate unsolved mysteries.
Slurred speech 'n' coke jaw, before a captive audience at Fort Campbell. Junior's RIPPED.
Found at: Democratic Underground
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
What's Up With (Still) President Bush's Jaw?
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Alcoholism,
Cocaine,
Coke,
Drinking,
Drunk,
George W. Bush,
Slurred Speech,
That thing with his jaw
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This tic is driving me crazy. He hasn't always done it. He also doesn't always do it. I have tried to find approximately when it appeared. I think it goes back at least four years.
ReplyDeleteMy first thought is that it is a side effect of some drug. Some psychotropic drugs can cause this.
Some people suggest it is secondary to cocaine use, currently or in the past. Other suggestions are dry drunk syndrome. Some evidence suggests that he is actively drinking again.
Who has a suggestion?
Why isn't this in the news? I think he's on cocaine.
ReplyDeleteAs of today 4/19/12 he's still doing it. Saw it at a convention in Vegas
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