READER COMMENTS ON
"REPORT: Bush on 'strong anti-depressant drugs'!"
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Bryan
said on 7/29/2004 @ 3:42 pm PT...
Hardly seems credible, but your point is well noted! Just ask Sandy Berger!
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Paul
said on 7/29/2004 @ 9:52 pm PT...
I saw this story before you saw it Brad. If it is true, he needs to step down. It does seem a bit odd though. I think we are all taking too many drugs both illegal, as in pot,xstacy, cocaine, etc., and legal drugs like for ADD, which from what I have experienced with friend's kids, is really a lack of discipline by the parents.
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des
said on 7/29/2004 @ 10:10 pm PT...
okay, i'm gonna hafta say it: exactly why is the idea that Bush is taking anti-depressants a newsworthy item? please elucidate.
i'm not sure how i feel about the idea myself; at first, i thought what i imagine most people are thinking, that it shows a troubling inability to handle the job.
but perhaps that is unfair. they never took anti-depressants in previous administrations because they hadn't been invented yet, but does that automatically make them fundamentally better?
it doesn't seem like a fair assumption. we wouldn't ask a president to step down for taking a prescription drug to treat a heart ailment; what is really different about the two situations?
why is there shame or ignominy in using medical breakthroughs to address mental health?
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johnhp
said on 7/30/2004 @ 5:02 am PT...
i think the idea that Bush is taking anti-depressants is so odd, if it is true, is that the dosage for anti-depressants has to be monitored carefully. It is rare that the right dosage and right drug is immediately prescribed.
On the other hand an untreated alcoholic on anti-depressants is a dangerous thing. In fact the "cure" for his outbursts could prove worse than his outbursts. It could cause him to be even more erratic or mess with his senses.
This last would explain a lot about some of Bushs recent statements. Like running around claiming Americans are safer while members of his administration are screaming that the sky is falling.
It could also explain his falling off his bike.
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Johanna
said on 7/30/2004 @ 6:47 am PT...
Hi Everyone!
Thanks to Jaime, I have discovered this site.
How refreshing And how nice to see that this particular issue is being brought up (as I heard about it too). You'd never read about this on the Tool's website. --- Sorry, I had to say that.
Anyway-- now on to the post, I have believed for a while now that GWB is mentally unstable. Although many people are on anti-depressants (and depression is considered an every day illness nowadays), it should be noted that depressed people make irrational decisions (especially if they forget or don't take their medication)....
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Paul
said on 7/30/2004 @ 8:47 am PT...
Johanna - Some of us think he actually does know what he is doing and his #1 job is to protect us. Just because you do not like what he is doing does not mean that he is mentally unstable.
Good points Desiree!
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Johanna
said on 7/30/2004 @ 8:49 am PT...
Paul,
True. However, just because his #1 job is to protect you, it doesn't mean he's doing it.
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Brad
said on 7/30/2004 @ 10:20 am PT...
Des asked:
"okay, i'm gonna hafta say it: exactly why is the idea that Bush is taking anti-depressants a newsworthy item? please elucidate."
Others have spoken up about this, but I'll toss in a quick thought.
For the *most* part, it's the eraddic behavior described in the story that's the biggest concern. If it's true, it's very troubling.
Next, if that behavior has called for strong anti-depressants, the American People should know about it. There's is nothing wrong with taking anti-depressants per se, but the reasons for them, and their effectiveness should be judged and taken into account by Americans when they are deciding who the next President should be.
(johnhp spoke of just some of the notable concerns about dosages and the effects on untreated alcoholics like Bush, etc. as well).
Even Resident BRAD BLOG Fake Conservative Paul has said that Bush should step down if he's taking anti-depressants. I don't necessarily agree with that, but I do think it's newsworthy if true, and we should know about it.
Hope that speaks to your question, Des.
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Brad
said on 7/30/2004 @ 10:21 am PT...
johnhp said:
"It could also explain his falling off his bike."
TWICE!
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johnhp
said on 7/30/2004 @ 11:31 am PT...
Brad,
thanks for pointing that out. Remember the first tumble? It was blamed on the rain from the month before....
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Brad
said on 7/30/2004 @ 11:41 am PT...
I remember it well! The "rain" that hadn't actually occured for months in Crawford according to the weather logs.
Team Bushie can't even manage to tell the truth about the *weather* for crying out loud!
Big trouble in little Crawford.
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Paul
said on 7/30/2004 @ 12:58 pm PT...
I wouldn't date a woman on Prozac or taking anti-depressants. If the wife had to, that would be one thing. A wife should be for life, while a president is only for 8 years. Tonight I will hear the #1 Beatles cover band in Dallas. Therefore, I may have more than my usual two bourbon and cokes. Hmmm! Some of the groupies smoke dope during the breaks. At 44, maybe I should give it a try. I mean, like, there is no peer pressure.
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johnhp
said on 7/30/2004 @ 4:03 pm PT...
Paul,
Two questions.
1. What kind of bourbon? (and don't you know that real southerners --- not texans but real southerners --- enjoy sour mash --- as in the great George Dickel --- don't need cola?)
2. Are you ever going to answer the questions about "the" socialists and "the" communists?
COMMENT #14 [Permalink]
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Brad
said on 7/30/2004 @ 4:15 pm PT...
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jaime
said on 7/30/2004 @ 7:49 pm PT...
you all forgot when he fell off the un-fall-offable IT scooter
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johnhp
said on 7/31/2004 @ 5:21 am PT...
jaime,
excellent memory!
i am going to engage in a right wing un-thought experiment. i am going to view the Bush mishaps through the goggles the right wing used to look at Clinton.
didja ever notice that in his first fall off his bike that the cut was lower on his face than his bike helmet? This is imprtant because they claimed the cut came from the bike helmet. the only conclusion i can reach is that Laura is beating him. It explains everything. The video where he appears drunk years after he claimed to have stopped drinking; the time in the restaurant where he referred to a reporter in less than glowing terms in front of families; the pretzel incident was no doubt cover for a severe beating.
You know Laura has killed in the past and theres no guarantee that she won't do so again. i don't know if you all revcall but during the 2000 unlection Bush was jogging and was almost hit by a garbage truck in a manner not too dissimilar from the first life laura took.
The only question remaining: where was Laura when flight 800 went down? or the night Vince Foster died....HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM?
Wow. That is a lot easier than actually learning about something.
COMMENT #17 [Permalink]
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Paul
said on 8/3/2004 @ 12:30 pm PT...
1. Jack Daniels
2. Cannot find the article
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russian doctor
said on 9/2/2005 @ 6:59 am PT...
The only question remaining: where was Laura when flight 800 went down?
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Micky
said on 12/5/2005 @ 1:02 am PT...
I think Bush is very right; not to intake any drugs in general and anti-depressants in particular as it does affect one's ability of working. :rolleyes: