Bush Using Drugs to Control Depression, Erratic BehaviorBy TERESA HAMPTON Editor, Capitol Hill Blue
Jul 28, 2004
President George W. Bush is taking powerful anti-depressant drugs to control his erratic behavior, depression and paranoia, Capitol Hill Blue has learned.
The prescription drugs, administered by Col. Richard J. Tubb, the White House physician, can impair the President’s mental faculties and decrease both his physical capabilities and his ability to respond to a crisis, administration aides admit privately.
“It’s a double-edged sword,” says one aide. “We can’t have him flying off the handle at the slightest provocation but we also need a President who is alert mentally.”
Tubb prescribed the anti-depressants after a clearly-upset Bush stormed off stage on July 8, refusing to answer reporters' questions about his relationship with indicted Enron executive Kenneth J. Lay.
“Keep those motherfuckers away from me,” he screamed at an aide backstage. “If you can’t, I’ll find someone who can.”
Bush’s mental stability has become the topic of Washington whispers in recent months. Capitol Hill Blue first reported on June 4 about increasing concern among White House aides over the President’s wide mood swings and obscene outbursts.
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― Joseph Pot (STINKOR™), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 23:55 (twenty-one years ago)
i remember watching a speech where he kept grinding his teeth and moving his jaw in weird ways during every pause.
this guy is definitely jacked up on some shit.
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 5 August 2004 00:00 (twenty-one years ago)
Quick, someone photoshop Bush into a padded cell.
― AaronHz (AaronHz), Thursday, 5 August 2004 00:03 (twenty-one years ago)
George Smith has noted that Capitol Hill Blue is mostly notable for being crank central -- there may be something to this, sure, but I'm reserving judgment unless he completely melts down in public.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 5 August 2004 00:06 (twenty-one years ago)
I certainly don't doubt that at all, Ned. Take it with a grain of salt (or some Lithium).
― Joseph Pot (STINKOR™), Thursday, 5 August 2004 00:22 (twenty-one years ago)
hmmm, i think we had a thread like this a few months ago.
the jaw wagging thing can be a sign of coke consumption.
― dyson (dyson), Thursday, 5 August 2004 00:49 (twenty-one years ago)
Yeah, I'm sure W's doctor is leaking what his prescriptions are to Capitol Hill Blue.
― Layna Andersen (Layna Andersen), Thursday, 5 August 2004 00:57 (twenty-one years ago)
GEEE POOR MAN LET'S FEEL SORRY FOR HIM AND VOTE REPUBLICAN.
Bah. If he wants to end the depression he can stop killing people.
― Which Describes How You're Feeling All the Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 5 August 2004 01:09 (twenty-one years ago)