Does Dubya Have Pre-senile Dementia?

I have not listened to a George Bush speech, even the State of the Union address, for a long time now for 2 reasons. The first is that he uses Orwellian double speak (passing legislation called the "Clear Skies Initiative" that allows for more pollution) which really makes me distrust most of what he says. This is especially true after how he promised billions to NYC after 9/11 which never showed up, after he presented info about Iraq which was flat out wrong - my list is really long so I'll just stop there. The second is that he more times than not sounds like a total idiot. The fact that someone sounding so stupid could have gotten so far upsets me to no end. I take great pride is sounding like I know what I'm talking about, even when I don't have a clue. It turns out that there may be a scientific explanation to my second reason.

Dr. Joseph M. Price wrote in a letter to the editor printed in the October 2004 issue of The Atlantic that "slowly developing cognitive deficits as demonstrated so clearly by the President can represent only one diagnosis and that is pre-senile dementia." One of the symptoms is "a striking decline in his sentence-by-sentence speaking skills." His letter was in response to James Fallows "When George Meets John" article in the July/August 2004

This Bush Pre-senile Dementia video intercuts footage from 10 years ago with recent footage. As the site that hosts the video says, you'll see the difference is dramatic, disturbing and obvious.

Yes, pre-senile dementia looks like penis dementia if read really fast. Sort of like how Scot Run, PA always looks like Scrotum, PA when you whiz by the I-80 highway sign going 75 mph. That doesn't change the fact that it exists and tha our President probably suffers from it. Its nice to know that once Bush sounded smart but now he's getting closer to Mohammed Ali land. I would much rather have an intelligent chap, even someone I disagree with, representing me than Dubya, King of the Malaprops.

Via Neu