Umm... There's something wrong with John McCain.

[BuyingThyme]

A little earlier I saw a video clip on CNN where John McCain attacks Barack Obama for offering to give nukes to Fidel Castro's brother (or something like that). In the video, I saw two disturbing things:

First, McCain loses control of his right eye. His entire cornea wanders down below his lower right eyelid. He then goes into some kind of correctional blinking exercise that successfully puts the two eyes back into sync. Very disturbing.

Then, a few seconds later, he gets hit by some sort of upper-body spasm. He attempts to provide cover for the spasm by stepping up the aggressiveness of his rhetoric (as if he was physically moved by what he was saying). Again disturbing.

Anybody else notice?

[skooooo]

1. The bionics are failing..?

:shrug:

[PoliticalAmazon]

17. He might have Bell's palsy. n/t

[Maine-ah]

57. bell's you lose the nerves on one side of your face

so that you can't even move it. I had it when I was 18 and luckily recovered mostly. My right eye sits a touch lower than my left, and I still have a little numbness. Not everyone recovers.

[babylonsister]

2. No worries! He's releasing his medical records Friday (maybe)...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3313063&mesg_id=3313063

[msallied]

3. Yikes. Please bring on the debates!! lol

I'm waiting for his crackerjack to get the ultimate K.O. from B.O.!

[Perky]

40. I know we need to win....but geesh I hope it is not that way.

[formercia]

4. For someone old enough to be God

it's to be expected for a cutter and canner. It's Mad Cow, er Bull. :rofl:

[SoonerPride]

5. He's an escapee from West World!!

[msallied]

13. ROFL!

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[Starbucks Anarchist]

7. I saw something similar on the news the other day.

McCain was on his plane, talking to reporters, and he kept leaning forward then backwards repeatedly every time he started a new sentence.

It struck me as odd.

[hisownpetard]

55. Hemorrhoids?

[beezlebum]

8. could he be another...

[BuyingThyme]

15. That's fake.

[JuniperLea]

9. Just wait until he's under pressure...

But mark my words, anything negative said publicly in this regard will be retaliated with things like... you are NOT an American if you poke fun at a war hero!

Mark my words... this is where it will go.

[msallied]

30. After what those aholes did to John Kerry, they can eat it.

[JuniperLea]

38. I feel the same way

I'm just saying, we need to prepare ourselves. What they did to Kerry is a very good card to hold. We could get band-aids... ew... no, that was vile.

[jazzjunkysue]

68. No mercy. They got so many people killed in Iraq-No mercy.

[blogslut]

10. He is not well

...from what I've seen lately. The motor functions are off-kilter.

IMHO, I don't think he's going to be the republican candidate in the fall.

[AlinPA]

59. A presidential campaign is more than grueling. I don't know how he can keep up

with Obama.

[KAZ]

64. I've been telling my wife that for 2 months.

[SlipperySlope]

11. Don't worry. The Disney animatronic engineers will get if figured out before the election.

[Bleacher Creature]

12. What's more disturbing are the number of people on this board who want to get him elected.

They all need to be tombstoned now.

[Coexist]

14. was it on the situation room? lets see if we can find the video

[BuyingThyme]

20. Yes, I think it was in the Situation Room.

I only saw it once, but it looked like a standard-loop clip.

[Coexist]

49. HERE IT IS! *** Video - check for yourself and tell me what you think ***

http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2008/05/20/sot.mccain.cuba.cnn

I think what you are looking for begins about 2:20 in.

[BuyingThyme]

50. I can't watch on this computer. What do you see?

[Coexist]

52. he starts with a hard blink with one eye.. then small twitches

then the body jerk, after that, when he blinks, one eye seems to actually blink a little slower than the other.

[BuyingThyme]

74. I just saw it again in the Situation Room.

I don't know if it's the same one you posted, but watching again, it looks like his right eye falls off like five or six times (mostly as he turns to the right, away from the camera). Something horrible is going on with his eye(s).

[woolldog]

75. I think he was winking at a supporter in the audience.

[anigbrowl]

70. Don't see it. Just the usual nonsensical arguments.

[FloridaJudy]

73. I'm not a doctor

And I don't even play one on TV - I'm a lowly little old nurse practitioner. But...if a client came to me with that kind of affect and those kinds of twitches, I'd order a work-up for Parkinson's. Could also be any number of other neurological syndromes - including a few relatively harmless ones - but the man obviously needs to see a competent neurologist, and soon.

[Greyskye]

77. Very strange.

Starting around 2:30, his left eye (on our right) starts blinking madly. It also appears to be a much darker color then his right eye. Very strange. :shrug:

[aasleka]

16. It's from all the plastic surgery he has had, he obviously has had eyelids done and

his neck pulled tight. It's a wonder his face won't look like droopy dog by the GE from all the injections and surgeries.

[msallied]

18. I was wondering the other night on SNL if he'd had Botox or something.

He just looked more "stuffed and stiff" than usual.

[Barack_America]

19. I've noticed that his left eyelid has been drooping.

His entire left side of his face seems more slack than the right and how it had been before.

It's concerning.

I don't think he is well.

Edited: Because it's actually his left side of his face, not his right.

[msallied]

31. I saw that recently as well!

It is very concerning.

[Swamp Rat]

21. Like Hitler in his final days?

:D

[BuyingThyme]

35. Hey. Is that Ben Stein?

I didn't know he was that old.

[Swamp Rat]

43. LOL!

:D

[2rth2pwr]

22. I take it you also made fun of Max Clelland's war injuries?

[BuyingThyme]

26. Where did I make fun of anything?

[Cali_Democrat]

28. You love defending Republicans, don't you?

The OP was just asking a question.

[burythehatchet]

44. I pray to God, that this asswipe and the rest of the army leave here for good soon.

[2rth2pwr]

56. When has it ever been a Dem principle to attack people based on physical handicaps?

[Forkboy]

60. You're busy mocking Randi Rhodes for her drinking. Alcoholism is a disease.

That's not stopping you there.

[americanstranger]

29. Who's making fun? It's a fact.

You look at the guy and tell me he looks healthy to you.

And comparing him with Cleland is ludicrous.

- as

[msallied]

32. People like "ignored" don't even try to deny the fact that they are Republicans anymore.

[burythehatchet]

47. And why they are allowed to post is simply beyomd me.

[Shakespeare]

He's not making fun; McCain's physical ability is most definitely an issue.

If I were a repug, I'd be more worried about the cancer than about the war injuries.

[FloridaJudy]

76. Max Clelland's war injuries didn't make him unfit

For high political office, any more than Roosevelt's paraplegia did. Or Robert Dole's war injuries (I happened to think Dole was unfit, but because of his policies, not because of his paralyzed arm). But if McCain has a serious neurological disorder - like incipient dementia or severe Parkinson's - it could definitely affect his ability to serve as POTUS.

I don't think most here are making fun of him. His health is a valid concern.

[2rth2pwr]

78. He blinks funny so he must have a neurological disorder?

Why don't you just make fun of the way he can't raise his arms all the way up?

[tpsbmam]

23. I resisted but I've heard enough over the past few months that....

I think he's in the early stages of dementia, probably Alzheimer's. I worked in the field -- my profession included diagnosing dementia (among other neurological disorders). I'd most certainly diagnose him without examining him, but he's showing signs that certainly concern me.

[msallied]

33. I worked as a CNA and I've seen the same similar ticks and whatnot

in the dementia patients. I suspect there is definitely something neurological going on.

Honestly, I'm shocked that he was even nominated. It's almost like the Republicans were wanting to lose.

[uponit7771]

45. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I've read this today!! Twice on con boards too, they think he's tryin to ..

...throw it for a 2012 run

[anigbrowl]

72. He's 73 already, why would he wait until 2012?

I have serious doubts about whether he'll even live so long.

[aasleka]

67. actually that is what I thought, sacrificial lamb and they think there is no way that Obama

can get the country back on track after Bush has tried to kill it the past 8 years. The GOP has tried to bankrupt the country so that we cut all social programs and then have to raise taxes and they can run on that platform in 2012.

The thing they don't understand is Obama can actually succeed.

[americanstranger]

24. I didn't see what you're talking about, but

I've been saying for a long time that the man is not well.

I've seen pictures lately where his left eye is not even fully opening.

Something is most definitely wrong.

- as

(Edited to get the eye thing right. Or left.)

[Barack_America]

34. That is what I noticed as well.

His entire left side of his face is slack, as if there is something wrong with the trigeminal nerve, which innervates all of those structures. Given his melanoma diagnosis, and where that nerve runs, it is indeed concerning.

[rug]

25. Dr. Strangelove had better motor coordination.

[Forkboy]

27. Yeah, he's a fucking lunatic.

[Perry Logan]

36. Wow. And this is the Republicans' BEST GUY.

[msallied]

37. One thing that worries me is that if doesn't end up being the republican nominee in the fall

It might come biting us in the ass. What are the anti-war Republicans that ran in the primary? Huckabee, maybe? I'm worried about the replacement making it difficult to link the Bush policies to the Republican candidate.

[Arugula Latte]

41. I know. I hope he hangs in long enough to be defeated in the general.

[NatBurner]

48. i didn't wanna say it, but

yeah...

[Buck Rabbit]

39. He dribbles for 5 minutes after he takes a piss.

Oh wait, that's me. Well, him too probably.

Sucks getting old, except having grand bunnies, that is cool. Does he ramble? I sometimes ramble. Did I spell that right? I can't tell without my glasses...

Where the hell did I put my glasses?

Wanna see pictures of my grandbunny? He just turned one.

Oh yeah, McCain. I hope there is nothing wrong with him other than normal age related quirks. He is a good match-up for us, though beating Rudy would have been an enjoyable walk in the park.

[uponit7771]

42. Manchurian?

[shain from kane]

46. He went to Iraq, wore crazy outfits, and said the most insane things.

Our Congress critter was constantly re-elected, since the district couldn't do without him. Reagan was re-elected, because the country couldn't do without him. I could cite many examples. The cemetary is full of people that we counldn't do without. Please don't force this person down our throat. His day is over, and it is time to move on. I don't need any other reason to vote for someone else (Since I am a lifelong Democrat, I wouldn't vote for him anyway.)

[uponit7771]

51. In last part of the vid in follow up question McSame starts fast blinking it's a tell tale he's lyin

....which is better than Bush who tells a lie with a straight face because he's a sociopath.

McSame MAY be a Bush level liar but he's not a sociopath, either way he shouldn't be prez

[Vinca]

53. It would be nice if he'd release his medical records. nt

[Beregond2]

54. It is disturbing to watch him.

He is obviously not well.

[Texas Hill Country]

58. it's called being a Republican....

[Mimosa]

61. My pal the MD/prof has been saying it for awhile

My best bud told me if McCain walked into his office he'd test him for several things. he also said McCain's temper outbursts (such as the 'you little jerk' incident) indicated that something is really wrong with McCain mentally and/or physically.

He could be having mini-strokes which precurse a major stroke.

[Auntie Bush]

62. Yes, He's wrong

about everything!

I noticed the eye problem but hesitated to discuss it...not nice. But now that you mention it you have a more detailed description. I just thought he looked like could be blind in his left(?) eye. The one on the side of his face that he had the operation. I often wondered if his eyesight was effected as that eye looks a tad bit droopy and unfocused.

I didn't notice any strange body movement.

[ecstatic]

63. Who will they replace him with? Is the clip online? nt

[BuyingThyme]

66. FLDem5 posted a clip above (#49) but I can't watch,

so I can't figure out if it's the same one (or if I got it right).

[papapi]

65. Isn't he just falling asleep? Too much OxyContin from wife Cindy....

[dchill]

69. control of his right eye.

Anybody else notice? Yes.

[jazzjunkysue]

71. Think he's due to return to the bio chamber?