I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Looks like eczema! Too many liberal irritants!
Most birds molt. Do chickenhawks? Perhaps this could explain the skin condition.
Tertiary syphilis ?
perhaps if he ever held a fucking press conference he could clear this up for us.
Once in a while Bush's true reptilian skin begins to break through his artificial poly coating. A quick dipping in the vat at Camp David this weekend should have him looking like the old chimp in no time.
That is a greased palm, if I've ever seen one.
Looks more like he fell down drunk again - check out the scraped hands...
That's not a normal skin condition.
Christians know it as stigmata.
It's the blood of the 9/11 victims on his hands.
It's not so much that his fingers look too red, it's that his palm looks pale and yellowish. His face also looks yellowish around the blotches. Hard to tell for sure without knowing what the lighting was.
Some people get irritation like that from sweaty palms.
Splotchy skin...sanguinary irruptions...beverages of mass consumption...splotchy skin...sanguinary irruptions...beverages of mass consumption...
etc., etc.
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I'm looking at his drunkard's red nose.
From having his head up his ass?
Looks like "molluscum contagiosum, eosinophilic folliculitis" --- more commonly known as "hairy plame disease."
He's a red-faced liar.
As for the hands, I thought they still warned boys about that when Bush was young.
On a serious note, check out how reddened his nose is - the tell-tale burst capillaries of a hard-core alcoholic. Could explain the redness of his hands and ears as well - all capillary-rich environs subject to damage by prolonged heavy boozing.
The only other possible explanation that sprang to mind was "Raynaud's disease", a condition in which capillaries in the extremeties, nose, and ears go into spasm when coming into contact with cold air or objects. More or less simply an over-reaction in the body's normal response to cold temperatures. When the capillary spasm finally subsides, blood rushes in and the affected areas turn bright red. If he had the condition I would sympathize (if it was anyone other than Bush) as I have it myself and it's very uncomfortable. But my money is on the damage from heavy boozing explanation.
Clinique Non-Streak Bronzer? Nah...he's an Aruba in a Tuba kinda guy.
He prefers to apply by hand rather than have it sprayed at him at the Casa del Sol behind the Amoco station on Wisconsin Ave. Even the most fabulous among us can only stand so much fabulous-ness.
"Heh-heh-heh-uh-huh-huh-huh, I was jes playin' in the sandbox out in the Rose Garden, pretendin' I was diggin' for oil. Dick and Karl made me come back in before I hurt myself too bad."
bush is an alcoholic. i'm really surprised this never gets talked about but he obviously never stopped drinking.
GW - I thought they made you come in because the neighborhood cats kept trying to cover you up with the sand.
Not sure whether these irregularities aren't just image artifacts caused by strange lighting, low resolution, and maybe even jpeg compression.
Possibly, to much rubbing of the coating of makeup on his face to hide alcohol induced Rosacea,,, or, if Dubya is still sober, exercise induced Rosacea-
Rosacea is often triggered in response to overheating. Excess blood flow helps to cool the body but exacerbates rosacea.
Bubbah had this too, but I do not recall 4" of makeup being applied, to coverup his condition-
Shorter; Dubya cannot stop rubbing off his Rosacea prevention makeup; nervous as a cat in a cage beside a jackhammer-
Cats are smart.
Well, if the drinking theories are right... I don't blame him for getting back ont he wagon this week.
a cirrhotic liver. advanced.
It could also be a skin rash for epilepsy meds.
Pretzel anyone? Sleepytime by 9 anyone? Attention span, anyone? Lack of verbal control, anyone?
All signs of heavy meds or pointers to epilepsy. Plus, isn't Babs a major donor to an epilepsy foundation or something?
Widespread Mottled Dermatologies
No need to look under the furniture.
It's his thin skin wearing out.
I'd bet money it's a skin condition related to stress. Two of my law school classmates had something similar and that's what they were told was the ultimate cause. One of them had hands that looked red and blotchy and were peeling. I wonder if Bush's hands peel? Or if he's wearing ointment and then gloves to bed every night?
We only have W's word that he quit drinking. And what is that worth? Since he's lied about every other aspect of his life, why would he draw the line there?
Must be all that lying and slithering around that's causing him to shed skin.
...i think Frankly0 has the answer...
whacked off and forgot to wash up
His uglyness on the inside is starting to push it's way out?
Maybe we should start putting blotchy pictures of Chimpy on our homepages. Remember how flipped out Bill O'liely got when Franken did it to him.
I think it's a case of Blotchy Macbeth: "out damn blotch!"
A guilty conscience is a bitch.
TownDrunk,
There's a video circulating on the Internet of Bush at a wedding reception, apparently in the early 90s, in which he was obviously drunk as a skunk. Bush has said he has been a teetotaler since 1985.
I used to think that he was telling the truth when he said he had no longer had an alcohol problem. Having seen that video, now I just don't know.
I've thought Bush has epilepsy for a while now.
He "fell" and choked on a pretzel.
He often has bruises on his face.
He can't talk well, and has trouble with word recall. (side-effect of heavy meds)
He needs to be asleep early, and get his beauty rest, which is something anyone with epilepsy will tell you is important.
He's an angry, bitter man, which I've run across with male epileptics in the past. They often go through self-medicating periods in their lives.
Would explain why they won't release his medical records, AND why they kicked him out of the TANG.
My vote's on drink too. But interestingly enough it does appear as if he has callouses on his hands. Now we all know he's never worked a day in his life...so where'd he get those??
Undoubtedly, the calluses are from excessive jerkin' of his gherkin.
in all seriousness, i think it's from using a bench press.
I vote for the classic presentation of a chronic, severe version of alcoholism.
Bit of a cheap shot, ay? I would be interested in the results of the palm reading, though.
I apologize for being OT, but here is a potentially explosive article in the Los Angeles Times this morning:
"Author Reports Theft of Some of Kerry's FBI Files"
Nicosia had received 20,000 pages of internal FBI surveillance files in 1999 through a Freedom of Information Act request. At the time, he was researching "Home to War," a chronicle of the Vietnam protest years. But the release came too late for use in the book, which was largely about Vietnam Veterans Against the War. Kerry was among the leaders of the group, which was founded in 1967 and drew 10,000 members nationwide.
Nicosia said he suspected that the thieves were specifically in pursuit of the files because a camera and other expensive items in the home were left untouched. He added that he did not know exactly what material was taken because it was not cataloged or marked. Three of 14 boxes of files that had been stacked in his kitchen are missing. He said he was moving the remaining documents to a secure location Friday afternoon.
more from theLA Times Article reg. required.
GoldenGategate, anyone?
yyyeearrgh, instead of exposing some actual skin condition gossip, it's just an extreme close up photo! please warn before exposing such unwootly monstrosities!
I believe the technical term is "Liar's Rash."
As I was reading a Newsweek magazine while sitting in the waiting room at my dermatologist, I was struck by a photo spread showing two full page face shots of Kerry and Bush. Kerry's skin looked great, but Bush showed the exact same symptoms as I have, small blotches from capillary ruptures caused by rosacea and dermatitis. So as much as I hate Bush, excuse me if I don't find any humor in poking fun at his medical condition.
Billy B - jerkin' Enron and Halliburton gherkin is more likely. With his long history of alcohol abuse, it's highly unlikely he can get a stiffy regardless of how much jerkin' he does.
Any guy who has been a long-term alcoholic (or woman unfortunate enough to be involved with one) knows that alcoholic gherkin stops working sometime in the mid-40s.
Again, it's the capillary damage.
Atrios, I still prefer "Mr. Coward"
Or Mr. Lying Fucking Bastard
Or Mr. Chimp
Or...
...
...
Satan's eczema.
Epilepsy meds also cause skin rashes in heavy doses.
it's from bowing and scraping toward mecca.
interesting comments by monkey -- but maybe it's just bad photography. surely "reporters" who cover him regularly would have pointed out any persistent problem. oh wait...
btw, the mythological "drunk's nose" (a la wc fields)is actually caused by a condition called acne rosacea. it also causes the enlargement of the nose (a la wc fields). acne rosacea is aggravated by alcohol consumption, however, as well as by hot drinks.
Atrios, thanks for the link. I do want to make the point that the photo is from a mainstream source.
Sure it's a cheap shot. Your point?
I can't speak to his hands but I have believed for sometime that he has rosacea.
But I've never heard of rosacea affecting the hands.
Rosacea results in an enduring redness, particularly on the nose and checks. Sometimes it can look like acne, other times it just looks like a sunburn. It also causes swelling and growth of tissue on the nose if left untreated.
Some people mistakenly associate the red-face of Rosacea sufferers with signs of alcoholism (like WC Fields, who had rosacea).
As for Bush's hands, my guess is they are probably just calloused from all the "clearing brush" he did at his ranch for the photo ops. He's never been a rancher and his hands aren't used to that kind of hard work.
http://www.myleftbrain.com
I used to think that he was telling the truth when he said he had no longer had an alcohol problem.
George W. Bush has an alcohol problem. He is going to have an alcohol problem for the rest of his life. The real question is, how does he deal with it? I strongly suspect that no, he doesn't drink anymore, and that he deals with the cravings via adrenaline rushes. That's probably what is up with those brush-cutting sprees in 100-degree Texas weather.
OT, but nice catch from dailykos.com:
Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader is getting a little help from his friends – and from George W. Bush's friends.
Nearly 10 percent of the Nader contributors who have given him at least $250 each have a history of supporting the Republican president, national GOP candidates or the party, according to computer-assisted review of financial records by The Dallas Morning News.
Among the new crop of Nader donors: actor and former Nixon speechwriter Ben Stein, Florida frozen-food magnate Jeno Paulucci and Pennsylvania oil company executive Terrence Jacobs. All have strong ties to the GOP...
"Did I give $1,000 to Ralph Nader because I hope and believe he will be president? No," said California business executive Charles Ashman. "I don't believe that any more than Ralph Nader does. But I was offended to see this campaign to squelch him from being a candidate."
Mr. Ashman said he remains a staunch Republican. He contributed $2,000 to the Bush campaign, the maximum allowed for the general election, according to records.
"I proudly made a contribution to the re-election of President Bush because I support him 100 percent," he said. "I hope and believe he will be re-elected."
And with Ralph's help, he will!
FWIW, our readers think, well, if it isn't blood it ought to be.
BTW, rosacea is also exacerbated by alcoholism. See W.C. Fields...
I thought it was because of the fights he picks with garbage cans.
I'm still waiting for the palm reading...
Have definite proof that the skin problem and the flip-floppy-flopping comes from this: http://www.neen.org/demo/clinger.swf
pretend the cursor is Karl Rove telling Bush where to go
Looks like a botched Botox job. Sue the doctor ($250K limit).
dave - Ah, you beat me to it. Yep, the Dallas Morning News ran that story this morning on the front page. Next time we get a drop- by from a greenshirt, I hope he or she knows what's going to hit him or her.
Stupid stupid stupid.
Confirms what we already knew.
Bush might be alcoholic, but I bet he's a pussy when it comes to drinking. He probably doesn't even drink beer. He's anyone's after three glasses of white wine.
Rosacea (alcoholism?), some form of eczema (stress?), and actinic keratosis (sun damage).
It's the White House's immune defense. The WH is rejecting this squatter -- has been for three + years (it tried to finish him off with the pretzel).
...you beat me to it.
Well, Kos did, technically.
Yours is no disgrace!
smiley, your description is not quite correct. "Drunk's nose" is a condition called rosacea rhinophyma, and is caused by a thickening of tissue under the skin. Tertiary rosacea often causes unsightly raised skin lesions across the nose and cheeks, but Bush's condition does not appear to be as advanced as that. Bush has been seen in the past with red scars on his face from removal of unspecified lesions, most likely a biopsy for basal cell carcinoma. The red fingers are possibly caused by Bush not washing his hands after applying his oinmnents.
I just want everyone to know that rosacea affects about 20% of the population, and there is no cure, treatment to keep it in remission is pretty damn expensive, so have a heart and quit bashing Bush over a condition that makes a lot of us extremely self-conscious.
after clearing all that brush,
his hands are muy macho.
he was picking his nose, and struck oil.
Just to play devil's advocate for a few moments -- it depends on where the picture comes from. Many photographs published by large website on the web have had the number of colors they contain reduced to cut down on file size. This is a fairly standard proceedure that can produce wierd results when you look at the photo up close. Anyway, I don't know the source of the photo so I can't say if it's had its palate shrunk for the web.
Personally, though, I think it's from his fingerpainting class he has with his art tutor to reward him for his progress in his reading class...
charles, thanks, i'm not a md. also, i did not intend to suggest that i think that's what bush has. i tend to go with node of evil's first point. i merely wanted to educate, albeit not quite correctly apparently, the commentariate that drinking does not cause big, red noses.
Well,
His face splotches could be from alcohol. My girlfruend has that reaction when she drinks more than 2 or 3 beers, splotchiness.
As for the palm of his hand...maybe a bad reaction to hair removal? 
Hmmmm the book "The Picture Dorian Gray" comes to mind.....
Pretzel-boy's skin disease? It's Beelzebub's Sarcoma.
>>"Drunk's nose" is a condition called rosacea rhinophyma
So it's really from the drinking? Why does it honk when you squeeze it?
palatte, not palate. I've been reading too many cookbooks... Maybe Bush finally figured out how to get the ketchup out of a Heinz bottle and he's proud of himself?
gin blossom.
Roseola? Lupus?
cameron, is your girlfriend of east asian decent? many east asians have a genetic mutation that disrupts the normal matabolism of alcohol. symptoms include flushing, blotching, nausea. of course, modern japanese are famous for drinking right through it.
Kerry should give him the number of his Botox guy.
That might help...
Or, maybe Bush is... A vampire: http://www.realcities.com/mld/kr...rld/
8267193.htm
Go read the article, easily the most interesting thing I've read all week.
At Charity Hospital in New Orleans as med students, we were taught that those were "liver palms." A sign of serious drinking.
The red nose is his coke snort habit resurfacing, UNLESS HE GETS NOVACAINE INJECTIONS LIKE kISSINGER...epilepsy affects can come about via amphetamine or coke habits, so Bush is dancing with the devil twice over, he is such a victim. If you can keep a pres on dope or booze they'll bend over backwards. Kennedy on painkillers for a genetic condition, Nixon and Ford (and his wife) on booze and pills. Clinton during the monica scams probably drank his share but was smooth enough to get away with it in his delivery, and Cheney's heart troubles are the most deserved side effect of the swine gene's dominant recessive trait side effects.
As for the blotches on his hands, handling blood money will do that to ya...
I'm voting with the liver damage crowd here. I had an acquaintance who died two summers ago from cirrhosis of the liver. She looked quite a lot like that when her disease started to get bad.
While I do agree with speculations of Chimpy being a fucked-up/diseased drunk Dorian Gray, I don't really trust the picture. You can make anybody look like this with a little color oversaturation and other Photoshop tweaks.
Watch very closely, often when Bush gets off that helicopter (Marine One?) at the Whitehouse, he does this suppressed drunk-burp (like Otis on the old Andy Griffith show).
Also, someone else mentioned elsewhere something else I've noticed -- that when he stops speaking, he moves his lips/mouth in an odd fashion. Reminds me of Tardive Dyskinesia, something that's a side effect of long term use of drugs used to treat schizophrenia. Probably a side-effect of long term recreational drug use, too.
It might all be nothing, but there should probably be a serious discussion on all this.
It's from trying to use his hands to stop his trousers from burning ("Liar, liar, pants on fire ...").
or perhaps a new take on the "liar, liar. face on fire.", perhaps a cross between that and pinochico (sp)
...ever hear of a "gin blossom"?...
rosacia - comes from choking down too many "pretzels"
All those hand-jobs for corporate interests are bound to have some effect.
I'd say the bad skin is a side effect of all the bile inside of him trying to leak out.
Also, someone else mentioned elsewhere something else I've noticed -- that when he stops speaking, he moves his lips/mouth in an odd fashion. Reminds me of Tardive Dyskinesia, something that's a side effect of long term use of drugs used to treat schizophrenia. Probably a side-effect of long term recreational drug use, too.
That's pretty interesting. I can't stand to watch him myself so I hadn't noticed. So if he's been taking drugs long term (for schizophrenia or epilepsy) who's been treating him? that could be really explosive, a prez with a serious condition that wasn't revealed to the public? No wonder he was grounded in the TANG.
George presented himself in my office with this rash. After thourough questioning he admitted that he had a lesion on his penis, but that went away years ago. The lesion has spread to his brain now.
I knew Barney Fife
and let me tell you Senator
he's no Barney Fife.
Maybe someone should take a poll, you know, in swing states, to find out if people would vote for a president if he was a "recovered" alcoholic. And then to find out if they'd still vote for him if they found out he was still drinking while in office. And then ask if they'd still vote for him if there were rumours from "reputable sources" that he had occasionally used illegal drugs while president.
Chrystal Meth face. I've seen it many times.
the hand is defintley hyperhydrosis.
The splotchy fingers look like the effects of poor circulation, often caused by diabetes.
Alcohol can be a contributing factor -- but not necessarily the cause.
This Catholic bashing is folly. Catholics make up 25 percent of the population, the single largest religious group. They have always tended Democratic. In the 2000 election, they voted 55 to 45 Democratic, even though many church leaders actively urged support for the Republicans. Alienating Catholics would be a much bigger mistake than letting 5 or 10 percent slip to Nader. Atrios, you sure are consistently the most self-righteous person I've ever run into, even worse than Senator Hatch.
His body can no longer hold all the lies and they are starting to seep out.
he does look awfully sweaty. he must be getting hot, with his pants being on fire and all.
Maybe he has Blog Spots?
I'm with Charles and charlie don't surf: I really can't stand Bush, but I'm not about to make fun of his blotchy complexion since I suffer from the same thing. I exercise: boom. My face turns bright red. I get in the sun even a little bit: boom. my cheeks and nose flame on up. I drink a glass of wine: boom. I'm looking at my hands right now and they look pretty blotchy--plus I have some yellowed calluses.
Sure, Bush's complexion could be from drinking or he simply could be cursed with what I call pasty white people's skin trouble. It isn't fun, nor is it fun having people assume I'm raging drunk when I've only had one glass of wine.
GOD told me that he is pissed at w for breaking too many commandments to war on Iraq. 1. Thou shall not kill 2. Thou shall not steal 3. Though shall not bear false witness 4. Though shall not covet thy neighbor's property.
actually, Charles and charlie don't surf are both me, sorry, I'm having a bit of trouble with the changeover of pseudonyms.
It could also be a skin rash for epilepsy meds.
Pretzel anyone? Sleepytime by 9 anyone? Attention span, anyone? Lack of verbal control, anyone?
All signs of heavy meds or pointers to epilepsy. Plus, isn't Babs a major donor to an epilepsy foundation or something?
Monkey | Email | Homepage | 03.27.04 - 11:42 am | #
Liver problems, medication problems, lack of emollients any or all of the above.
Major point is nobody expects Bushies to tell the truth about it, what we expect is they will pretend to tell the truth and it could be an even bigger lie and cover up.
Shore looks interesting though.
The post below on rosacea is also very helpful.
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This Catholic bashing is folly.
I agree STRONGLY with you, Timeaus. It is very stupid to alienate all of the progressive Christians--and there are many (I, for the record, am not a church goer).
But I don't think that Atrios is particularly a religion basher.
mondo dentro - Atrios is not a religion basher, as you said. He is, however, right to question the Catholic Church, or any other church or religious organization that tries to overstep the bounds between church and state and continue to insist on its tax-exempt religious status.
......rosacea rhinophyma, and is caused by a thickening of tissue under the skin. Tertiary rosacea often causes unsightly raised skin lesions across the nose and cheeks, but Bush's condition does not appear to be as advanced as that. Bush has been seen in the past with red scars on his face from removal of unspecified lesions, most likely a biopsy for basal cell carcinoma. The red fingers are possibly caused by Bush not washing his hands after applying his oinmnents.
I just want everyone to know that rosacea affects about 20% of the population, and there is no cure, treatment to keep it in remission is pretty damn expensive, so have a heart and quit bashing Bush over a condition that makes a lot of us extremely self-conscious.
Charles | Email | Homepage | 03.27.04 - 12:51 pm | #
Good points, Charles.
Rosacea is indeed a common condition, but any major differential takes into account the personal history, both recent and past, and in Dubya’s case, liver and medication related conditions should be a prominent part of the differential.
In Dubya’s case, his erratic behavior, peculiar speech, labile affect, persistent irritability and odd demeanor along with his checkered history certainly raise a lot of persistent questions, which people would be remiss to not consider, being how his judgement certainly has major impact on decisions of major importance on American lives and American communities. Pointers to a fundamental etiology for instability or poor judgement are certainly cogent.
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I think it is a symptom of the Agony of Defeat.
Sorry - it's an artifact of jpeg compression.
Notice how the curtain behind his hand is also blotchy? I don't think the curtain has liver disease.
Pretzel-boy's skin disease? It's Beelzebub's Sarcoma.
Generik
LOL. I second that. You can't be that evil without it leaking out.
he does look awfully sweaty. he must be getting hot, with his pants being on fire and all.
pansypoo | Email | Homepage | 03.27.04 - 2:35 pm | #
Then again, this might be the simpler and more relevant explanation 
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Dubya’s mendacity and supposed medications certainly seem to be becoming a meme .
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C'mon, Junior's got nothing on Poppy's splotchy skin.
C'mon, Junior's got nothing on Poppy's splotchy skin.
Stigmata?
I'd say, probably bad pic, bad lightning and bad compression.
Though if there's anything wrong, I'd say, drunk nose and drunk face - though not at a really advanced step.
Looks like an advanced case of alcoholism to me. Best not to vote for a drunk.
french investigators report the spaniards have fingered al-zarqawi as the madrid bombing mastermind.
that'd be spanish blood on bushes' hands.
Once again, on behalf of all rosacea sufferers like myself, oh thank you ever so much for repeating that stereotype of flushed skin meaning alcoholism.
There are many things that can cause rosacea flushing, such as eating spicy food, avocados, yogurt, etc, or exposure to sunlight, extreme temperatures, etc. But everyone thinks we're drunks due to false stereotypes. Lovely.
Looks like blood and oil indeed.
Out out damn spot!
charlie - get over it. I, for one, know that alcohol abuse isn't the only thing that causes rosacea, because my lifelong teetotaler mother has it.
It is, however, a contributing factor to rosacea in some, perhaps many, cases, and everyone knows that Bush was a hard-core drunk for at least 25 years.
So stop being so overly sensitive. Saying that Bush is blotchy because he's a drunk is not the same as saying all people who have blotchy reddened skin are drunks.
His drinking is killing Ashcroft, they are like the Corsican brothers.
I've thought Bush has epilepsy for a while now.
That identifies him as the Roman emperor Caligula. I've seen people in the blogosphere calling him Little Boots. He certainly isn't Julius Caesar.
BTW, since everything happens faster in our postmodern times, if Bush indeed is impaired in this fashion it suggests that the "Bush Dynasty" has reached the point of degeneracy already.
I guess everyone forgot that W and Pickles did NOT give blood right after 911. Sure there were photo ops of everyone else giving blood. But not those two.
It makes me wonder if they share some disease. Hepatitis maybe.
So stop being so overly sensitive. Saying that Bush is blotchy because he's a drunk is not the same as saying all people who have blotchy reddened skin are drunks.
Jennifer
Aren't all people with blotchy reddened skin Irish?
Jeez, people, you never heard of "Gin Blossoms"?
I'm not a partisan joker, I'm the son of an alcoholic. My father has the exact same skin condition. It's the result of long-term alcoholism. Look at a picture of WC Fields for a textbook example.
If Bush really did give up drinking at 40 as he claims, all I can say is that he DRANK A LIFETIME'S WORTH in that period.
And with Ralph's help, he will!
dave
Dave, ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Could he have the same disease that made Bill O'Reilly splotchy? Bill O'Reilly's splotchy skin was discussed by Al Franken in his book "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them", which I highly recommend.
Could he have the same disease that made Bill O'Reilly splotchy? Bill O'Reilly's splotchy skin was discussed by Al Franken in his book "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them", which I highly recommend.
Riesz Fischer | Email | Homepage | 03.27.04 - 7:43 pm | #
What did Franken conclude? I always assumed that in O'Reilly's case, the splotchiness on his face was caused by diaper rash.
chas_m, WC Fields had rosacea, in fact, he's the unofficial "mascot" of the Rosacea Society. His famous bulbous nose was due to rosacea rhinophyma.
Let me reiterate, since you people don't seem to get it. Chronic drinking does not give you red splotchy skin. Chronic drinking gives people with rosacea red splotchy skin. Since about 20% of the general population has rosacea, there are a lot of alcoholics with reddened skin, but there are far more who show no such symptoms.
Sorry - it's an artifact of jpeg compression.
Notice how the curtain behind his hand is also blotchy? I don't think the curtain has liver disease.
I agree that there is some shift in color and saturation due to JPEG compression. The red and yellow blotchiness on his fingers is a common side effect of that type of photo manipulation.
However...
This sort of color shifting is generally an exaggeration of something that's already there. I don't doubt that there's some kind of discoloration on his hands, even if it's not as dramatic as it appears in the photo. As for the curtains behind his hand, they show the usual signs of compression, but not the strong color shifts that his hand does. There had to be some contrast in the skin tones of his fingers in the original image to get that strong over-saturated effect.
As for his face, the effect is not nearly as strong. The color may be a little exaggerated, but that's a red nose.
Syphilis
Maybe Lead Poisoning Explains It
Frog-fragging off the back porch at the White House.
Some of those firecrackers have short fuses.
I am an internist for the last 25 years.
Liver dysfunction causes a decrease in the testosterone/estrogen ratio (yes men have estrogens, too), and that causes the opening of little blood vessels in the skin. Bush's nose and cheeks have blotches of dilated blood vessels. His red hand is the "palmar erythema" of (pre-)cirrhosis. Has he taken up drinking again? Or did he just do that much damage when he was younger?
Don't make fun of others' afflictions.
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Elementary, my dear Atrios:
Hands: golf calluses
Cheeks/Nose: windburn/sunburn
Raynaud's disease, alcoholism, rosacea, and dyslexia? He sure has it all!!
Seriously though, maybe he is erupting in blotchy skin from a simple case of nerves? As in, waiting for the other shoe to drop, the rug pulled out, the sky to fall... Or maybe that's simply what happens when one holds in the truth for almost four (4) years... ; -)
p.s.
That was a good chuckle!!! From now on, I will henceforth refer to bush as "The Affliction!"
The palm reading is up.
if dumb ever gets to $40 a barrel i have the drilling rights to commander codpiece's head already in writing.
(borrowed with love, respect, and lust from molly ivins, second only to linda ellerbee in world class babe-ness)
J.T.
You guys are all a bunch of idiots. This man obviously has rosacea. Don't you have anything better to do than to start these kinds of rumors? I think I recall, your precious president clinton had a very red nose, as well. Give it up! It's time to just accept things for goodness sake!
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