judging from the slur in his voice, my best guess is he was late because he was snorting cocaine in the bathroom.
Pat
He was waiting for a stimulant to kick in perhaps, the slur in his voice is from alcohol intoxication. Correcting the effects of alcohol intoxication on the speech centers is nearly impossible, no matter what drugs might be employed to do so. And he's just tumbling all over his words, nearly an incoherent speech pattern, certainly under the influence of something.
Philip
Because cocaine is notorious for making people slur their words....
deathtokoalas
it's a very common side effect, actually.
Philip
I've heard of it with people who did huge amounts of cocaine at once, so I guess I've just never met a serious coke-head.
deathtokoalas
i've never tried it, but i've been around it. the immediate high - especially if it's a big line, or you haven't done much - is like a train slamming the side of your head. it's very disorienting. it doesn't last long, but you get most of the effects associated with inebriation for a short period.
most of the stereotypes of being jittery, paranoid, etc come from taking small dosages regularly. in that context, it's simply a strong stimulant.
it's possible that he may have taken a big hit knowing he was going on the debate, had it backfire and had to wait until he came down a little. cocaine is only a 10-20 minute high.
Philip
Which is why you should always stick with nature's wonder-drug: dextroamphetamine.
deathtokoalas
i'll stick with coffee, thanks.
Philip
Coffee is a joke compared to amphetamine. I hardly even consider caffeine a stimulant.
deathtokoalas
i suspect you're very stressful to spend time with, then.
Pat
When one has been stone cold sober for 20 years, spotting these kinds of things at age 50 is like saying ... "That's red, that is a circle it's round, that's a stick, it's made of wood, that's dirty, don't touch it ... the stove is hot ... etc ..." It really is totally obvioius he's whacked. The speech centers in the brain and body are a major function of conscious intelligence and it takes an awful lot to screw them up, heavy drugs, like alcohol or big time pharmaceuticals. Valium maybe, some type of downer perhaps as that is commonly taken before a high stress public appearance, especially for those that sweat a lot at public events.
deathtokoalas
i know you're pushing the downers thing, but, due to the fact that he's a republican, you're looking at two serious options: cocaine or oxycontin. but politicians tend to lean towards the coke. coke gives you that invincibility, that confidence. it's more what you want in a public speaking scenario than something that's going to knock you out or make you walk wobbly.
like i say, i'm convinced he took too hefty a line and had to sit down for a few minutes.
as people that know know, the "war on drugs" is just an absurd way to round up american blacks. the cocaine industry in the united states is basically interlocked with the republican party.
Pat
Bill Clinton ran billions of cocaine through Mena Arkansas for the CIA and the drug Cartel lords working together. Drug profits are so incredibly large the two major parties in the U.S. have to share the profits, or they would start a war, a civil war, there's just far, far too much money in the illegal drug trade for any one group to control it, they share. Like a pendulum swinging back and forth and they've been doing this for hundreds of years and it started with the Dutch East Indies company, opium, and cannabis.
TheBassAckwards
as It isn't just about being anti-black.. there's TONS of money is the industrial prison complex in America. Private, for-profit prisons? Noooo, I'm sure there's no corruption going on there! Our county is going to hell.. well, it's already pretty crazy now. I really wonder where what life is going to be like here in just 20 years, let alone 50 or 100. 1/2 of Florida will probably be washed away with Republicunts still saying climate change is a lie.
