As noted in at least a couple of places (e.g.,
AmericaBlog and
Atrios), Crooks and Liars has a
video showing Bush this past Monday night, appearing at an event for Kilgore. The video is compiled from several sources, but all from that night.
Since I'm not Bill Frist, I'm not comfortable making a diagnosis through a video, but Bush's speech is clearly slurred, and he's visibly leaning on Laura when getting off his plane. As a layman, I think he sure looks and sounds plastered.
Regardless, he's noticeably impaired. There are other causes for this kind of impairment besides intoxication, but so what? The "leader of the free world" should not be allowed to appear in public like this. There is something wrong here, and the American people deserve to know what.
Now that the media is gradually recovering its spine, will they be brave enough to ask?