# Is Bush a mouth-breather? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 4, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-a-mouth-breather/440051 "2008-03-04T17:24:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Squarebubble1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Squarebubble1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squarebubble1)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-a-mouth-breather/440051/1 "2008-03-04T17:24:38Z")
I have rarely seen the man with his mouth closed in 8 years…I theorize he burned out his nasal capacity with all the coke from back in the day…comments? (He’s one guy who cleanses his colon while drinking water, if you get my drift.) ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-a-mouth-breather/440051/2 "2008-03-04T18:20:34Z")
I’ll be a decider and move this from General Questions to The BBQ Pit. **Gfactor** General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-a-mouth-breather/440051/3 "2008-03-04T19:01:26Z")
I am no friend to GWB, but it’s not hard to find pix of him with a closed mouth. As for his past cocaine use, you’re coming at this rather late. Through two elections, he successfully danced around the issue. Painting him with the coke brush now won’t hurt his credibility. He doesn’t have any. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-a-mouth-breather/440051/4 "2008-03-04T21:14:19Z")
[QUOTE=Squarebubble1] I have rarely seen the man with his mouth closed in 8 years…I theorize he burned out his nasal capacity with all the coke from back in the day…comments? (He’s one guy who cleanses his colon while drinking water, if you get my drift.) [/QUOTE] I thinke he’s an ass-to-mouth breather. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-a-mouth-breather/440051/5 "2008-03-04T21:21:59Z")
Cheneys ass to his food hole. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-a-mouth-breather/440051/6 "2008-03-04T22:19:24Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] I am no friend to GWB, but it’s not hard to find pix of him with a closed mouth. As for his past cocaine use, you’re coming at this rather late. Through two elections, he successfully danced around the issue. Painting him with the coke brush now won’t hurt his credibility. He doesn’t have any. [/QUOTE] That’s a spoon, not a brush. And either one is a paddlin’. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-a-mouth-breather/440051/7 "2008-03-04T22:21:11Z")
Ah, this thread reminds me of the days when there were 10 Bush Sucks thread in the pit at any given time. Back when we still felt outrage. Back when we still cared. I have no idea what the hell you’re talking about, OP, but thanks for the memory trip. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-a-mouth-breather/440051/8 "2008-03-05T01:14:54Z")
I liked Jon Stewart’s bit on The Daily Show about how Bush doesn’t make him mad anymore, he’s just funny as shit. Bush doesn’t care about what’s going on, he’s just coasting through the rest of his term. “That was my plan all along! It’s called _strategery_.” ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-a-mouth-breather/440051/9 "2008-03-05T01:19:20Z")
[QUOTE=Flander] I liked Jon Stewart’s bit on The Daily Show about how Bush doesn’t make him mad anymore, he’s just funny as shit. Bush doesn’t care about what’s going on, he’s just coasting through the rest of his term. “That was my plan all along! It’s called _strategery_.” [/QUOTE] He’s on his way out. That’s good enough for me. I didn’t much like him anhway. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-a-mouth-breather/440051/10 "2008-03-05T02:03:28Z")
[QUOTE=Flander] Bush doesn’t care about what’s going on, he’s just coasting through the rest of his term. [/QUOTE] This statement is as true today as it was on January 21, 2001. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-a-mouth-breather/440051/11 "2008-03-05T03:56:16Z")
Who cares? Is “mouth-breather” some sort of insult to you? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-a-mouth-breather/440051/12 "2008-03-05T04:07:43Z")
Bush: Best President EVER?? Discuss. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-a-mouth-breather/440051/13 "2008-03-05T04:23:00Z")
Great president or greatest president? ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-a-mouth-breather/440051/14 "2008-03-05T12:36:21Z")
They had one of those moments on “The Daily Show” where something is satirical and at the same time entirely accurate. John Oliver was talking about Bush’s trip in Africa and all the money he’s committed to fight the continent’s awful triad of malaria, AIDS and TB. He talked about how hard it was to get out the words “Bush did something really good”, and then about how it paradoxically pissed him off – because it means “for the past seven excruciating years, he **could** have been doing good things, and **chose** not to!” (Edited to correct my spelling.) ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-a-mouth-breather/440051/15 "2008-03-05T14:03:44Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] Who cares? Is “mouth-breather” some sort of insult to you? :dubious: [/QUOTE] You’ve never heard it as an insult? > **[Mouth breathing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouth_breathing)** > > Mouth breathing, medically known as chronic oral ventilation, is long-term breathing through the mouth. It often is caused by an obstruction to breathing through the nose, the innate breathing organ in the human body. However, by the early 20th century, the term "mouth-breather" had developed a pejorative slang meaning connoting a stupid person. > In the early 20th century, "mouth-breather" was a technical term used by doctors to describe children who were breathing through their mouths due to a... > [@](#): > > Mouth breathing in public is sometimes considered to be less socially acceptable or attractive than nose breathing, as mouth breathers can appear to have a somewhat “slack jawed” look, and mouth breathing can cause or exacerbate bad breath. Consequently, the term “mouth breather” may be used in a pejorative sense for someone lacking in hygiene or intelligence. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-a-mouth-breather/440051/16 "2008-03-06T02:44:18Z")
[QUOTE=Revtim] You’ve never heard it as an insult? > **[Mouth breathing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouth_breathing)** > > Mouth breathing, medically known as chronic oral ventilation, is long-term breathing through the mouth. It often is caused by an obstruction to breathing through the nose, the innate breathing organ in the human body. However, by the early 20th century, the term "mouth-breather" had developed a pejorative slang meaning connoting a stupid person. > In the early 20th century, "mouth-breather" was a technical term used by doctors to describe children who were breathing through their mouths due to a... [/QUOTE] Yes, I have. _By insensitive morons._ ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-a-mouth-breather/440051/17 "2008-03-06T03:22:37Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] Yes, I have. _By insensitive morons._ [/QUOTE] By that token, it’s pretty insensitive to insult someone by calling them a moron as well. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-a-mouth-breather/440051/18 "2008-03-06T03:26:35Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] By that token, it’s pretty insensitive to insult someone by calling them a moron as well. [/QUOTE] In the PIT? :eek: Moron is almost a compliment _here_. 😛😃 Then again, no one ever accused me of being sensitive! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![aptronym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47774/32.png) [@aptronym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aptronym)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-a-mouth-breather/440051/19 "2008-03-12T00:56:25Z")
> [@Wikipedia](#): > > One of the principle aims of the Buteyko method for the treatment of asthma is to encourage nasal breathing, to the point of actually using paper tape to keep the lips closed. I don’t think many would complain if Buteyko tried this on Bush, regardless of whether Bush has asthma or not. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-a-mouth-breather/440051/20 "2008-03-13T19:57:15Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] By that token, it’s pretty insensitive to insult someone by calling them a moron as well. [/QUOTE] Yes, and unscientific as well. I’m sure **DrDeth** meant “insensitive Borons.” 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-a-mouth-breather/440051.md?page=2)