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If John McCain wins the presidential election, he’d be the oldest man ever to do so at the time he attained the office. I realize one of the big challenges of the campaign is to fight the impression that he’s just too old, but the Botox is out of control.
I’ve got a lot of problems with Botox in general (from an aesthetic standpoint) — it makes people’s faces look weird, particularly actors and TV talking heads, because it renders them unable to express appropriate emotion. But rarely is it as bad as it appeared today on John McCain during the Mitt Romney endorsement.
Look at the YouTube — his entire forehead is frozen so badly his brows don’t even move. His eyes are immobile (he probably had the crow’s feet done too). The whole top of his head looks cadaverous, like it’s been coated in funeral parlor wax.
It should start to wear off in a few weeks but lordy me, that’s one of the worst jobs I’ve ever seen.
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Zombie!
Not just his looks, that was a pathetic performance while accepting an endorsement…!
Knight of the Living Dead Redux
http://www.dahothouse.com/media/john.jpg
Hi Jane. Well it is at least nice to see men being jerks about vanity too. Maybe with the botox his anger will turn up as mad cow disease…..
On the plus side, he’s not standing next to John Warner any more.
Jane writes:
Botox makes many of the ones like Mary Matalin and MoDo look like the old time cartoon with a moving mouth superimposed on a still face. Freaky weird looking.
Thank you Jane for doing the heavy lifting.
The Jurassic candidate will do and say anything-because he has learned from W that facts matter not at all, not evah.
Bullshit, lies, prevarication (what waterboard vote,what tax cuts?)
Oh, but we can’t have PLATITUDES.
That’s rich.
Go to bed, John.
Boehner’s little stunt, and Bush’s temper tantrum completely overshadowed the Romneybot today.
Oh man, that visual is going to be with me for a long, long time…
Modo writes about Edwards expensive haircut but, neglects to mention that she and Jon McCain inject poison Blowfish into their faces?
I propose that we always refer to MoDo as MoDon’t.
Deal??
The bitch of snark is unhinged. We do “hinged” here. She has issues.
That YouTube is amazing – what’s with all the blinking and didn’t know what to do with his hands? I have never seen anyone so uncomfortable. Geez
Well Mary Matalin gave me the creeps long before she needed Botox. shudder
Can America really trust a man so vain about his wrinkles that he shoots up fish poison?
It was interesting on the McBush eye blinking… trying to see if that was morris code or does it mean anything?
New name Blinky McBush…
McCandycain is uncomfortable cause he really cannot stand Mittens.
I almost thought I saw a twitch… but no.
Can you blame him?
OY
Yep that is what it looks like.
It’s really frustrating when you’re looking at dailies and the actors just can’t give a good performance because their faces don’t move. Or worse yet, they get shot up during production, and one day their faces move and the next week they’re immobile, and you’ve got to try and edit together a performance that is odd and inconsistent. (Then there’s the story of how Melanie Griffith showed up after a hiatus on Bonfire of the Vanities with a boob job. THAT must’ve been a challenge.)
Sometimes it’s less of a problem, the good actors know doctors who can keep enough movement in the forehead it doesn’t affect their performance so badly. McCain obviously didn’t have one of those.
They just released a MedWatch on Botox too, recently. Seems to be some breathing issues with those that are at risk. They say children, but the elderly are almost always at risk for odd side effects too. Which is why most that get that treatment? Are middle aged, and usually safe to use it.
I think i’ve seen it go through once in my pharmacy. Otherwise? It’s also hardly ever covered by any insurance policy because it’s a cosmetic(and therefore vanity)drug. The only times it would be covered? If there was actual reconstruction going on(and a Dr calling and berating the insurance company to do it!). Obviously not with CrazyTrain though. *grins and looks at the picture* Ewwww. So i do wonder what bank account paid for those shots, or else the full ride Caddy insurance did.
she is the scariest !!!,she makes Morticia look ivey league
Truth in advertising John McCain presidential slogan, John McCain the least of GOP evils.
Botox works for me. Denigrate it if you will, but …
We’re cool. I got it. You might find my response kinda interesting. I’ll be offline for the rest of the night because I’ve got some serious reading to do, the kind that doesn’t really get along too well with multitasking…
A demain…
For anyone considering have Botox treatments, I suggest you take a look at Joan Rivers, Kenny Rogers, and Barry Manilow. Ye gods.
In his hands…! ;-)
I was listening to Howie Carr (reich wing radio host out of Boston…there is no Air America Radio where I live) on the way home when this press conference came on. The whole time Howie couldn’t believe the body language between McCrazy & Romney….very stand offish and McCrazy appeared to be mad. I bet it was the botox! LOL
I would say Carvelle is also on it, but his face doesn’t STOP moving.
Oh, so that’s why his face doesn’t match his
jowlsneck.hahahahahahaha
we love you anyway!,but dont smirk if ya cant smile/
And Katie Couric, and Babs Walters.
We need to come up with a litany of names for McCan’t:
McMaverick
Mc Fossil
Mac n Fries
Mac n Feffer
Mac don give a shit about peeps
Mac the dull knife
Mac mine a root beer
Mac minimum wage
mac stay wake at night
Mac a cheese pizza
Mac a billion givin speeches
etc
etc
saw him in the train station
he looks like this
http://www.imagesco.com/ufo/images/AlienL.jpg
Her husband is hardly better.
Oh, I thought that was just facelifts past the allowable limit.
If the job was done well, great. I’m just not a great fan of vanity drugs like that. *shrugs* Then again, i’m the 30 year old with a witch’s streak of silver that i refuse to dye to match the rest of my dark brown hair. It can be used for reconstruction, not just vanity. Just…most of the time it’s used for the latter not the former.
McCane and McWalker…!
McFossil is brillant…i invented Mittens…yea for real!
LOLOLOLOL!!!! That is simply too funny – and true.
Don’t mock it if you haven’t tired it.
Diane Sawyer is one year younger than me, also Wellesley, and she looks 10 years younger. Even with my botox. Practical matters and media dominate.
see 37
LOL! You win!
Oh I’m entirely sympathetic, I understand that we live in a world where it’s hard for folks to even compete if the perception is that they’re getting “too old.” Which is why I don’t harangue newscasters or politicians for its use (and most of them do use it) — it’s the lengths they went to with McCain. They REALLY overdid it. He looks really, really strange.
i dont knock anything that takes dents out of your face,or your vehicle…lol
Jane!! I knew there was something…
I still say, McCain is the embodiment of the abused “Tommy”…
So, it doesn’t matter what he does to his body…his mind is troubled.
He is not fit to be president. He is not of sound mind.
Did they liposuction his jowls, too?
I’ve been “blond” ever since I was 10. Given misogeny, don’t see why every trick you want to use shouldn’t be in bounds.
Saying that, there’s not many tricks other than coloration & botox that I could afford.
yea,he reminds me of that movie Manchurian Canidate…oy
Romnutz: “Facelifts require Republicans, and Republicans require facelifts.”
(not that there’s anything wrong with it..seriously.)
Im blonde too,and exploring all options…yes NOTHING is off the table lol
I like to quote a Guy Clark song where he’s quoting Rambling Jack Elliott:
I earned my face, lines and all.
There is a very good post downstairs about immigration – with no comments!
He looks bizarre. Cadaverous is right. The best of the GOP.
the torture candidate. the t-shirt: I don’t respect myself and I sure don’t respect you.
Did you see last nite’s CSI-NY, which was a repeat? Hi-tech vehicle with skin that was a memory thing, so repaired itself? Hahahaha.
McTommy…see me…hear me…touch me..feel me…
Jesus!!! Mitt invoked Cofer Black as counsel as to whether waterboarding is torture…and Mitt endorses McTommy, who was actually tortured…who caves to torture….
This is a very sick man.
McTommy is the pin ball king.
It’s not Botox!!! It’s proof than alien necons have infected McCain with delusions of perpetual war grandeur !!!
You are what you are, and you are a beautiful person.
Jane ,im not aware of this,but is there a PObox ,where i can send you this cute tiny Teddybear
The Real McCain:
“I was against torture before I was for it”
“I was tortured before I let W scrape the last shred of decency off my old tired ass”
“Whip me again, please.”
It was posted around the same time the Rs walked out.
There’s a sign on a store in Greenville, Maine in huge letters that reads: IF YOU DON’T STOP SMILE ON THE WAY BY.
Poor John McCrazy…he wouldn’t be able to do that.
oh they need to experiment with Human skin…remember this
http://www.emanuellevy.com/ima…..6zhqdo.jpg
Um, one little caution.
Life is complicated. Appearance matters. Let’s make sure when we criticize appearance, it’t in an appropriate context.
Were that only so. But thanks.
KO’s, oh so special comment, is up at C&L….dayem…
Satisfying.
Burp.
Click on the the “Support this site” link up top.
If it is the case that his mind is not sound, I surely hope that gets alot of attention. W has the same symptoms. We cannot do that again. Fair game, I’d say. The rage and snark of Dole certainly worked against him, as I recall. McCain was quite petty and belittling in one of the debate with Mitt. Not appealing.
LOL
Well the post walked out too!
because in our society,people are visual…but in the animal kingdom,so are most animals
thanks,i couldnt resist buying him
It’s actually going to be in our near future. It will be back soon.
I can’t help feeling sorry for McCain. He’s sold his soul. Does he even know?
The post is there.
Why don’t you get a t-shirt with fascist on it.
Priceless!!!!
blind ambition
I know that place – in Beaver Cove. Old Mr. Gartley used to live there, and rented out canoes. Did you know him? We would stay at Lily Bay when I was a kid, and you could rent a canoe and tell him what campsite you were in, and he would paddle it up to your site by 7:00 the next morning – probably, what, a 5-8 mile paddle? He was I’d say 60’s at the time. He was a good old fellah. Where are you in Maine, Kay, if you don’t mind my asking?
rethugs don’t have souls.
THe real question is, does he even care?
Nope a different one – from David.
*grin* Nothing wrong with that. My mom’s dyed her hair since i can remember. I just ended up being the weird little tomboy that could care less for makeup, and dye jobs in my thick hair? Turn into insane productions to get it all washed out. I did it when i was in my teens, but at this point it doesn’t bother me to have my hair look like it is. The witch’s streak is just an eccentricity that popped up on its own and i left because i liked it. Most 30 year olds i know would see it and go WTF, hairdye STAT! *shrugs and grins*
With you though? Weapons indeed. I’m sure you put it to good use, and as Jane mentioned. Media and some areas of corporations, which you’ve mentioned you’ve been a huge part of. My weapon is looking tiny, meek, and cute. Right up until i lay down the law regarding idiots that think i just give them narcotics. *evil grin* They never see it coming. I’m nice, but i’m not THAT nice(or stupid).
KO rocks *ss!!!!!
It’s on C&L….
Slam f’ing dunk!!!
Go away, go to Africa and don’t come back!!!
Put him on the no-fly list!!!
Not anymore, they don’t.
Ah, ok, sorry.
Personally and eternally responsible….
One thing we know about YOU, YOU are never responsible…
Come again?
Now I can watch it endlessly.
looks like the embalmer started a little early
No doubt, the repub machine is gearing up to bash Obama. He’ll take some hits but he’ll survive. I’m not sure about McCain. He does seem to be getting crazy with age . His off the cuff remarks are troubling. The ‘bomb bomb Iran’ especially. Who TF makes a joke out of more war?
But, I digress. My point is that the mockery and the criticism will be off the charts. He’ll be getting it from all sides. He’s setting himself up for a huge fall. If he hadn’t run, he would have had statesmanlike appeal. By November, he’ll be viewed as an old dottering fool.
That’s how I see it playing out.
yeah, KO is really a breath of fresh air, ain’t he.
Endlessly……ahhhhhhhh……
lol!
Nicety(nasty and nice)
Not fair to Africa. They have been screwed by the West too much already!
Tommy.
John McLame
oh damn …gotta go make banana bread they are on their last day of edibility…(human anyway) catchchall later
No kidding. Just put him on the no-fly list and make him apply for a visa to return to the US. After all, that is what his very own invented Homeland Security department is demanding of us, his subjects…..Jeeesh.
OT: Did anyone watch the Banking Committee hearing with Secty. Paulson and Bernake today. Did Elizabeth frikin Dole actually argue for less regulation? Anyone who watched know?
Beau Talks it ain’t
thanks,no tv here, so glad to catch it.
wish I’d thought of that line
This is a beautiful song, way ahead of its time (1997):
http://www.crooksandliars.com/
One of the things that bothers me is the excessive blinking. There’s something teasing at the back of my mind as a possible cause, but I’ve got to let that wait until tomorrow when I have better access to medical books and people. Don’t try to tell me he’s nervous or has dry eyes. If he’s that nervous he had no business being president, and the dry eyes thing won’t wash either given the number of (even non-prescription) eye drops available.
Can anyone recall if he did all that blinking during the debates?
blinking=dishonesty, lying
Yeah, the blinking was creepy.
Contact lenses?
Just saw Olberman speak unvarnished truths on C&L.
Damn!!!
Something tells me that by December, Bush will be hiding in Paraguay, holding on to his codpiece.
There was also a lot of eye shifting to the left…. I loaned by “Bush on the Couch” book and I think he addressed that about Bush….
He’s sold it out…sell out…cop out…
He has to be forgiven though, but he’s not fit to lead.
It’s my recollection that he blinks a lot.
To me it went even beyond that. My “ruh roh, that’s a symptom of something” klaxon went off. I’m off to be rocked in the arms of Morpheus, but I’m going to prowl around the medical world and see if I can recall what’s tickling my brain tomorrow.
Eye drops handle that.
I missed the Bush presser. Is there a clip anywhere?
I’ve noticed that too.
LOL! -Well, actually sad how much he has screwed things up.
Maybe Bush is trying to outdo Nancy Pelosi.
I’m not sure they still bother to tape them.
can he pardon himself? I can just see it… Jan 15 – pardons phone companies for all the crimes they MIGHT have committed protecting our country from our “enemies”, Jan 16 – pardons all aides, Jan 17 – pardons Big Time, Jan 18 – pardons himself. :P
heh, KO has some highlights in the C&L clip.
I didn’t watch it (damn job) but did you see the WaPo article about the check patent clause that was included in some bill?
This is weird:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqc…..s_all.html
There have been hundreds of earthquakes in Baja, CA in the past week.
Check this out:
http://www.godlikeproductions……503366/pg1
Trouble is, he actually has to pardon specific people for specific things. In other words, he’d better start now and talk quickly if he really wants to protect his friends!
Shit fire!
“[s]he blinks a lot when she’s doing a story [s]he knows is false.”
-V for Vendetta
Is there such a thing as a blanket pardon?
“Pardoned for any acts or thoughts past and present”
perhaps he’ll just flee to Texas which will, of course, refuse to extradite him.
Nevermind blanket warrants…blanket pardons will be in order…if he actually leaves that is…He’s lazy, I think W will leave…I’m not sure about Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz though…they are still fully entrenched…
We have to remember that Rummy and Wolfy are still here. That is important.
interesting!
Only after we give them back to Mexico.
Blinking can be caused by nervous system disorders, parkinson’s, stroke or
anxiety. McCain does often seem uncomfortable, anxious. Also, the blink rate in schizophrenic patients is higher than normal.
Dayem…that is what Rusty Wier always says!
LS, that chart is showing 2 earthquakes for tomorrow???
yeah, don’t expect cheney vp-for-life to be planning on going away anytime soon …
No, seriously, he can’t. He has to say what they are pardoned for, and specifically enough that a Patrick Fitzgerald has no weasel room. That’s why pre-emptive pardons aren’t done.
GMT
I told you it was weird.
WTF is going on???
We have followed this stuff for years, and I’ve never, ever seen anything quite like it.
There is an article in the LATimes that says that it is an earthquake “swarm” and that it has happened before…but….there is a dormant volcano in Mexico…30 miles South of Mexicali, which is where the constant tremor are centered.
Just sayin’.
Eyes wide open.
Except when the (now former) governor of Kentucky issued a blanket pardon to everyone in his administration for any and all crimes associated with a Merit System (KY version of civil service) fraud investigation. You know, hiring cronies and incompetents and firing those who were protected without cause because they were Democrats.
The obama = antichrist stuff is rather amuse as well.
Blinking is less noticeable if your eyes/brows/forehead move. If it’s the only part of your upper face that is mobile, it’s going to look particularly strange — and does.
I believe it is a southern saying. Sort of like – I’m going to hit you so hard you whole family is going to fall down. Or- Bless his little heart. etc
Blanket pardons were given to Confederate Soldiers, with some conditions and Carter granted blanket pardons for violators of the Selective Service Act, again with some conditions.
Times are in coordinated universal time, not local time.
OT- but GordonM- something I’ve been wanting to know about Maine elections- are there primaries or caucuses to choose the D contender for House and Senate races? Only of practical interest for ME-01 (I think), but still, that is an interesting D race (know you are in ME-02)
The power to pardon is constitutional. Kentucky probably (!) has different rules.
MacWar?
Bob in HI
You’d think Cindy would know a guy, but maybe that’s too girly-man, to ask your wife where she gets her Botox done. Maybe there’s an entire GOP he-man underground Botox network: Arnold, Old Lord, Chuck Norris, Larry King.
And Boehner on the Capitol steps in the wind this afternoon — wow! that toup of his almost achieved escape velocity!
McWar works for me. Hang that around his neck.
Macupation
McCain is not Able
I think it’s only Presidential primaries that are caucuses. I remember filling in a ballot for Hay-Bright (ran against Snowe). But the state Dem committee can change the rules at any time, I think.
On the other hand, Jane, maybe the entire top of his head is coated in funeral parlor wax.
East…*g*
McPain. or did someone already say that?
I’ve heard tell of bad botox lately, that seeped from the injection site and killed people by paralyzing their lungs or diaphragm or something. Add another worry to the McList.
Maybe it’s Bondo instead of Botox!
Oh, Teddy! Yuk.
Larry Craig’s Senate Botox underground (behind the barber shop).
I’m not savvy enough to notice botox side effects unless they are pointed out.
I am curious about the blinking. What is with the blinking.
Only comment is that I think the money would be better spent on a speech coach. McCain’s oratory is like my typing.
umm.. er.. ah… less um jobs.. errr. more… ummlegjhh… war…. ummll,
…easy… OK, T is next to Y on the keyboard. Some typos make a sh*tload of sense..
McCainiac
You are right..It it is not the “future”…
If you watch the quake map for the past week, it is persistent.
Something is going on…..watch the dormant volcano “Cerro Prieto”.
That seems to be where this activity is located…from what we can see.
It is highly unusual.
That’s why Huckabee is NOT giving up.
No, it’s standard pardoning power. But the governor issued it as a blanket in the middle of the investigation. Some indictments had been handed down but no one had gone to trial. The governor wound up negotiating with the state AG’s office and pleading to a misdemeanor for his role.
Don’t forget, Ford’s pardon of Nixon is one of the areas leading us to today’s mess by making the Rs think there was a permanent get-out-of-jail-free card. Start with Nixon’s pardon. Tack on the pardons of Cap Weinberger and other just before they went to trial in late ‘92 for Iran/Contra and it’s no wonder Scooter Libby felt he was privileged. He had plenty of precedents to reinforce those thoughts.
Off to bed. Jon Stewart’s waiting for me.
McTommy has a frozen face.
Oh, and a reverse mind.
You must have read the same Nat. Enquirer article I did! And, despite the bad rap that NE gets, I thought this was credible.
The East is the new kid on the block. And yes, their screwing things up royally too.
u funny
McCain starts blinking oddly when he hears those “voices” the Red Chinese planted in his brain oh so long ago
Everybody pushes the envelope, and usually get away with it. But pardoning self is not part of the deal, and a blanket pardon to admin members probably wouldn’t be either. Cap and the others were specifically named, and the offenses, too.
There’s an actual Medwatch, a warning out for it, VG. Something that just cropped up recently, all told. I got notice of it at work too, since it’s one of those things that we’d handle every now and then. Although in my four years i’ve only seen it dispensed once.
David Neiwert is upstairs with Late Nite
Late Nite FDL—Immigration: Refuting the Right
not sure about that
“Now, therefore, I, Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from July (January) 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974.”
all offenses he may have committed or taken part in during the period from x to x doesn’t sound very specific to me
I’ve heard the rumor recently that McCain’s mask-like appearance may be due to Parkinson’s…. whatever it is, it is very strange and folks are noticing it.
alias- thanks, just read that Medwatch article. The impression I got from the NE article was that the botox was administered by docs (or others) not approved to administer- not the quality of the botox itself. Does this fit with your understanding? Cause I can sure see that using too much, and/or not injecting it exactly correctly could lead to such effects.
Or something, and that is a fact!
The name is specific. The offenses aren’t, but who was going to to pursue it?
Up until just a few months ago, I though McSaint looked really ill, as if maybe a relapse had occurred Then suddenly he looked much better. I chalked it up to a makeover, but maybe it was Botox. His pallor became almost a healthy glow.
I hope Keith O’s language about W the Fascist gets picked up quick and loud. The direction is all there of torture, fear, loss of civil rights, a rigged Sup Court, rigged elections, and, oddly, so little pushback, accountability. To have him name Fascism and point out the ongoing lies..what a voice.
RevBev, sorry about the Rev mixup this afternoon. My fingers just automatically type Deb.
Think EmmyLou. What could be more honest?
Here’s someone I have the absolute highest regard for, much like Jane.
The limits of presidential pardons have never been judicially established. For example, even John Dean seems to think that a president can pardon himself/herself. Duh!
Yes, in the blogosphere; no, in the MSM.
KO does appear to be attempting to draw some fire.
I was more struck by the fidgeting and jerky arm/hand movements, especially on the right, and the eyes tracking from down left to midline over to down right. Maybe the eye movement thing could be written off as a secondary effect of forehead Botox, in that the different feel post Botox, can make people unconsciously move things, in this case the eyes, on the border of the paralysis. But the upper extremity repetitive movements can’t be explained on this basis. There is nothing here diagnostic of any syndrome I could name, but these movements, rather than the lack of movement in his forehead, are what strike me as being the most changed from the last time he had this much camera exposure that I paid any attention to, back in 2000. And, of course, there is his new impulse control problem (”Bomb, bomb, bomb; bomb, bomb, Iran!”). That could relate to a true movement disorder (basal ganglia) only via a process affecting widely separate areas of the brain, but he could have something just in the frontal lobes (impulse control), because frontal release can sometimes cause these random fidgeting movements, or tics.
Especially in someone Senator McCain’s age, you should always consider complications of medical treatment as an explanation for any physical peculiarities. Perhaps the original observation — that his looks like a botched Botox job (on which I remain agnostic, as I don’t treat the idle rich, so I have no experience observing this occupational hazard of that class) — is essentially correct, except that the Botox wasn’t being used for cosmetic purposes, and thus it isn’t surprising that there was not a good cosmetic effect. Botox, including injections to the forehead if headache is part of the problem, is also used to treat painful dystonic syndromes. These can arise from any number of conditions, some of which could also involve abnormal involuntary movements. Certainly other pain treatment modalities are much more often used than is Botox for pain, but a presidential candidate would probably want to avoid the most common treatment modality for severe chronic pain, opioids, and so would be more likely to use more exotic modalities.
There’s that kind of risk with any kind of medication. But i’d imagine that would make any mild side effects worse, or cause toxicities if done wrong. Which the warning mentions the toxicity and the reaction of such. But too much given at once would definitely bring on the toxicity, and some physicians ARE that stupid. And the idiots doing it without training.
The legality of Ford’s pardon of pardon never got tested in court. Similarly, the meaning of the phrase “except in cases of impeachment” has never been tested. Does it mean that an impeached president cannot pardon? Does it mean that an impeached, convicted, and removed president cannot pardon? Does it mean that a president cannot pardon once an impeachment inquiry has been opened in the House? Does it mean that an impeached president’s pardons automatically become invalid? WTF?
Dayem old
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Of course, no problem. They really are so similar. Thanks
I think he has been a blinker.
So that’s why McCain’s upper lip never moves when he talks.
McCain should start to worry about this
NOT Botox.
The tip is the hand/arm movement. He has a tremor when he puts his hands at his sides, which he masks by holding his hands in front of him.
The facial muscles are slack, not because of Botox.
He’s got a long-term health problem, and nobody is asking about it with any real effort.
Forget the forehead, John, see what you can do about yer lopsided jaw.
Parkinson’s?
The mask facies would typically be later than the hand tremor. I too was impressed more by the hand and arm movements than by facial immobility, but what I could see, admittedly all I have to go on is this low resolution YouTube video, looked more proximal, and less repetitive, than a Parkinsonian tremor. It certainly is, as you suggest, possible that the gross movements I could see are semi-purposeful attempts to be doing something, anything, with his hands and arms to mask a finer resting tremor of the hands that I couldn’t see.
If it is PD, on the other hand, I’m not sure that that’s the sort of life-threatening or disabling illness that is the most obviously legitimate public concern in a politician running for high office. Janet Reno’s PD was much further along when she ran for governor of FL, and it really wasn’t germane to her ability to hold that office. And if it is PD, they can’t keep it a secret much longer. It’s a disease that’s more up front and obvious than insidious. You look worse than your true level of disability, so it’s not something that we have to worry that stringpullers will conceal and minimize to allow themselves to continue pulling the strings of a disabled figurehead president.