Sunday, October 10, 2004

At least he no longer has a monkey on his back...

Well, I didn't see the return of the mystery bulge during debate #2. But an AP photographer managed to catch a good view of it. I'd like to see someone explain this away as bad tailoring...!

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

I didn't see the bulge on his back on Friday but what did he keep fiddling with inside his jacket at his beltline? I noticed this twice and how carefully he would sit and assumed the receiver was moved to his front. Anyone else?

Anonymous said...

I noticed Bush fiddling with inside his jacket by the beltline, too. If it was a little bit higher, I would say that he's fixing a strap as I would often do with my brassiere's atraps.

Anonymous said...

Correction, straps not atraps.

Anonymous said...

Not may people know this and you never get any official comment. But for the past 12 years the president has wearing a special vest the allows him to be free of the orbital mind control lasers that the Soviets installed just before their empire collapsed.

WOW, I can't believe someone finally got a picture of one...

Anonymous said...

Good Lord! What a bunch of crap. Have you looked closly and seen that Bush is wearing a flak jacket? "Protective Armor" that Kerry voted for (and then didn't)? Gimme a break -- secret dental work? I'm sorry I took 15 minutes out of my life to read this and respond. IK.

Anonymous said...

If you go to this site http://video.msn.com/video/p.htm and go to the debate videos its the one where Bush is talking about the draft. 5:46 into the clip Bush unbuttons his coat and you can see the wire its under his tie.

baron said...

It's obvious the president is wearing a Camelbak hydration system under his jacket.

Anonymous said...

The thing that strikes me as odd about this whole story is that you don't need a box that big for an earpiece radio receiver. Think about cellphones, or a pocket FM receiver. I think there's probably other compelling evidence for wondering whether Bush uses an earpiece, but if he does, I don't know if I believe that it's controlled from that box.

Anonymous said...

Nawww, he's just a science experiment gone bad along the lines of "The Manchurian Candidate", and that is his battery pack.

He's just a LIAR and a Debate Cheat methinks!

Anonymous said...

In the 2nd debate, I noticed that Bush shrugged his shoulders frequently, as if he had an itch that he couldn't - or wouldn't - scratch. Kerry did give him a nice, encomppasing back rub when they first met on stage, as if he was feeling for it. What seems odd to me about the 'box' is "Why was it so high? Would it not have been less conspicuous in the small of his back?"

Joseph Cannon said...

HCH -- In fact, I DID mention the second debate "man hug" in one of my posts. My ladyfriend (who encouraged me to go down this road when she noted the mystery bulge during the first debate) thought that Kerry's pat on back was hilarious.

Anonymous said...

Seriously, you people really need to step outside and catch a breath of fresh air once in a while. Too much time in front of the monitor has turned some of your brains to mush. That is obviously a bullet-proof vest President Bush is wearing under his suit (you can even see the straps that go up and over the shoulders) and I'll prove it as soon as find a picture of the particular one involved (it is probably of a 'special issue' variety.)

Now, I realize most of this is done in fun and conspiracy theories often generate enough intrigue & curiousity to keep bloggers busy (as well as draw plenty of hits for any given website) for days on end, but do the collective 'you' really believe that if Karl Rove was feeding President Bush lines that he (President Bush) would have been so extremely off of his game in that 1st debate? If that really were the case, I'm sure Krazy Karl would have been out looking for a job the very next day!!!
Of course this will probably be explained away as technical difficulties or the President's inability to process everything he was hearing into speech fast enough to avoid suspicion. I can here the rebutals now...

Which brings me to my next point. I have a good idea of what is at the disposal of the secret service in terms of communications devices and believe me when I tell you that if he really were to be wired for sound - YOU WOULD NOT SEE IT! Batteries are better hidden under belts and some Bluetooth devices have internal batteries for short-term use (definitely enough time to get through a debate) are extremely small and would have no chance of being seen UNDER A FREAKIN' SUIT, in particular, one being worn by the Prez in a TELEVISED DEBATE! For crying out loud...

I'll admit to the humor of it all, but not to its plausibility. You guys and gals should stick to the 'Magic Bullet Theory' and stop wasting time on this nonsense...although I do thank you for the good laugh I've had over this goofball speculation of yours!

CVECKIAN (I'll sign up later, Im too tired from laughing at the moment.....)