Earwig and the Angry Bush
Some writers say Bush seemed "wired" last night! AP has a photo showing a rounded hump between Bush’s shoulder blades. Other posters saw a boxy lump at his abdomen that made the right side of his suit hang funny. He reached into his jacket in that area a couple of times as if to adjust something.
Another poster notes theReuters photo on NPR’s home page, of Bush’s right ear (into which Kerry is whispering congratulations to Rove.) The poster thought it looked as if something is in there. Could the person who used NASA imaging technology to sharpen the other photo (NOT the ones we used -- we took only the straight stuff off the Fox video feed) take a look at this and report back? Maybe it's just some gum he was saving for later.
Cryptome.org has an interesting analysis of Debate 1's box-shaped bulge, 28 time-stamped video images of it, and a link to the kind of device used for remote prompting.
As to the times in which viewers heard a voice other than the president's speaking his words, i.e. on the night of 9/11 and during the Bush-Chirac press conference: there may be an innocent explanation for the two voices. A poster explains it may be a voice used for live subtitling, in which a "re-speaker" repeats what is being said into a voice recognition engine in order to generate text.
"I think the Bush - Chirac clip is pretty simple to explain. Many networks run a text-service for their live programming, where they use a speech-recognition engine and a re-speaker to dictate to that engine what is said by whoever speaks in the program. The text is then fed to be overlaid the "live" programming in progress. Live here means delayed so that the timing of the text is more or less matched with what is going on on-screen. The re-speaker needs to be a second or two ahead of the
"live" feed for the recognition engine to be able to generate the text. What I think you hear here is the voice of the re-speaker that has for some reason been overlaid the "live" voice-feed."
That sounds like the simplest explanation, unless it emerges that those actually in the room at Bush-Chirac heard the voice speaking before Bush, in which case they heard a prompter. Viewers on television said that Chirac reacted visibly to the voice, but he may have been reacting to the seeming echo.
A Faith-Based Debate
A reader comments: "The accusation is ridiculous. It is a slanderous false accusation from the pit! In the debate, he demonstrated no hesitation in his comments or rebuttals. I know who the President is wired to: The Almighty, Jehovah God is His Lord." Yours sincerely, Mr. Crackpot, Tulsa, OK
Dear Mr. Crackpot:
We are all wired to the HP, an evangelist might reply, but sometimes we hang up on Her/Him, and call instead on Karl, Karen, etc, to tell us what to say. In the debates, that would be called cheating.
Another poster notes the
Cryptome.org has an
As to the times in which viewers heard a voice other than the president's speaking his words, i.e. on the night of 9/11 and during the Bush-Chirac press conference: there may be an innocent explanation for the two voices. A poster explains it may be a voice used for live subtitling, in which a "re-speaker" repeats what is being said into a voice recognition engine in order to generate text.
"I think the Bush - Chirac clip is pretty simple to explain. Many networks run a text-service for their live programming, where they use a speech-recognition engine and a re-speaker to dictate to that engine what is said by whoever speaks in the program. The text is then fed to be overlaid the "live" programming in progress. Live here means delayed so that the timing of the text is more or less matched with what is going on on-screen. The re-speaker needs to be a second or two ahead of the
"live" feed for the recognition engine to be able to generate the text. What I think you hear here is the voice of the re-speaker that has for some reason been overlaid the "live" voice-feed."
That sounds like the simplest explanation, unless it emerges that those actually in the room at Bush-Chirac heard the voice speaking before Bush, in which case they heard a prompter. Viewers on television said that Chirac reacted visibly to the voice, but he may have been reacting to the seeming echo.
A Faith-Based Debate
A reader comments: "The accusation is ridiculous. It is a slanderous false accusation from the pit! In the debate, he demonstrated no hesitation in his comments or rebuttals. I know who the President is wired to: The Almighty, Jehovah God is His Lord." Yours sincerely, Mr. Crackpot, Tulsa, OK
Dear Mr. Crackpot:
We are all wired to the HP, an evangelist might reply, but sometimes we hang up on Her/Him, and call instead on Karl, Karen, etc, to tell us what to say. In the debates, that would be called cheating.
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AMATEUR AUDIO ANALYSIS OF THE BUSH VIDEO
The video from CNN:
http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/BushAndTheOddSync.wmv
So I make music in my spare time, and mess around with digital audio quite a bit. I loaded the Bush video into Vegas Video, put the audio on solo, and rendered it as a wav. I took that and loaded that into Sound Forge and and checked out the waveform.
My initial hypothesis was that the effect is what you might call a slap-back preverb. This is a type of reverb with an early-triggered pre-delay. Easy enough to do on purpose in a studio, and easy enough to trigger by glitch at CNN.
If this were true, the wave forms for the repeating words should appear in identitical shape and in perfect symmetry relative to the duration of the pre-delay. But most are not. The shape of the wave forms are especially different on "security", "parameters", and "co-operation". In other words, the two audio tracks are not from the same source. I'm positive both voices are Bush. But I am also fairly sure it is not an audio artifact or glitch, and it seems clear they were recorded at a different time.
You can duplicate the track, one below the other, and move the bottom track forward along the time ruler until a known word, like "minister", and all the wave forms should be at exactly the same place along the time ruler. But they are not. There are variations are large as 3/10 of second, and in audio-world, that is a hugh chuck of time.
And before you say distortion - Distortion does occur here, and appears like a fuzz of hair on the preverb waveforms. Distortion makes lots of linear marks, but does not change the size of the waveforms, which are are big and organic. Nor does distortion effect the delay.
Mark
strangecurrencies@sbcglobal.net
I'd like to see more analysis of the wire that appeared under Bush's tie in the video clip posted by someone below.
I also thought that I saw something in Bush's ear last night, but I think it was the left ear, not the right. The left ear appeared on camera significantly less often, which would make sense for them to have planned it that way.
I would normally find all this very hard to believe, but in the absence of a good explanation for the obvious bulge in the back of Bush's jacket in the first debate--and I'm sorry, a finely tailored suit would not bulge like that--more suspicions are raised than appeased in my mind. And it's disturbing because if it is a live feed, it would be cheating of the worst kind.
On the other hand, if he is wired, it isn't helping him much!
who gives a shit?
That's not a transmitter back there, that's his battery :-)
I saw the Paris speech one Sunday Morning and could not believe. CNN replayed it several times and I called all I knew who would be interested to look. Yes the prompters voice was leaking before his. It was such a surprise, but also an embarassment.
I just can not believe the stupidly that I am reading. If you are so concerned with a left wing Conspiracy then make sure you go and Vote. Three years ago 98% of the American people backed Bush on the war on terror. Now that the going is getting tough, the same people are questioning why? How Hypocritical can you get, maybe just Like John Kerry, I am a Roman catholic but I am for abortion. Give me and the American people a break. Let us make up our minds without your conspiracy theory. Next thing you'll bring up is if it was really Bush on stage or a Body Double. Why don't you just study the issues and make up your own mind with out trying to sway other peoples mind with absolute BULL.
As the Bush administration continues to be queried about the strange rectangular bulge on the President's back, I'm betting that Rove will come up with an explanation something like this:
"The President is indeed wearing an electronic transmitter in the photo; it enables him to stay in touch with the national security apparatus in case of a national emergency, such as a terrorist attack. Should an attack occur, the President will be informed via his earpiece, and can respond immediately."
"Is that bulge in your back an electronic transmitter, or are you just glad to see me?"
I downloaded the French video earlier, it raises alot of questions. It also answers a few more about why Bush speaks with so many pauses and mispronounces things so much. I suppose some people might not "give a shit", but it sure seems like there is many out there who would like to know exactly who it is they may have voted for.
BCC now has the story.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3730364.stm
I watched the press conference and was amazed to hear a voice leading W - and him parroting (monkey?) the voice. The coup-de-grace was at the end of W's speech - he leans casually on the podium and looks across at the press searching for someone to ask for a question - the prompter voice says "Yes Jim ..." and seconds later W says "Yes Jim ..." - so even the choice of which journalist to ask was made by the remote voice ... wake up America ...
The AP photo from last night of the bulge on Bush's back is here. Please post this photo on your site; it is just too damn weird.
In the French news conference not only did the "voice" tell W which journalist to ask questions of "Right Jim ..." but the voice gave him the answers to the journalists' questions - in short sentences - which W then repeated. This is probably what happened in the "debates" ...
There was a cable visible, running up Bush´s back on the left side (they wouldn´t put it on the right side again, they are at least that clever). Easiest is to run your video to the end, then re-wind to the blonde lady with the question about abortion. When George W. speaks of his "unborn victims of violence act" the cable is shown clearly to run up the left side of his back towards his shoulder. And if it is just a matter of wrinkles as his tailor says, then that is one bad tailor! An amazing confession.
http://www.vikingmagic.com/cgi-bin/dc.pl?html=full&key=92
This appears to be the kind of device he may be using.
Does anyone have a video clip that includes the "Yes Jim" part?
You people need to get a life.
This is great that the Internet is now starting to dictate what we hear on radio. Not sure about TV, as I haven't been watching it lately. Today (10/9/04) I heard on 740am San Francisco that the rumors started on the Internet, and they even mentioned what I assumed is this web site, as "a web has been setup which is dedicated to the theory". Unfortunately, they stopped short of mentioning the url in the report, but hey, at least we're getting some coverage out there!
We've been having a good time with this at It's All Politics (World Political Forum). Stop by sometime when you get a chance!
In the first debate, I figured Bush's "Let me finish," blurt was just a weird Tourettes moment. Then I saw the ear-piece speculation with the pictures of his back.
Then during the second debate, I noticed something white in his ear, a wire-looking "crease" running over his shoulder blade, and noticed his jacket protruding at the side of his waist.
Now there are the news clips with the additional voice.
This is creepy!
Hey Morons,
NOTE: President Bush still is currently the president, a.k.a., under protection by the Secret Service. It is most likely the bulges are a protective vest of some sort.
Lighten up, goobers. It's time to move out of your parent's basements.
And remember, if you support Bush election day is Nov. 2nd. If you support anyone else, election day is Nov. 3rd.
I'm sure Bush wasn't wired to give answers during the debate. Just like his campaign "wasn't" behind the swift boat attack ads. This is just more evidence that there are no depths to which these NeoCons will not stoop in order to fool the American people.
What a stupid site. Talk about low IQs.
Just say it, Stop Beating Around Bush, Vote for Kerry and then you will see what a mistake really is
Much like the CBS alleged document scandal, I'm sure this scandal will end up with the same results. Instead of TV news discussing the contents of the documents, they focused on the fact that the particular ones shown on CBS were false. A very effective smoke-screen.
What will probably happen is this: The Bush camp admits to Bush having some sort of device (perhaps a Secret Service 'terrorist alert' 'just-in-case' device), and will mock anyone who claims he is being remotely told what to say by a puppetmaster. They will laugh and focus only on that device.
The truth will be that he is being told what to say remotely (as clearly evident in the Chirac/France press conference and also in his speech patterns and behaviour) but *from a different device*.
Like the CBS-document-gate, the focus of discussions will not be on the real issue.
Many thanks to everyone that is hosting screenshots, captured video and audio, and to the people emailing and telephoning the major "news" networks. I hope something comes of all of your efforts, and they are not brushed away as "internet conspiracy theories".
Okay, let's be honest folks. There's no logical reason why anyone in this country should be dissatisfied with Bush's leadership, particularly when it really counted during 9/11. Could Gore have done as good a job? Umm... no, he probably would have run crying for his mother. I'm an independent voter, and I am as granola and enviromentally defensive as the next guy, but common sense has told me -- especially as a Massachusetts resident, where let's face it, my senator (Kerry) hasn't done crap for our state -- that a vote for Kerry is basically like voting for Curly of the Three Stooges to run our country. Do something smart, people -- vote for Bush. Kerry may sound like he has good ideas, but he's really full of hot air. Oh, and by the way, if Bush was wired, then I'm freaking Superman. Talk about stupid...
Sorry, but the "bush-chirac.mpg" video linked here is not supporting your case. If you want to have a strong argument you must remove all weak evidence and post only rock-solid proof.
The second voice in the video is not a prompter's voice, but Bush's voice (different frequency spectrum, though -- due to distortions), even the stuterring and slight pronuciantion mistakes are the same. Please listen more carefully. All the video files that I've seen so far are not incrimintating Bush on this.
This doesn't mean that Bush's wasn't prompted at the time. He probably was, but it was very well conceived. I still hope that somebody comes with absolute proof, before the final debate, or even during the final debate. There should be a full-body search requirement before the debate, just in case. What if he brings a gun or an conceilled audio prompter on the scene. His patriot act permits these kind of security checks :P
The images are a good start and raise significant questions. Keep digging!!!
I seriously think that the president of USA would have access to more high-tech equipment than what is shown here... I doubt that Bush and his office has to go online to purchase second grade spy-gear...
If he has commincation about his person, it wouldn't show
have you all seen this?
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041010/ap_on_el_pr/bush_bulge&cid=694&ncid=2043
Bush Aides Laugh Off 'Wired Debate' Rumor
Campaign aides to President Bush (news - web sites) on Saturday laughed off rampant Internet speculation about whether the president was wired to get help from advisers during his first debate with Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites). "It's not true. It's ridiculous," Bush campaign spokesman Scott Stanzel said.
Bloggers and others began to muse on various Web sites that the bulge could have been a radio receiver that the president's aides could use to give him answers during the debate. One Web site, www.isbushwired.com, is devoted solely to the matter.
"Some people have been spending too many hours looking at left-wing conspiracy Web sites," Stanzel said. "Did you hear the one about Elvis moderating the third debate?"
wow, you guys are famous...
Amazing...you guys are a bunch of losers. If you folks think you are soooo smart, why don't you start by getting a real job insteasd of flipping burgers at McD's
Remember morons when I come up to the drive-thru..."Bun, burger, bun"
Liberal incompetent wack jobs!
The above person, allegedly from Massachusetts (hmmm... who can check on that), should go and post on the GOP site, that's where his crowd is... This discussion is about Bush and only Bush. If you want to discuss something else, do it somewhere else, and don't waste your time around here.
Of all states, Bush has the lowest rating in Massachusetts, around 25%!!!. Go figure.
Yes, this site is only for dumb asses talking about Bush since that is all they have to do until they are finished pumping the neighbor's cat.
You liberals need to get Al Gore and move to the core of the sun.
Idiots!
"Liberal" is not an offensive word; why use it as such?
Again, that device on Bush's back was probably not the device responsible for the live feed. It seems way too obvious. Expect the Bush camp to expose that device as something innocuous; the real device that is feeding him information will never be mentioned.
Now I can't wait for someone to get a scanner or frequency counter close enough to get a lock on the transmission, then tune a transmitter to provide some 'prompting' a la Anchorman or Reality Bites. In fact, I'll start an award fund that'll go to the first person who can record the prompting feed- PayPal 10 cents to phreakw@yahoo.com to help...
The sad thing is that Bush supporters do not care that he is being fed what to say. We can expose this until we turn blue, but it will never ruffle the feathers of the Bush supporters.
Instead, they will continue to spout the "Kerry's a flip-flopper" viewpoint.
I watched the Cirac video (no problems downloading and playing--get a Mac) and after the end of his statement, before the questioning begins, Bush appears to adjust something in his right ear.
It most certainly sounds like Bush's own voice, especially when he says "nuke-ya-ler." I am going with the theory that Bush is dyslexic, so maybe he records his speeches in adavnce so he can give them without having to read.
But that doesn't explain why he'd be wired for a debate.
This is funny... No wonder America is going downhill fast and people don't have jobs. Who wastes their time coming up with this crap and who cares? The only difference between Bush and Kerry in the debates was the way Kerry delivered his responses. Well rehearsed and well staged.....exactly what we come to expect from a career politician with only one concern, getting more paychecks. Meanwhile, our president has to waste time campaigning while he SHOULD be running the country. He doesn't have time to sit around memorizing witty responses and rehearsing soliloquies. As far as I'm concerned, the whole concept of campaigning is a huge waste of time and money. How many millions are the candidates spending on advertising? Yeah, there's a good use of money.
If you really think you have a solid grasp on 'reality' do the only intelligent thing to do in this election. Vote 'other'. Neither of the options we have should be the president of this great nation, and its about time the true voice of America unite. None of us like either of these guys, we just try to determine the lesser of the two evils. The lesser evil is other....if enough of us vote the correct way, our country will finally see the democratic processes full glory and our political structure will have to be reformatted. As long as there are 'political parties' there will be 'bipartisan politics' which does nothing for any of us. Vote for the best candidate for the office of President of the United States....that candidate is 'other', because it sure as hell isn't either one of these guys.
This is the dumbest site ever....of course Politicans use wires, Clinton is famous for them....the was even a PBS dcoumentary on them in part. See Manufacturing Consent.
You can be sure that Kerry would be all over this if it were true...OR....if it was not agreed to.
In the end....the President is a Quarterback of a team....he is not the entire team....and last time I checked....the quarterbacks in the NFL are wired.
The HORROR OHHHHH THE HORROR.
What will happen to the faithful of this conspiracy when they find out about Santa and the Tooth Fairy
Anyone who thinks Bush is wired in the first debate is stupid. Just watch it again. Given how badly he performed, do you really think he's wired?
Bush is extremely stupid and needs a wired. However, he didn't have one which is why he performed so badly. His decision to go without a wire may have cost him the election.
Three points:
1) The Chirac video link should be removed. It's clearly the same audio track played slightly appart. There are times when both voices stumble over the same word. There may well be video out there of this dynamic, but this doesn't appear to be it.
2. Be careful of the Karl-Rove, "I'll feed out forged documents to kill a story" gambit. It worked with CBS and Bush's National Guard record. They'll try it here.
3) Given how hostile the right-wing, knee-jerk (goose stepping) thugs have become in recent posts, I'd say you are on to something -- keep going!
Looking at the paranoid leftwing attitude of most of the people posting on this site, it is not hard to believe why you would believe such a fabricated conspiracy, I am a graphic artist and the screenshot you show could have easily been doctored. This country gives you the right to have your own opinion, thats a great thing. But because you know in your hearts that the Democratic choice for President was a mistake and they had no choice but to use him because they had no one else, don't try to stain someone else. Grow up! By the way did you Know that John Kerry is actually a Alien Creature from the Star System Uranass, He has taken on Human form to try and take over the planet. GET A LIFE, Will you.
It wouldn't surprise me if Bush was wired...he's clearly an idiot...but until more solid evidence for this pops up, I'm not going to be convinced. The Chirac audio does link up to Bush's pauses and words, so far as I can tell. I need to study it some more before I totally make up my mind.
If you want to criticize Bush and his cronies, let's look at Rumsfeld's endorsement of torture, and the human rights violations committed by US soldiers in Guantanamo Bay. Bush doesn't want America to be a part of the world at a time when all nations are necessarily and inherently connected. I still can't believe that he touts his refusal to join the International Criminal Court as a /positive/ point. You can't live inside a bubble, and you especially can't hope to be a world leader when you refuse to be a part of the world. Look beyond your own borders once in a while.
I have both debates on TIVO. I can see the box on his back in the first debate. In the second debate, I can see the wire next to his tie. It is revealed about 28 minutes into the debate.
There is no doubt in my mind that Dubya is wired for these debates.
And yet, just like his entire presidency, his debate performances are indefensible...even with cheating.
There's a streaming version of the Bush Chirac video available here: http://www.maxuk.net/mt/
The two slashes are missing in your cryptome.com link. Could you correct it for everyone, please?
i think bush 2.0 still works mechanically....electronics will be avaible from version 3.0 ......
I wonder how much the Bush Administration is paying the tailor to say the suit was puckered?
I recently read an article in the New Yorker about Georges de Paris. The man is a perfectionist and his life is devoted to creating perfect suits. Georges de Paris would not create a suit that puckers!
You people are absolutely whacked!!! This kind of crap is exactly why I am a Republican, you people are paranoid.
I'm sure the President of the United States went on National tv with an obvious device strapped to his back and a wire bulging from his suit then proceeded to put his back directly to the camera and leaned sideways to speak to Kerry so the camera could see his eardrum. What the hells wrong with you people.
Hey guys, I have a bridge I want to sell you for real cheap! LOL
OK, I understand the suspicion that Bush was wired; I have almost no doubt in my mind that he was. However, as president of the United States, he has access to technology a little more state-of-the-art than what some people seem to be suggesting. While it might be satisfying to believe that there is photographic evidence of his fraud, think again. There is no way that the man needs to wear a battery pack or anything bulky to be fed intelligence; whatever device he wore would be and was undetectable. Sorry, but Bush will get away with all the despicable things he has done, and that's that. But if we all get out there and vote, perhaps we can at least send him packing. ~~Redefeat Bush '04~~
In the second debate, there's a boxlike bulge in Bush's right jacket sleeve, at the top near front shoulder seam. It's most visible in side shots when he moves his arm forward.
I certainly hope a non-partisan takes a close look at Bush this wednesday and finds out what there protruding growths are from our president.
"There was nothing under his suit jacket" - well maybe it was INSIDE the jacket?
By the way, the Norwegian newspaper VG (Norway's largest newspaper) posted the story "Is Bush remote- controlled?" http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=249211
OOPS!!! Guess not everyone likes to march W thru his spots. His 'people' should have checked out his bulges before he went on stage. Is this not too funny. Gotcha!!
The funny thing is that you would think that the man who has the ultimate authority over the CIA could have used one of their very discrete, covert audio devices instead of a cheap Radio Shack device. And I wonder why nobody who had their picture taken with President Bush immediately after the debates, and often had their arm around the president called out "The President is wired!"? Or why John Kerry, who probably had the best vantage point for seeing anything as suspicious as a square bulge on the President's back, didn't stop the debate and question it? This smells of a huge conspiracy which includes all of the people in the hall that night and John Kerry! Maybe John Kerry suggested that Bush wear the earpiece because his first debate did not go so well, and Kerry was afraid that he himself might end up actually win the election. Very troubling, indeed.
If he was wired in the first debate so he could be helped with his answers, the person on the other end should be fired!
It would not surprise me to see this President cheat during debates. I am distressed about the John Wayne
attitude towards Iraq - I feel this administration has to go.
I will not vote for this President again! The good name of America has been stained. For three decades, I watched the politcal talk shows interview ex- CIA officials and experts who constantly told viewers that Saddam was safe in Iraq only because it was a guarantee that a civil war would break out between the different sects. In a word Turmoil.
All that information was disregarded. It irked me that
we were led down a path to war with Iraq on disinformation. Even I knew we were over extended by invading Iraq while we were involved in Afganistan. I regard the CIA as a scapegoat on these matters.
Reservist on the battle field means only one thing we are over-extended. Our young men/women are sitting ducks and that pisses me off! I am not happy about that! I am not happy about how any of Iraq was handled. The buck stops with Bush.
Both candidates should be electronically scanned for devices before the next debate.
I thought something was amiss even without having seen the bulge in the suit jacket. Does anyone remember the time he looked like a deer caught in headlights? He stared into the camera and took far too long to answer. I almost felt sorry for him. Then I wondered if he was waiting for someone to feed him the lines.
All this talk about fraud...and you still support John Kerry? 3 purple hearts in 4 months...my grandpa earned 3 in world war two, and it took over 4 months to recover from each injury that earned him one. Most of his friends who earned them did so posthumously.
Wants to make more jobs for america, meanwhile his WIFE has a company with 27 factories in other countries...why doesn't he vow to make her bring those jobs here?
Have you ever talked to someone from Massachusetts? My father in law lives there and no one in his family knows anybody who has ever considered voting for Kerry...and he has 5 brothers and 2 sisters! So who the heck voted him in?
...and most importantly, the man is exactly what is wrong with america... rat on your friends to make you look better, build your future at great costs to others, marry into wealth solely for the money, and buy your way into anything!
(By the way, I'm not a Bush fan and I'm voting 'Other', but my biggest fear is that Kerry gets elected...he is a very bad human being and the price to pay for Kerry getting elected will be enormous. Bush may not be the greatest, but we know exactly what we get...and we know our country is safe while he's in)
I have only seen a few pics so far and the ones I have seen are not very clear. They remind me of fuzzy UFO pics or maybe more like the "face on Mars" I wonder if we have enough time, before the next debate, to get NASA to launch a miniture probe and try to land on the back of Bush. A rover could then take "bulge" samples for a more exact analysis. I do think Kerry is a better debater, but Bush will make a much better president!
David Cage
All I want to know is what is that bump. Maybe it's a candy bar, maybe it's a wad of money, maybe maybe maybe: I DON'T CARE!
Just tell me WHAT it is: explain it.
Anything else is an out and out lie.
In the Chirac video -- if Bush is wired for sound, why is the same effect happening with the reporter's question? Just before Bush starts answering it you can hear Angle clearly saying the same thing that the more muffled voice had just said.
Before someone answers that Rove is prompting the reporters, too, think about whether it doesn't make more sense that there's some audio glitch in the pool feed.
I don't know if he was wired or not.
I certainly don't put it past him.
The thing is that from day 1 he has never
seen any "normal" people. All his events are
staged and packed with supporting, enthusiastic
ditto-bots.
You have to ask yourself why can this man not
handle "normal" people? Part of the answer may be
here:
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_4930.shtml
'nuff said.....
Two things on this topic:
First, I wear a high-tech hearing aid and can wear a wireless neck loop under my clothing that has a small, square, rechargable battery (about half the size of a cigarette pack) that can last 4-6 hours. A wireless microphone with its own power source can be set up 100 or so feet away and I can hear through my aid what is being said in that microphone. I'm sure there is more expensive technology available to the president that can do a better job over a greater distance than what I currently use.
Second, while I was reading your site, my dial-up connection became disconnected, so you must be on the right track :).
At the moment I'm leaning toward the wire theory, but I want to throw out one more possibility that I haven't seen anywhere else yet: Is it possible that the bulge was some kind of back brace? Bush has a tendency to hunch over defensively when asked uncomfortable questions, and maybe his handlers had him wear a brace to lessen this tendency, so that he wouldn't appear to be cowering alongside his very tall opponent. Just one more alternative worth considering.
The Reuters picture you refer to on teh NPR page is here:
http://reuters.com/newsPhotoPresentation.jhtml?type=topNews&imageID=1001470831
If you zoom up on the picture there does appear to be something inside. Alas, when looking closely, it is a simple protrusion of his antitragus (a natural rise in the lower part of his outer ear). Compare that picture with his ear in this picture from his website, and this conclusion is plain.
http://georgewbush.com/images/gallery/24.jpg
Still - keep looking. I firmly believe that if he is wired, some evidence will be found in the next score of days. Frequency scanners (remember to record!), curious photographers, and perhaps even a Bush camp defector could turn this into the story of the century.
He has obviously been wired for past speeches - more of that will come out inevitably. The real question is whether they dare to continue using the crutch?
A previous poster, who suggests it may be an "audio glitch," says:
"Just before Bush starts answering it you can hear Angle clearly saying the same thing that the more muffled voice had just said."
I'm not sure what he means. What the White House transcription says is:
"PRESIDENT BUSH: Listen, the French are going to provide great advice."
What I (and my wife, and other people on the blogs) hear is:
PRESIDENT BUSH: Uhhh [PHANTOM VOICE] Listen, the French are going to provide great advice.
The poster above presumably is calling the "phantom voice" the "muffled voice." But we don't hear Angle saying anything above and beyond that.
Some posters hear the phantom voice saying:
"the French are going to provide advice"
My wife and I hear the phantom voice saying:
"the French are going to (indistinct) (indistinct)"
We can't make out the last two words.
Finally, my wife points out another interesting fact. When the phantom voice is speaking, Bush's lips are moving at the same time! She did a video screen capture and blew it up, but you can even make it out in the little default picture in Real Player.
If the phantom voice is a "re-speaker" for the text recognition engine overlaid on the video feed, why are Bush's lips moving with that too?
If the phantom voice is a Karl Rove cue, why would Bush's lips be moving, at the same time he is getting the cue?
Another possibility is that Bush is softly pre-rehearsing what he is going to say.
What we need here is an experienced lip reader who can decipher what Bush is mouthing while the phantom voice is being heard.
I too noticed something on Bush's back when he was leaning over the podium during the first debate.
Of course there was something under his suit.
[Don't people believe their eyes? It was not just a still image with an odd shadw-- you could see it in the video.]
We're just not sure what it is. So, instead of ridiculing everyone who points to the obvious [sort of like ridiculing all those who warned that the Bush economic plan would cause a huge deifict or that the Iraqis would not line the roads to Baghdad with flowers] why not simply tell us what it was that was there?
If people ridicule rather than answer questions, I have to begin to think that the "wired" theory is true...although, as people pointed out, it doesn't seem to have helped much as he struggled to stretch out his slogans to fill 120 seconds.
I'm a lip-reader. The only problem with decoding the speech using lip-reading is that I wouldn't know when the double speak was taking place because I can't hear that.
you have to ask yourself WHY anyone even suspects that
this might be going on?
Because the nitwit emperor has no clothes and is too
dumb to string 5 words together.
What does it really mean when people say that Bush is
a "regular guy" - just like them?
no doubt W is a moron - love the look of horror on his face when his teleprompter locks up but the AP pic with the bulge under his jacket I hate to say is a bulletproof vest - no mistaking it. Not that i don't believe that Cheney was offstage telling Mr B what they - sorry he - should say
From an earlier post: "This country gives you the right to have your own opinion, thats a great thing."
Both Left and Right agree all power belongs to the people, not "this country." (Correction: the Far Right believes it comes from god.) We, the People, have all of the power; we loan some of it to necessary institutions and individuals. We can take it back at any time, including every election.
peace!
Bush elder had an earpiece with a visible external wire in the Perot/Clinton/Bush debate where he checked his watch. What was the big deal then?
It certainly looked like something peculiar was in Bush's ear. Of course there is a perfectly plausible reason for this - perhaps they glued on some extra ear hair to prevent back-lighting from passing through.
There's clear evidence here that Bush may have had some sort of listening device at the debate:
http://www.imagehosting.us/?id=26798&type=viewpic
Our intrepid members of the Fourth Estate can't seem to figure out how to get beyond the lame White House humor to proceed with this story. A suggestion:
Start by establishing whether Bush has used wires in the past. Find out if there's anything to Bush's pre-peating himself at the Chirac press conference:
1) Call Fox/CNN for an explanation.
2) Call the reporter who Bush calls on in the video (Jim ?). Find out if those in the room really heard the other voice.
3) Call the Chirac flack to find out if Chirac and his staff heard anything odd that day. I'm sure they'd remember.
Just 3 phone calls. That's all it would take to find out whether there's anything to that video. If you can show that Bush has used a wire before, that's a story in itself. Use that to pressure Bush's aides for more.
Just a few suggestions.
Interesting theory, ...and you know, it might also explain that stupid looking BLANK STARE that Bush was giving at the beginning of almost every question in the Miami Debate. After the question was asked, he would stare off into blank space for about 10 seconds...meanwhile the whole world was waiting in anticipation for whatever dumb comment would be forthcoming! It makes sense...he was waiting to hear whatever the prompter was telling him to say.
It wouldn't surprise me in the least. But for those who say that we should not waste time speculating things like whether the President is wired or not and concentrate on the issues, I say, that is an issue. Supposedly we will be voting in November to elect a President. The debates are a venue for the voters to see what the candidates are all about. If we are hearing someone else's thoughts being parroted by Mr. Bush, then we are not really voting for Mr. Bush are we? I'm a Republican, but this election I am breaking away from my Party and voting Democrat. I don't think America can afford four more years of Bush. It's time for a change.
For all of you claiming that the "wire" in question was being used for security purposes, you're missing the point. As the commander in chief, it would not be out of place to be wearing one(yes, just like a quarterback), but not during a televised national debate inside a secured location. Are you suggesting that Mr. Bush was also wearing a wire when he was notified about 9/11 when an aide came in a verbally gave him the update? Why not just pass it through the wire then?
THE POINT IS THAT THE BUSH PEOPLE ARE FLAT OUT DENYING ANY DEVICE WHATSOEVER. For me as an Independent voter, who tends to vote Republican, I am more concerned about the lack of telling the truth upfront than the "flip-flopping".
Still waiting for the WMD that Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice & Powell said WITHOUT RESERVATION that Saddam had even in the face of conflicting reports from the UN and our own govt.
we all know he is a big d___k, so maybe the bulges are just his delusions of beleiving he has a big d___k, and thinks he's moving it around to fool everyone...just like his presidency..
Is it possible Bush was wearing a manssiere during debate number one? And when Bush finishes his Chirac speech, he reaches up to his ear and it sure looks like he's doing more than scratching it.
At the end of the second debate, when Bush and Kerry were shaking hands with the audience, I saw something in Bush's left ear. It was flesh colored and looked like a discreet hearing aid.
I'm really not into conspiracy theory, but I know what I saw...
I dont think bush was wired, because if he was maybe he would have appeared to be more intelligent.
Has anyone considered that it could just be a bullet proof vest?
Secret service has already confirmed that Bush was not wearing a flak vest.
Mark
strangecurrencies@sbcglobal.net
The bulge is probably something like:
http://www.orthopedicquestions.com/ortho-catalog/bird-n-cronin/back/buckle-closure-clavicle.htm
or
http://www.orthopedicquestions.com/ortho-catalog/bird-n-cronin/back/comforclaviclehooknloop-bg.jpg
It's not a bullet-proof vest, since a custom-made one doesn't do that, and anyway they said he wasn't wearing one and would not risk lying for this. It's not a random suit-pucker--no one has ever seen a suit do that. Bush does have a bad back though, and obviously needs posture help. Plus, this is not something that the President's team would want to advertise, but it is useful to them to have the blogger world wasting its time on this.
As for the video, it seems to be Bush's own voice, distorted. The inflections are the same. Perhaps he's repeating a speech he read earlier, but occam's razor suggests the much simpler explanation that an audio feed got ahead of the slightly delayed main feed.
None of this disproves the "is bush wired" hypothesis in general, but these two new pieces of evidence don't seem to show it.
Not sure if he was wired (I personally think the VP was on the other end of the wire) however I think perhaps some BOTOX would clear up the facial expressions he had. Sure wish I could spend an evening drinking with Bush and find out who he really is.
I think if there is something in the bastard's jacket, this would be a violation of the rules. So we either accept the judgement of the commission that it is "nothing" (a device agreed upon by both sides), or someone has to put a lead dentist's apron on this loser's back. IMHO, Kerry knows what this is, or doesn't care or both. A lot of good it will do fatty Rove to keep saying,"Flip flop! Soldiers luv to fight there! Flip flop! Flip flop!"
Most likely of all: this is a cheap pathetic Rove ruse to keep some of us sidetracked a'la his office "break-in" etc.
I saw the same bluge: It is a SHAME the soon to be outed Bush is wearing a BULLET PROOF VEST! Is he that scared that a parent of one of the kids that were was killed in the OIL WAR would come after him??? Bush I wish you the money in world, It still will not give you a personality credibility or friends. Money will only make you rich, and when you realize that your fate you will be the ONLY ONE SAD.
http://www.holosonics.com/
If they werre going to feed him info this would be best method!!!! No one would ever know.
http://www.holosonics.com/
If they were going to feed him info this would be best method!!!! No one would ever know.
http://www.atcsd.com/
Or possibly this one. Similar technology.
Counter conspiracy theory is with conspiracy fact. The earpiece was good for him because it made him sound like he knew what he was talking about. He should do it all the time. Maybe he has. He can't hide it for four more years or four more weeks. The word is out.
Oh my. Someone, likely a "liberal," wrote:
Both Left and Right agree all power belongs to the people, not "this country." (Correction: the Far Right believes it comes from god.) We, the People, have all of the power; we loan some of it to necessary institutions and individuals. We can take it back at any time, including every election.A modern "liberal" espousing popular sovereignty, and limited grants thereof. So, you agree that we grant portions of our sovereignty, would this be via limited, enumerated powers specified in written constitutions? Not via broad grants such as "to provide for the general welfare?" A liberal strict constructionist? I thought most of you had converted to the "the people grant all power in elections, enumerated powers are so 1700s" camp.
Larry
My first thought was that is was some kind of flak vest. He may have had a wire, but if he was using it to get help, whoever was on the other end must have been a complete idiot given the way Bush performed.
Either way, Bush is an idiot or he's as underhanded as they come. Who are you going to vote for on Nov. 2nd?
First of all.. for all of those who posted about how stupid and low IQ, etc. this site is... why are you wasting time reading it? Or posting on it? One would imagine that if you had anything better to do with your time you would be doing it.
Secondly.. ever noticed how EVERYBODY lies..especially politicians?
OK this might not take the point much further … but … I was watching the Chirac press conference. This was a live broadcast. The voice was definitely not W’s and led him through his speech in short sentences which were then repeated verbatim by W. OK … no big deal … instead of a teleprompter he was fed the script via a hidden earpiece.
I was amused but not shocked.
However, W finished his speech and was then fed (by the same voice) the line “Yes Jim …” … in case the significance of this is lost … there is a world of difference between being fed a speech and being told which journalists to ask the questions of.
Moreover the voice fed W the answers to the journalists’ questions – slowly – in short sentences and of course prior to W’s repetition of them.
The video / audio must be available and I am certain that this was live. A completely different person’s voice was leading W through (a) his speech (b) his “selection” of which journalist to respond to and (c) his answers.
You draw your own conclusions to this, but to me how could any leader be respected who is a “parrot on the world stage”.
One last point … who said that the people get the leaders they deserve?
The voice reconition repeater explanation for the French episode is an unlikely explanation. I am not aware that closed capitioning works by voice recognition, even today voice recognition is too unreliable unless it is looking for sepcific words. See
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/question427.htm
I would like to see higher definiton images.
Very difficult to judge by those poor live feed screenshots.
Should not be that difficult in the times of DVD recording.
Where are they???
m220#gmx.de
The D-Day video on this page (if real) leaves little doubt as to whether the president is parroting his advisor: http://www.maxuk.net/mt
So, who IS his puppet master? Is it Karl Rove? And does Bush wear this things all the time - as suggested by what an interpreter says at http://community.democrats.com/forums/discussions.cfm?forumid=170&topicid=139727 ?
If you listen to the Bush/Chirac thing carefully, you notice that even in the beginning Bush stutters over a word the first voice speaks clearly, without any stutter or hesitation. If it's an echo, it's a weird echo - it can even correct the guy's speech problems. :-)
Two appropriate quotes from Oscar Wilde ->
There is no sin except stupidity.
Let us call things by their proper name, it makes matters simpler.
CHEATING
While I cannot say one way or the other whether Bush was wired for the debates, the video footage of D-Day remembrances posted at http://www.maxuk.net/mt/ makes it clear to me that there is no evidence of prompting at that event. The key is to listen when a question is called from the press. A gentlemen Bush identifies as Jim has the same exact repetition of his words that some have attributed to Bush's prompter. The fact that the reporter's words are repeated just as the president's are tells me there's a technical glitch in the broadcast, not some sinister plot.
As far as Bush being wired I'm not really concerned. It has been made quite obvious that he is a moron who is not capable of running this country. He is merely a puppet of a corrupt administration. This is something of which we are all aware. What we really need to do here is expose Bush as a cheater in the long run. If he cheats during the debates people realize it, but if he cheats again on election day it will be too late. We can not let our country endure four more years of this torture. We are alone and it will become more of a weakness. Our war on terror has opened us up for more. Anyway, that is what I needed to say. And as for the person who said " If you are supporting Bush election day is Nov. 2nd. If you are supporting anybody else it's Nov. 3rd." Way to post in true corrupt republican style. You dont care who deserves to win. You'd rather lock people up to assure a victory.
I just posted on my blog Postcards from Hell's Kitchen an item about my own experience with these prompting devices. I think it's entirely plausible that W was using one!
Postcards From Hell's Kitchen
Don't you think you have better things to do than to analyze these guys and the way they dressed? Who knows...maybe Bush was adjusting a colostomy bag or something.
And please, since the #1 fear of man is public speaking, who the hell cares is he needed some help!
Not only was he wired but it seems he was WIRED(speed I would guess) might have been a cocktail(benzos and coke perhaps) to keep him going .I am talking about debate #2 of course. He was chewing back and forth so hard I though he would loose some teeth on the floor.
KennJ
I talked to Kerrys Brother yesterday. He told me, that John has a penisring made of copper. Thats why he is so relaxed.
I would like to sell a rabbit.anyone interested? He wears a copper Penisring.
tell the truth , you looked while you licked!
KennJ
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/08/images/20020809-1_ranch8-515h.html
The fox clip located here: http://www.maxuk.net/mt/ has the following characteristic.
Before Bush speaks we hear 'a voice' utter words and then Bush 'repeats' them.
Now, when the Reporter asks his question, there is a real echo, and it comes AFTER the Reporters (louder) voice.
Then, before Bush answers we hear his words 'as an echo' but before Bush starts speaking.
--- Regardless of any existing audio, just observing Bush speak with the hint that he may be using a prompter is enough to virtually prove that he is. It simply seems obvious to me. There is far more evidence than simply the buldges or audio. Just watch and listen. The pauses. The random knowledge. Missing words (hello 3million what?). The voice in his ear did not say acres. So neither did he.
The dyslexia stories are pretty boring too. Bush does a pretty good job when he's reading. Of course he's reading pure crap.
The suggestion that Bush would have had access to superior CIA technology ignores the fact that the CIA is not feeling particularly charitable to the Bush administration after the Valerie Plame business.
Revealing the name of a CIA agent is a one of the worst things anyone can do from their perspective. According to Joe Wilson's book, there is a wall of stars at the CIA headquarters honoring those who gave their life in their service. There are no names, just stars. These people are anonymous even in death. Revealing the name of an agent automatically exposes everyone they worked with, and can doom anyone they worked with.
No, I don't think the CIA would be very likely to loan Karl Rove advanced CIA technology.
The suggestion that Bush would have had access to superior CIA technology ignores the fact that the CIA is not feeling particularly charitable to the Bush administration after the Valerie Plame business.
Revealing the name of a CIA agent is a one of the worst things anyone can do from their perspective. According to Joe Wilson's book, there is a wall of stars at the CIA headquarters honoring those who gave their life in their service. There are no names, just stars. These people are anonymous even in death. Revealing the name of an agent automatically exposes everyone they worked with, and can doom anyone they worked with.
No, I don't think the CIA would be very likely to loan Karl Rove advanced CIA technology.
Sorry, guys. The Chirac video doesn't prove your point. I am an avid Bush-hater and would like nothing else than to expose his wire-using, which, despite the Chirac video, I think is true.
From watching his performances in the past, and listening to his speech patterns, it's VERY possible he is using a wire.
Keep digging folks! But, please drop the Chirac video. It's an audio anomaly.
There is no reason to believe that a re-speaker would even remotely be mixed into the sound panel and then mixed into the live feed. It is silly to even think so. And *if* voice recognition was being used, the microphone would be going into the computer with the voice recognition, and nothing else. That is beside the fact that the coorelation in pauses is just too perfect.
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YESSSS!!!!!!!!OOOPPS!!!! I Thoght it said Is Bush FIRED!!
Sorry, I got my hopes up there
for a minute!!!LOL