What Are You Wearing Tonight?
A former Special Forces officer of my acquaintance who served in Iraq during the first Gulf War says that the photos of Bush's back are not body armor. Bush often appears in shirtsleeves at public rallies with no visible bulges. Think about it: If you were George Bush, what would you fear more, going into a debate with John Kerry without body armor -- or without your prompter? Take a look at this device .
Postscript to the Debate: Oh, whatever was there for the first debate has been moved to a more secure location. But the coverup is not persuasive: TheNew York Times reports (Oct 9) that the White House first said that the pictures of the bulge might have been "doctored." When that didn't fly, campaign communications director Nicolle Devinish told the Times that the bulge was "most likely a rumpling...or a wrinkle in the fabric." White House and campaign officials also told the newspaper that Bush was not wearing a bulletproof jacket in the first debate, that there was nothing under his jacket, and that he wore no receiver.
Postscript to the Debate: Oh, whatever was there for the first debate has been moved to a more secure location. But the coverup is not persuasive: The
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Yes, the technology exists. Big surprise. I'll bet the CIA has far better.
If Bush was indeed wearing an inner-ear speaker, we would never see it.
/sick and tired of political bullshit, from both sides
My God! The WESTWORLD PRESIDENT!!!
THIS is going to turn out to be a HUGE story once the regular news stations break it. Get ready for wiregate!
That receiver would explain Bush's problem with looking annoyed. These devices haven't been perfected yet. He could have been getting some interference from other radio waves that weren't apparent when tested by his team before the debate.
Your source about the body armor is incorrect. Bush wears a super light body armor, different from what the police or military wear. The "box" on his back happens to be the spine plate of the armor. You can see the shoulders straps on both sides. also he has been wearing this body armor since 9/11, everytime he goes out, anywhere.
How do I know this... Because my company makes this body armor for the president.
This is only a part of the sleaze and conspiring effort to do whatever it takes to make W (the puppet) react with a little more than "work hard"...
If President Bush wore body armor it would be a big NEWS story in itself. Would it be a national security issue that the press wouldn't touch? Body armor could easily cover a radio and be a cover story too.
Ok, I buy the armor thing, maybe. Just name the company.
Cite the link showing the 'spine'.
I think the answer to this "bulge" problem is very simple. It's not a transmitter. It's not body armor.
It's a bra.
Clearly George W. Bush enjoys wearing women's undergarments -- hey, who doesn't? -- and the bulge we see is a poorly-fitting Maidenform.
He should have worn a Cross-Your-Heart to give him better posture and then no one would have ever seen the bra strap!
So why in the debate did the President erroneously start spouting out “Let me finish!” when he was not even interrupted? Maybe it was just an egomaniacal episode.
I have also often wondered why it is when he is taking questions from reporters, his head leans over as if he was listening to his ear. Go figure.
Maybe he really IS a puppet and they had to remove the strings temporarily per the debate contract and the little box is where the main string is attached and......
Hmmm .... perhaps this explains the joint Cheny-Bush 9/11 inquiry session ... maybe the batteries don't last that long?
I suppose that's why he mangles up his words. Like: "That's why they're fighting so vociferously."
Why else would he be throwing out words he can't even pronounce?
I'm going to watch the debate now. I will be watching for strings, body armor, wires and maybe even body odor....some people keep saying Bush Stinks....maybe they are right!
How else would you get a clear message from God?
If Bush was wired then he needs to get his ears and/or his head checked because he SUCKED. He kept repeating himself and wandered around the issues. He just keeps on lieing!
The environmental questions are giving him problems.
"Increase the wetlands by 300 million"
"A good steward of the land"
If he isn't pulling this stuff out of his ass then he must be getting it from the airwaves.
Pay no attention to the spin doctor behind the curtain.
Please look at the upper left side of Bush's back. There is a thin wire there tonight. Different than the last debate. The only way he could possibly come out with complete sentences.
I guess you mindless democrats would do just about anything to start shit before an election, wouldn't you? Stop with the ridiculous conspiracy theories already. It's getting really old...and PS it still won't win "good ole good for nothing" Kerry the Election.
We had problems at the last debate.
There was quite an internal debate over whether
the President had been overmedicated or the
comm. device had failed or acted intermittently.
Failure analysis revealed that some other comm.
device had interfered with ours in Miami, so
the President was unable to properly hear his
prompts.
For St. Louis, the device was worn in front --
you may have noticed, several times, that
the president reached into his jacket to adjust
the device -- And its firmware was upgraded to enhance
its interference immunity.
--Dark Channel
Reminds me of Firesign Theatre - "Man, you broke the President!"
As an artist I wasnt listening to them 'debate'. I was watching b*sh. What I saw was: Within the first 2-10 minutes(watch replay on Cspan...) b*sh was messing with his tie and the black wire showed beneath the tie; He has been wearing some kind of vest for months, to look bigger, thicker, just look at where the vest ends at the edge of his shoulders and his boney arms begin; the mic never left his right hand while his left hand kept screwing with his tie; there was something bulky between his left armpit and his sternum; there was also some kind of 'wire' running down his left back which was visible with nearly every back shot: You can see it all if you watch him without listening to him.
One cannot watch all the bee's at the hive.
the reason for the blank looks, He can't understand the prompter
I saw what looked like a wire, too. And at one point he started to unbutton his jacket, then quickly stopped, as if he had just remembered (or a voice in his ear told him) he wasn't supposed to unbutton his coat. But what was really weird were the long pauses when he was talking about the Dred Scott case. He'd pause, as if to listen to the line, then deliver the line, then pause again.
The Manchurian Candidate!
Well, at the next debate someone just needs to get reasonably close to the venue and then activate an open air spark generator to jam all frequencies. Of course, you'll probably get arrested on some terrorist charge for messing with communications.
If you did it in bursts you may even get him to jump or flinch at your command assuming that his device doesn't block static.
Tonight he wore his wire on the left side....and his keepers did a better job of hiding the transmitter! But not good enough.
It seemed peculiar that a president who uses simple words used the word 'nexus' tonight. Cheney used the same word during the vp debate.
"The effort that we've mounted with respect to Iraq focused specifically on the possibility that this was the most likely nexus between the terrorists and weapons of mass destruction. " Cheney, 10/5
"We'll stay on the hunt of al Qaeda. We'll deny sanctuary to these terrorists. We'll make sure they do not end up with weapons of mass destruction. It's the great nexus. " Bush, 10/8
Seriously, does anyone think Bush knows what the word means?
Link to "Mad TV Presidential Debate" skit. Very funny. Guy does a perfect Bush impression - AND EVEN makes fun of the "EARPIECE"
SOOO Timely
http://www.dailyrecycler.com/blog/2004/09/everythings-coming-up-madtv.html
I have to wonder why is it that for just $2,700 American dollars you too can have the exact same wireless device that the President (probably?) wore on the first debate.
It even HAS THE RIDGE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE BACK PLATE.
To have a President that attempts to do this in a National Debate, may the Lord have mercy on America's soul.
You can see a picture of the device at
http://www.accelerated-promotions.com/consumer-electronics/two-way-radio.htm
The fact is that President Bush did have "something" beneath his jacket for the first debate. I have worn various types of body armor in my career in the military and what-ever made the countours on his suit-coat had none of the the hallmarks of body armor. First of all it lacks the symmetry of a bullet-proof vest (...you would want to cover all areas, not just one block over your shoulder thank you very much) and has no observable outside form of attachment at the shoulders or sides. What is perhaps more important is that there would be absolutley NO reason for the Secret Service to encourage the President to wear a vest to
an event such as this. The studio is a controlled space, and ALL persons entering it would have had to walk through a magnometer and THEN additionally have been hand-wand-ed down. Due to the nature and rules of a debate, security forces would be especially vigilant that no cameras or recording devices be brought in. This would make this an even safer environment then a normal speaking engagement. This is truly as safe a place as can exist in a public forum. For this reason more then any other, the very idea of body armor (...hot and uncomfortable as anyone who has worn such will tell you quickly!) is outlandish. No one would make an individual wear such an encumbrance ESPECIALLY when they would be under great stress for the evening, to say nothing of the bright studio lights. Which brings us back to "something." I will let the rest of you decide so long as any thought that this was anything for ballistic protection is ruled out.
Did any of you see the Associated Press photo of w's back in last night's debate. It looked like an alien beast was attached to his back. I think they padded him to hide the device. go here:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/041009/480/pd13510090242
AWOL Bush is a miserable FAILURE. He's destroyed America with his $442 BILLION dollar deficit, tax cuts for the rich, worldwide HATE towards America, $200 BILLION wasted in Iraq, over 1000 dead soldiers, NO WMDS, Iraqis getting hugs and flowers mixed up with beheadings and roadside bombs, outsourcing, Americans working harder for less pay, fewer quality jobs, unemployment at record highs. Does that cover about everything? Oh, did I mention that Al-Qaeda is still terrorizing the world, Osama is still free and terrorism is running rampant too. AWOL Bush is unfit to command.
I have been ambivalent about this wire thing until last night- at one point in the debate, during a health care question that Kerry was answering there was a split screen. Bush was glaring at Kerry as usual, then sort of twitched and blinked then gazed skyward for a few moments, then started scribbling frantically on his notes.Looked very VERY strange- almost as though (gasp) someone whispered something in his ear and broke his scowl concentration, but it was good info that he wanted to remember. Please stay on this-methinks the primate-in-chief may be up to no good. But don't ask him if it is a mistake........
What if it were a medical device? There are rumors about his medical condition - mostly the psychiatric side. However, what if he were, say, diabetic and wearing a small automatic device to stabilize his insulin levels? The only conspiracy would be one to conceal his illness. Could an MD comment?
Has anyone played the audio backward?
Could there be a hidden message urging kids to harm animals and smoke heroin? Aren't those Bush's "youthful indiscretions?"
How about a "bible-code"-check of the transcript?
If the "bulge" is the type of medication dispenser that is in use to ensure a steady dose of medication, it may be used, by Bush's handlers, to give him a burst of amphetamines when his attention wanders.
I think it is pretty funny that when your guy gets his butt whoooped in a debate, the theories get funnier and funnier.
Kerry cheated on the first debate. It's not even debatable. It looks like Bush may have been wired and cheating too. You know what? I don't care.
Haha, Kerry cheated, right, with a black pen that whispered in his ear and gave him all the answers.
And Kerry did not get "whooped," the polls still say Kerry won, though by a smaller margin, as Bush REALLY lowered expectations of himself at the first debate. We'll see a nice normal performance from both at the third debate, without any skewed numbers from "expectations."
why hasn't anyone mentioned his closing speech in the 2nd debate when you can clearly hear his microphone cut into by a different voice saying 3 or 4 words a split second before he did?
What the heck is the plate in Bush's back?
Lah dee dah... let's see what to talk about... oh could it be Bush saying that they will talk about taxes 'in a minute here' at the end of one of his responses?
How could he know that?
Here's the quote:
GIBSON: Mr. President?
BUSH: Well, we'll talk about the tax cut for middle class here in a minute. But yes, I'm worried. I'm worried. I'm worried about our country. And all I can tell you is every day I know that there's people working overtime, doing the very best they can. And the reason I'm worried is because there's a vicious enemy that has an ideology of hate.
And the way to defeat them long-term, by the way, is to spread freedom.
HOW DID HE KNOW THAT?!
Why did he repeatedly finger his lapel and check his suit coat button? Why did his tie keep migrating under his suit coat? How did he know to straighten it during the draft question? If these are nervous habits, how did he suddenly become aware of them and stop?
Bush goes on with "let me finish" when he has the green light and no one was interrupting him. Here's the video
When you're listening to someone in your presence, you look at them or your surroundings. Bush's eyes always had the disengaged look of a person listening to someone not present.
Oh my God! This is just too horrendous and horrible for words. This is the first I have heard of this idea, and while the depths of deception and manipulation of wearing a wire do not surprise me, I am shocked because it comes as such a surprise. As much as I detest and despise the monkey-in-a-suit that we call president the details of this deception are shocking even to me. In retrospect it all makes perfect sense, but dear God, how could the press let this slide? I want them all thrown out and FIRED. INCOMPETENCE! Who the hell is running our country?
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In the debate last night, Oct. 8, his eyes still were blinking and darting back and forth but he seemed to be trying hard to appear normal. It came off like someone trying not to be so obvious.
Instead of taking notes or sitting back as a listener while Kerry was talking, Bush was in another space, with an odd look of concentration and darting eyes.
I think either Karl or Anne must've been reading to him all these posts ...telling him "look, they're on to you. Either you've got to do a better job or we're yanking it."
I've never before encountered anyone with a bearing such as that exhibited by Bush in these public settings.
Being of the human race and not a cave dweller, I think by now I would have run into at least one person with a style similar to Bush's.
Because his style is "unique," it begs an explanation.
So far, the ear bug is the only way to explain his odd manner, which heretofore I'd witnessed only on Saturday Night Live and SCTV.
28mins 24-26 seconds you can see the wire!
Look for 'Farley' question...Then...
Bush: One of the more important things we're doing in this administration is transformation. There are some really interesting technologies.
Bush: For instance, we're flying unmanned vehicles that can send real-time messages back to stations in the United States. That saves manpower, and it saves equipment.....
(He has been juggling his tie for a few minutes; he again juggles his tie at 28mins 24-26 seconds his hand levels out, not patting chest, this is when wire can be seen. I cannot see it on REaltime, film too jumpy. You are going to have to view this from live replay. And MG, he is talking about transforming and "real time messages" for gods sake....I watched it Cspan replay and saw it again wee hours. The wire is about 1-2 inches, shows when his hand levels right at bottom of V his tie and lapel make, the white part of the V......).
Right before around this time his eyes start darting right to left, left to right; he was just blinking, then eyes start darting L/R as tho he is reading something...or someone is reading to him; what does your brain want to do when someone you cannot see is reading to you?
A couple of official debate rules that invite more review now:
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Tuesday, September 21, 2004 Posted: 1:15 AM EDT (0515 GMT)
(CNN) -- Here are highlights of some of the rules laid out in the 32-page agreement on the three presidential debates ahead of the November election.
No television camera shots from behind the candidates and no cutaway shots of candidates who are not answering questions.
NO SHOTS FROM BEHIND! WHO ASKED FOR THAT? AND I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST VANITY ABOUT BALD SPOTS...
Other than a handshake at the start of the debates, the candidates are not to approach each other.
SURE..YOU DON'T WANT TO RISK ANY PATS ON THE BACK OR ANYTHING EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE TO A HUG WHEN YOU'RE BACK-PACKING ELECTONICS.
Other than Secret Service personnel and the president's doctor and military aide, each candidate is allowed to have only one pre-designated staff member in the wings or the immediate backstage area.
CAN WE FIND OUT WHAT ONE PERSON WAS IN THE WINGS FOR BUSH?
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With that equipment...why would anyone have to be near him? They could be anywhere? Yes? No?
Wire under tie videoSure looks like something is in there.
I now have a couple others who have re-viewed and seen it also........It is there, just got to have a non-jumpy large screen, or LIVE REPLAY, to see it. The min/sec time is nearly exact.
certainly does. anyone have an explanation other than a listening device?
28min 24-26 sec....Let me clarify something. In watching replay, they walk on stage, clap clap; when Charlie starts speaking I looked at the clock to gauge time. Today I opened OL vid and got the aforementioned time via the vid screen timer.
I cannot say watching live what exact minute it would be, which is why I matched the transcript with the vid and got Farleys question, saw the wire/tie/hand movement and timer saying 28m 24-26sec.
The Emperor Wears Hand Sewn Suits
In the New Yorker magazine issue 9/27/2004, Larissa MarFarquhar meticulously describes the garmentry worn by our fearless leader as sometimes being made of $1000 a yard fabric by the reknowned personal tailor Georges De Paris. Mon. de Paris has been the White House tailor for every President since Johnson and I can't imagine that he was going to hastily fit Bush for such an important event. I'm frankly not surprised. After all, cheating and lying has become the watchword of this administration and certainly someone is pulling Bush's strings behind the curtain.
The bulge is obviously just the ring on the pull string in his back that makes him say "America is safer" and "Stay the course" and "This job is haaard!" and "There's a snake in my boot!"
The Diane Rehm Show's Friday, Oct. 9th 2004 program mentions the rumor because of "a lot of emails" about 45 minutes or so into the show. They brushed it off. Here's the note I sent to them about it:
"Dear Diane Rehm Show:
Thanks for at least airing the question about Bush wearing an earpiece.
However, when Susan Page--the journalist who fielded the question-- cited as the only evidence for that idea that Bush said "let me finish" she omitted something you all surely knew: that there is a photo record to go along with the verbal quirk.
Today, in the NYT there is the photo in Elizabeth Bumiller's story, "The Mystery of the Bulge in the Jacket" (Published: October 9, 2004). The story does nothing to explain or dispel the issue.
Why didn't the panel address the full charge? Why did Susan Page only address the most easily dismissable part? I think that when people complain about "the media" it is often this kind of perfunctoriness that is bothering them.
While we shouldn't make mountains out of molehills, we should at least know what it is we are choosing not to exaggerate. No one has explained this one yet."
That's my post. I will let you know if I get a reply or hear a follow up on the air.
David in Denver, CO
see www.earprompter.com for the inside dope
Do Karl Rove and Dick Cheney ever get into epic slap-fights over who gets to use the President's remote?
If the bulge was merely body armor, then why didn't we see the same bulge in last night's debate? Does he have different body armor depending upon the day of the week?
What's the fuss? I can't see anything in the rules prohibiting the President from bringing his iPod to the debate. There are only so many times you can listen to John Kerry say "I have a plan..." W's just filling in the dead spots with his "shock and awe" playlist.
Check out the side-by-side photo of Bush's back from the two debates at bobfertik.com
I beg to differ. The bulge in the back of Bush's suit was STILL VISIBLE during Friday's second presidential debate. Perhaps it wasn't quite as prominent (Bush also wasn't hunched over, with both arms on a podium), but it was STILL VISIBLE. I saw it repeatedly. If anyone doubts it, find a tape and LOOK AGAIN.
If you've been able to see the wire on video, post the photo of that frame.
If you've heard the audio feedback, post a link to the audio clip.
We're all interested to learn the truth!
thanks bob, great job!
also thanks for the chuckle, vdanker! your comment was really funny!
I stumbled across the debate on CNN this afternoon at nearly the moment he started that question, and it was around 1:33, 1:35, thereaabous, so...30 minutes into the debate you'd catch it.
The best stillshot I could get with a VHS tape anyway.
It makes sense now. When Bush and Kerry first started and Kerry shook Bushes hand and patted him on the back.
If we know Kerry certainly must also be aware. Was he checking for wires and did he wisper in his ear the secrets out your going down.
It might be a really good idea for the Kerry campaign to invest in some covert jamming equipment.
HEADLINE: President's tailor denies Bush wore device under coat
BYLINE: CAMILLE RICKETTS; Knight Ridder Newspapers
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
BODY:
President Bush's tailor on Friday pooh-poohed an Internet conspiracy theory that a long, boxy bulge visible on President Bush's back between his shoulder blades during the first debate could have been some kind of prompting device.
Georges de Paris, who made the suit Bush wore, said the bulge was nothing more than a pucker along the jacket's back seam, accentuated when the president crossed his arms and leaned forward on the lectern. "Like this," he said in a heavy Parisian accent, "like this," demonstrating the same effect before a six-way mirror.
Salon.com writer David Lindorff, who suggested in an online article Friday that presidential adviser Karl Rove might have been feeding Bush answers through some electronic gizmo with an earpiece buried in his ear canal, wasn't convinced.
"There's definitely something under there pushing up through the suit," Lindorff said.
He added that the device wouldn't necessarily have been electronic, since there are magnetic and fiber-optic technologies that can achieve the same effect.
"These gadgets have been around for quite a while," he said. "They just keep getting better and better."
De Paris, who's tailored suits for every American president since Lyndon Johnson, added that the jacket fit Bush very snugly through the shoulders, which may have exaggerated the effect.
Bloggers and conspiracy buffs alike have lined up with Lindorff, insisting that the outline of a wire can be seen leading from the bulge down the president's back on some high-definition monitors.
Lindorff's story quoted Jacob McKenna, a spyware expert, who said there are small microchip-based earpieces that could be pushed so far into the ear canal that they are virtually undetectable.
Mark McKinnon, the media director for the Bush campaign, categorically denied the use of any sort of communication device.
"The truth is not nearly as interesting," McKinnon told MediaChannel.org. "The president has never been assisted by any audio signal."
Bush campaign manager Ken Mehlman called the theory "laughable."
"People have too much time on their hands," he said.
Lindorff said he became suspicious when he heard the Bush campaign had requested that no cameras be placed behind the candidates during the debates, a demand that TV crews ignored. He also cited moments during Bush's responses that he said suggested the president might have been wired.
"On several occasions, the president simply stopped speaking for an uncomfortably long time and stared ahead with an odd expression on his face," Lindorff wrote. "Was he listening to someone helping him with his response to a question?"
Check out npr.org,s home page: there's a picture of Kerry and Bush exchanging "niceties" at the close of last night's gig; shown is kerry profile-left, speaking into Bush's right ear ... there is something in his ear!
What is strange is its so obvious there is something on his back and the White House's response is out of touch with reality. They don't have a reasonale explanation.
That tells me they have something to hide. Talk about "nowhere to run nowhere to hide".
The wire beneath the tie is clearly visible, here again is the video.
Also, a lot of back shots showed a wire snaking up his left shoulder blade (similar to what was on his right shoulder blade in the first debate).
Now, though: why would such a device need TWO wires?
But in the second debate I paid much closer attention to Bush's diction, and the pauses in rhythm--especially in the beginning--were very weird.
Meanwhile, Kerry was able to remember the names and questions of people ten minutes after they had asked, AND was able to relate their points with the current question in a meaningful and intelligent way.
I was surprised at one point to hear Bush respond to the question about the Patriot Act by saying that he didn't think people's rights were being "abridged."
Abridged?
Although it was a perfectly appropriate word in that context, it was not a word you'd expected to hear from a guy who rarely gets his subjects and verbs to agree.
I smell a fraud here. But then this guy's entire life -- from college admission to military service to business "success" to winning the presidency -- has been a fraud.
The 'W' stands for "wired."
The bulge looks suspicious, I agree, but why not put it somewhere else? Somewhere you can't see it too well, like in an inner pocket of his suit or something. Seems pretty hopeless to "hide" it on the back of a tight-fitted suit.
Peter
I think the better question: Is Bush wired on some sort of stimulant, like amphetamines. Has anyone noticed that constant jaw movement when he is not talking? And all that rapid eye blinking? ......he's acting way too hyperactive....
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WASHINGTON - President Bush smirked and winked and chuckled to himself. He jumped from his stool, chopped at the air and interrupted the debate moderator. As he fought to keep his emotions in check during a combative debate with Sen. John Kerry, the president jokingly said, "That answer almost made me want to scowl."
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The question that hung over the second of their three debates was whether Bush's aggressive, hyper style was an effective tool or a damaging habit — an extension of his disastrous first debate performance. Reviews were mixed.
Bush "seemed wound a bit too tight. He was a little like Nixon — sort of jumping out of his suit," said David Niven, political science professor at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. "He looked bad on the TV close-ups."
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Bush was the most aggressive, at one point overrunning moderator Charles Gibson's attempt to pose a question after Kerry said he was "not going to go alone like this president did" in Iraq.
"I've got to answer this," Bush said, cutting off Gibson, then indignantly responded to Kerry. "You tell Tony Blair (news - web sites) we're going alone."
Often, Bush's voice rose to nearly a shout. Was is too much? That's in the eye of the beholder.
"Bush looks the most determined. He's up and down, but he's not angry. He focused on how he responds," said Chris Montgomery, 48, an uncommitted voter in New Orleans who leaned toward Bush before the debate.
Craig Swatland, 40, an uncommitted voter listening to the debate on the radio in Bozeman, Mont., said Bush was "pretty heated up, but he's just being aggressive.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=536&e=6&u=/ap/20041009/ap_on_el_pr/debate_analysis
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SHORT-TERM EFFECTS
increased alertness
sense of well-being
paranoia
intense high
hallucinations
aggressive behavior
increased heart rate
convulsions
extreme rise in body temperature (as high as 108 degrees which can cause brain damage and death)
uncontrollable movements (twitching, jerking, etc...)
violent behavior
insomnia
impaired speech
dry, itchy skin
premature aging
rotting teeth
loss of appetite
acne, sores
numbness
EFFECTS ON THE MIND
disturbed sleep
excessive excitation
excessive talking
panic
anxiousness
nervousness
moodiness and irritability
false sense of confidence and power
delusions of grandeur leading to aggressive behavior
uninterested in friends, sex, or food
aggressive and violent behavior
severe depression
http://www.stopmeth.com/signs.htm
Bush wouldn't need a earpiece to be receiving sound (his speech or any other words) during debate, speeches, etc. In the 70s or 80s a friend of ours who had been gradually losing some of his hearing received as a gift what he referred to as a "bone phone"--a transmitter device like a radio. This device was worn against bone at the neck area and transmitted sound as clearly as the ear does. My husband and I each tried it out because we DID NOT BELIEVE you could hear through something like that worn nowhere near the ear, and against bone only. Nothing was worn in the ears. BUT WE COULD HEAR!!--- clearly what this "bone phone" device transmitted---words, music, whatever. We also noticed a bulge under Bush's jacket for the first debate, and a lot of strange hesitation moments for the President during his responses to questions. If it's true Bush wears such a device to get help with what to say, you might be uncovering one of GWBush's most well-kept secrets. Frightening thought.
Bush wouldn't need a earpiece to be receiving sound (his speech or any other words) during debate, speeches, etc. In the 70s or 80s a friend of ours who had been gradually losing some of his hearing received as a gift what he referred to as a "bone phone"--a transmitter device like a radio. This device was worn against bone at the neck area and transmitted sound as clearly as the ear does. My husband and I each tried it out because we DID NOT BELIEVE you could hear through something like that worn nowhere near the ear, and against bone only. Nothing was worn in the ears. BUT WE COULD HEAR!!--- clearly what this "bone phone" device transmitted---words, music, whatever. We also noticed a bulge under Bush's jacket for the first debate, and a lot of strange hesitation moments for the President during his responses to questions. You might be uncovering one of GWBush's most well-kept secrets.
Doodie heds!
I am not wird or on drugs!
Then I said, "Ah, Lord God! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a boy." But the Lord said to me, "Do not say, 'I am only a boy'; for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and you shall speak whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord." Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth; and the Lord said to me, "Now I have put my words in your mouth. See, today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant."
Jeremiah 1:6-10.
Maybe he said "let me finish", because his minute an a half was running out and the green light on the floor changed to yellow or red. Can anyone verify that ? Was that part taped?
Give me a friggin break.
Get a life you paranoid idiots.
The green light had just come on
In the second debate, it seemed Bush was on speed or amphetamines of some sort. A friend who's had a little experience with them, and much more in helping speed freaks get over their addiction, pointed out some tell-tale signs. Among the usual behavior, there was also a lot of weird jaw motions that Bush had - a problem that's very frequent among speed users.
Could it be that he needed to improve his focus and clarity for the second debate? Well, that was certainly the most significant change from the 1st, and I wouldn't doubt that he used speed this time.
Holy mackerel! More people also think Bush was on amphetamines?!
Do we need to add drug testing to the debates? Now, this is definitely one assertion we'll unfortunately never get to the bottom of. But, it's good to know that others see the same traits!
Bush needed and needs all the help he can get. So wire that man up. He's not the brightest bulb in the box and Karl Rove's whispers won't change a thing.
Come on. Do you people seriously believe that the Commander-in-Cheat, I mean Chief, would use any means necessary to steal an election?
This cellphone conversation was dropped in the vicinity of the White House:
Karl, the audio prompting story is getting out of hand.
Deny it! It's just a bunch of liberal kooks.
But the story's reached the Times, with a picture, and the AP has come out with a link to isbushwired.com.
How about humor? McClellan's joked about the problems we've had since the steel plate was implanted. That seemed to disarm them.
But by morning the story may be picked-up by the European press.
Look, if the truth ever outs, we just say: 1) candidates have spoken from wr
itten notes for ages; 2) Teleprompters have been used, without a fuss; 3) The use of an audio prompt is just a consequence of the way in which technology has evolved.
But, there's all the talk of 'W' being a dumb puppet. Won't an admission like that confirm the talk?
No. We spin it: We use audio prompting in the interest of the truth. Please, Karen, elaborate on that.
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You guys better stop dissing our Dad.
He has always been truthful, and he's
certainly no one's puppet! But we do
wish that he hadn't made that snickering
comment about keeping us on a leash, toward
the end of the first debate.
Don't mess with Texas!
Once again the video of the wire under the tie.
I think Bush was wearing a transmitter under his jacket in the 2nd debate. The NY Times today had a photo of Bush from the rear in debate 1, showing a mysterious , umistakable, rectangular-shaped box under his jacket between his shoulder blades. Knowing that debate 2 would be a town hall forum, the transmitter had to be hidden. I believe in debate 2 it was hidden at his waist under the first button of his suit. In a profile view, his jacket sticks out further under the first button, which is unusual. Bush looked thick in the waist as compared to how he usually looks. When he stands up to talk, he has a bulge there that becomes evident as he walks and raises his arms. It looks as if the rectangular box was padded on the sides to make the shape look more natural. I think he is also wearing an unusually long tie. That can be seen when he sits. The creases in the front of his jacket to the sides of the bulge are not what is typically seen when a man wears a suit. Also, his jacket looks baggy over his butt. He figured that someone might feel the transmitter if he put it on his back, so he put it on his stomach. Could this transmitter be responsible for his improved performance in the 2nd debate?
At the first debate, the candidates go backstage before greeting people. Bush knew he wouldn't have to worry about any innocent pats on his back.
Really, will you please stop making up things to keep attention away from the fact that John Kerry has no platform. Really. If this is what it takes to help Kerry win the election, you have reached a new level of low. Why don't you help your cantidate win on principal, instead of conspiracy. Keep this cooky crap for Ferenheit 9-11.
Some people spin better than Rove & Co., eh?
The device you linked to is MUCH bigger than the wrinkle in the back of Bush's suit, and would have been placed in the small of his back to avoid detection from idiots -- I mean "experts" -- like yourself. There is no way that the device you linked to would fit into what you call the "boxy shape" on the President's back. Additionally, the various wires, antennae, etc. needed for such a device to function would have made it far more obvious than the grainy, poor quality photos that you geniuses have posted.
Have fun coming up with this BS all the way up to November 2, when you're going to have to deal with the fact that George W. Bush is the President for four more years.
Kevin S. Bailey
This device is the closest thing I've found so far: http://www.rtgmbh.de/pada/rck-ik-82.html
It's made for those guys who talk into their sleeves but the cordless earpiece fits the application exactly. It's so small, it's virtually invisible even up close. It's an inductive transmitter/receiver (earpiece) that transmits a short distance using a magnetic field, say, from a lapel or shoulder pad to the earpiece.
Is this a postmodern world or what? A Blog with links that don't work claiming to be be evidence for something as obnoxious as this. Yeah, and Kerry gets the Hale Bop vote ...
Simple. It's the insertion point for the wind-up key.
When I was young, all the mechanical humans had the wind-up key inserted in the back.
If Iraq is sovereign, why doesn't an Iraqi judge sign an arrest warrant for Bush, Rice, Cheney, Rumsfeld, et al., for their war crimes?
The same reason Iran or North Korea doesn't do it.
Have they committed war crimes against Iran and/or North Korea, too?
Why is the President against the ICC? Would they really try any or our troops? Wouldn't they go after those who ordered the crimes?
When W. debated Al Gore, it was the Insufficient versus the Insufferable.
When W. debated John Kerry, it was the Obfuscating versus the Oscillating.
We face a choice now between a president who rolled us on Iraq and a senator who got rolled by the president on Iraq.
George Bush is not giving an inch on Iraq. He's toughing out the cascade of confirmation and criticism from his own people about the hyperpower hyperbole that led to an unnecessary war and an unruly occupation. His advisers say it's better for the president to appear out of touch than apologetic. He'd rather seem delusional than deluded.
He can't admit what the Duelfer report says, that Saddam was no threat to the U.S. or any other country. The mushroom cloud was a Fig Newton of Dick Cheney's feverish imagination. That would mean W. didn't fix his father's screw-up, but he screwed up his father's fix. A big Oedipal oops.
After Bush 41's Persian Gulf war, Saddam devolved into the Norma Desmond of vicious dictators, shrinking but pretending to still be big, writing romance novels, trying to order liposuction machines, teeth-whitening material and hair transplant equipment, soaking up American culture like his favorite song, Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night,'' and his favorite book, Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea."
The president may not have gotten his money's worth with the report of Charles Duelfer, the chief U.S. weapons inspector. After all, in a vain retroactive attempt to justify his hokum about W.M.D., he had 1,200 people working for 15 months - stretching our scarce supply of Arab linguists - to produce 918 pages at a cost of about a billion dollars just to find out that Saddam would have liked to have had weapons if he could have, but he couldn't, so he didn't.
But at least for his billion, the president got some earnest Introduction to American Literature analysis of the Iraqi dictator and his taste for some Western culture, noting that Saddam felt a kinship with Hemingway's protagonist Santiago, the poor Cuban fisherman (even though the rich Saddam liked to grenade-fish - toss a grenade in the water and then send in scuba divers to fetch the dead fish).
"Saddam's affinity for Hemingway's story is understandable, given the former president's background, rise to power, conception of himself and Hemingway's use of a rustic setting similar to Tikrit to express timeless themes," the report stated. "In Hemingway's story, Santiago hooks a great marlin, which drags his boat out to sea. When the marlin finally dies, Santiago fights a losing battle to defend his prize from sharks, which reduce the great fish, by the time he returns to his village, to a skeleton. The story sheds light on Saddam's view of the world and his place in it. ... to Saddam even a hollow victory was by his reckoning a real one."
Even though his own report stated that U.N. sanctions had worked to defang Saddam, Mr. Bush decided to stand firm on nonsense, insisting in the debate Friday night that "sanctions were not working. The United Nations was not effective at removing Saddam Hussein."
When a questioner named Linda asked the president to give three bum decisions he had made in office, Mr. Bush took a pass. Lincoln could admit mistakes. J.F.K. could admit mistakes. But W. thinks admitting mistakes is for powder puffs. Of his decision to invade Iraq, he said: "Sometimes in this world you make unpopular decisions because you think they're right." Or you stick to them even after you know they're wrong.
The president's living in a dream world. He kept insisting that 75 percent of Al Qaeda has been "brought to justice," even though such a statistic is misleading, since counterterrorism experts say that the invasion of Iraq was a recruiting boon for Osama and that Al Qaeda has metastasized and spawned other terrorist groups.
Mr. Bush tried to pretend the devastating Duelfer report backed him up, noting after the report came out that Saddam "retained the knowledge, the materials, the means and the intent to produce weapons of mass destruction and could have passed this knowledge to our terrorist enemies."
W. should have followed his father's policy on hypotheticals. As Poppy Bush would say, when someone asked him to be speculative: "If a frog had wings, it wouldn't bump its tail on the ground."
The thought of possible drug use, may explain why bush refused to take his physicial in august, I saw a couple of reports yesterday discussing it.
Here is Karl Rove's spin -- from a current AP article -- on Bush's physical aggressiveness in the 2nd debate, where at one point he rushed the moderator:
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Bush senior adviser Karl Rove, in a rare on-the-record talk with reporters traveling with Bush, defended Bush's more combative tactics in the second debate.
"It was just the right format ... and allowed him to clearly show the differences," Rove said. "He was eager. He saw the opportunity to set the record straight. He had lots of fun."
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That moment illustrated that Bush can't listen and is dangerously prone to violence.
If he was wearing a box it didn't help him anyway! He still is a mumbling fumbling fool..He would probably get wrong what was coming into his ear anyway!
Lies all Lies.........
I think Bush used the prompter during the first debate but not during the second . (With suspicions voiced, I'd abandon it too.) I think he uses it in press conferences and situations other than rallies where he's surrounded by his cheerleading squad of rabid, cheering, pledge-signing dolts. Let's say...anywhere he might not be entirely comfortable or where the meaning of his words may actually count, he probably uses it. He's just arrogant enough to resent having to use it too. This may explain his troll-like mood during the first debate and his annoyed "let me finish" remark.
Between the two debates his style was completely different. When he's not using the prompter he just babbles happily, pretty personable, not too much to say--but it's way different with the prompter. With it he stumbles, makes up stupid words, can't form a complete sentence, seems a bit insane.
I think his handlers make a mistake using the prompter. He just isn't very skillful in its use. Anyway, to his supporters, it doesn't really seem to matter what he says just as long as he comes across as a likeable guy, albeit kinda dumb, just like them.
He's smoother without the prompter and, since content doesn't seem to matter anyway, maybe they should just abandon the prompter altogether. It just confuses the guy and makes him sound even stupider than he is.
I sometimes wonder if he too isn't under duress. I sometimes ponder whether or not he knew what he was biting off when he accepted the stolen Presidency. A discussion about this with a friend revealed an opinion that no matter how sinisterly he may be being used, he's too much of a coward to come forward.
Just musings, but anything is possible, as we've learned.
My concern is whether there will be enough security at the next debate to prevent Bush from physically attacking Kerry or the moderator, as he almost did in the second debate.
People ! People !People ! Are you just trying to bash Bush?Of course he is not wired! The President is smarter than that ! If any one was wearing a Prompter it was Kerry!
I knew it! He's a rapper and he lipsyncs! Damn! I just want to know if it's Lil Bow Wow or Umph-de-Umph that he is lip syncing to.
Me.
The truth in this matter needs some looking into. I understand that the President has dyslexia and a low- average IQ. If he needed help with electronic cues to remember his lines, he should be forthcoming with America and the world and let us all decide if he is fit to continue to be President. His actions over the past 3 1/2 years haven't exactly been beneficial to all of America and the world. I do not feel that Mr. Bush has the average person's best interest at heart. I know that he has left many more Americans in poverty and there are still too many people out of sustainable work. Unemployment figures look better only because so many American's unemployment has run out. He talked about a Health plan for America in response to Mr. Kerry's plan at the last debate, he has had over 3 years and "his congress" to bring it to us, but, it's not here. I don't think it will show up in the next four. It is time for a change, I do feel like I have been duped. I am sure there was some electronic prompting at the debates, and if he ever held a press conference, I am sure he would need help again. Mr. Bush needs a permanent vacation back to Crawford. This administration has ambushed the true Republican party from the Moderate Republicans and has filled it with ignorance, greed and bully tactics.
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Your source about the body armor is incorrect. Bush wears a super light body armor, different from what the police or military wear. The "box" on his back happens to be the spine plate of the armor. You can see the shoulders straps on both sides. also he has been wearing this body armor since 9/11, everytime he goes out, anywhere.
How do I know this... Because my company makes this body armor for the president."
--what the fuck. If that's true then how come the press secretaries always say he's not wearing armor? Are they afraid someone will get smart and shoot him in the head instead? Any two-bit idiot would aim for the head regardless. Not taking any chances with superlight body armor. explain yourself, mr. armorsmith!
A quizzical look? A head lean to the left? A look of annoyance? Perhaps it's because what he was listening to was the Howard Stern show when he thought he was listening to Karl Rove...hmmmm...
You are all freeking crazy!!! Do you really think, that if Bush wanted to cheat at the debate, and all the devices that are available to him through either the CIA, FBI and or the Secret Service, he would be fitted with something that would protruce from his back?
If you want to go on with this, I dare you to answer the
cheat that Kerry did with his notes that he took out of his jacket, (OK, at this point, you could say it was a pen, although that was against the rules they agreed upon, so at that you know he is at the minimum a cheater and a rule breaker he agreed upon,) and then unrolled something on the podium?? C'mon now!! Get real folks.
During this debate, I also noticed something strange. I called my husband into the room to ask him if he thought Bush as wearing a bullet proof vest. His back appeared to have a dowagers hump and his shirt fit weird in the front.
Don't think there is conspiracy here. Just precautions.
Well here goes the cheater AGAIN!! The bush campaign released a statement that he was NOT wearing any body armor. The bulge is a wireless kit and the moron cheated! Just think how much worse he would have done if he didn't have help with the answers!!
I have it on good authority from a very respectable anonymous source in the government that Bush was wearing a bullet-proof vest to the first debate.
Although I do believe that he wears an earpiece, I find it very easy to believe that he needs to be wearing body armour as well. I'm sure more than one person has threatended his life in recent months.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/08/images/20020809-1_ranch8-515h.html
See the cartoon in today's Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/cartoons/0,7371,337484,00.html
Maybe it is one of those weapons of mass destruction he couldn't find in Irak because some evil Easterbunny was not with him but with the terroists? But I hope, it turns out to become his personal tripwire...
Hi I'm Canadian, and I have to admit in the first debate bush was "in another world so to speak" You can use many terms for your president Bush. Some I may even agree with, one I like to use is he doesn't play well with others. We have been long standing allies and freinds I believe, why not U.S. and Canadians interest are tremendously intertwined. So why did we not help with Iraq. Really we were there for everything else. Both WW's, Korea, Afghanistan, even your other muck up Veitman. Yes it's true Canadian boys fought and died with you there