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This is just silly. No further comment is required.

No one is so blind as he who refuses to see.

it probably was a strap from a bullet proof vest ‘cause he’s worried he’s gonna get mowed down during the debate.

So what? I can see people complaining if Bush had slammed Kerry in the debate. Kerry was supposed to have won?

i am sure that hyper-analyzing any photo to the extent that dr. nelson has can lead to any number of conclusions. this is ridiculous. there is absolutely NO WAY the president or his campaign would have risked his entire political career, reputation, etc. by wearing a “wire” into the debate. and let’s face it, if karl rove was speaking into his ear, wouldn’t he have done a hell of a lot better in the debate?

“supposed to?”
what debate were you watching?
Those debates proved, Bush was out of his league.
I find it funny when Bush laughs at his clever insights in his stump speeches.
I think hes more impressed that he was able to actually read what’s written on his paper.
Thats why Bush doesnt read the newspapers, he cant read. Poor George…
Thats probably why he missed that “Bin Laden determined to attack the U.S” memo he got before 9/11. He didnt have the courage to ask someone to read it to him.

I think he had something under his jacket too, but I would be willing wager a considerable amount of money that it was a bullet prove vest.

Despite the fact that he started off occasionally with a question, “Where should I begin?”, he never broke into “calling all cars, calling all cars”, and this on top of the fact that he was dreadful in that first debate means I think it is very unlikely that he was wired.

re: “codco” post (11:49am) —

please — can you and the other michael moore lackeys stop trying to blame president bush for september 11th? 9/11 was a tragedy of epic proportions, but it was a failure of MANY people over a fairly LONG period of time. president bush and his administration certainly share in that blame, but so do president clinton and his administration. to claim that bush could have prevented 9/11 is really a cheap and baseless assertion based almost completely on the 20/20 vision one has in hindsight.

If he was wearing a wire, then no doubt it was Cheney at the other end - after all that’s who he insisted on appearing with before the 9/11 commision - the guy who obviously has all the answers. But if it was Cheney at the other end of a wire, then in my opinion, he did as poorly for the president as he did for himself with Edwards!

For a moment, let’s assume Bush was wearing a wire and try to imagine how much worse he might have done without it…

Would he have worn the same deer-in-the-headlights look that he had whilst America was being attacked? That blank, clueless expression that implied that no one was around to instruct him to simply put down that copy of “The Pet Goat” and try to act like the president of the United States?

“president bush and his administration certainly share in that blame” bragg 12:02 PM

EXACTLY.

Would he have worn the same deer-in-the-headlights look that he had whilst America was being attacked? That blank, clueless expression that implied that no one was around to instruct him to simply put down that copy of “The Pet Goat” and try to act like the president of the United States?

Posted by: Adrienne at October 29, 2004 12:37 PM

you are so right Adrienne, this was one of the defining images of the Bush Presidency. It was a moment of truth, when the mask slipped, and the world saw clearly the depth, or more correctly, the shallowness of the pretender to the Presidency. I’ve always imagined GW Bush as a ventriloquists dummy, with the puppeteers hand up his ass pulling his strings. I apologise to Americans who may be insulted at this portrayal of their President, but it has been my honest appraisal of this man, confirmed many times on his TV appearances, but never more so than on the occasion Adrienne so well describes.

America and the world now need the best leadership the US can provide, and unfortunately, no matter what happens next Tues, I don’t think we’re going to get it. Whatever it is about American and indeed most democracies today, the best candidates do not seem to emerge through the political process. It was once said, “cometh the time, cometh the man” ( with apologies to our fair friends), but it just doesn’t appear to be happening in our times. Perhaps this is fertile ground for academic study?

What’s so silly is that he’s clearly wearing something, yet he repeatedly denies it, claiming it’s a mis-pressed shirt. An obvious lie. But the “wireless microphone” theory seems silly, too - he’d probably have something way way smaller than that, hidden somewhere a lot less obvious.

Which begs the real question: What the hell is it?

-Cf

anyone wanna make a bet on how long it takes that nasa scientist to lose his job?

I can just see this guy’s reputation around the NASA offices today…”Hey Nelson! Seen Elvis lately?” “Yo Nelson! Your tin foil hat is a bit tarnished!” No wonder NASA is having problems these days if that is repreentative of the sort of talent they have. I know that is not the case and this is merely an extreme exception to the rule, but sheesh….what a lunatic.

>What the hell is it?

One possibility that occurred to me, and bear in mind that I have ZERO EVIDENCE, is that it might be some sort of medical device. The logic being that he would have no choice but to leave it on during the debate.

This is just a wild guess, but it is more plausible than the official “poorly-tailored shirt” story. (And the aliens.)

And I am still not ruling out the the idea that he was “wired”. I know it sounds crazy and reckless, but look how people are reacting. They may have calculated that it would be better to use the wire and leave people suspicious, than to stand up there and look like a complete buffoon.

It was his brains which had slipped upwards a couple of feet,

You’re truly “slow” if you believe that it was a “wire.” Why would a “wire” be that big? If it was a wire, and by wire I know you’re referring to your misinformed definitions of intelligence devices based off of asinine Hollywood stereotypes, then you wouldn’t be able to see it. Furthermore, did you see anything in his ears? If your answer is no, then how would Bush have received information from this “wire”? It couldn’t have been a box with a speaker, because someone would have heard it. Kerry was standing fairly close to Bush and would have heard whispering. Furthermore, how would Bush have listened to the answers AND talked at the same time? The noise of him talking would be enough to drown out the sound of any “wire” that was not fed directly into his ear.

Here’s the kicker: The bulge was on his BACK. WTF is he going to do with a box strapped to his BACK that does not include an earpiece huh? OMG, there’s a new SUPER SECRET back wire that sends Morse Code into your spine!

The theory of a “wire” is a flawed, asinine, and truly stupid idea thought up by the same people who think that there are aliens at Roswell.

semper, I agree. So what the hell was it?

-Cf