So was it a receiver to make him sound intelligent?

More importantly - if it was why did he not bother to use it!? :D

Bush's bulge stirs media rumours

A bulge in the back of President George W Bush's suit jacket during the first TV debate with John Kerry has triggered rumours that he was wired to get help.
Internet websites alleged the apparent bulge, during last week's debate in Miami, was a radio receiver feeding him answers from an offstage aide.

The Bush campaign dismissed the claims, saying it was just a wrinkle in the presidential jacket.

It also denied some web reports that Mr Bush was wearing a bullet-proof vest.


"People have been spending too much time dealing with Internet conspiracies. It's ridiculous," Bush campaign manager Scott Stanzel was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.

Another campaign official said it was nothing more than a question of tailoring.

"There was nothing under his suit jacket," Nicolle Devenish, the Bush campaign's communications director, told the New York Times newspaper.

"It was most likely a rumpling of that portion of his suit jacket, or a wrinkle in the fabric," Ms Devenish added.

President Bush's tailor later said that the bulge was nothing more than a pucker along the jacket's back seam, according to the Seattle Times newspaper.

Georges de Paris, who made the suit worn by Mr Bush, said the bulge was accentuated when the president crossed his arms and leaned forward

I saw the pic, damn the guy cant even cheat right? And hes our President?

I'm not the one to defend Bush normally, but I find it kinda hard to believe that the president of the United States couldn't come up with a less bulky device for something as simple as (very) short range radio transmission, when I can buy a Walkie that fits in my shirt's pocket for 19.95$ [img]graemlins/uhoh2.gif[/img]

It's called a spine , people.


No wonder the Democrats didn't know what it was [img]tongue.gif[/img]

That's a general link to the site, DBear, and did not show anything other than other links.

But, I agree with the sentiment. [img]graemlins/biglaugh.gif[/img]

Any of you hippies out there who don't know what wrinkles in the back of a suit jacket look like should try getting a job for a change of pace.

Duck!!!! Phew that was close! Something just went right over your head! :D

The plot thickens...

That's a weird-looking spine. He should go see a chiropractor. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

I'm with Faceman... Don't we have, you know, spies? Don't they need to communicate with each other on their spy missions? Am I supposed to honestly believe that this bulky box was the best method of transmission our government could come up with?

The liberals just have to complain about everything he does. If he has something that looks strange, it's automaticaly something that shouldn't be. You can't make some people happy, no matter what you try.

Bulky box, spine, back bone, Whatever. He's The President of the United States, he is always wired. I guess nobody looked at his backside at the first debate. Or, was it better for Mr Kerry that it was not mentioned?

Anytime The President is further than 1m from secret service, he is wired. The secret service do not give him answers to debate, they tell him when to duck, drop roll!

I think he was just glad to see Kerry.

Really, just what planet is Bush from? :D

Heh, yeah, what Stratos said... "Is that a radio reciever on your back or are you just happy to see me?" :S

[ 10-12-2004, 05:34 PM: Message edited by: Gnarf ]

I work with some disabled and physically injured people. It looks a heckuva lot like a back-brace.

Too bad the freakin' liberals are so paranoid they need to come up with a new sladerous story any chance they get, going so far as to make stuff up.

I think this thread is more of a joke than anything else, but some posters seem to take the obvious jibes against Bush really seriously.

*sigh*
Liberals this, liberals that... You people are starting to sound like Ann Coulter. :rolleyes:
In any case, it matches "pengate" by sheer stupidity*, I'll give you that... Just keep in mind that both liberals and conservatives have their share of complete idiots.

<font size=0>* Footage from Fox News (!) helped us determine that Kerry took out a *gasp* pen, so Matt Drudge was just being his moronic self again - though not before numerous repubs jumped on the bandwagon and made a fool of themselves on the Internet. Not here though, luckily. ;) </size>

[ 10-12-2004, 06:58 PM: Message edited by: Grojlach ]

"It also denied some web reports that Mr Bush was wearing a bullet-proof vest."

Do you think they'd admit if he was? Personally, I doubt any president ever goes out in public without a vest anymore. They just don't want it publicized because the prez is supposed to appear fearless. JMO... I also have to agree that the most powerful man in the country would have access to smaller comm units.

Krunchy and Morgan, I'm rather liberal. Note that I took Bush's side here. How would you feel if I said conservatives do nothing but make generalizations about liberals all day long?

Much as I dislike Bush, I don't believe all this 'he was wearing a wire' stuff. I suspect it was nothing more than the zipper on his human costume.

[img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] nice [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

ROFLMAO!

Mwahahhaha - Well done Dirty Meg - I bet a lot of people from both sides of the political divide got a chuckle out of that one :D Me - I damn near pissed myself laughing [img]smile.gif[/img] .

I'm not accusing anyone in particular of anything, Illumina.

What I'm saying is that what most likely is a back brace to deal with an orthopedic problem instantly makes headlines... liberal headlines as probably being some device to give him information to make him look smarter.

I'm a Bush supporter, and I don't think he's a great public speaker. But it's the attitudes that instanlty assume the most obscure, defamating possibilities that really piss me off.

Ummmmmm....... who cares what it was? Is this the issue we should be concentrating on? For some strange reason nobody talks about political stands. Everyone likes to gossip instead. If someone tells me they voted for someone because it looked like the other guy might have been wired during a debate he lost, I'll smack them silly!

No - it is not the issue we should be concentrating on Sir Kenyth - we can agree on that.

Now to the bigger question. WHY, when a topic had sunk into the obscurity of having its last post over a week ago did you dredge it back up to the top of the pile and give it a whole new lease of life only to challenge its very raison d'etre.

Enquiring minds want to know [img]smile.gif[/img] .

Raisins? I like raisins. Mmmmmm.... raisins.

Because I don't monitor the threads date close enough. Anything on page 1 is fair game to me! [img]smile.gif[/img]

Stop being a peanut TL [img]smile.gif[/img] - you (bein a law taking dude) are someone that I am sure had a comprehensive edumacation. I am sure you know your raisons from your raisins.

I'm sure he does, but which one is more fun to think about? My choice is the one found in a buttery well made oatmeal cookie! ;)

Darn it Timber, now I'm hungry!

Peanuts? I like peanuts. Mmmmmm.... peanuts.

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I just had a few peanuts...

I'd like some, too... ::reaches under couch:: No, just $20.

Invest it Illumina, one day the Bush debt will have to be repayed :(

With peanuts?

No Stratos, that was the Jimmy Carter plan! ;)

<font face="COMIC Sans MS" size="3" color="#7c9bc4">Raisins and Peanuts Mmmmmmmmm.
Bush Debt? Im pretty sure he didn't go over his Platinum Card spending limit [img]smile.gif[/img] Didn't congress have a little to do with that debt? or did Bush just have a fun week out with the US' Credit card all by himself? Wonder how much of that debt is due to democrudic spending programs like prescription drug benefits?
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Wait, prescription drug benefits are democrudic spending?? You'd better call up your boy and tell him to quit campaigning on it being his program, then. Did you miss or fail to read the stance on this issue in the Party Memo, MagiK? I'm sure everyone in RNC Corporate got one.

<font face="COMIC Sans MS" size="3" color="#7c9bc4">TL don't even pretend that the Dems haven't been trying to get this for more than 4 years. Be honest.

Bush just managed to get it passed, where the Dems were unsuccessful and you damn well know that is the case.
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[ 10-26-2004, 11:09 AM: Message edited by: MagiK ]

So, is it *his*, as he claims, or *theirs*, as you claim. MagiK, be honest, you're trying to give credit for passing a bill, while withholding blame for the excessive spending created by it. Doesn't matter a golly gosh damn whose idear or accomplishment/failure it was, you can't have it both ways. Duh.