Bush with Earpiece???

[Jun_K]

"It's hard work being a president!" Then don't get elected...oops, U WEREN'T! Daddy's Judges appointed U!

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Just more cruel evidence on top of the countless dumbed-down commercials spat on the faces of Americans,everyday.

-Jun_K

[Jenks]

that rocks! Go W!

[toasty]

That is peculiar, but I think it is just W talking to the voices in his head...

[Jenks]

^he does often look like he's having some sort of inner strugle with himself.

[BSully828]

Re: Bush with Earpiece???

Either that or he wranglin' with one big tenacious D.

[neoee]

Its funny this was brought up. I got the same feeling when I was watching the debate. His answers just sounded like he was repeating something and as if they weren't coming from himself, but I blew it off as nothing since the responses seemed a bit like Bush (read dumb). If anyone gets a chance to see this again look for the pauses he'd make that seemed a bit out of place.

Anyways I doubt he has implants as the article said. The CIA has contact lenses that are able to record video, why wouldn't Bush be able to get a hold of some "invisible" earieces?

[krelm]

Re: Bush with Earpiece???

Come on - don't you think if he had an earpiece and some sort of secret real-time scripting that he would sound a tad bit more coherent?

[mingus51]

hmmm...link don't work

Go W...

[LobsterClan]

Re: Bush with Earpiece???

Story from Salon:

"Was President Bush literally channeling Karl Rove in his first debate with John Kerry? That's the latest rumor flooding the Internet, unleashed last week in the wake of an image caught by a television camera during the Miami debate. The image shows a large solid object between Bush's shoulder blades as he leans over the lectern and faces moderator Jim Lehrer.
The president is not known to wear a back brace, and it's safe to say he wasn't packing. So was the bulge under his well-tailored jacket a hidden receiver, picking up transmissions from someone offstage feeding the president answers through a hidden earpiece? Did the device explain why the normally ramrod-straight president seemed hunched over during much of the debate?

--snip--

Was it possible the bulge had been Photoshopped onto Bush's back by a lone conspiracy buff? It turns out that all of the video of the debate was recorded and sent out by Fox News, the pool broadcaster for the event. Fox sent feeds from multiple cameras to the other networks, which did their own on-air presentations and editing.

To watch the debate again, I ventured to the Web site of the most sober network I could think of: C-SPAN. And sure enough, at minute 23 on the video of the debate, you can clearly see the bulge between the president's shoulder blades.

--snip--

So what was it? Jacob McKenna, a spyware expert and the owner of the Spy Store, a high-tech surveillance shop in Spokane, Wash., looked at the Bush image on his computer monitor. "There's certainly something on his back, and it appears to be electronic," he said. McKenna said that, given its shape, the bulge could be the inductor portion of a two-way push-to-talk system. McKenna noted that such a system makes use of a tiny microchip-based earplug radio that is pushed way down into the ear canal, where it is virtually invisible. He also said a weak signal could be scrambled and be undetected by another broadcaster.

Mystery-bulge bloggers argue that the president may have begun using such technology earlier in his term. Because Bush is famously prone to malapropisms and reportedly dyslexic, which could make successful use of a teleprompter problematic, they say the president and his handlers may have turned to a technique often used by television reporters on remote stand-ups. A reporter tapes a story and, while on camera, plays it back into an earpiece, repeating lines just after hearing them, managing to sound spontaneous and error free.

Suggestions that Bush may have using this technique stem from a D-day event in France, when a CNN broadcast appeared to pick up -- and broadcast to surprised viewers -- the sound of another voice seemingly reading Bush his lines, after which Bush repeated them. Danny Schechter, who operates the news site MediaChannel.org, and who has been doing some investigating into the wired-Bush rumors himself, said the Bush campaign has been worried of late about others picking up their radio frequencies -- notably during the Republican Convention on the day of Bush's appearance. "They had a frequency specialist stop me and ask about the frequency of my camera," Schechter said. "The Democrats weren't doing that at their convention."

[PhAntoM MeNaCe]

This is a transparent accusation. If this were true, dont you think the DEMOCRATS would hang BUSH for it. Of course, it would destroy his career, and NO presidential incumbant(whos is leading in the polls by the way, not by much but leading) would self destruct by doing something like this. Notice the issue is getting ZERO national press coverage???! hmmmm lets get back to thinking with our brains and not our emotions.

I will offer one explanation though for what appeared to be the 'personal struggles' with BUSH, why the pausing etc...
I saw an interview with an analyst who said that historically it is waaay more difficult being the incumbent in a debate, particularly on foreign policy, because you simply know sooo much. Bush gets ALL the intelligence, but most of it is TOP SECRET. He could EASILY argue his point if he could tell america what he knows, which is a HELL of alot more than what any other government official comes close to having knowledge on. Kerry is in the position to ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK, as BUSH needs to defend these attacks, he is very limited as to what he can say and can't!! This is why he kept saying its 'hard work' so many times, and that 'America is safer, and the world is better off' Its because he has to use his words VERY CAREFULLY!! If KERRY wasnt ABSENT in over 67% of Intelligence Committee Hearings, he might be a bit more in tune with the real threat, and not just focus on Americas reputation, or a 'global test', from countries who already hate us and will always be our secret enemy, atleast with current administrations such as France and Germany. Bush is REAL, he is not the quitessential politician such as KERRY or EDWARDS, who put on a fake tan and teeth whitener, and expect to charm the public and gain political notoriety by taking on a hollywood actors role, sacrificing their personal convictions with what trends are of popular opinion.

[LobsterClan]

Notice the issue is getting ZERO national press coverage???!

Guess what, joker? The New York Times just chimed in on the subject on Friday: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/09/po...89fabf9416ae6c

""There was nothing under his suit jacket," said Nicolle Devenish, a campaign spokeswoman.

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

Ms. Devenish could not say why the "rumpling" was rectangular.

Nor was the bulge from a bulletproof vest, according to campaign and White House officials; they said Mr. Bush was not wearing one."





A "rumpling of the fabric" that just happened to be rectangular. Please.

[PhAntoM MeNaCe]

Joker???hahah, ok um LobsterPenis, seems your dickbeaters are getting a bit too clamy. Try releasing your grip from the New York Times's jock strap, that might do the trick. As far as your response to my comments, its hilarious how after you disected my opinion, the only point you could challenge is whether the issue has gained national attention. Your pathetic, poser. Tell your alter ego 'Toasty' that I said 'HI'

[LobsterClan]

As far as your response to my comments, its hilarious how after you disected my opinion, the only point you could challenge is whether the issue has gained national attention.

It's a very simple concept, called staying ON-TOPIC. I'm sure you've heard of it before. I responded merely to the bit that has anything to do with this particular thread. The rest was hogwash, frankly, and completely unsubstantiated.

[LobsterClan]

Re: Bush with Earpiece???

CNN also runs with the story: http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/....ap/index.html

[delirious]

Re: Bush with Earpiece???

If Bush had worn an earpiece in that debate, he would've done a lot better

No, seriously, this is complete bullshit. The White House has officially denied it.