Bush's mystery bulge

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by GePap
A vest goes fully around. As for the notion that the Secret Service makes it madatory-bull****- look at the president going throught crows without a suit on- it would be obvious he was wearing such a thing, but there is no evidence, EVER. If he doesn;t wear one when walking in a crowd, he will be wearing one while in a canned event like a speech? And of course any such item would be on the press- no way that could be hidden.

Please you guys make it worst by stupidly claimign its a vest- just say its a damned wrinkle, or an effect of the light, but to claim a bullet proof vest? Bull****.

You would think it would be obvious that a guy entering a movie theater with 1 liter bottle of coke under his coat was carrying such a thing. Yet somehow I have managed to do so all of the time.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Let GePap have his little delusions about no need for candidate safety. It did so well for the Dems back in '68.

[Ted Striker]

My first guess in looking at that bulge was that it was it was a portable microphone (a backup for the microphone on the podium) although usually it's strapped around the waist though.

[Chemical Ollie]

That thing is to far big to be a radio transmitter/reciever. The FBI/CIA/Secret Service grade communication devices fit right into the ear without wires.

Musician grade wireless devices are credit card sized and cost like 500$. You would expect that the most powerful man in the world would get something better, not something the size of a cold war army radio.

[Nubclear]

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[Gangerolf]

Originally posted by Dissident
I thought this would be about the bulge he had when he landed aboard that aircraft carrier.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Tassy

[MRT144]

Originally posted by Last Conformist
My immediate thought was it was a wire for a mike. Did he have one of those tiny mikes attached to his suit?

a lapel mic

[Guynemer]

I remember The Daily Show back in 2000, post-Republican Convention show. There was a clip of Bush sitting down with Laura next him, him legs spread apart, and a spot shadow demonstrated that our future president was rather aroused. Laughed my ass off.

[chequita guevara]

It's not for a lapel mic.

[GePap]

Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe
Let GePap have his little delusions about no need for candidate safety. It did so well for the Dems back in '68.

Give me a ****ing break-honestly. 1. RFK was a cadidate, NOT president-by your logic, Kerry had one on as well- no bulge from him.

Those things are NOT easy to hide- I think it would be far more obvious if he had such a thing on, far more than this. And as for the idea that the leader of the new world was all of a sudden wearing a bullte proof vest, which would be a major development would not make the press-what kind of fools are you guys? Such a thing would not stay out of the press.

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by GePap


Give me a ****ing break-honestly. 1. RFK was a cadidate, NOT president-by your logic, Kerry had one on as well- no bulge from him.

Those things are NOT easy to hide- I think it would be far more obvious if he had such a thing on, far more than this. And as for the idea that the leader of the new world was all of a sudden wearing a bullte proof vest, which would be a major development would not make the press-what kind of fools are you guys? Such a thing would not stay out of the press.

It is reassuring to hear that nothing of consequence will ever fail to appear in the press!

[Imran Siddiqui]

All I know is that Bush wears Kevlar vests whenever he throws the 'first pitch' at games. Why is a debate that much different?

[AnnC]

Kevin Drum addressed the question of a hidden earpiece, but doesn't draw any conclusions. (Some bloggers believe the bulge was a repeater for an in-the-ear-canal earpiece.)

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2004_10/004835.php

I think the theory is plausible because of:

1. Bush's sudden interjection "let me finish!" - even though nobody had interrupted him. If you go to cspan.org, you can download video of the debate and advance to ~ 40:30 to hear him say that.

2. Bush's closing statement. He delivered it as if he were repeating an oath - repeating words being fed to him by Karen Hughes, perhaps? If you advance to the end of the cpan download, you'll see what I mean.

[Verto]

None of the CSPAN video links work for me.