Posted 4 years, 1 month ago in the late evening by moreno
Here’s one for all you nuts. Theres a “rumor” thats been “circulating” around the “internet” about Bush having an earpiece during the debates and press conferences in the past in which someone (or something) was telling Bush what to say. Me being the die-hard journalist I am, raised an eyebrow in interest. Here’s the “facts”:
One of the guidelines outlined by the debating parties was that there was to be no shots of the candidates from behind. However, they didn’t listen (damn you liberal media!!! Rear-shooting-America-haters!) As we can see from the picture below, its quite obvious why they wanted no rear shots as Bush was shown having an odd “bulge” in the middle of his back, under his jacket. take a look…
and for those of you who watched the debates, you might remember the odd moment when Bush, mid-speech, says “let me finish” while looking in the audience. Exactly who he was talking to remains a mystery since neither the moderator nor Kerry were interrupting him (nor was Bush even looking at them) nor was he running out of time. The theory is that he was addressingto his promptor (KKKarl Rove) who was feeding lines too fast for poor Bush to keep up with. Watch the video clip here (to watch this you must have “evil” installed on your computer, or as the stockholders call it, “RealPlayer”). fast forward to 40 minutes, 30 seconds.
people are speculating that Bush was receiving cues from Satan aka Karl Rove during the debates. Another weird video clip is here from a news conference with Bush about France. You can actually hear someone say the words before Bush says them. It is clearly not an echo and a different voice altogether. Its not full sentences either, theyre just key words that Bush then uses in his sentences. Some have argued that this “pre-echo” was nothing more than a technical foul-up. Listen closely: Bush and his prompter sometimes use slightly different wording. Strange weather indeed.
Also, people have reported the same “preemptive echo” phenomenon happening during Bush’s speech on 9/11 in certain parts of the country. Bona fide testimonials:
I was watching ABC in NYC. I had no cable and I could only get ABC from my antenna at that time (the only station that transmitters on the Empire State instead of WTC). I definitely heard the prompter. I posted about it at the time at Salon.”] A poster to IsBushWired comments that she heard the prompter for Bush’s 9/11 address on a New York station
and
on the night of 9/11, when Bush appeared on television to address the nation, viewers of one television station in Quincy, Massachusetts heard another voice speaking, slowly and carefully, a few words at a time — words which were then recited by the president. The voice was nondescript, male, definitely not the president’s voice, says Quincy resident Robyn Miller. This went on for at least four sentences, she says, and then the “extra” feed was cut off.
More fuel for the fire:
if you recall his several interviews in the oval office (such as with Russert on MTP), he is ALWAYS filmed from his left profile, his head slightly turned to his right (as though to possibly hide an earpiece in his right ear…) Jsea
by Jsea on Sat Jun 5th, 2004 at 19:05:57 GMT
All this info was stolen from isbushwired.com and Cannonfire’s blog where there is much more “information.” Also check out Salon’s article about it, much more “professional” than mine. I am not saying this is true, i’m not saying its not. Its very possible and even more likely.
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i am sick of this election shit. I had a nightmare last night about voting. I got to the booth and forgot who was who. I need help or a job
I’ve obviously been spending far too little time in GNN’s conspiracy theory forum. Oh how porn distracts …
I want to see a picture of John Kerry’s back.
Yeah, Bush’s “Let Me Finish” was pretty funny. “Damn it Karl, shut the fuck up” woulda been better though.
That was some pretty fancy HTML my man.
Sparsh,
You need both help and a job.
I remember during the debate thinking if people thought of doing that, putting an earpiece into one of these guys ears. You know, with technology and all we can do some crazy things. But I dismissed the idea as counterproductive, because it would slow you down and make you appear unnatural. Or monkey brained. But that bulge demands an explanation. On a personal note, I had to explain a bulge once. Best check-up ever.
Don’t you guys think the “bulge” could be a result of make up artists bunching up his shirt with some sort of mechanism on his back or something to make his suit look tighter and make him look better on television? This seems like a very plausible explanation to me. As for the “let me finish” comment, maybe Jim Lehrer made some sort of motion towards him at the time? It doesn’t make much sense because Bush’s time wasn’t nearing its end….that one is tougher to explain.
thanks for this, oso. I don’t know what to think about it, but it is a somewhat fascinating concept/conspiracy theory. I hadn’t heard the “voice” - but then again, I try to zone out the TV whenever Bush is on.
oops, I meant el moreno. Sorry, oso.
okay guys — the bulge is most likey not some sort of transmitter, this is the year 2004 — transmitters can be incredibly small — and if your president, i’m sure u have access to the latest technology. I do and so do you, just go to radio shack. with that said.. viva el oso.
yeah, Raman knows all about this technology. He’s always tapping his phone conversations to blackmail people and get them to buy him drinks. Beware.
I think the photo might be photoshopped.
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It’s a fucking bulletproof vest. You wear IFB receivers on your belt, and I don’t know of any that goddamn massive anyway.
The NY Times wrote about the “conspiracy” last Friday. Does that make it legit?
Of course now that I’m looking for that specific article, I can’t find it!
Mr. Burns: Oh, meltdown. It’s one of those annoying buzzwords. We prefer to call it an unrequested fission surplus.
here’s an update from Salon:
According to the Times, Bush’s aides first tried to claim that the photo that appeared in Salon and on the Web was “doctored.” When they were forced to admit that the image of the object was clear in the original video feeds of the debate, they changed their story, according to the paper, suggesting that it was nothing but a wrinkle in the president’s jacket. Even the Times itself noted that they failed to explain why the wrinkle had a rectangular shape. The most important piece of information obtained by the Post reporter was a statement by the Bush campaign that the president was not wearing a bullet-proof vest during the debate appearance — one of the most widely offered alternative explanations for the bulge in the jacket….
And as Salon’s Tim Grieve reported from the debate in St. Louis on Friday, White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card offered a slightly odd sounding explanation: “Maybe his suit had a little lump in it or something. I’ll tell you, he was dressed for the opportunity to talk to the American people, and I am not aware of anything that was extra-ordinary in what he was wearing.”
Such feeble denials are not helping the story go away. Already a new photo from Friday night’s debate is making the rounds on the Internet. This time the photo of the president’s back reveals what appears to be an oblong hump under his jacket. Some people have noted the jacket is not particularly well fitted (the sleeves appear a little long and the back is wrinkled — both odd for a president in one of the key appearances of his presidency). Speculation that Bush is getting secret help via an electronic transmission will probably not be squelched until the president offers to be searched before the third and final debate next Wednesday.
Mr. Burns: Smithers, we have to stop dumping our nuclear waste in the playground, all those bald children are starting to raise suspicion.
Mr. Burns: Smithers, we have to stop dumping our nuclear waste in the playground, all those bald children are starting to raise suspicion.
CNN - Bush Aides Deny Internet Rumors