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To: zeta1961 who wrote (14575)3/20/2008 10:32:20 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Respond to of 149317
 
Was Bush packing Wi-Fi in TV debate?Miraculous clarity arouses suspicion
By Thomas C Greene ? More by this author
Published Tuesday 12th October 2004 09:58 GMT

April 17, 2008
Opinion
Wireless technology might explain why US President George W. Bush performed better than usual in the last two presidential debates with his opponent, Senator John Kerry.

Unless he's reading a well-rehearsed speech, the President is normally much given to malapropisms and incoherent syntax. When confronted with questions for which he is not prepared, he typically muddles along unintelligibly when starting a reply, until he finds a path to one of his prepared talking points, as he repeatedly did during his televised prime-time press conference of 13 April 2004. It is not unusual for him to take refuge in his prepared points, regardless of what question is asked, and his answers are often irrelevant as well as confused. That is, he tends to stay "on message," rather than "on topic".

Yet, during both presidential debates, he miraculously spoke in clear, organized sentences that were fairly relevant to the questions asked. He stumbled only occasionally, and then only briefly. The public has declared Kerry the winner of both debates - the first by a wide margin, and the second by a narrow one - but it is undeniable that the President far exceeded his baseline performance when confronting the unexpected. Or, said another way, he may have looked bad in comparison to Kerry, but he looked very good in comparison to himself.

Bush's bulge
Interestingly, screen shots of the first debate, courtesy of Cryptome, show a cigarette-pack-sized object positioned between Bush's shoulders, impressing itself on his suit jacket. A wire appears to run from the object, up towards the President's neck. This is best seen in the first column, fourth picture, and in the second column, fourth picture. (Note: The Register has not verified the authenticity of these images. They appear to come from a C-SPAN feed, but we cannot vouch for that.)
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To: zeta1961 who wrote (14575)3/20/2008 10:40:07 AM
From: zeta1961  Respond to of 149317
 
OMG..I remember that now..



To: zeta1961 who wrote (14575)3/20/2008 10:41:14 AM
From: michael97123  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 149317
 
if one were going to nominate a candidate for that pov on iraq in particular (lieberman more lib on domestic than mccain), it should be liberman. He would tell you bush botched the war but that the war was necessary. I dont agree but his position is essentially that of powell at the time but i assume powell at this point would be looking for an exit strategy.