What is growing out of Bush's back??

[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: raildogg
lol wtf? it could be anything

It looks like nothing more than a shadow to me?

Maybe the lefty conspiracy theorists are using the same analyzing techniques Bush's team used to show pictures of WMD equipment in the Iraqi desert?

 

[Kntx]

Originally posted by: Infohawk

Originally posted by: Kntx

Originally posted by: Infohawk

Originally posted by: Kntx
It can't be a reciever. If you want to hide something you put it next to your balls, that is most definatly not next to his balls.

I don't think that shows it can't be his receiver. Maybe they put it back there because they didn't think the cameras would have his back? Look at the pic there's definitely something there unless he's become a hunched gollem like his partner Cheney.

Yes but, they might think that the cameras won't have a shot at his back. But they are definatly not going to have a shot at his balls.

Anyways, all I'm saying if they really wanted to pull it off I think they'd be able to do a better job than to have some giant rectangle thing on his back.

Okay so how do you explain the giant rectangle? :/

Mabye he forgot to take the coathanger out of his shirt. I've heard he looked rather uncomfortable during the debate, that would do it.

 

[Infohawk]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

Originally posted by: raildogg
lol wtf? it could be anything

It looks like nothing more than a shadow to me?

Maybe the lefty conspiracy theorists are using the same analyzing techniques Bush's team used to show pictures of WMD equipment in the Iraqi desert?

Yay! It's cKGunslinger!

I don't think it looks like a shadow. There's definitely something there

Mabye he forgot to take the coathanger out of his shirt. I've heard he looked rather uncomfortable during the debate, that would do it.

That's plausible. But IMO it still looks like something is under there. Why do those coathangers have those boxes in the back though? I remember seeing weird ones like that but what's the purpose.

 

[Todd33]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

Originally posted by: raildogg
lol wtf? it could be anything

It looks like nothing more than a shadow to me?

Maybe the lefty conspiracy theorists are using the same analyzing techniques Bush's team used to show pictures of WMD equipment in the Iraqi desert?

I obtained a copy of the debate video and the Red Hawk image intensification software (developed for NASA), which combines multiple images into a sharper image and then had the contrast enhanced with Photoshop. Other than cropping and resizing of the image, no other manipulation was done. I stand 100% behind the fact that this image was taken from the debate video, independently confirming the Salon.com photo, but interpretation is up to you.

http://www.electoral-vote.com/

There is something there. This is officially Backpackgate

 

[Infohawk]

VA is getting close too.

 

[ThaPerculator]

I found a better picture of Bush from the debates...

Pic

 

[halik]

meh i would think its body armour - honestly if you're gonna put a radio on him, back would be by far the worst place to put it

 

[conjur]

Bush camp comments on mystery bulge
http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/index.html

With speculation swirling that Bush was wired during the first presidential debate, it was probably only a matter of time before the Bush team would have to respond. If the president wasn't set up to channel Rovian assistance for an hour and a half of unscripted back and forth, is there a another explanation for that mysterious bulge that the cameras picked up in the back of Bush's suit?

Rory O'Connor at Media Channel.org successfully reached Mark McKinnon, the Bush campaign's media director, for comment.

"I love this. Am tempted to say, 'I cannot confirm or deny,' and let the story get some legs," McKinnon responded by email to O'Connor's inquiry. (As a top media operative for Bush, McKinnon should probably know that the story has already run a marathon through the blogosphere.) "Or, how about, 'Since we put the metal plate in his head, we have had some measure of success with audio transmissions to the President.' Or, 'Yeah, but it clearly broke down during the debate.' Unfortunately, the truth is not nearly as interesting. The answer is, 'The President has never been assisted by any audio signal.'"

While McKinnon was not without a sense of humor in denying the existence of any audio aid, it's intriguing that he said nothing about what that odd little bulge actually might have been.

With an official denial now on record, O'Connor wonders if anyone who can prove otherwise will step forward: "Any media professionals -- like the 'top Washington editor for Reuters' who reportedly told 'isbushwired' last spring that 'Sure, Bush uses an earpiece sometimes. State of the Union -- he had an earpiece for that. Everybody knows it.' -- please identify yourselves."

Sounds like a non-denial denial, to me.

 

[Infohawk]

LOL perculator that was high-larious.

Interesting conjur. If he's used it in the past makes it more likely he's hiding something. They should really just explain the bulge. But if it's almost better if they don't because then it can undermine during the debates.

 

[Gaard]

Is it getting hot in here?

The Mystery of the Bulge in the Jacket

ASHINGTON, Oct. 8 - What was that bulge in the back of President Bush's suit jacket at the presidential debate in Miami last week?

According to rumors racing across the Internet this week, the rectangular bulge visible between Mr. Bush's shoulder blades was a radio receiver, getting answers from an offstage counselor into a hidden presidential earpiece. The prime suspect was Karl Rove, Mr. Bush's powerful political adviser.

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When the online magazine Salon published an article about the rumors on Friday, the speculation reached such a pitch that White House and campaign officials were inundated with calls.

First they said that pictures showing the bulge might have been doctored. But then, when the bulge turned out to be clearly visible in the television footage of the evening, they offered a different explanation.

"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.

 

[Infohawk]

Even the mainstream media is all over this one.

 

[conjur]

http://cryptome.org/bush-bulge.htm

 

[Todd33]

Come on mainstream media, do your work, nail this phony puppet.

Anyone else notice the weird ear piece like moment in the second debate? Bush blurts out "Diesel trucks" and then stutters into a sentence. As if someone said the term into his ear to give him a starting point. It was very unnatural.

 

[Infohawk]

I honestly saw Bush cock his head in a way that suggested he was having a hard time hearing Cheney or Rove (I'm not totally sure which one it is at this point).

Maybe it's time Earpiecegate gets a sticky?

 

[Gaard]

Being wired is ok...but that fvcking cheater Kerry pulled a pen out of his pocket!

 

[Smilin]

My guess:

It may be a transmitter for a second microphone.

If either candidate were to wander away from the podium they would still want sound. This is just complete speculation. Are there any shots of Kerry's back? He would have the same thing if this were the case. If not, then that's kindof interesting. I'm sure a good dose of Bush paranoia could come up with all sorts of explanations when the truth may be something silly. I *don't* think it appears to be any part of his body armor or inserted plating. Why was there a rule for no back shots anyway?

 

[spudnik]

Isn't it obvious, its his Brain Slug!

 

[flexy]

Originally posted by: Smilin
My guess:
It may be a transmitter for a second microphone.
If either candidate were to wander away from the podium they would still want sound.

congratulations.....and how many posts did it take to find out the obvious ?

How often did i already see these devices in talk-shows etc. where hosts tuck these boxes somewhere under their clothes...its a wireless receiver/transmitter box, VERY LIKELY...probably got another mic under his suit/shirt or so.

 

[bossanov]

I think its the slot for the wind up key.

B.

 

[Kibbo]

Originally posted by: Todd33
Come on mainstream media, do your work, nail this phony puppet.

Anyone else notice the weird ear piece like moment in the second debate? Bush blurts out "Diesel trucks" and then stutters into a sentence. As if someone said the term into his ear to give him a starting point. It was very unnatural.

Bahh, I'll blurt out a keyword when an idea hits me, then fill in the details. You guys are really reaching on this one, we will likely never know what the bulge was.

Personally, I think that Rove is smarter than this, but I could be wrong.

If it changes the minds of just one voter, I suppose it's a good thing. Not very authentic, though.

 

[1EZduzit]

Looks like it might be a spare battery pack?? Trying to "amp up" for the debate.

 

[SickBeast]

Maybe he's under alien control. :Q

 

[CycloWizard]

Originally posted by: Todd33
Come on mainstream media, do your work, nail this phony puppet.

Anyone else notice the weird ear piece like moment in the second debate? Bush blurts out "Diesel trucks" and then stutters into a sentence. As if someone said the term into his ear to give him a starting point. It was very unnatural.

I can go to Radio Shack and buy a cell phone that's 1/10 the size of this bulge for $30. I guess I have a much more expansive budget than the president though. Give it a rest.

 

[Red Dawn]

Actually it's a container for his urine hooked up to a catheder so he doesn't have to excuse himself to take a piss in the middle of the debate. Bush was told to attach it to the back of his leg but he became confused and thought they said to connect it to his back.

 

[Siwy]

Originally posted by: CycloWizard

Originally posted by: Todd33
Come on mainstream media, do your work, nail this phony puppet.

Anyone else notice the weird ear piece like moment in the second debate? Bush blurts out "Diesel trucks" and then stutters into a sentence. As if someone said the term into his ear to give him a starting point. It was very unnatural.

I can go to Radio Shack and buy a cell phone that's 1/10 the size of this bulge for $30. I guess I have a much more expansive budget than the president though. Give it a rest.

Can you point me to a cell phone you are talking about...I would really like to get one of those 1/10 the size for $30. Sounds very cool.

"There's no question about it. It's a pretty obvious one -- larger than most because it probably has descrambling capability," said Alex Darbut, technical and business development vice president for Resistance Technology in Arden Hills, Minn.

Master tailor named Frank Shattuck who, after viewing photos from both debates, confirmed, "There's definitely something there, in between the shoulder blades. I can't say what it is, but it's not hidden very well. They should have come to me. I can hide a pistol under the breast."

Salon has a pic showing a similar device on Bush while he's driving his truck in a t-shirt.

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