Point conceded. I think the pre-echo of his stumble is overlapped and hidden by his actual speech. However he does appear to remove an earpiece when
he finishes his speech before taking questions.
Originally posted by imd12c4funn
Personally I think it is either some sort of armor protection, or he has some disease, and needs to brace his back.
Not sure how you arrive at that. What kind of body armour resembles a small rectangular lump with a wire? If it's a back brace - why was it never
visible again? And more to the point, why, when the controversy reached mainstream news, did White House officials claim it was a "wrinkle in the
fabric" and categorically stated there was no bullet proof vest or any other device under his jacket? Bush's aides said the suit was well-tailored
and did not have a roll in back but later the president's tailor, apparently less proud of his work, said it was a pucker along the jacket's back
seam. Much later it became a bullet proof vest and a portable defibrillator. NASA photo imaging scientist, Dr. Robert M. Nelson concluded it was
"probably a receiver of some kind".
Most MSM treated the whole affair as an "internet conspiracy lark" but the Washington Post pressed a little harder:
Bush's aides tried to laugh off the controversy, with one official joking about "little green men on the grassy knoll."
Several officials, pressed for a serious answer, flatly denied that anything was fishy about the hump. These officials said they had checked and that
there was nothing under Bush's jacket -- not a wire, not a transmitter, not a garage door opener. Bush was not wearing a protective vest, sources
said.
The White House refused to provide an on-the-record comment, saying that it would dignify a baseless issue, and referred questions to the Bush-Cheney
campaign...."
Bulge Under President's Coat in First Debate Stirs Speculation
The Washington Post also described how the audience were scripted and rehearsed in a staged teleconference between Bush and soldiers in Iraq which was
billed as a spontaneous conversation:
Troops Put In a
Good Word to Bush About Iraq
In a 2003 press conference when he said, "See, without the tax relief package, there would have been a deficit, but there wouldn't have been the
commiserate -- not commiserate -- the kick to our economy that occurred as a result of the tax relief" it was suggested he might have been parroting
a grammar correction from a frustrated prompt. But the substantive point is that anyone with a wit and will to look can see Bush is the most wooden
puppet president in living memory.
Failing to hide his prompt:
"I don't particularly like it when people put words in my mouth, either, by the way, unless I say it." — Bush, Nov. 10, 2007
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