Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Was the president wired during the firstdebate?

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Sat, 9 Oct 2004 19:59:30 -0500 (CDT), Mike Miller
<EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Oct 2004, Michael wrote:
> 
> > Why would he stick it to his back? The whole idea is just silly. When
> > you're hiding things you don't make them stick out as unusual.
> 
> Right, but what was that thing??

Nobody really knows yet.  And, given the attention that the first
debate bulge got, similar attention was paid in the second debate, and
there are now pictures showing up of suspicious bumpiness in the
second debate, albeit a different kind of bumpiness.  The idea of
cloth bunching up this way in a $2000+ suit is pretty odd on the face
of it.

More sensible conjectures seem to be turning towards either a
bullet-proof item, or a medical apparatus of some sort (conjectures
running from back brace to electrical stimulator to infusion pump). 
Conjectural supporting evidence for the latter includes the fact that
Bush skipped his usual (official) physical this year until after the
election.  It would be likely that a major health problem or something
that required pain medication would be exactly *not* what the Bush
campaign would want to disclose at this point.  (Note that Cheney's
popularity numbers are much worse than Bush's.)  Back pain can be
excruciating or even debilitating, and treatments for those kinds of
problems aren't invisible even under a $2000 suit.
 
jking
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