November 5, 2004
WHAT HUMP?:
The last word on Bush’s bulge (Albert Eisele and Jeff Dufour, 11/04/04, The Hill)
Call off the conspiracy freaks. Now it can be told: That mysterious bulge on President Bush’s back during the first presidential debate was not an electronic device feeding him answers, but a strap holding his bulletproof vest in place.Posted by Orrin Judd at November 5, 2004 7:02 PMSpeculation about the bulge on the Internet only increased since Georges de Paris, the Washington tailor who makes Bush’s suits, told The Hill last month that it was nothing more than a pucker on the back of Bush’s coat caused when he crossed his arms.
But sources in the Secret Service told The Hill that Bush was wearing a bulletproof vest, as he does most of the time when appearing in public. The president’s handlers did not want to admit as much during the campaign, for fear of disclosing information related to his personal security while he was on the campaign trail.
George W. Bush is . . . "The Hunchback of Crawford, Texas."
Posted by: Mike Morley at November 5, 2004 7:35 PMThat a non-trivial part of the Left thought that this was part of a conspiracy whose investigation needed to be pursued and whose exposure would bring about the election of Kerry shows just how delusional they have become.
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at November 5, 2004 9:44 PMNow let us hear cries of how unfair it is that Bush enjoys the protection of a bulletproof vest while so many homeless, in streets chock full of guns and shootings, go without.
May they go ballistic.
Posted by: geo at November 5, 2004 10:59 PMSomeone, I believe maybe Scrappleface, identified it as a spine.
Posted by: Rick T. at November 5, 2004 11:10 PMDon't forget, Kerry did joke about not being able to bring a gun to the debates (sort of).
Posted by: jim hamlen at November 5, 2004 11:11 PM