[UPDATE Sunday, October 10 – Please check the Comments on this post for another point of view]
Hmmm. Perhaps this explains what I saw in the first presidential debate. This article speculates that President Bush was "having cues and lines fed to him through a hidden high-tech earpiece."
On one of the cable news networks today, I saw a reporter press a White House spokesperson on this; after many attempts to evade, he finally said something like "The President just has a strong backbone." This despite the efforts of the reporter to give him a way out by suggesting it was part of a bullet-proof vest.
Click on that picture, look at it carefully, and tell me if that looks organic to you?
In These Times goes on to say:
A voice coming through a hidden hearing device also would explain several long silences occurring at odd points in the president’s answers and his odd expressions and eye movements. . .
Experts familiar with spyware suggest this bulge in the jacket could have been an “inductor” for receiving signals sent from someone offstage feeding the president answers through a hidden, wireless earpiece. . . .
And in reference to a connection I made in my post:
Americans ought not be surprised should it turn out their president is having lines fed to him. Ronald Reagan was provided cue cards for every occasion by his staff and sometimes his wife, even one reminding him to say “Good Afternoon” when meeting heads of state.
They also note:
. . . receiving answers during a presidential debate clearly violates established rules.
It is an intriguing article; go read it.
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