at about 40min and 30sec of the first debate, George2 says something like "Let me go on...". To the viewer it seemed as though he had run out of time. Apparently, though, he was in the middle of his 90 sec. allowable (or 2 minutes, whatever), and appeared to be talking more to his electonic advisor, than do the moderator, or the audience. Download the first debate from somewhere, and it becomes pretty obvious.

I do think it is interesting what so much of the American media and public are prepared to overlook when it comes to Bush. This is a country in almost complete denial that they have a totally inept president, so much in denial that after four disastrous years this is still a close horse race.

If true, this is a violation of the rules of debate, especially in a presidential one, not to mention totally sleazy and dishonest.... but this will never be investigated nor will the public or media care that they have a president that must be fed what to say about vitally significant political issues and whose party is so blatantly and unabashedly willing to deceive. However, if this had been John Kerry we'd be right back to "Monica Lewinsky-time" press coverage and the beginning of another vindictive inquisition.

Most of the U.S. is in total denial about what this administration is doing. If a plausable explanation had been given--one other than it was a wrinkle in his jacket! then it might have been believable. But it is so obviously something that is being concealed. I'd like to know what drugs that guy is on too. Lots of speculation about that. Who the hell is pulling the strings to keep the media from questioning these things in a more serious manner? It is said that the Bush supporters are the population that is of low IQ and low income types. Well surprise surprise. The very ones who believe him and support him are the ones he is ripping off so his corporate buddies have fat wallets.

There are far more discreet communication devices available to Dubya than those which create a bulge in his jacket. If indeed he was wired and he chose a Maxwell Smart era piece of hardware, then he is even dumber than I thought.

"If indeed he was wired and he chose a Maxwell Smart era piece of hardware, then he is even dumber than I thought." Maybe he is.

The point being, if he was wired by experts, the whole device would be inserted out of sight. Where? At the thinking end. I'm waiting for ChimpSmirkusMorono's shoe to ring: "Brrrriiiinng!!..Brrrriiiinng!!.." "Hello?" (Dubya making shushing gestures..) "Oh hi, God! Whazzat? Invade Iran, Syria, Lebanon? Sure, right away my lord.." (Huge smirk erupts on the moron) "Well, ladies and gentlemen, Dick, er, God has instructed me..um, er, um terrorists, um freedom,er, um..security, er,.. erm.." Etc. etc. and so on and so forth and more of the same..Jaysus

As much as i hate to admit this i think that one element to this "Is he wired" debate has been overlooked. Many people assume that president Bush is making his own decisions, for example, "he chose a Maxwell Smart era piece of hardware, then he is even dumber than I thought." The problem with this line of thinking is not the plausability of Bush using a wire, indeed that makes all kinds of sense, rather it is in the assumption that Bush himself has anything to do with it. By this i simply mean that clearly Bush is and has always been a pawn to other powers, they are the ones who plan his political endeavors and carefully groom his media image and as such if they want George to wear a wire he would be. The problem is that these guys are not the types to do things half way. Thus if he was wearing a wire i doubt highly that we would have been able to see it. Especially on TV.

Am I odd or not, I think that Dubya looks so darn much like Alfred E. Neuman (Newman) but I've never heard it mentioned, how about it, does anyone agree?

Bev, the resemblance has been noted. Go to: http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blbushworry.htm

The Royal Canadian Air Farce says he is wired.....

So who is the puppet master, Rove or Wolfowitz?

Bush is a puppet of big business. Period. He's also on medication for depression. I think even he now realizes, deep down, that his policies (written by corporations), are slowly destroying the fabric or society. To be a devil of that magnitude must take a heavy toll on his humanity and soul.

Could it be body armor? I'd love to belive it was a wire, I would. I'd love to belive that Bush's handlers are either so unbelievably stupid that they thought they wouldn't get caught or so unabashedly dismissive of the American public that they don't care if they got caught. I can belive the latter, I don't believe the former. And as for a prompting device - where's the earpiece? If they have hiim wired with something akin to the old 1980's "Bone Fone" radios, or have an antenna around his neck to transmit to a tiny little earpiece wedged deep in his ear, then why the technology of the 60's with a cable the size of my thumb? And yes, you'll never hear about this in the mainstream press because all mainstream press in the USA now is owned by the very same corporations that control W. You'll never get any real news out of any of 'em.

Although I do tend to suspect quite strongly that Bush was wired, he may well have been (and has to) in order to remain in closest contact with his national security staff for obvious reasons. I think this theory is very plausible, given that presidents always have someone nearby with the nuclear button in a suitcase.

who cares if he was wired,