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The last word on Bush’s bulge (strap holding his bulletproof vest in place)
The Hill ^ | November 4, 2004 | Albert Eisele and Jeff Dufour

Posted on 11/04/2004 9:41:43 PM PST by NavySEAL F-16

The last word on Bush’s bulge

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.

Speculation 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.

The suspicion that Bush was, indeed, wearing something under his coat was given further credence by Dr. Robert M. Nelson, a senior research scientist for NASA and Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and an international authority on image analysis, who conducted tests while working at home on his own computers.

“I am willing to stake my scientific reputation to the statement that Bush was wearing something under his jacket during the debate,” Nelson told Salon.com. “This is not about a bad suit. And there’s no way the bulge can be described as a wrinkled shirt.”

(Excerpt) Read more at hillnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bodyarmor; bulge; bush; firstdebate; gwb2004
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To: Huntress

The type lae enforcement officers wear are designed to stop handgun rounds, but will not stop a high poweres rifle or an edged weapon. I think the kind that the President wears, will stop almost anything.


41 posted on 11/04/2004 10:59:09 PM PST by carolinaoutdoorsman
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To: NavySEAL F-16
Now, will the DU conspiracy theorists believe this?

Who care what they believe. They're a lost cause anyway.

42 posted on 11/04/2004 11:01:15 PM PST by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: NavySEAL F-16

The DUmmies will probably be upset that sKerry didn't warrant a bulletproof vest. Why would the terrorists take out one of their best allies?


43 posted on 11/04/2004 11:01:35 PM PST by PeoplesRepublicOfWashington (Democrats rushed to nomination without a plan to win the election.)
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To: carolinaoutdoorsman

Don't know if the vest would stop Helen Thomas's nose if she were to run smack-dab into him. Did they stress test for such an encounter?


44 posted on 11/04/2004 11:01:43 PM PST by Miss Behave (Thermos Kerry: "You want hot? I'm FOR it. You want cold? I'm FOR it. It's my Secret Plan.")
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To: NavySEAL F-16

the dems should of ask me
i said it was a bullet proof vest because it looked like my husbands


45 posted on 11/04/2004 11:02:36 PM PST by RightWingBev
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To: Miss Behave

Not sure with that one, ROTFL


46 posted on 11/04/2004 11:04:24 PM PST by carolinaoutdoorsman
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To: NavySEAL F-16
Everyone has got it wrong. President George W. Bush was packing heat. That is part of a newfangled comfortable side holster. The picture from the truck makes it even more obvious. You know he is carrying in that picture! That other guy does a lame goose hunting photo op. HeL! W had a pistol at the debates.
47 posted on 11/04/2004 11:24:19 PM PST by mailbox1282000 (He was packing heat.)
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To: stylin19a

It's a ceramic armor plate.


48 posted on 11/04/2004 11:32:29 PM PST by MediaMole
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To: Sisku Hanne
I am now convinced that was his wifes medication list.
49 posted on 11/05/2004 12:43:54 AM PST by BigCinBigD
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To: stylin19a

Looks like a bullet proof vest that squares off just below the neck to me on both pictures. Seems consistent to me.


50 posted on 11/05/2004 12:55:27 AM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: stylin19a

Does President Bush even need privately broadcast help to know how to drive???

I can't believe that the MSM STILL talks about the "buldge" at the debate. Shows that they could not defeat him on ideas.

51 posted on 11/05/2004 1:26:29 AM PST by weegee (Zogbyism will forever more be the term for a leftist media snowjob designed to sway public opinion.)
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To: Miss Behave

(grunting, thumps chest and howls) LMAO!


52 posted on 11/05/2004 3:22:49 AM PST by SirLurkedalot (America Wins!!!)
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To: weegee

It's obvious to any thinking person that it's a vest. Remember the POTUS was on stage with an antiwar activist who had attended meetings to assasinate US Senators some thirty years ago. Protecting the President was prudent wouldn't you say?


53 posted on 11/05/2004 3:57:49 AM PST by Wristpin (Bloggers, forget your silly whim. It doesn't fit the plan!!)
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To: NavySEAL F-16

That bulge is called a backbone. Something the worms on the left don't posssess.


54 posted on 11/05/2004 4:17:23 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (Congratulations President-Re-Elect George W. Bush!)
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To: NavySEAL F-16
Now, will the DU conspiracy theorists believe this?

Who cares what they think. They're wasting my time and yours fudging around with this issue. It just shows they bring nothing to to table of ideas.

55 posted on 11/05/2004 4:21:12 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (Congratulations President-Re-Elect George W. Bush!)
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To: stylin19a

Does he have a dip in? I am betting he is Copenhagen guy.


56 posted on 11/05/2004 6:16:20 AM PST by xcullen (DC Conservative)
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To: BigSkyFreeper
"That bulge is called a backbone. Something the worms on the left don't posssess."

Yes. The worms on the left have NO bulges.

57 posted on 11/05/2004 7:14:03 AM PST by Miss Behave (Thermos Kerry: "You want hot? I'm FOR it. You want cold? I'm FOR it. It's my Secret Plan.")
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To: NavySEAL F-16

Hmmmm.....I thought they were talking about another bulge.


58 posted on 11/05/2004 7:15:56 AM PST by Giddyupgo
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To: glock rocks
No, it's a proton pack like the Ghostbusters use.


59 posted on 11/05/2004 7:20:11 AM PST by Xenalyte (Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
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To: weegee

Great photo!

The bulletproof vest was worn because it was feared that Arlen Specter or John McCain might try to stab President Bush in the back at any time.


60 posted on 11/06/2004 7:03:09 PM PST by spycatcher
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