Is it fair for GW to wear his ear piece in the debates?

[goclark]

This is really bothering me.
The debates are like boxing matches.
How can one fighter have one and the other is not given the option?

I think we need to alert the American public that it is a strong possibility that the unpresident will have his ear piece.

Can there be an Ear Piece Test?

[TaleWgnDg]

1. who's on the other end?

Karen Hughes? Cheney? Karl Rove? his lawyers? all of em?

[goclark]

3. Yes, inquiring minds want to know

The American public needs to know what to watch for when he is getting his signals.

Since I first read about it at DU it is easy to spot.

I think it would add a lot to the debates for the American people to be clued into the need for the earpiece for the Chimp.

There could be bets in Vegas - who is the voice that he is hearing!

[TaleWgnDg]

5. despite Dumbya's inclinations and assertions . . .

rest assured that it's not God.

. . . . . . . . .

[NightOwwl]

9. I know this is a stupid question...

It's been insinuated...but does anyone know if Bush has ever been caught actually wearing an earpiece during his press conferences, speeches, whatever. And if he does, wouldn't it be against debate "rules of procedure" to wear one? Seems too much like cheating to me. Not that that would stop him, so maybe he should be frisked first.

[Stephanie]

19. I have posted this endlessly, but I heard the prompter, on 9/11

I was watching ABC in NYC, the only channel I could get because the transmitters went down with the towers and I don't have cable. So I know it was ABC. It was the evening speech from the Oval Office. You could hear the prompter speaking just slightly ahead of Bush. It was like simulaneous translation only both in English. It must have been a technical glitch. Bush looked disconcerted. It went on for about a minute. The voice was male and polished, like a pro speaker. I am not the only one who heard this - an online friend from Boston (Zee Miller, for the TTers) and tried to get a tape but no luck. I'm sure in the confusion of that day there was no time to get teleprompters or whatever for the speech so they just employed the ear bug but they screwed it up.

[goclark]

24. Stephanie,I remember your post!

Your post was one of the first indications for me that this was a real concern.

Before your post, I could never have imagined a President of the United States needing an ear piece to communicate his/her ideas.

I'm going to go back and search for other threads.

We really need to get on this quick.
Before the debates, it was an indicator that he was a Puppet.
During the debates, with Kerry needing at least a level playing field,this is outrageous!

Ear piece alert time,,who can tell the media?
What about Al Franken or Jon Stewart?

[thecrow]

28. I wrote to JK months ago about this possibility

And told him if he sees W has an earpiece, to announce it and walk offstage until it is removed!

[goclark]

31. We need to really stay on this for the debates

I am so glad that you alerted the campaign before!

We really need toalert the American public because they are clueless to this "Ear Malfunction."

Does anybody know what we can do?

[ieoeja]

35. Don't walk out.

Turn it into a running joke. Every 10 minutes or so Kerry should make some comment to or about the guy on the other end of the earpiece.

"This is one time I have to agree with what my opponent says. Maybe the Republicans should have nominated the guy on the other end of his earpiece instead."

"You may want to fire the guy on the other end of your earpiece if that is the best answer he can come up with."

[Peanut Gallery]

101. That is something I would love to see

Great idea.

[MsMagnificent]

87. Would he dare is the question :(

[serryjw]

44. "Earpiece"....you make the decision

-----quote........
Was Bush wearing an earpiece during today's Meet The Press Interview? Consider the following excerpt (italics added):

Russert: "In light of not finding the weapons of mass destruction, do you believe the war in Iraq is a war of choice or a war of necessity?"

President Bush: "I think that's an interesting question. Please elaborate on that a little bit. A war of choice or a war of necessity? It's a war of necessity. We-- in my judgment, we had no choice when we look at the intelligence I looked at that says the man was a threat."

When Bush said "please elaborate on that a little bit" he did not appear to be asking Russert to elaborate the question. He seemed to be talking almost to himself. Perhaps he was just momentarily confused by an unexpected question. However...
end quote---------
http://radiofreeusa.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2123

[MurrayDelph]

50. How else does one explain

"a pee-ance free-ance Iraq"?

(or was it the other way around?)

He was probably fed something along the lines of "A free and peaceful Iraq."

[goclark]

69. Wow..that's what we need !

Thanks so much!
It is really "compelling" that Puppet Boy has used/will use again -- an earpiece!

We are on a roll!

[IowaGuy]

82. Saw the same thing....

totally surrealistic....was even more amazed that nothin' was even said about it....both my wife and I were just totally slack-jawed in disbelief....

[goclark]

53. He has not been questioned about it

to my knowledge.

He sure as hell should be questioned about it.

My dream is for David Gregory to ask him," People are saying that you use an earpiece when you are on Television sometimes? How will we know that you will not be using one for the debates?"

[MsMagnificent]

86. the NEED for the earpiece?!

How about letting US listen IN on that earpiece!

Now THAT will be some awful truth and a major eye opener... won't it? ..the 'man of the people' (He's neither :) finally and without a doubt shown as a little ventriloquist's doll! :D

[Stephanie]

18. I'm sure it's Karen

You can hear Karen's inflection in his voice.

[Carla in Ca]

83. I started a thread yesterday in Media forum about this.

Per RoyGBiv, the debate committee is aware of this and will not let * get away with it.
I hope he is right.

[juajen]

2. It will probably be in his anus, for that's where his head is

EOM

[rndmprsn]

16. HA!

[PatsFan2004]

22. A very funny picture!!!

[EST]

41. Explains why

He's always making such shitty statements and why his ideas smell, so.

[AverageJoe]

4. Hell no!

This man is supposed to be the leader of the free world & looking for a second term? Good lord, he should be ashamed of his sorry, stupid self. Dang.

[radfringe]

6. is it fair

to have bush* sit on cheney's lap during the debate?

watch for stings/wires hanging about in the background

[goclark]

8. LOL

We need to watch for strings, wires
hitting and bending his own ear
deer in headlights stares

[radfringe]

11. deer in headlights

I remember seeing a cartoon a year or so ago

it has one deer standing on the side of the road, another deer in the middle of the road with headlights coming at it

the deer on the side of the road says "gee you look just like the president in the spotlight...."

[Wapsie B]

7. Need to find a way

to jam the signal. But even with spoon-fed the answers he'll still look like a deer in headlights.

[goclark]

12. We need to have an Ear Alert!

Kerry may be at risk in his presence.
Sounds like a serious security problem to me.

Who knows, the ear piece may be loaded with those missing WMD!

[Wapsie B]

32. There'd have to be some signal or device

that screws with those frequencies. You know chimp won't go in without that ear bud.

[Zorra]

84. Yeah. Some guru could bring in a jamming device, or actually

take over the frequency.

"George, this is god speaking. You will repeat everything I say. First, I want you to admit to the world right now that you knew we were going to be attacked by terrorists asnd you deliberately allowed it to happen. Now, repeat after me......"

[jmowreader]

85. It's called a jammer

Too bad we can't find a Kerry-supporting Military Intelligence battalion commander who'd be willing to loan me a Racal RJS-3415 10,000-watt jammer and a Watkins-Johnson scanner for the evening. (I could get away with just the racjam, but I like the W-J receiver's search functionality better than the Racal's.) With a television, a CD player (which will be plugged into the jammer--I think I still have the cable I made around here somewhere) and a case of cold beer, I'll be ready to strike a blow for democracy.

All that needs to happen:

a. With the television tuned to the debate, I wait until Shrub starts speaking.
b. I use the W-J scanner to find the frequency for Chimpy's earpiece, then enter it into the RJS-3415's transmitter section.
c. I insert Iron Maiden's "Powerslave" CD into the CD player and set it to the last track, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." (Or should I play him "Alexander the Great" off "Somewhere in Time"?) I then put the CD player on pause.
d. When Bush starts speaking, I put the CD player on "play," set the jammer to about 750 watts--a power setting that will let me transmit all night without overheating the final amplifier--and push the "transmit" switch.
e. Bush will immediately rip the earpiece out of his ear and stomp on it to make the terrible noise go away. At this point, I'll pack up and leave.
f. The resulting Bush performance will make Forrest Gump look like Einstein. Not that it doesn't happen now...
g. The next morning, Bush will be polling about six percent.

[goclark]

102. That would be too cool for ice cubes!

Wow!

[izzie]

10. The cog from his flight suit.

Well I just read even women think he is great.

[MsMagnificent]

89. izzie dem's fighting words!

Don't believe everything you read :P

[Sven77]

13. many ways to hide it

you can put it in his ear or in his mouth against his jaw. the vibrations against his manible will be heard in his ear. if only there was a way to jam the signal. he should be put through a metal detector to check for bugs.

[goclark]

15. Thanks for that info

I do wish there was a way to bring this injustice to the
Amerikan people. Some of them truly believe that he is at least a 101 IQ because his mouth opens.
Little do they know that when it opens,someone is telling him every word,quoting statistics and strategies to him.

This is one of the biggest LIES they have going right now.

He IS NOT who they are projecting him to be.

[SayitAintSo]

56. Wouldn't it be cool if someone could hijack the signal

And start making him say some really fu*cked up things....on the air.... and then do something like fire a high frequency signal that makes him "squeal like a pig...." and then he begs for mercy .... totaly wigged out .... on the air - in front of God and everybody ....

Surely there are some tech weenies out there SOMEwhere ?

[PermanentRevolution]

77. I'll ask around...

I have a good friend who's an audio engineer. I'll see if he's got any ideas on jamming a transmitter like that.

[SayitAintSo]

97. Cool .... should we be concerned about the black helicopters ?

BTW ... like your blog :)

[Gelliebeans]

64. just make sure it isn't airport security that searchs him

I have a titanium medi-port in my chest that never seems to go off in a metal detector even though I carry an id card for it...

[Cobalt Violet]

14. I wish we could intercept the signal...and air it.

Make him explain it type of thing.

[NinetySix]

17. How about this tactic:

Have Kerry ask him during the debate. "Mr. President, is that an earpiece you're wearing? What do you need that for? Who is it on the other end that you're listening to? Please, Mr. President, speak to the American People in your own words about the crucial problems facing our country, and the solutions you propose."

[goclark]

20. How can we get Democrats to explore

the ear piece situation way before the debate?

The clock is ticking.

I know that the ear piece has been discussed many times here at DU.
People have talked about it enough that it is " compelling."

I can tell now when he has it on and when he doesn't.

He DID NOT have it on yesterday at his now infamous press conference with his puppet from Iraq.

[Lizzie Borden]

88. According to the debate rules

to which they both agreed, they c annot ask each other questions.

[henslee]

21. Let him wear it but have a Kerry op. jam it with a Green Day tune.

[Guaranteed]

34. Yup....then he HAS to listen to it the whole debate. LOL

No, seriously, I really think the Kerry campaign should do this. :)

[tom_paine]

23. Got a link? Bunnypants* gets to wear an earpiece?

Given the nature of Totalitarian Tyrannies like Imperial Amerika, this would be unsurprising.

[goclark]

27. It's photoshop time! Who can help us? n/t

[quaoar]

25. This would make a great ad

You get a close-up shot of Bush with the earpiece -- and then cut away to a member of the Saudi royal family speaking into a microphone giving Bush instructions.

[WinterStorm]

26. Each person should be given a Q-Tip

That would clean the jackasses ears out and he would have to speak for himself one time in his life.

[mtnester]

62. We should start throwing them at him at protests

like at a Rocky Horror movie

Handfuls and handfuls of q-tips

[goclark]

72. Luv that idea!

Just like they did the band aid for the purple heart stuff...LOL

[thecrow]

29. My friend and I were positive that during the RNC

he had a rubber EAR on and that was how they were disguising the fact that he needed an earpiece.
However, have you ever noticed how he is always photographed from the left side when he is speaking?
It may be in his right ear.

[FearofFutility]

38. ROLFLMAO!

A rubber ear! I wouldn't put it past him. :D

[nolabels]

51. You can even get hats to match

http://www.francoamericannovelty.com/CatalogPages/Makeup/eandn.html

[Heath.Hunnicutt]

30. What's the news article reference?

Is he really saying he will wear an earpiece?

[goclark]

33. He has never said he is wearing it!

It has been questioned among DU but to my knowledge, no media people have ever explored it.

We know the Media would not dare to suggest that Puppet Boy would need an ear piece.
I can remember several times, at Press Conferences, when it was clear he was waiting for the signal to kick in.
I think one time was the Black Journalist Convention.
Does anyone have the video link to any of those "Ear Malfunctions?"


Help!!!
:kick:

[PurityOfEssence]

36. It's only fair: Cheney wouldn't fit in there

You can't expect him to stand on his own two feet for the first time in his life, do you?

[Eric J in MN]

37. I heard the debate rules include camera angles (nt)

nt

[Gregorian]

39. If they're scripted, then it doesn't matter.

Pardon me for being so presumptuous, but the debates will not fit any dictionary description of being such. Do we really think these bank robbers are going to enter into discussions?! Not.

Edit- Does anyone really think this group of people/corporations would let something as tiny as "debates" come between them and billions of dollars? That's what this is all about. Cheney, Halliburton, K. B&R, Saudis, etc., etc...

[goclark]

40. Please keep this kicked

Urgent

We need links to examples of when he has done this...Jon Stewart and Al Franken..."Can you HEAR us!"

[Nightjock]

42. I hope he does wear one

and Kerry points it out to everyone watching!

[Catherine Vincent]

43. hearing aid?

[sendero]

45. I wish ....

.... someone would blanket the area with broadband RF and jam his signal :)

It is an absolute fraud on the public if he is getting cliff notes from someone off camera, and at the very least the public ought to be aware.

[Chichiri]

46. Would it be possible to find the frequency and jam it?

[elsiesummers]

47. Remember the boil on the side of his head? Really a chip implant.:)n/t

n/t

[rullery]

48. Get the frequency of Bush' ear piece, and broadcast to him

"Senator Kerry, your ideas are so much better than mine, that I am going to vote for you!"

[stoptheinsanity]

49. Photoshop Opportunity

How about a photo of Bush seemingly talking to the earpiece saying "Carl - Dick...one at a time, I can't hear both of you at the same time!"

[goclark]

52. What would ROVE do if the ear piece was

suspected to be in Kerry's ear?
The Republicans would be calling in Ear Specialists and Audio Specialists to investigate ears and toes. There is no way that they would let this slide.

We are missing a golden opportunity to show Puppet Boy as he really is - a fake from the tip of his ear to the bottom of his toes.

Keep those ideas coming and keep this kicked so we can get to the bottom of this!!


:bounce:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

54. Jam the signal with someone reading from "My Pet Goat"

and Bush would spend the critical moments of his debate reading to America from his favorite book, the way he spent the critical moments during 911:

Question: "Mr. Bush, what is your exit strategy for our military involvement in Iraq?"

Answer: "...A girl got a pet goat. She liked to go running with her pet goat. She played with her goat in her house. She played with her goat in her yard.

But the goat did some things that made the girl's dad mad. The goat ate things. He ate cans and he ate canes. He ate pans and he ate panes. He even ate capes and caps.

One day her dad said, "that goat must go. He ate too many things." The girl said, "dad if you let the goat stay with us, I will see that he stops eating all those things..."

[goclark]

55. ROTFL

[nostalgicaboutmyfutr]

57. Here is the link you want

Go to this site (full of good clips): http://www.canofun.com/videoclips.asp

Look under Media and "Bush Odd Synched Speech"

Or click here: http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/BushAndTheOddSync.wmv

Hope that helps.

[goclark]

71. Awesome!

We are rolling!
Keep this kicked thanks everyone:bounce:

[napi21]

58. I read some of the debate contract, and it does say

neither candidate can bring props, and specifically states graphs, pictures, reference material etc. The only thing that stated as allowed was paper of any color they prefered to take notes, and a pen of their choice.

I don't know if ear pieces fall under props or not. I would think so.

[Pobeka]

59. How small can high tech make an earpiece now?

I suspect they can make one small enough to insert into the ear cannal, and be invisible without a doctor's examination of the ear.

Google time...

[napi21]

60. Small enough not to be seen, if you believe any of the cop shows.

I'm not necessarily recommending that's where you get your info, but lots of their stuff is pretty factual.

[Pobeka]

63. Small, but not tiny.

http://www.directionfinder.com/phonak.htm

Not as small as my tinfoilhat says they can make one.

You don't suppose they'd have a cochlear implant that can receive HF radio, do ya?

[BrotherBuzz]

66. Bush* doesn't even need an earpiece to be prompted

http://godlikeproductions.com/news/item.php?keyid=4128&...

Sound technology turns the way you hear on its ear

<snip>

Essentially, HSS for the first time does for sound what the laser did for light Ñ intensely focuses and channels it so it can travel great distances without dispersing. In the demo, a technician points a speaker the size of a cereal box at someone standing 100 yards away. Amid the din of the nearby freeway, the technician plays a recording of ice cubes clinking into a glass.

<snip>

The last key property of HSS is its ability to focus sound. The ultrasonic waves don«t dissipate, traveling pretty much straight ahead. So sound from an HSS speaker can travel 150 yards without distortion or loss of volume, while anyone outside the path hears nothing.

<more>

The best I can figure, Bush* needs to wear an earpiece (remember that wad of gum in his ear from the pre-war speech?) that acts as a filter to reduce other noises around him. A normal person is able to filter extraneous sounds by concentrating, something Bush* is incapable of doing but he may be getting better.

Call me crazy, but I think they are using it and we need someone in the hall to locate the transmitting speaker and simply stand in front of it. Simple.

[eeyore]

61. Here's a good video example of him having trouble.

I don't know how to explain this video except that he couldn't hear what was being said in an earpiece. It's like some kind of Cyrano gone bad moment! I don't know exactly when this took place, but it's from before Dean dropped out - sometime this year.

http://images.indymedia.org/imc/washingtondc/media/video/6/9_11laugh.mpg

The best part is that the gathered media literally laughs at how little sense he makes.

I say out the rat bastard on live international TeeVee!!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

67. LOL Comparing this to Cyrano de Bergerac

That would make Bush the dumb but attractive character named "Christian" as in the stage play. Who is the ugly but intelligent Cyrano who puts words in his mouth? Cheney?

[Minimus]

68. that is funny!!

he keeps saying something about "time for politics" ?

[MUSTANG_2004]

70. I didn't see it

It just looked like him being his usual inarticulate self.

[RandomKoolzip]

65. Okay, forgive me for asking this, but....

Is there any proof he wears an earpiece? Or is this all conjecture?

[goclark]

74. You are forgiven

As far as I know there is no one that has gathered up enough guts to call him on it! Since we don't own the media, they will not ask him.
No one is allowed to get within a football field of him unless they sign a Loyalty Oath.

Is there a way for someone to find out before the debate? I would be thrilled but that is probably not going to happen.

The clock is ticking for the 1st debate. We are getting ready to send Kerry into battle. We need to be asking a whole lot of questions about this before next week.

How much proof do we need to make keen observations after watching him speak on numerous occasions?

I love being a Democrat because we always seek the truth.

We really need to do better at gathering "compelling" information and getting it to the right people. If we wait for Puppet Boy to confess and say," I'm so sorry JK,I should not have used my little ear piece. Mommie Barb told me to do it and I was afraid she would beat me if I didn't do it," we will be looking at Puppet Boy for 4 more years.

:think:

[Radio-Active]

76. I know someone who studied speech language pathology

who says that Bush's speech patterns are "not natural". At this point, it would seem it is mostly conjecture though..

[Jade Fox]

90. Have you heard the theory that Bush has Pre-senile Dementia?

There was a letter written about it by a doctor and printed in Atlantic
magazine, and an article written about the letter in the Boston Globe.

Sorry, I don't have a link to either one, but the Globe article should be
pretty easy to call up.

[shihtzu5]

73. Would he be able to listen

to question, then listen to answer coming from earpiece, then speak coherently?
When I mentioned the earpiece option to my Grandson, he replied that there is no way that George W. Bush could manage to listen, then speak after.

[goclark]

79. Grandson is right LOL

[mumon]

75. that is only part of the problem

the other part being that they all know all questions in advance.

[henslee]

78. If * gets a pre debate snort of coke, he may be a threat.

[npincus]

80. Is this for real? Like Cyrano D' bergerac? Someone offstage

will give Chimpy the answers in his earpiece?

What the fuck is this? Someone, please explain this to me. This is the first I've heard of this. What the fuck- our Commander in Chief needs to WEAR AN EARPIECE in a live, national debate??????? What about Kerry? Isn't this REALLY humiliating? Shouldn't the media be talking about this? I NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING.

Please tell me it's some kind of JOKE.

[goclark]

81. I would put NOTHING pass RoveCo

They would do anything to get reselected.

[liberal N proud]

91. We could jam the transmission to the reciever

His eapiece must have a reciever either built in the earpiece or in his pocket.
Somone could find the frequency and start jaming it! Or intercept it and replace it with some really stupid shit.
That would be funny as hell watching him flounder.

[goclark]

93. Wouldn't that be lovely!!!

I would enjoy watching him FLIP and FLOP waiting for an answer.

It would be so cool to have it replaced with...

" I - am - an - idiot
I was A - W - O - L

I - am - the - Weapon of M D

Kerry - Edwards 04 !!"

[flaminbats]

92. the ear piece itself is an advantage to Kerry...

This allows his campaign to sell the likelihood Kerry is likely to lose in all debates. The Kerry campaign should be hammering this home on every television network and broadcasted news program. Use interviews, negative ads, and letters to the editor to get this message across.

Kerry is an independent thinker, while shrub says anything he's told to say! Kerry's team should hammer this home at the end of his first debate. At the end of the second debate Kerry should slam * for wearing an ear piece, having nothing to do with security, in front of the audience. At the end of every answer Kerry should state that the answers he gives come from no interest groups at the other end of an ear piece, unlike * every thing he says comes from straight from the soul!

If * comes to the last debate, Kerry should come in without an ear piece, but have a member of the campaign in the audience bring one in and toss it to him when he waves to the audience at the very beginning. Then Kerry should announce that like * he thought it would be better to come prepared this time!

I see no way Kerry can win when * has that ear piece! * is using his own weapon of mass destruction in these debates, he is also being dishonest to the American people on how he really feels about the issues. :puffpiece:

[Jade Fox]

94. This has to be stopped!

No earpieces in the debates!!

[goclark]

96. Who can get this thread to the right people??

As I reviewed the thread, we have far more "compelling" information than the LEVEL FOR REPEATING that rethugs use.

Inquiring Minds Want To Know Mr. President!

[n2mark]

95. No Joke

This is my concern that Shrub will have something in his ear. I've said this so many times. I would not put it past this slime. Interesting during the debates with Gore, Shrub was smug. It was he either knew the questions beforehand or he was being fed the answers. Why was he able to answer questions during the debates without making a mess of himself? It was like he was programmed.

Seriously, I think this is something the Kerry campaign needs to be aware of. I am very concerned.

Don't know how the Kerry campaign can do this without losing their own credibility. What do you do, have an ear and body check for the candidates? This will go over big!

I just remember the Gore/Bush debates, Shrubs grammar was okay, he didn't slur his words, he knew his topics. So different from Press Conferences and reading the text.

Somebody from DU should be there, slip him a shot please!

[goclark]

98. We must get this out BEFORE the debates

The Republicans must be put on notice that we will be closely watching for any and all indications that Puppet Boy is listening to voices.

That should scare the hell out of them because they don't think we have noticed. Puppet Boy needs to sweat with every stutter that he makes because he will know that we are watching him VERY closely.

We must get video links to everyone that can help the American public understand what to look for when Pup Boy speaks!

Keep those creative juices flowing everyone.

DU is the best think tank in the world!:bounce:

[LizW]

99. Car six! Car six!

Ever see that old movie "Roxanne" with Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah? It's a modern take-off on Cyrano. There's a funny scene where Steve Martin is feeding lines to a the stupid guy in order to help him woo Daryl Hannah (who Martin's character secretly loves). It's all going great until the earpiece starts receiving interference from the police dispatcher. Then it goes downhill hilariously.

Every time my husband and I watch Dubya struggling through a press conference, we yell, "Car six! Car six!" :D

[goclark]

100. LOL

I emailed alerts to several Media types about the ear piece saga.

Hopefully we will get some response soon.

Let's keep on getting the word out to all of our sources.

Let's DEEP SIX the ear piece for Puppet Boy! :bounce: