I haven't really wanted to mention all the talk about whether or not Bush may have been wired -- someone feeding him lines via a hidden radio -- during the first debate, but now I'm not sure why I didn't want to.
I'd seen this picture floated around..
It does really look like he's got something stuck to his back, and you can even see what appears to be the outline of a wire snaking up towards his head. And of course, it all fits perfectly well with what I know about the man and the people who work for and with him. They'll do anything at all to get and keep positions of power.
The reason I had dismissed the theory was that it seemed just too stupid. I thought that if they were going to wire him, they would have done a better job of hiding it. Between the shoulder blades seems to be just asking to get caught. Why not tape it to his balls or something? They're not going to show his crotch on tv, not unless he's sitting down with a world leader or something.
I thought the Secret Service or whoever would certainly have more sophisticated stuff than something that big he had to wear right on his back. I still kinda think they do.
But that may not be the case. The important point is that they'd have to do everything possible to make sure that no one else could pick up the transmissions they were sending to the president, so the receiver would have to be powerful enough to pick up a very, very weak signal.
During the debate, Bush snapped, "Let me finish!" at one point even though he had time left and no one had audibly interrupted him.
Anyway, something like this is unlikely to ever be provable. I certainly wouldn't put it past them, though, the cheaters.
Below is another, super pop-reference-errific take on the controversy, swiped from Happy Go Larry.
