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Omaha Steve

(99,573 posts)
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 12:42 PM Sep 2012

The Emperor's New Hump (The New York Times killed a story that could have changed the W election)


Will Rmoney try this too?

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2012

The New York Times killed a story that could have changed the election—because it could have changed the election

By Dave Lindorff

In the weeks leading up to the November 2 election, the New York Times was abuzz with excitement. Besides the election itself, the paper’s reporters were hard at work on two hot investigative projects, each of which could have a major impact on the outcome of the tight presidential race.

One week before Election Day, the Times (10/25/04) ran a hard-hitting and controversial exposé of the Al-Qaqaa ammunition dump—identified by U.N. inspectors before the war as containing 400 tons of special high-density explosives useful for aircraft bombings and as triggers for nuclear devices, but left unguarded and available to insurgents by U.S. forces after the invasion.

On Thursday, just three days after that first exposé, the paper was set to run a second, perhaps more explosive piece, exposing how George W. Bush had worn an electronic cueing device in his ear and probably cheated during the presidential debates.


It's clear even from unenhanced photos that George W. Bush has been wearing some kind of object under his clothing, both during the debates and at other public appearances. The enhancements done by NASA scientist Robert Nelson show a rectangular object with a long "tail"; in some shots a wire leading over Bush's shoulder is visible. This configuration closely resembles a PTT (Push To Talk) receiver with an induction earpiece, a device used by some actors, newscasters and politicians to allow for inaudible voice communication in a public setting. The particular model pictured here (which does not appear to be the exact type Bush wore) was manufactured by Resistance Technology, Inc. of Arden Hills, Minn.

The so-called Bulgegate story had been getting tremendous attention on the Internet. Stories about it had also run in many mainstream papers, including the New York Times (10/9/04, 10/18/04) and Washington Post (10/9/04), but most of these had been light-hearted. Indeed, the issue had even made it into the comedy circuit, including the monologues of Jay Leno, David Letterman, Jon Stewart and a set of strips by cartoonist Garry Trudeau.

FULL story at link

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The Emperor's New Hump (The New York Times killed a story that could have changed the W election) (Original Post) Omaha Steve Sep 2012 OP
And the surprise is?... joycejnr Sep 2012 #1
Well, since that article was written and posted in 2005........ George II Sep 2012 #32
It's news when it is supported by more than speculation. Th1onein Oct 2012 #77
Google "bush" "wired" "debate" George II Oct 2012 #83
I HAVE googled it and what I see supports what the article says: Printed as conspiracy theory Th1onein Oct 2012 #92
That debate and discussion (and yes, NEWS REPORTS) happened 8 years ago... George II Oct 2012 #101
Actually, WE SHOULD PUT THIS ON THE FRONT PAGE NOW! Th1onein Oct 2012 #102
Absolutely! n/t joycejnr Oct 2012 #104
WHERE? WHERE? WHERE was it printed in dozens of print newspapers? Th1onein Oct 2012 #95
It appeared on "several" (ok?) newspaper sites and blog sites. This 2005 article is nothing new: George II Oct 2012 #98
Yes, thank you, New York Times Bainbridge Bear Sep 2012 #33
NEW YORK TIMES SUCKS trueblue2007 Sep 2012 #53
military anthrax sucks tiny elvis Oct 2012 #67
Yeah but, Politicalboi Sep 2012 #2
Yup. He sure did. jmowreader Sep 2012 #63
Oh, thanks for that photo. I want to use it every time some idiot... JHB Oct 2012 #70
Vindication is nice Nictuku Sep 2012 #3
OOPS (forgot to post this photo) Omaha Steve Sep 2012 #4
And remember he said "Let me finish!" though NO ONE was talking! tblue Sep 2012 #38
Those 2 facts are facts. 12AngryBorneoWildmen Oct 2012 #76
I certainly remember that photo! We were all talking about that right here at the time... Rhiannon12866 Oct 2012 #103
It wouldn't surprise me Politicalboi Sep 2012 #7
If they got by with it in 2004 using an actual wire... Bjorn Against Sep 2012 #14
Wireless technology The Wizard Sep 2012 #39
LOL!..I was thinking the same thing. "Put the wrench in the bunny's soup and click your doorbell" BlueJazz Sep 2012 #49
Like James Randi did to a faith healer in 1987 JHB Oct 2012 #71
They could put it in the calibration panel in his scalp. alfredo Sep 2012 #20
Or inside his Cranium formercia Sep 2012 #46
It's full of PEZ. Push his nose up and the PEZ drops out. Neat huh? alfredo Sep 2012 #60
But Romney probably won't listen, cuz he's gotta be the man in charge nt freedom fighter jh Sep 2012 #22
If mittons wears one donco Oct 2012 #86
IF he wears one? He's already done it once. Th1onein Oct 2012 #96
You know what's really sad about this? Downtown Hound Oct 2012 #88
Well, we all knew that, but NV Whino Sep 2012 #5
Could be a heart control Kolesar Sep 2012 #6
They implant defibrillators arikara Sep 2012 #8
I suspect Shrub wore one during most of his 8 years Major Nikon Sep 2012 #52
Just like the NY Times refused to run the story of bush/Cheney and their wiretaps Botany Sep 2012 #9
And they led the charge against Clinton 15 years ago proud2BlibKansan Sep 2012 #28
Should Obama demand a pat down of Romney? randr Sep 2012 #10
I'd wager Aerows Sep 2012 #15
I've wondered if Kerry messed up the wiring at the beginning of the first debate. yardwork Sep 2012 #11
Really? jsmirman Oct 2012 #65
I'm speaking from my memory of the debates. Are they on Youtube? yardwork Oct 2012 #80
The CSPAN Video archives. alp227 Oct 2012 #93
Thank you! yardwork Oct 2012 #94
That would be great jsmirman Oct 2012 #100
Killing a well-investigated article about Bush cheating, because it could change the election! Overseas Sep 2012 #12
This is the point. wickerwoman Sep 2012 #24
Journalists already give Rmoney & Lyan too much deference. Pretending they are not lying and are not Overseas Sep 2012 #43
Just keeps getting harder to use the word "journalist" when talking about corporate media. nt raouldukelives Oct 2012 #78
The confirmation for me was when he blurted out "Let me finish!" in the middle of his answer NYC Liberal Sep 2012 #13
Yep that was a big giveaway but the MSM pretty much ignored it. yellowcanine Sep 2012 #18
I absolutely remember that! intheflow Sep 2012 #21
And remember the other earpiece incident in France? NYC Liberal Sep 2012 #30
That was a punch to the gut cilla4progress Sep 2012 #48
Same thought here. nt freedom fighter jh Sep 2012 #23
"As the politics change, his positions change, and that's not how a Commander in Chief acts." tarheelsunc Sep 2012 #47
I remember that clearly. It was so odd at the time. myrna minx Oct 2012 #97
This message was self-deleted by its author yellowcanine Sep 2012 #16
We can expect Turbineguy Sep 2012 #17
That electronic device was exposed here on DU malaise Sep 2012 #19
Yes it was and we were labeled Le Taz Hot Sep 2012 #54
No surprise malaise Sep 2012 #58
WP: Bulge Under President's Coat in First Debate Stirs Speculation jsr Sep 2012 #59
Oh, yes, I remember, as well. closeupready Oct 2012 #82
Fourth Estate my ass! We pegged that turd cheating right here on DU. Gregorian Sep 2012 #25
Why didn't Nelson go to the Kerry campaign with that story? JDPriestly Sep 2012 #26
"Are you wearing a wire?" should be one of the questions during the debates. Lint Head Sep 2012 #27
+1 brazillion (n/t) klook Oct 2012 #73
Sorry but don't we need facts in order to make a definitive conclusion? dkf Sep 2012 #29
If they knew what kind of device Romney would be using, could they interfere with it somehow? OregonBlue Sep 2012 #31
no surprise here, if they would steal the 2000 election onethatcares Sep 2012 #34
new york heaven05 Sep 2012 #35
The NYT will never see another penny from me (nor will I perforce be shopping at any coalition_unwilling Sep 2012 #56
A cheat cheats all the time, not just sometimes lunatica Sep 2012 #36
What hump? ThoughtCriminal Sep 2012 #37
Al Gore WON the Election lovuian Sep 2012 #40
"Eat it, America. We Repubbies totally screwed you. Smirk." - George AWOL Bush (R - 1%) Berlum Sep 2012 #41
i thought he may be wired to blow up or something MFM008 Sep 2012 #42
Didn't someone have a pic of Romney wearing one of these for his Univision interview? tarheelsunc Sep 2012 #44
Who here thinks this is less likely to happen this year? cilla4progress Sep 2012 #45
A crutch to disguise the dope bucolic_frolic Sep 2012 #50
I don't think you need to worry about the PBO/MITTNOCCHIO debates underthematrix Sep 2012 #51
Welcome to DU!!! gopiscrap Oct 2012 #84
I would think......... left on green only Sep 2012 #55
The home of War Careerist Judith Miller LIED about the Iraq War, by omission, and then LIES again patrice Sep 2012 #57
I've always been startled that the story just totally died after the election... jimlup Sep 2012 #61
Why isnt the Democratic Party interested in this? It never fails to amaze me that when cheating rhett o rick Sep 2012 #62
Because the Dem vs Rep thing is all just a game of "good cop - bad cop". Welcome to Corporate kath Oct 2012 #66
ok, how many DU'ers called this back then? shanti Sep 2012 #64
Only SoCalDem Oct 2012 #68
Shit, I was the guy screaming "JAM HIM!" before the debates. sofa king Oct 2012 #91
john kerry shanti Oct 2012 #105
links from the rabbit hole ...as we discussed it back then (extra long link but it works) SoCalDem Oct 2012 #69
But...but...he likes to give out nicknames! KansDem Oct 2012 #72
The fix was in, just like PNAC's WTC fix. nt valerief Oct 2012 #74
Knock me over with a feather ... you mean he cheated? rtassi Oct 2012 #75
What's the frequency Kenneth? Hijack the frequency and either block it or KurtNYC Oct 2012 #79
American journalism has fallen so very, very far. closeupready Oct 2012 #81
Somebody needs to have an electronic frequency generator handy... Historic NY Oct 2012 #85
Romney is going to come out wearing a full helmet trailmonkee Oct 2012 #87
Well, waddaya know? All of us kooky, out there conspiracy theroists were right after all. Downtown Hound Oct 2012 #89
''All the news that's fit to print'' DeSwiss Oct 2012 #90
Well,....can you? Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #99

joycejnr

(326 posts)
1. And the surprise is?...
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 12:47 PM
Sep 2012

...and after 2004 even less. No books from Woodward, et. al., and there never will be. "Lame stream media" indeed.

George II

(67,782 posts)
32. Well, since that article was written and posted in 2005........
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 02:24 PM
Sep 2012

...it should not be a surprise to anyone.

This was reported on in dozens of newspapers and blog sites a few days after the debate. It's not news.

Why this attempt to demonize the New York Times 8 years later?

Th1onein

(8,514 posts)
77. It's news when it is supported by more than speculation.
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 10:41 AM
Oct 2012

And it wasn't reported in dozens of newspapers after the debate. It was put down as a conspiracy theory.

Th1onein

(8,514 posts)
92. I HAVE googled it and what I see supports what the article says: Printed as conspiracy theory
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 12:57 PM
Oct 2012

And published as such in one mainstream publication, and I'm not sure that was even in the print copy. It was about how the web was buzzing about this.

Everything else, pfft! Salon, an online publication, was the only big news outlet to print the story.

George II

(67,782 posts)
101. That debate and discussion (and yes, NEWS REPORTS) happened 8 years ago...
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 07:22 PM
Oct 2012

...don't we have more important things to worry about in 2012 than to dredge up stuff 8 years ago and articles 7 years ago?

I know I do.

Th1onein

(8,514 posts)
102. Actually, WE SHOULD PUT THIS ON THE FRONT PAGE NOW!
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 07:39 PM
Oct 2012

Because the debates, once again, are coming up, and Romney has already tried to pull this kind of shit once, as I've posted in a video twice on this thread already.

YES, we should worry about this, because history repeats itself. It has done so ONCE already during a Romney debate. It threatens to do so again, during the Obama/Romney debates if we don't put this front and center everywhere we can possible post it.

Th1onein

(8,514 posts)
95. WHERE? WHERE? WHERE was it printed in dozens of print newspapers?
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 01:10 PM
Oct 2012

No, it was not. The article, itself, said that it was not.

And, if we don't pay attention, now, we just might have a few more moments of deja vu. Look at this clip:

 

Bainbridge Bear

(155 posts)
33. Yes, thank you, New York Times
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 02:27 PM
Sep 2012

the so-called Paper of Record, for helping the Bush Regime to lie us into the "war" in Iraq and elsewhere and to keep Wubya from being held accountable for his despicable cheating during the debates. I was just watching the 1992 documentary "Manufacturing Consent" last night and one scene featured a senior editor at the Times telling the interviewer that Noam Chomsky's assertion that news is manufactured and selected to serve the agenda of the elites and corporate interests was nonsense. The film also stated that the media was controlled by 22 large conglomerates. Those were the days! That number has been pared down to only 5 or 6. I don't trust any of those papers anymore and I certainly won't pay for them. Imagine this. We get better news from two comedians named Stewart and Colbert and from Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! plus the excellent online sources than the papers that used to practice real journalism. The Washington Post probably wouldn't go near the Watergate expose these days. The era of "Uncle" Walter Cronkite, the most trusted man in America, is gone.

tiny elvis

(979 posts)
67. military anthrax sucks
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 05:25 AM
Oct 2012

no such stuff was or would be done for any other president

still worse

the Times is thus far claiming that the Bush Bulgegate story never existed in the first place (2005)

JHB

(37,158 posts)
70. Oh, thanks for that photo. I want to use it every time some idiot...
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 07:01 AM
Oct 2012

...gets in a lather about Obama and teleprompters.

Fergawdssake, Reagan is the one who normalized them, made them the "index cards" of the television age. I remember it, and I was a teenager then.

And if some people can be excused because they weren't paying attention then, it doesn't excuse their "fair and balanced" sources, who DO know better and have been lying to them.

Nictuku

(3,603 posts)
3. Vindication is nice
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 01:01 PM
Sep 2012

It is nice to finally find out that I was right. I could tell by the way Bush paused, and hesitated, it was obvious to me that he was being coached. I think this is a big deal. I wish it would get more coverage, even so many years later.... so that the informed public can be on the look out for it happening again.

If a man can't stand up in a debate without being coached... then there is no doubt in my mind that his entire presidency would be .... coached.

This would bring attention to the puppeteers. Just who is pulling the strings?

tblue

(16,350 posts)
38. And remember he said "Let me finish!" though NO ONE was talking!
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 02:52 PM
Sep 2012

Oops is right! And there was stipulation that no cameras be allowed behind the debaters.

Rhiannon12866

(205,110 posts)
103. I certainly remember that photo! We were all talking about that right here at the time...
Tue Oct 2, 2012, 01:07 AM
Oct 2012

Despite whatever help he had, Bush* clearly lost.

 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
7. It wouldn't surprise me
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 01:10 PM
Sep 2012

If they did it this year too. Rmoney is going to fail big time on the 3rd.

Bjorn Against

(12,041 posts)
14. If they got by with it in 2004 using an actual wire...
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 01:45 PM
Sep 2012

Then I have no doubt they will do it again in 2012 now that wireless technology has greatly improved and they could use an ear piece that would be impossible to see on camera.

The Wizard

(12,541 posts)
39. Wireless technology
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 02:55 PM
Sep 2012

Imagine someone knowing the frequency and having the dupe on the receiving end saying something like "so I'm a corrupt prick who profits from the misery of others."

 

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)
49. LOL!..I was thinking the same thing. "Put the wrench in the bunny's soup and click your doorbell"
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 03:16 PM
Sep 2012

JHB

(37,158 posts)
71. Like James Randi did to a faith healer in 1987
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 07:08 AM
Oct 2012

Last edited Mon Oct 1, 2012, 07:59 AM - Edit history (2)

In 1987 James Randi exposed faith healer Peter Popoff in precisely that way. Popoff was being fed personal information about audience members (who had filled out "prayer cards" when entering the event) by is wife via a hidden wireless receiver. Randi used a scanner, found the wife's frequency, and recorded the whole thing.

Then he went on the Tonight Show (with Johnny Carson still reigning) and showed Popoff's own video of the event synced with Randi's recording of the wireless transmission. It was absolutely devastating and forced Popoff into bankruptcy (though after a while he was back to fleecing a new flock. The don't call them "shorn-again" for nothing).

However, if Romney tried it (and likely with Bush) the signal would probably be scrambled for security. I don't think there's anyone in that business who doesn't know about the Popoff expose and how it was done.



On Popoff ar it again (with some clips from the Tonight Show expose):

formercia

(18,479 posts)
46. Or inside his Cranium
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 03:09 PM
Sep 2012

since there is not much more than a reptilian Brainstem and a lot of free space......

donco

(1,548 posts)
86. If mittons wears one
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 12:16 PM
Oct 2012

i would love to have the frequenccy of the button.Hank Williams Jr Would come on loud and clear "ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL! "

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
88. You know what's really sad about this?
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 12:17 PM
Oct 2012

Even with the coaching, Bush STILL lost those debates. And the American people still voted for him enough to allow him to steal the election...again. Man, those were dark times. I'm grateful that the public as a whole has seems to have woken up a bit since then (not that we still don't have a LONG way to go), but I'm angry that it took so much loss for us as a nation for it to happen.

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)
5. Well, we all knew that, but
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 01:07 PM
Sep 2012

I seriously doubt it would have changed he outcome of the election. The Neocons had that sewed up nine ways to Sunday.

Kolesar

(31,182 posts)
6. Could be a heart control
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 01:10 PM
Sep 2012

Some sort of automated defibrillator. I don't know the technology well enough to describe it. A writer at Slate or Salon speculated on this.
He had this in 2002 while pretending to be a cowboy on his farm

arikara

(5,562 posts)
8. They implant defibrillators
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 01:16 PM
Sep 2012

the same as pacemakers. Some are combination defib/pacers. My Mr has one.

Botany

(70,483 posts)
9. Just like the NY Times refused to run the story of bush/Cheney and their wiretaps
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 01:18 PM
Sep 2012

or the stories about Ohio 2004, or .......

liberal media

proud2BlibKansan

(96,793 posts)
28. And they led the charge against Clinton 15 years ago
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 02:10 PM
Sep 2012

That's when I stopped subscribing. Haven't trusted them since.

yardwork

(61,588 posts)
11. I've wondered if Kerry messed up the wiring at the beginning of the first debate.
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 01:23 PM
Sep 2012

The two men shook hands at the beginning of the first debate, and Kerry put his hand on Bush's shoulder and back. I've wondered if he deliberately (or accidentally) disconnected the wiring, which would explain Bush's dismal performance during the first debate.

At the rest of the debates, Bush did not get close enough to allow Kerry to touch him. The reason given by the pundits was that Bush didn't want people to see how much taller Kerry is than him. (Historically, taller candidates always won presidential elections.) I've always wondered if Bush was also protecting his wiring from Kerry. Bush did much better in the other debates. His feed was coming through clearly.

Kerry had to know.

jsmirman

(4,507 posts)
65. Really?
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 12:11 AM
Oct 2012

That's fascinating.

Do you have any sources on the "Bush not allowing Kerry to touch him" at the other debates?

I never knew that.

yardwork

(61,588 posts)
80. I'm speaking from my memory of the debates. Are they on Youtube?
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 11:12 AM
Oct 2012

The speculation I read about why Bush wouldn't let Kerry near him during the last two debates was just internet chatter, I can't remember if I read anything published about it. I'll google around later today and see what I can find.

jsmirman

(4,507 posts)
100. That would be great
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 01:37 PM
Oct 2012

you anticipated my next question, which was did it hit any sort of news.

I find the idea of W trying to avoid physical contact to be fascinating.

Overseas

(12,121 posts)
12. Killing a well-investigated article about Bush cheating, because it could change the election!
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 01:33 PM
Sep 2012

That is disgusting. News management when the USA USA USA is so proud of its "free press!"

What will they hide from us about Willard Bain Romney because it could change the election this time?

If he needs a hidden prompter device they'll surely have found a less obvious one to use. He may not need it during the first debate but will probably need one in the Town Hall format.

wickerwoman

(5,662 posts)
24. This is the point.
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 02:01 PM
Sep 2012

Why is "it would change the election" even a factor in how professional journalists chose to report (or not report) a story?

We can't go back and unchange the 2004 results but we can hold the decision makers who killed this story responsible.

Overseas

(12,121 posts)
43. Journalists already give Rmoney & Lyan too much deference. Pretending they are not lying and are not
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 03:03 PM
Sep 2012

pushing cruel policies that will bankrupt our country further.

They were too kind to Bush also. Making excuses for him and finding ways to trash Kerry for their pretend balance.

NYC Liberal

(20,135 posts)
13. The confirmation for me was when he blurted out "Let me finish!" in the middle of his answer
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 01:42 PM
Sep 2012

when there was still like a minute left on the clock and NO one - not Kerry, not the moderator(s), no one from the audience - had said anything.

intheflow

(28,460 posts)
21. I absolutely remember that!
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 01:52 PM
Sep 2012

Couldn't believe all the nay-sayers calling us conspiracy theorists. Very damn annoying - and proof-positive to me at the time that DU was being hounded by trolls.

NYC Liberal

(20,135 posts)
30. And remember the other earpiece incident in France?
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 02:12 PM
Sep 2012


One example is from when Bush spoke at D-Day ceremonies in France last June. As the site notes, "viewers watching on CNN, Fox and MSNBCŠ were startled to hear another voice speaking Bush's words as if to prompt him. " Some said this continued into the question-and-answer period. Here's another example: when Bush appeared on television to address the nation on 9/11, some viewers of television stations in Quincy, Massachusetts and New York City say they heard another voice speaking, slowly and carefully, a few words at a time -- words which were then recited by the president. As one Quincy resident reported, "The voice was nondescript, male, definitely not the president's voice."


http://sync.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2467257

cilla4progress

(24,724 posts)
48. That was a punch to the gut
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 03:12 PM
Sep 2012

This MUST be exposed! Doesn't John King have the cojones to EXPOSE this?????

tarheelsunc

(2,117 posts)
47. "As the politics change, his positions change, and that's not how a Commander in Chief acts."
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 03:11 PM
Sep 2012

Bush said something that makes sense! Don't let Romney hear that one.

Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)

jsr

(7,712 posts)
59. WP: Bulge Under President's Coat in First Debate Stirs Speculation
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 04:55 PM
Sep 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18734-2004Oct8.html

Bulge Under President's Coat in First Debate Stirs Speculation
By Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, October 9, 2004; Page A16

A photograph that flew around the Internet this week shows a boxy bulge in the back of President Bush's suit coat during the first debate, leading to widespread cyber-speculation that he was wired to receive help with his answers.

Bush's aides tried to laugh off the controversy, with one official joking about "little green men on the grassy knoll."

Several officials, pressed for a serious answer, flatly denied that anything was fishy about the hump. These officials said they had checked and that there was nothing under Bush's jacket -- not a wire, not a transmitter, not a garage door opener. Bush was not wearing a protective vest, sources said.

The White House refused to provide an on-the-record comment, saying that it would dignify a baseless issue, and referred questions to the Bush-Cheney campaign. ...

Gregorian

(23,867 posts)
25. Fourth Estate my ass! We pegged that turd cheating right here on DU.
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 02:01 PM
Sep 2012

And I'll go as far as to say that the day we cannot discuss on this forum is something we're right about as well.

I'm pissed. This kind of shit is treasonous. Omissions are just as crippling as the crimes themselves. We're a country without a control system. Private citizens on the internet are just about all we have.

 

dkf

(37,305 posts)
29. Sorry but don't we need facts in order to make a definitive conclusion?
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 02:12 PM
Sep 2012

Even if he had an electronic device we would still be speculating in order to make the conclusion he was cheating.

Its still in tin hat territory, like the layers on the "faked birth certificate".

onethatcares

(16,165 posts)
34. no surprise here, if they would steal the 2000 election
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 02:34 PM
Sep 2012

with a stamp of the USSC approval, what's a little bit of hearing the answers for a debate?

Our entire financial system is a fraud so it leaves me little to believe our political system is

without the same amount of fraud.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
35. new york
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 02:43 PM
Sep 2012

times spread the lies about wmd's far and wide. I never forgot their editorial push for the invasion of iraq.

 

coalition_unwilling

(14,180 posts)
56. The NYT will never see another penny from me (nor will I perforce be shopping at any
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 04:04 PM
Sep 2012

of their advertisers) until they issue a front-page above the fold apology for their craven lies and a call for Bush and Cheney's indictment for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Cancelled my sub to both the NYT and the LA Times in March 2003 and haven't looked back once.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
36. A cheat cheats all the time, not just sometimes
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 02:44 PM
Sep 2012

Why bother to ever be honest when by cheating you can get what you want?

lovuian

(19,362 posts)
40. Al Gore WON the Election
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 02:57 PM
Sep 2012

The Supreme court help elect a criminal and their vote is casted in history as well as the Congress vote to Preemptive strike Iraq

The TRUTH is revealed and the Truth will RISE UP

the Republican Party is DYING and no amount of MONEY can bring it from its filfth

the naive constituents are dying out so soon they will have no voters

I knew all along he wore a WIRE ...he was too stupid to answer the questions and they knew it

Berlum

(7,044 posts)
41. "Eat it, America. We Repubbies totally screwed you. Smirk." - George AWOL Bush (R - 1%)
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 03:00 PM
Sep 2012

"You Americans will get more of the same kind of sorry-ass smirky screwing from Willard, another Republican draft and tax dodger like me. Smirk." - George AWOL Bush (R)

cilla4progress

(24,724 posts)
45. Who here thinks this is less likely to happen this year?
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 03:08 PM
Sep 2012

I think the media is doing a better job. Or perhaps Romney is less popular, so media feels more free to go after him. I am impressed with the digging and truth-outing being done this time around, compared to years past. Messaging too. I don't know if Dems have just received some luck breaks, but I'm impressed.

underthematrix

(5,811 posts)
51. I don't think you need to worry about the PBO/MITTNOCCHIO debates
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 03:18 PM
Sep 2012

Remember, PBO is the President of the United States, which makes his "resources" unlimited. PBO is playing MITTNOCCHIO and the GOP like pawns on a chess board. In the broader scheme of things. I don't give a damn about the debates or the economy.

My BIGGEST CONCERN is vaginomics. I don't want a bunch of dudes telling me what I can and cannot do with my private parts. I consider vaginal probes unreasonable search and seizure.

left on green only

(1,484 posts)
55. I would think.........
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 03:54 PM
Sep 2012

.....now that the DNC knows about this in advance, that it would be easy enough to jamb the waves inside the auditorium with a portable jambing device, similar to those used to jamb police speed trap radar. Did I say that? Well, slap my face!

patrice

(47,992 posts)
57. The home of War Careerist Judith Miller LIED about the Iraq War, by omission, and then LIES again
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 04:10 PM
Sep 2012

by omission again about Bush, the LIAR in Chief.

Isn't plausible deniability just dandy?!! . . .

a highly marketable commodity, indeed!

jimlup

(7,968 posts)
61. I've always been startled that the story just totally died after the election...
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 09:53 PM
Sep 2012

I know that it was probably considered spilled milk or whatever but it says so much about how low the folks on his side will stoop. I'm still kinda startled that our propaganda system functions in the way that it does. I mean to understand recent history this is actually a significant artifact.

The other ironic thing is that I believe that it actually hurt Bush during the debate. His responses were after odd delays and seemed robotic. It seemed like he was "out of it" and knowing now that he was listening to an ear piece absolutely fits. What a cheating slime ball!

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
62. Why isnt the Democratic Party interested in this? It never fails to amaze me that when cheating
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 10:34 PM
Sep 2012

is suspected, like Florida 2000 and Ohio in 2004 and this, the Democratic Party seems happy to just let it go. In this instance, why didnt they know about this? Dont they have decent investigators? They could have jammed the system. What will be the next egregious thing the Republicans do that the Democratic Party doesnt anticipate?

kath

(10,565 posts)
66. Because the Dem vs Rep thing is all just a game of "good cop - bad cop". Welcome to Corporate
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 03:26 AM
Oct 2012

One Party Rule.

shanti

(21,675 posts)
64. ok, how many DU'ers called this back then?
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 11:34 PM
Sep 2012

we all saw the earpiece, but the media said little about it that was critical! watch 'em try it again too!

sofa king

(10,857 posts)
91. Shit, I was the guy screaming "JAM HIM!" before the debates.
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 12:46 PM
Oct 2012

But you know what? I'm okay with it now. Sooner or later the rest of you are going to realize that they were willing to do shit like this because they had already done shit that would leave them all squirming at the end of ropes.

They had to win that election because they were already on the line for espionage, criminal negligence (if not outright collusion with terrorists), criminal use of chemical weapons (guess what Judith Miller was writing about before she became Cheney's bitch?), mass murder (up to a thousand dead bodies a month dumped in Iraq, with nobody ever caught even once), election theft, and launching an illegal war on false pretenses.

They would have killed John Kerry if they felt they had to, just as they killed everyone else who threatened to get in their way. They would have dissolved our Republic to protect themselves, as I still think they actually threatened to do in November, 2005.

But instead, they got away with everything and then gave us our country back because they fucked it up so bad it wasn't worth keeping anymore. It's like a gang of small-time hoods spent years figuring out how to steal a Maserati, but never spent any time learning how to drive. So they stole it easily, but had to leave it smoking in a ditch, with a broken fire hydrant spraying through the shattered glass. And recidivist auto thief W walked away saying, "I shall now retire from the sport of street racing, a champion."

As it has been pointed out by Dick Gregory, it took a President as bad as George W. Bush to make a President as good as Barack Obama possible. But those people still need to go to jail for what they did, for the rest of their lives.

shanti

(21,675 posts)
105. john kerry
Tue Oct 2, 2012, 02:08 PM
Oct 2012

being that he was also a "bonesman" like *ush, my feeling is that he was never going to challenge the status quo...and he didn't. when was the last time we heard from him?

KansDem

(28,498 posts)
72. But...but...he likes to give out nicknames!
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 10:10 AM
Oct 2012

And...and...Cokie said he was charming!

And...and...more of us wanted to have a beer with him than Al!

You know! Really important stuff!!!

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
81. American journalism has fallen so very, very far.
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 11:18 AM
Oct 2012

It's sad to face up to it, but the reality is that even the "paper of record" (or whatever they used to proudly call themselves as if they were the standard-bearer) has fallen victim, and frankly, fell decades ago.

It's still prestigious, but not doing as good a job as Al-Jazeera or the Guardian at covering important matters and giving Americans honest facts.

I don't bother reading any current US sources for news. I read mostly UK news sources, Al-Jazeera for their magnificently in-depth human interest stories, and for fun, the Daily Fail/Mail.

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
89. Well, waddaya know? All of us kooky, out there conspiracy theroists were right after all.
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 12:30 PM
Oct 2012

I'd say let that be a lesson to all those who think they're way more rational than they really are, but I already know it wil fall on deaf ears.

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