"My guess is that it's an implant, not something stuck in his ear."
"Someone should alert the Dems or the folks who run the debates. A scanning receiver in the building should pick up the signal. I assume the signal is coming in from outside, otherwise, the audience would notice someone talking into a microphone."
"he day after the debates on the campaign trail in New Hamshire, I noticed Bush bashing Kerry again. If you notice carefully, Bush was constantly looking down at the podium; clearly reading scripted remarks."
"I sure hope someone is going to really watch for this trick in the next debates between Kerry and Bush. An earpiece is the only rational explanation for Bush being able to repeat the names of world leaders when in the past he was unable t"o do so."
"The bulges under his jacket are likely receiver/repeaters that pick up the transmitted(and encrypted?) signals from the handlers and transmit them, at very low power, to the earpiece."
"Super!!!! Awesome!!!!!!!!!"
"Anybody know much about jamming technology? or getting on the same frequency? is this do-able? give bush an october surprise...."
"technology is awesome as to what can be done with tiny chips or whatever....I would love to see this exposed..."
"If you watch the tape at the end of the debate, as Jim Lehrer is doing his closing comments, Bush picks something small and shiny up from the podium with his left hand and slips it in his coat pocket. Was it a watch? A timer? A signalling device?"
"Why not tell the Democratic party? You should be able to cancel it out with a focused beam signal of some kind."
"Thanks for pointing this out, now I know I wasn't paranoid after all."
UPDATE: Sadly, the NYC Indymedia thread from which the above quotes were pulled is no longer loading. Database error? That's what they want you to think. For those interested, there is further discussion here. But by a strange coincidence, all references to awesome, focused, encrypted low-power energy beam transmitters appear to have been mysteriously suppressed.
From Drudge Report, so take it with a grain of salt:
http://drudgereport.com/dnc57.htm
censorship is so sad.
Posted by: r a e d y at October 4, 2004 04:51 AM"Jamming" devices do exist. But they are illegal in the United States. Such a thing would require FCC approval I'm sure. What are the odds of getting that?
I remember a story about them on NPR. An annoyed Spanish (I think) priest used one in his church to block his parishoners cell phone signals without telling them. It wipes out everything incoming and outgoing.
Posted by: Dave not Bug at October 4, 2004 09:21 AMAnybody with a radio scanner and some soldering ability can nab plans of the et to build a frequency jammer with parts available at your local Radio Shack. Just don't get caught.
Posted by: Zaphod at October 4, 2004 02:06 PMI suppose you've seen the various episodes of temporary excitement on the other side of the aisle debating what Kerry might have pulled out his pocket entering the debate (Is PocketGate taken?). The (so far) conclusion? A black pen.
Posted by: dave bug at October 4, 2004 05:04 PMYeah, Dave, and I did try to find something funny and post-able about that. But I failed. Maybe it's just too low-tech for laughs.
The complaints about Kerry's alleged "cheat sheet" do bolster the impression, often observed, that this campaign resembles an election for class president. But the ear-implant takes it to a different level, somehow.
The second to last one is my favorite. The Democratic party had run two terrible presidential campaigns recently, but if anyone needs a focused beam signal (what the hell is that?) they're the ones to see.
I heard Terry McAuliffe has a great super conducting super collider. Unifed theory here we come!
Posted by: Josh Maxwell at October 4, 2004 06:50 PMHere's the answer on pengate:
http://www.awolcowboy.com/gfx/Kerry-pen.gif
well you know, there were pens on the podium from the Leher Collection for them to use. he shoudn't have been fishing around in his pocket for anything.
i think the story about bush is better when you deny the existance of an earpiece/ to think he just blurted out "nuh nuh now let me finish" midsentence despite the fact no one moved to interrupt him is very warming.
Posted by: christ opher at October 5, 2004 03:15 AM