Votes Are In, and Presidential Tailor Is Off the Hook

[quaoar]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/08/politics/campaign/08letter.html

Internet conspiracy theorists and some Democrats have insisted that the bulge was the outline of a radio receiver that got debate answers from an offstage adviser and transmitted them into a hidden presidential earpiece. But Andrew H. Card Jr., the White House chief of staff, dismissed the bulge as nothing more than "a poorly tailored suit."

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Ken Mehlman, the Bush campaign manager, went even further and said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that "the gentleman responsible for the tailoring of that suit is no longer working for his administration."

In fact, Mr. de Paris is still making suits for Mr. Bush, and he was not at all happy to have four decades of work - he has been the tailor to every president since Lyndon B. Johnson - called into question.

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Mr. de Paris, 70, had been visited a few weeks earlier by The Hill, a weekly newspaper that covers Congress, and had told the reporter seeking to solve the bulge mystery that the protuberance was nothing more than a natural pucker that occurs when a man's jacket is pulled taut against his back. The Internet quickly deemed Mr. de Paris's assertion nonsense, and by last Thursday, so had The Hill. Citing sources in the Secret Service, The Hill reported that the bulge was the outline of a bulletproof vest.

[alexisfree]

1. * need it a wired to get to this?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6403689/

[papau]

2. T-shirt bulge photo seems to put the lie to this explanation.

:-)

[Cronus Protagonist]

9. Actually thre T-shirt bulge photo also shows a vest

You can see the shoulder strap of the vest under the shirt in the picture.

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http://brainbuttons.com/home.asp?stashid=13
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[papau]

14. true - a vest strap is seen - but is it a bulletproof vest?

None of the Ones I have tried on correspond to photo.

But I grant you that it is plausible that wearing a T shirt in 105 degree heat as he removes the brush that was brought in the night before for the day time photo op, might make the kelvar less stroke inducing -

but I do not see the kelvar layers needed to make an effective bulletproof vest?

But then my eyes are old!

:-)

[Career Prole]

3. The White House tailor will be a wealthy man.

"The Hump" will be the new black among the GOP elite. They'll all be clamoring for one just like it.

[rooboy]

4. So * was telling his bulletproof vest to "let me finish"???? n/t

[mountainvue]

11. Yes.

He is that whacked on pills delusinal.

[BQueen]

5. Don't have a link, but

I specifically remember the WH issuing a statement that it was NOT a bulletproof vest. oops, down the memory hole...

[NV Whino]

6. If anyone believes the bulge is a bulletproof vest...

I have a bridge to sell you.

[goclark]

8. Chimp told someone on tv it was his shirt

They are the ones that hate us for our freedom.
They will tell any lie and laugh in our face.
They refuse to tell the truth to anyone.

When will it end?

[arikara]

7. Listen to his talking vest in this clip

this is the press conference with Chirac where _Bush's wire was audible...

http://musiccoop.org/Bush-Chirac.mpg

I love how it clarifies his irritatingly long pauses when he has to string more than 5 words together.

[Algorem]

10. "He's an awful nice fella.He's a rather flamboyant dude..."-Karl Rove on

Fox News Sunday,11/08/04,he said it about the tailor while blaming him for the rectangular bulge.So he was saying that the tailor's gay in addition to sewing a big rectangular lump by accident into the back of Bush's shirt.

[Amigust]

12. Salon has an interesting story on it

Salon Story

[TahitiNut]

15. QuasiMoFo.

:puke:

[Algorem]

16. transcript of the Rove interview:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,137853,00.html (off-topic example of what a mediawhore Chris Wallace is:"I KNOW YOU HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT,but now that the campaign is over,the Swift Boat ads,how important?"Yes we all know Karl Rove had nothing to do with the Swift Boat ads.)

[MagickMuffin]

13. Here's an interesting tidbit

Poorly made suit my ass! They only cost $2000. to $14,000.

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"But Bush's past style lapses are forgivable because, since his inauguration he's been wearing some of the best tailored garments -- Oxxford suits."

- "This guiding principle ensures Oxxford continues to create top-notch garments for a price --$2,000 to $14,000 --that loyal customers are willing to pay."

- "Mr. Bush was so pleased with the fit of his tuxedo, suit, and topcoat and trousers that he immediately ordered six more garments."

http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/2002/12/06_Suits.html

http://www.hillnews.com/news/012903/paris.aspx

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. At the time the Whitehouse denied that there was any bulletproof vest. nt