My wife's INFORMED OPINION on the W jacket bulge thing

[underpants]

to be brief she says.....it's a

GIRDLE!

On the Today Show Katie asked Russert about it (see in light of the Rather/CBS memogate we can't ignore bloggers anymore) to which Russert said there was no PROOF of anything.

I froze the screen image and told her about the theories flowing around the internets.

BTW-my wife has a fashion design degree which is more than just colors and playing dress up, she knows all about the construction and design of clothing. She knows what she is talking about.

Wire-no I never bought that myself. She didn't either-why risk it?

"Pucker" in his suit-No she said puckers don't look like that and at $5K each they damn well better not be puckering.

Brace-she said it looks to high on his back-what would it be supporting in?

Body armor-I told her that the WH has come out (leaked?) that W does not wear any flack jacket and such-God will protect him.

She said that it looks very much like the ribbing in a corset or formal dress. Most likely a girdle.

She added, as a joke, that it could be some sort of "invisible fence" electrical shock thingy that Rove uses to shock W back on message or to direct him on stage-that could explain his charge toward Charlie Gibson and abrupt right turn towards the audience in debate 2.

Bottom line-it appears to be a girdle if anything.

[ret5hd]

1. a girdle that high up on the back?

i don't think so, unless he's 'girdling' some man-breasts.

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[underpants]

5. An old fashioned lace up girdle

or at least a ribbed support system like that use to hold a prom dress up.

[Maddy McCall]

13. That would be a corset, not a girdle.

And you wouldn't have a bulge on the center of your back, because there is no fat covering the spine. The bulges would be elsewhere, such as near the underarm, where there is enough fat to cause a bulge.

[reorg]

2. so maybe he wants to hide that he has put on some weight? n/t

[underpants]

7. Yes exactly

He can't run anymore and supposedly isn't a huge fan of excercycles.

[Maddy McCall]

9. If he can afford a 5K suit, he can afford a girdle that won't leave bulges

[unfrigginreal]

4. It's a wire

the White House needs to prove that it was just a girdle...lol. ;-)

[Shoeempress]

6. Chimpy's a cross dresser. I love it.

[Maddy McCall]

8. Nope. Ribbing would be vertical, not horizontal.

Plus, if it were a girdle, you would see bulges near his underarms, which you don't.

The bulge is too confined to be a girdle. Occam's razor. It's a transceiver.

[Uben]

10. Huh?

Are you saying Bush is a girlie-man? LOL

[Joy Anne]

11. plausible

I've noticed that when Bush has been shown in shirtsleeves over the last couple of months, he's obviously been getting wider and wider at his waist, and my Republican in-laws noticed it, too. Maybe his expensive suits don't fit these days.

Last year he was gym rat wiry, and supposedly spent most afternoons "working out" in his White House gym. Maybe he doesn't have time to exercise these days, maybe the rumors that he's off the wagon are true, maybe he's eating too many Philly steaks with American cheese (ick), but he's definitely getting wider faster than normal "middle-age spread."

Still, wouldn't that be a corset rather than a girdle to be up that high on his back. Long ago, I wore a corset to my high school prom, and it didn't have anything protruding from the back. But that was long ago, and was meant to keep the strapless gown up, not hold in the gut I didn't have.

[underpants]

16. I noticed his weight at the second debate

Whether is was a girdle or corset he did seem to have quite the gut (not that I am one to talk). He had "runner's knee" operated on a few months ago that's why he took up "mountain biking"*. He has been an avid runner for a while and a good one but apparently he didn't stretch before or after the runs (stupid).


*-at least riding a mountain bike on fire trails

[Harlan James]

12. Maybe it is some kind of device designed to make him appear muscular?

A cod piece for the chest and shoulders, if you will.

You know how those whispered questions about Shrub's manhood must sting.

[papau]

14. A push-up bra? LOL :-)

:-)

[pansypoo53219]

21. that was his jacket

at the 2nd debate. padded in the back and shoulder so he doesn't look like a girlie man.
AND he had in higher lifts. cause no way he is the tall compared to kerry.
pinched waist and pinched toes.

[dogtag]

15. I think his codpiece came undone and crept up his back. (n/t)

[underpants]

19. LOL-maybe it slipped out when he had his head up his a**

I'll pass that along.

[CityHall]

17. We joke about callinghim a chimp...

but it looks like he really does need a prosthetic to keep him from dragging his knuckles on the ground. As his thinking has gotten more primitive, he's lost the ability to walk upright.

[Plaid Adder]

18. "Invisible fence"--wow, that's too freaky.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/plaidder/04/32.html

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[underpants]

24. OW! What the ding-dang...?

That is too funny. I swear I hadn't read your article when we were discussing it.

Good article too. :thumbsup:

[in_cog_ni_to]

20. I have seen NO PROOF that it isn't a wire.

I think it's a wire. The WH hasn't even TRIED to explain it away, therefore, it's a wire. They've been caught.

[yellowcanine]

22. I think it is a back brace - probably he aggravated an old pretzel injury

when he fell off the Segway or the mountain bike. Seriously, I do think it might be a back brace and the handlers don't want to admit it because it would call into question his virile manliness.

[demokatgurrl]

26. That's my theory too. Of course they would hide that.

Dont' want to cut into his macho image.

[Kazak]

23. A girdle...with a cord?

:shrug:

[highplainsdem]

25. Technical experts say he was wired.

There's a discussion in the Latest News forum about a Salon article quoting one of those experts.

I posted a message here last night giving links to statements by another expert (also links to his website and credentials). That thread is at http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1046994 (maybe I should bump it).

[MercutioATC]

30. I'll bet I can find 3 "UFO experts" who say it's a small alien on his back

Why would he wear a wire that used a TV antenna off of a 1970 limo? He has access to the absolute best in "spy" technology and he uses something that clunky?

Preposterous.

[highplainsdem]

31. From the Salon article I mentioned:

Now a technical expert who designs and makes such devices for the U.S. military and private industry tells Salon that he believes the bulge is indeed a transceiver designed to receive electronic signals and transmit them to a hidden earpiece lodged in Bush's ear canal.

"There's no question about it. It's a pretty obvious one -- larger than most because it probably has descrambling capability," said Alex Darbut, technical and business development vice president for Resistance Technology in Arden Hills, Minn. Darbut examined photographs of the president's back taken from the Fox News video feed at the first presidential debate in Coral Gables, Fla., as well as 2002 photos of the president driving and working in a T-shirt on his Crawford ranch, which were posted on the White House Web site.

[MercutioATC]

33. As I said...

WHY?

Why conceal something so large between his shoulder blades, where it would be very apparent? Even if it DID require a transmitter that large (and I doubt it would) the small of the back would be a MUCH more logical place to put it.

This whole "wire" thing is just silly.

[Hubert Flottz]

27. Could be the chimp's tail sticking up his back and taped down ...

anti-Terra-ist Duct Tape!

[Harlan James]

28. Good point!

That would make it easier for him to talk out his ass.

[Love Bug]

29. That's fun speculation, but the lump is too high for that

Even a bra isn't that high unless that sucker is really riding up. It looks like Boosh had a pack of cigarettes stuck up on his back---I can't think of any garment that would do that.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

32. Maybe it's a 'MAN-ZEER' or the 'BRO'?