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> Bush Bulge: Conspiracy theory until you see the footage

14 November 2004, 00:18

Charlie: On either the first or third debate (I think the 3rd) I saw quite clearly on two occasions an earplug
in Bush’s ear. There is no doubt in my mind that one was there. I somehow had not noticed the bulge,
and it did not occur to me he might be receiving messages or answers. I thought the plug might be
to cut out extraneous sound. Silly me, when I have had 7 years of college work and have a Master’s
degree and was admitted to PhD candidacy at the Univ of Chicago. The Master’s was at Berkeley.
But after the matter of the bulge in his back became a big issue on the Internet, I sent a letter to the
San Francisco Chronicle on the bulge and the earplug. They never used the information. I have nagged
them and also suggested they check with Jim Lehrer, to ask if the candidates were checked for listening
devices before the debates. A reporter in the Business section of the Chronicle wrote an article on the
bulge. He took a picture of it to a shop in San Francisco which specializes in listening devices. The owner
of the shop said the bulge almost certainly was a listening device, but one needed an earplug also. I sent
that reporter my original letter. He did not know of it. He said he would write a followup article when he
had the time. But he considered the matter, judging from his article, as a big joke.
I have since sent letters to Newsweek and to Jim Lehrer of The Newsroom on PBS. Perhaps one of them
willdo some investigating. I wish I could watch a tape of the debates so I could print out a picture of the
earplugs which I saw. I am still totally convinced they were there.
Rex Beckham, e-mail: rbeckham@baysidebooks.com