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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-28-04 11:33 PM
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NASA photo analyst: Bush wore a device during debate
"NASA photo analyst: Bush wore a device during debate
Physicist says imaging techniques prove the president's bulge was not caused by wrinkled clothing.

By Kevin Berger

Oct. 29, 2004 | George W. Bush tried to laugh off the bulge. "I don't know what that is," he said on "Good Morning America" on Wednesday, referring to the infamous protrusion beneath his jacket during the presidential debates. "I'm embarrassed to say it's a poorly tailored shirt."

Dr. Robert M. Nelson, however, was not laughing. He knew the president was not telling the truth. And Nelson is neither conspiracy theorist nor midnight blogger. He's a senior research scientist for NASA and for Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and an international authority on image analysis. Currently he's engrossed in analyzing digital photos of Saturn's moon Titan, determining its shape, whether it contains craters or canyons.

For the past week, while at home, using his own computers, and off the clock at Caltech and NASA, Nelson has been analyzing images of the president's back during the debates. A professional physicist and photo analyst for more than 30 years, he speaks earnestly and thoughtfully about his subject. "I am willing to stake my scientific reputation to the statement that Bush was wearing something under his jacket during the debate," he says. "This is not about a bad suit. And there's no way the bulge can be described as a wrinkled shirt."

Nelson and a scientific colleague produced the photos from a videotape, recorded by the colleague, who has chosen to remain anonymous, of the first debate. The images provide the most vivid details yet of the bulge beneath the president's suit. Amateurs have certainly had their turn at examining the bulge, but no professional with a résumé as impressive as Nelson's has ventured into public with an informed opinion. In fact, no one to date has enhanced photos of Bush's jacket to this degree of precision, and revealed what appears to be some kind of mechanical device with a wire snaking up the president's shoulder toward his neck and down his back to his waist."

more: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/10/29/bulge/

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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-28-04 11:35 PM
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1. Edge-Detection filtration. You get it for free in The Gimp.
Just that easy. That wire going upward undoubtedly is the antenna that transmits to the passive-transducer earpiece.

So busted.
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lebkuchen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-28-04 11:36 PM
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2. A proven liar (once again)
This will only endear the evangelicals to Bush all the more.
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Hog lover Donating Member (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-28-04 11:38 PM
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3. And people actually support this cheating liar?
He can't even stand up and repeat his talking points without someone feeding him lines. What a disgrace.
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-28-04 11:41 PM
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4. Bush is just getting HAMMERED from EVERY direction
He cannot survive this. He is being called on all his lies at once. Well, not ALL.
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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-28-04 11:46 PM
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5. Whoah! Huge slam against midnight bloggers
out of nowhere! :/

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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-28-04 11:54 PM
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6. What if it was a device to warn him about a security issue? nt
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DeepModem Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-29-04 01:33 AM
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7. This guy says he doesn't care if exposing this means early retirement...
From the article:

Nelson admits that he's a Democrat and plans to vote for John Kerry. But he takes umbrage at being accused of partisanship. "Everyone wants to think my colleague and I are just a bunch of dope-crazed ravaged Democrats who are looking to insult the president at the last minute," he says. "And that's not what this is about. This is scientific analysis. If the bulge were on Bill Clinton's back and he was lying about it, I'd have to say the same thing."

"Look, he says, "I'm putting myself at risk for exposing this. But this is too important. It's not about my reputation. If they force me into an early retirement, it'll be worth it if the public knows about this. It's outrageous statements that I read that the president is wearing nothing under there. There's clearly something there."


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