Here's the debate set - PIX

[Stephanie]

I'm looking for subliminal imagery, and whether there's anything in the design that will make Junior look taller. :)

[Bluebear]

1. What, no stairway to heaven for Shrub?

a la the RNC?

[Carla in Ca]

20. Yeah, and don't forget the photo gallery

[LTR]

2. Where's the steel cage?

Damn, I was hoping for a WWE-style debate.

:evilgrin:

[NewYorkerfromMass]

3. Looks like Kerry is on the viewer's left

and that they have put his mike up TOO high so that he looks too short for it.

[cheshire]

11. That's ok Kerry can adjust a mike.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

13. You're assuming it's adjustable. eom

[LiberalFighter]

23. The shaft part doesn't need to be raised or lower...

The mic part can be swung up or down too.

[patdem]

4. Well, if they use that first camera angle it will make bush* look taller

notice that the podium is closer in that angle and there is nothing to indicate (no visual cues) that the difference in size is due to perspective, and since faux news is controlling the cameras, I bet that first angle will be used when showing BOTH candidates. shrug:...include that in the drinking game????

[jezebel]

5. The podium doesn't look large enough for Cheney to hide behind.

How is he going to feed Bush the answers?

[Stephanie]

6. Silly

Cheney will be behind the curtain!

[bluedonkey]

7. Georgie boy

will wear an ear piece.
Can we scramble the transmission? Anyone know how to do that?

[Lex]

8. Several walkie talkies with the mic keyed might do it. n/t

[ParanoidPat]

14. A very small battery operated buzzer......

......would be much more efficient at generating electrical noise across the entire radio spectrum. :evilgrin:

A spectrum analyzer would really do the trick. You could pinpoint the frequency they use and record the messages he's getting in real time. :)

[JI7]

9. is Cheney Edwards debate sit down or stand up ?

i hear one of the differences they had to work out was that Cheney wanted to sit down but Edwards wanted to stand. Kerry interestingly said he did not care whether it was sit or stand.

[Stephanie]

10. Cheney & Edwards will sit

I guess that's too long for old Cheney to stand on his feet.

[JI7]

12. that's too bad

i was actually wondering to myself whether cheney would be able to stand the whole time.

[BurtWorm]

15. Look at how low the mike is at the podium on the right

compared to the one on the left. George is a RUNT!

[NewYorkerfromMass]

16. But if it is placed too high even for Kerry

it will make Kerry appear short.

[milkyway]

17. I like the background a lot. Blue is much better than red for fleshtones

(especially Kerry's tan). It's much more important for Kerry than bush because people have seen a lot of bush, but many people haven't seen much of Kerry. This may seem like a very minor issue, but I think it's very important as to how Kerry is perceived.

Some of the Dem primary debates were not fair in the choice of background. The backgrounds would vary from blue to red, and those candidates in front of the red background did not look nearly as pleasing as those in front of the blue background.

[LiberalFighter]

22. A recent pic of Kerry should be superimposed on the set to see the results

[neoteric lefty]

18. Is it just me, but when I look at these pics, I feel like I am looking

at an NRA convention. Something about that emblem in the center. Its kinda scary.

[Stephanie]

19. It's a very war-like image

I'd be interested to know who chose it.

[neoteric lefty]

21. here we go

Maybe I am stretching it a bit. Who knows :)

[SeveneightyWhoa]

25. Well, it is the foreign policy debate.

So a "war-like" image would fit.

[elperromagico]

24. It's one of those forced perspective rooms that's designed to make

a shorter person look taller, so Bush will look about 10 feet tall next to Kerry. ;)

[bush equals idiot]

26. What occurs to me.

If that podium is set to Bush's height, Kerry standing at it may make him to appear "Frankenstein-ish." They want to make him tall and gangly where his hands are so low on the podium. Then they'd start with that Republican spin. Wouldn't that be just like them to have that plan?

You can bet they got something sleazy they're planning. Remember I said this.

[NightOwwl]

27. Oh, I'm sure they have a plan.

David and Goliath. David (Bush) slays the big bad monster(Kerry). The press can live off that for days.