I was just listening to CNN

[Homer Wells]

and mister bush was saying something about Iraq.

I used to think he was just being pedantic and condescending when he spoke, sort of like he was lecturing to little children, but right now it seems to me, with his short clipped style, and pauses in the middle of sentences, that he may just be parroting what he is being fed by someone off camera.

Perhaps that "unit" noticed under his suit coat during the debates is a permanent fixture on him, and he has no real idea of what he is going to say next, until the words are fed to him.

When I compare his speechifying to that of President Clinton's, there is such a massive contrast in their styles.:think:

[BuyingThyme]

1. I think there's now little doubt that he uses an ear piece.

[soleft]

2. Charles Manson whispering in his ear

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. You may be onto something

Personally, I think that his alcohol-soaked brain may be incapable of coherent speech on its own.

[pooja]

4. Considering he's dyslexic, he probably can't read the monitors

well and it does take him a while to stumble through the speeches.

[Target_For_Exterm]

5. It sucks when you're a puppet and everyone can see the

hand that controls you.

[librechik]

6. Mehlman admits it. You won't believe the explanation (see my sig)

[Little Wing]

7. Did the same thing after his thumpin'

I'm convinced he was wearing an earpiece that morning.

[alfredo]

8. He pauses at the end of a line in the text on the prompter

or written text. He has dyslexia so reading is rather difficult for him.

[Kingshakabobo]

9. I'd love to take a gander at the notebook he flips through while speechifying...

I'm thinking 60 point bold-faced type - 3 words per page.

[shadowknows69]

10. When I compare his speeches with oral reports I did in 8th grade

Well lets just say Bush would still be a C student.

[RebelOne]

11. No, the person who writes his speeches would be the C student. n/t