by Dave Lindorff

In These Times

10/09/04

President George W. Bush has claimed that that God speaks to him. More worldly voices, it now appears, may also be speaking to him at key moments. Viewers and journalists watching Bush in his first debate with Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry have commented on his odd behavior in Miami. To some he seemed peevish and antsy -- almost wired. Now there is evidence that he may have been -- in an electronic way -- by having cues and lines fed to him through a hidden high-tech earpiece. Several things about the first debate have led to this speculation. Many people who watched the debate remarked on Bush's sometimes-bizarre comments and behavior during the evening.

At one point he angrily blurted 'Now, let me finish!' midway through a long, timed answer and well before he would have received a warning light to wrap up his comments. Compounding the strangeness was that he didn't seem to be addressing his remark to either moderator Jim Lehrer or Kerry and no one had spoken or even hinted at interrupting him...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp