Bush Cheated in the debate ?

[Quasimoto]

Salon.com reports that Bush had a radio receiver taped to his back during the first debate so he could receive messages via a tiny hearing-aid-like device in his ear. They back this up with a photo. I have no way of verifying the story, but the Commission on Presidential Debates has verified that one of the rules of engagement the Bush campaign insisted on was no camera shots of the candidates from behind (which one of the pool cameras did anyway). This story is either investigative journalism at its best or wishful thinking. If you are not a Salon.com subscriber, you have to sign up for a free day pass to read the full story.

The debate video and the Red Hawk image intensification software (developed for NASA), which combines multiple images into a sharper image and then had the contrast enhanced with Photoshop. Other than cropping and resizing of the image, no other manipulation was done. I stand 100% behind the fact that this image was taken from the debate video, independently confirming the Salon.com photo, but interpretation is up to you.


http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/10/08/bulge/index_np.html

 

[jbiggs]

Well if he did sure didn't help him. LOL.

I am sceptical only because several people patted him on the back at the end of the debate, I'm sure someone would have said something before now especially with the earlier "Kerry cheated" accusations.

 

[Zeo]

Salon.com reports that Bush had a radio receiver taped to his back during the first debate so he could receive messages via a tiny hearing-aid-like device in his ear. They back this up with a photo. I have no way of verifying the story, but the Commission on Presidential Debates has verified that one of the rules of engagement the Bush campaign insisted on was no camera shots of the candidates from behind (which one of the pool cameras did anyway). This story is either investigative journalism at its best or wishful thinking. If you are not a Salon.com subscriber, you have to sign up for a free day pass to read the full story.

The debate video and the Red Hawk image intensification software (developed for NASA), which combines multiple images into a sharper image and then had the contrast enhanced with Photoshop. Other than cropping and resizing of the image, no other manipulation was done. I stand 100% behind the fact that this image was taken from the debate video, independently confirming the Salon.com photo, but interpretation is up to you.


http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/10/08/bulge/index_np.html

Well it didnt exactly help him a bunch . They must of stumbled in some of the words. Saddam or i mean osama, no i mean saddam.

 

[Quasimoto]

Well if he did sure didn't help him. LOL.

I am sceptical only because several people patted him on the back at the end of the debate, I'm sure someone would have said something before now especially with the earlier "Kerry cheated" accusations.

JB this was reported at the same time as the Kerry cheated post. i referred to it once in the thread myself. This isnt exactly new info.

 

[scientificTheGreat]

sure its not new info :rollseyes:

give me a break
i honestly dont give a flying fuck if so and so cheated....bush looked like shit in the speech yes....kerry LOOKED (and i emphasize that word) like a more intelligent individual.....kerry doesnt know what he stands for bush does...bush cant speak but kerry can

so and so forth blah blah....the debates wont change who i vote for...they primarily sway those who are un decided

 

[scientificTheGreat]

:Flashing News Alert:

This just in ....

Vice President DICK cheated.....blah blah blah