Duelling Videos

First up, back to that mysterious bulge during the first debate...

CLICK HERE FOR AN ENHANCED PHOTO THAT SHOWS A CLEAR WIRE LEAD UP BUSH'S BACK TO HIS NECK

Salon now has detailed analysis from Dr. Robert M. Nelson, a senior research scientist for NASA and for Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and an international authority on image analysis.

A well-informed friend of mine says it looks more like an inductive wireless loop than a receiver. This is a mechanism for activating a wireless earpiece that sits deep in the ear canal (anybody got pix of this?). Normally the loop is worn around the neck but being high on the back would probably work equally well.

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.

Bush knew what it was. His answer proves he is both a liar and a fool.

Meanwhile, former Iraq WMD Inspector David Kay has confirmed that the photos (below) of Al Qaqaa explosives were indeed the HMX and RDX high explosives under IAEA seal, whatever Bush and his apologists may say. Talking Points Memo has the details.

Now that Bush has again been proved an incompetent liar, watch the media "move on" from this story. Hey! There's a new Al Quaeda video (or not, perhaps) to scare the viewers with. Is it genuine? Is it threatening, or otherwise newsworthy? Who cares!?! Just run the damn thing! The Post reports on how ABC news was pressured to put the dodgy tape on air:

Ross and other ABC staffers say they believe that a Bush administration official leaked the story to Internet gossip Matt Drudge as a way of pressuring the network into airing the tape, which would heighten concerns about terrorism in the final week of the president's reelection campaign. They note that whoever gave the information to Drudge had a transcript of the tape.

One counterterrorism official said the tape shows the man "just ranting and raving."

So when you watch your TV news today, which video will get top billing? One of two tapes that prove the President Of The United States is a lying fool, or some unidentified, psuedo-Arabic geek "ranting and raving"?

UPDATE: ABC executives were frustrated that after holding the tape and working closely with federal officials to authenticate it, Fox News obtained and aired a copy about 20 minutes before it was shown on Peter Jennings's newscast last night.