Interesting...

I don't know anything about the source, so I want to stress, I don't have any indication that this is true. It's merely interesting speculation, and I pass it along in that spirit ONLY.

There is a a site out there with a different take on the bulge on the President's back during the debates.

Rather than a prompter, as has been widely suggested, this site suggests that our President is wearing a portable defibrilator. They provide a pretty convincing set of circumstantial evidence that Bush has been having atrial fibrilations and TIAs (mini strokes) since the January, 2002 "choking on a pretzel" incident.

I have to admit, that whole "choking on a pretzel" thing never seemed plausible to me. But it's exactly the kind of minor embarassment that makes for a PERFECT cover story, because no one thinks to question embarassing information. The reasoning goes "why would they admit to something that makes him look so stupid, if it weren't true".

Regardless, whether uncovered fact or work of fiction, I found the site to be an interesting read and thought I'd pass it along.

(Among my friends, I have several medical doctors, and at least one of them occasionally checks out the blog. If someone with more medical knowledge than I wants to refute (or even confirm) anything in the linked site, I'd love to hear more!)

Liam.