Lest We Forget: Remember that Box on Bush's Back?

Every once in a while, I like to start a new feature on the blog. After talking with my friend Stupid Monkey Planet, "Lest We Forget. . ." seemed like a good idea. Of course, other names like "Do You Remember?" or "Wayback Machine" were considered, and I'm still not sure I'm stuck on this title. But the general idea is, to remind you of something that everyone seems to have forgotten about.

Sometimes the target may be inconsequential, sometimes something vitally important that has been swept under the rug, or like this first one, a true WTF? moment. This particular mystery has never been solved, as far as I know. But I'll bet you forgot about it.

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The Box on Bush's Back

While the blogger Joseph Cannon's girlfriend was watching the first presidential debate, she noticed something odd: An object seemed to be protruding from President Bush's back. Cannon posted the observation on his blog, Cannonfire, and suggested that the president might have been wired. Immediately after the debate, posters to this thread on NYC Indymedia.com also began to speculate that Bush was wired because, they wrote, he hesitated strangely and said, "Let me finish—" when no one seemed to have interrupted him. Soon after, bloggers posted audio clips of the questionable exchange and photos of the bulge online. . .

Read more at: Slate