Wrinkled shirt? Poorly sewn jacket backseam? Or a listening device? Salon has the answer and newly enhanced photos. Dr. Robert M. Nelson, a physicist and senior research scientist for NASA and for Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and an international authority on image analysis, enhanced and examined the photos and says Bush wore a listening device.

A professional physicist and photo analyst for more than 30 years, he speaks earnestly and thoughtfully about his subject. "I am willing to stake my scientific reputation to the statement that Bush was wearing something under his jacket during the debate," he says. "This is not about a bad suit. And there's no way the bulge can be described as a wrinkled shirt."

The more I think about that first debate and Bush's wierd demeanor and hesitant, broken often inapt responses, it seems the only explanation is that he was trying to listen and speak at the same time.

[link via Americablog]