# Bush's Back Bulge

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushs-back-bulge/433909>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 17, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushs-back-bulge/433909 "2008-01-17T19:07:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushs-back-bulge/433909/1 "2008-01-17T19:07:19Z")

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Remember all the hoopla about Bush’s mysterious box-shaped bulge on his back? Check out the picture of Obama on Drudge Report today. It looks like there is something underneath his jacket that has sharp edges. A high-tech bullet proof vest?

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushs-back-bulge/433909/2 "2008-01-17T19:23:42Z")

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Well, the “sharp edge” isn’t in the shape of anything, but appears to be a crease in the jacket from bending over.

Are you sure you didn’t mean to put this in MPSIMS?

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**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushs-back-bulge/433909/3 "2008-01-17T19:57:12Z")

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Bush’s looked like a square box- this looks like a straight line.

But even if they were both transmitters telling them what to say, it would be different. For Bush it would be someone telling him what to say because he’s an idiot incapable of sensible, independent thought on any subject related to his job. Obama has spoken intelligently off the cuff literally hundreds of times, Bush never.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushs-back-bulge/433909/4 "2008-01-17T20:07:47Z")

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Looks like just a crease to me.

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**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushs-back-bulge/433909/5 "2008-01-17T22:05:20Z")

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ETA: replied to wrong post.