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Mr Bush's jacket
by Robert Thompson
All our press and the television are
fascinated by the unusual rectangular lump between the shoulder-blades
under Mr Bush's jacket of which we have been shown magnified
photographs.
Great fun was had at the expense of the
explanation put out by his propaganda machine that this was just an
unfortunate and unnoticed crease in the material of the jacket.
Since I have seen in Fahrenheit 9/11 the
fastidious care taken to prepare Mr Bush for any kind of televised
appearance, it is hard for me (or for the highly sceptical press and
public in our country) to believe this version of events. We
were shown very carefully on the television how tiny the modern
ear-pieces can be, since the presenter of the main breakfast-time show
on public television wears one to remain informed of any problems.
Until now, I had never noticed that he had
this device right inside his right ear, and one had to look hard (and in
extreme close-up) to detect its presence through the minute tag attached
to enable it to be removed, even though he was pointing out to us
exactly where it was.
Such are the marvels of modern technology,
and we should not begrudge anyone who is "intellectually
challenged" making use of such a means of assistance when facing an
indubitably much more intelligent and informed opponent. If
indeed Mr Bush has called in the assistance of a prompter to enable
him to answer questions, we must look at it in the same light as a
person who can no longer use his or her legs benefiting from a
wheel-chair. Such aids did not fully create equality between
the debaters, but they may well have helped to overcome Mr Bush's many
sad disadvantages.
We should all help the disabled
(particularly when this affects the mind), and the sooner Mr Bush is
relieved of the terrible burdens of office it must surely be better for
his physical and mental health. We should not mock a
man suffering from such disabilities, as it is terribly unkind, and
shows a lack of common charity towards an unfortunate victim of a
potentially crippling malady.
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