As suspected, now that the election is done the truth comes out, only not the truth the left wanted to hear:

The last word on Bush’s bulge

Call off the conspiracy freaks. Now it can be told: That mysterious bulge on President Bush’s back during the first presidential debate was not an electronic device feeding him answers, but a strap holding his bulletproof vest in place.

Speculation about the bulge on the Internet only increased since Georges de Paris, the Washington tailor who makes Bush’s suits, told The Hill last month that it was nothing more than a pucker on the back of Bush’s coat caused when he crossed his arms.

But sources in the Secret Service told The Hill that Bush was wearing a bulletproof vest, as he does most of the time when appearing in public. The president’s handlers did not want to admit as much during the campaign, for fear of disclosing information related to his personal security while he was on the campaign trail.

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I said to the wife as soon as the story of the bulge broke that it was probably a vest, but of course the left couldn’t use common sense and had to jump to the “natural” conclusion that Bush needed a little help from Rove during the debate with Kerry.

The comic I saw about the bulge actually being the pull string (ala Woody from Toy Story), was especially funny ridiculous. Unfortunately, I can’t find a copy of it on the net to link to.