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Strange Whisper Before Romney Answer Perplexes Debate Viewers
Friday, January 25, 2008
Forget Dennis Kucinich's claims about seeing UFOs. The new unsolved mystery
of the campaign trail is the "whisper."
The blogosphere was abuzz Friday morning over an audible whisper that cut
through the mix during the GOP presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla., the
night before.
It's unclear who it was, but the voice could be heard after moderator Tim
Russert asked Mitt Romney whether, as a fan of Ronald Reagan, he would "do
for Social Security what Ronald Reagan did in 1983."
Right before Romney answered, somebody seemed to whisper: "He raised taxes."
And then Romney responded, as if taking the cue, "I'm not going to raise
taxes."
So where did the whisper come from?
A fellow candidate? A techie? An earpiece? Brian Williams? (Williams was
also moderating.)
The former Massachusetts governor didn't appear to be wearing any kind of
wire or earpiece - but bloggers and those who comment on their Web sites are
scratching their heads over where the voice came from.
Web site The Raw Story wrote in a brief article about the incident Friday
that some are accusing Romney of "shenanigans" - like waiting for a prompt
before answering the question.
The Romney campaign has not yet responded to a request for comment from FOX
News.
Jeremy Gaines, a spokesman for debate sponsor MSNBC, said in an e-mail to
FOXNews.com, "We heard the same thing you heard. There was obviously an open
mike which picked up the whisper, but we have no way of knowing who did the
whispering."
The whispers about the whisper are reminiscent of the Internet speculation
in 2004 over whether George W. Bush was wearing a wire during a debate,
after photos showed what appeared to be an unusual bulge on his back.
Bush denied he was getting a feed from his aides, and laughed off the
rumors.
Click here to see the YouTube video of the whisper at the GOP debate in
Florida: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NlIMQ31EjY
Strange Whisper Before Romney Answer Perplexes Debate Viewers
Friday, January 25, 2008
Forget Dennis Kucinich's claims about seeing UFOs. The new unsolved mystery
of the campaign trail is the "whisper."
The blogosphere was abuzz Friday morning over an audible whisper that cut
through the mix during the GOP presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla., the
night before.
It's unclear who it was, but the voice could be heard after moderator Tim
Russert asked Mitt Romney whether, as a fan of Ronald Reagan, he would "do
for Social Security what Ronald Reagan did in 1983."
Right before Romney answered, somebody seemed to whisper: "He raised taxes."
And then Romney responded, as if taking the cue, "I'm not going to raise
taxes."
So where did the whisper come from?
A fellow candidate? A techie? An earpiece? Brian Williams? (Williams was
also moderating.)
The former Massachusetts governor didn't appear to be wearing any kind of
wire or earpiece - but bloggers and those who comment on their Web sites are
scratching their heads over where the voice came from.
Web site The Raw Story wrote in a brief article about the incident Friday
that some are accusing Romney of "shenanigans" - like waiting for a prompt
before answering the question.
The Romney campaign has not yet responded to a request for comment from FOX
News.
Jeremy Gaines, a spokesman for debate sponsor MSNBC, said in an e-mail to
FOXNews.com, "We heard the same thing you heard. There was obviously an open
mike which picked up the whisper, but we have no way of knowing who did the
whispering."
The whispers about the whisper are reminiscent of the Internet speculation
in 2004 over whether George W. Bush was wearing a wire during a debate,
after photos showed what appeared to be an unusual bulge on his back.
Bush denied he was getting a feed from his aides, and laughed off the
rumors.
Click here to see the YouTube video of the whisper at the GOP debate in
Florida: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NlIMQ31EjY