Suddenly occurred to me!!

So I warped through cyberspace and came up with all kinds of stuff. But this (Snopes) contains probably the most rational explanation for (sound of spooky music played on a Theremin) "The Curse of Tecumseh." Every president elected in a year divisible by 20 has died in office, some by assassination.

There is plenty of evidence to support the believers in "The Curse," and Bush and/or his cohorts may be among those believers. I'm not particularly superstitious, but were I Bush, I wouldn't take a chance. The "Curse of Tecumseh" could be a "self-fulfilling" curse, because it could always inspire some nut-case to do the fulfilling. I think there is a distinct possibility—probability—that Bush wears a Kevlar vest most of the time. Reagan is the only president to have survived "The Curse," but only because the bullet missed his heart by less than an inch.

I do not necessarily postulate the wearing of a bullet-proof vest as an alternative theory to the cause of the bulge in Bush's jacket. It could be in addition to, which might make the wire even more difficult to hide.

Don Firth