Flashback: Left claimed Bush ‘bulge’ was debate listening device

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Donald Trump’s campaign and some conservative media are under fire Thursday for focusing on a potential hearing device nestled in Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton’s ear during a Wednesday TV forum on national security and defense policy, but the media cheered reports that former President George W. Bush allegedly wore a listening device during a 2004 debate with Democrat John Kerry.

“Was President Bush literally channeling Karl Rove in his first debate with John Kerry?” asked Salon.

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