Some eBay jokesters claim to be auctioning off a piece of wood used by George Bush as a prop during last night's presidentiary debate. I had a really bad flu bug this week, and must have been conked out cold by the time this moment happened. But, um, wow. I'm not sure which is weirder, the notion of a 2 x 4 being used as a debate prop (literally or figuratively), or the eBay listing purportedly hawking said prop. I did, however, catch the moment when Bush said "I hear there is a rumor on the Internets" about a pending military draft. Wake me up when it's all over, will you? All hail Photoshop. Link (Thanks, Maggie, image via somethingawful)
Party pooper and BoingBoing reader Hudson points us to the *actual* story behind the "wood" reference in last night's debate. Link to unphotoshopped image. Here's the debate snip:
Kerry: The president got $84 from a timber company that owns, and he's counted as a small business. Dick Cheney's counted as a small business. That's how they do things. That's just not right.
Bush: I own a timber company? That's news to me. Want to buy some wood?
Factcheck.org says Bush lied: "In fact, according to his 2003 financial disclosure form, Bush does own part interest in 'LSTF, LLC', a limited-liability company organized 'for the purpose of the production of trees for commercial sales.'" Link
