Debate Mystery: Did Kerry Have Cheat Sheet?

[Viking]

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN OCT 03, 2004 14:05:38 ET XXXXX

DEBATE MYSTERY: DID KERRY HAVE CHEAT SHEET?

Section 5, pages 4-5 of the binding "Memorandum of Understanding" that was negotiated and agreed upon by both political campaigns states:

"No props, notes, charts, diagrams, or other writings or other tangible things may be brought into the debate by either candidate.... Each candidate must submit to the staff of the Commission prior to the debate all such paper and any pens or pencils with which a candidate may wish to take notes during the debate, and the staff or commission will place such paper, pens and pencils on the podium..."

So what did Dem presidential contender John Kerry take out of his jacket as he approached the stage [with his back to the auditorium's audience]?

What did Kerry place on the podium?

Video replays of the Kerry maneuver played all weekend long on the internet.

[A tight zoom analysis of the Boston.Com feed shows Kerry pulling a mysterious item his jacket [14 seconds into video, after commerical]. Kerry appears to unfold some sort of paper seconds later, at his podium.]

A top Kerry campaign source explained to the DRUDGE REPORT late Sunday how Bush supporters were once again trying to distract.

"Kerry did not cheat," said the Kerry insider. "This is more lies from Republicans, who are hoping for a quick change of subject away from the president's performance, and the new polls."

Developing...

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[Seshmeister]

This is a dumb accusation.

What's the point of risking a cheat sheet if you can't look at it?

[Warham]

I did see Kerry look down at his podium quite a bit, especially to write stuff down.

[ELVIS]

Why would he not be able to look at it ??

[scorpioboy33]

you guys are doing the exact same thing you accuse FORD of doing....it's silly...bush lost thats it

[Warham]

Yes, Bush lost this debate.

He copied the article from a website. He didn't accuse Kerry of anything, and neither did I.

[rustoffa]

Originally posted by Warham
I did see Kerry look down at his podium quite a bit, especially to write stuff down.

It probably looked like a tiny island to him.

He's like 6 foot 66.

Write stuff down?
He was playin' hangman.

[Viking]

The difference between this and one of FORD's tinfoil hat theories is that this was caught on camera, live. Kerry is such a piece of animal shit that he couldn't even debate Bush without breaking the rules. If you thought 2000 was a wild ride, then you'd better go hide in a closet, 'cuz this one will burn the cities to the ground. And I ain't just speaking metaphorically, I'm afraid.

[Seshmeister]

Originally posted by ELVIS
Why would he not be able to look at it ??

There was a camera on him all the way through.

Imagine the shit that he would have got for breaking the rules.

It doesn't add up.

[ELVIS]

Well, he clearly removed something from inside his coat, and it looks to me like he could be unfolding something...

[Seshmeister]

Jesus.

This is worse than the most extreme FORD theory.

Who gives a flying cunt?

Did he stand there reading off a sheet of paper?

And this is coming from supporters of the world leader with the lowest IQ in living memory...


Cheers!

[Warham]

Rules are rules.

If he took something out of his coat, it's cheating. Period.

What is it with you libs...don't think you can win if you can't have the networks call the election results early before all the polls close (Florida 2000), or your candidate cheats by pulling out cards from his coat pocket (Kerry last week)?

[FORD]

And what about the earplug in Junior's ear?

The one that his puppetmasters feed him answers through?

[Seshmeister]

He was probably rearranging his big fat wallet.

[FORD]

**Closet Boy DRUDGE fucks up again: It was a PEN!!**

October 4, 2004 -- Was John Kerry trying to pull something at the debate last week?

That question was burning up the Internet yesterday after a slo-mo review of the footage showed the Massachusetts senator taking an object out of his right pocket before the first question.

Was it a cheat sheet — as some conservative bloggers claimed — or was it something innocuous?

Either way, it would violate the debate rules agreed to by both campaigns: "No props, notes . . . or other tangible things may be brought into the debate."

Many blogs offered links to the "Pocket-gate" footage. One, INDC Journal, even posted frame-by-frame stills purporting to show Kerry pulling out a notecard and placing it onto the podium.

But the mystery was solved when The Post reviewed a Fox News Channel feed from Thursday's debate: Kerry pulled out . . . a black pen.

Kerry campaign spokesman David Wade remained angry at the bloggers' guilt-by-insinuation.

"The right-wing attack machine will say anything to steal a debate do-over," he said.

"We plead guilty to having a pen."

The Bush campaign did not comment.

From the "unbiased" Murdoch Post