Drudge: DEBATE MYSTERY: DID KERRY HAVE CHEAT SHEET?

Drudge ^ | October 3, 2004 | Video

[stockpirate]

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 of the Boston.Com feed shows Kerry pulling a mysterious "card" from his jacket. 14 seconds into video, after commerical]

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...

[freeperfromnj]

All eyes are on Bush making himself look a foolish while Kerry focuses on getting out his notes.

Exactly. At that point everyone was focusing on Bush - a perfect opportunity for Kerry to sneak the notes from his pocket....or so he thought.

[frannie]

I hate to do this to you, stockpirate, but if the freepers would just go to CSPAN,and click [I believe it's the Bush Kerry debate] enlarge it and watch, stop it about 1:40, you will see a piece of something soft,{ paper?,}{cloths? I think not}, judge for themselves.
This is somewhat garbled but freepers are very bright people and can figure out what I am trying to tell them.
Frannie

[for-q-clinton]

Kerry thought he was so smart pulling the note out with his back to the audience. You know if that camera was at any other angle used that night this issue would never have been caught. I wonder how many other times they've cheated and just never got caught.

[camboianchristmas]

Rush always uses Drudge for a news source. He won't miss it and neither will the other conservs on the radio front lines.

[supercat]

Now here's the tricky part, I may not have refreshed my screen by the time those 70 people posted their response. So then I can comment to someone else saying I really don't know what the rules were.

Have you played with the "view replies" button? Not perfect, but quite useful, especially on longer threads.

[Fresh Wind]

Rush always uses FR as a news source.

[Balding_Eagle]

WOW! I was right about you.

[Stentor]

If you need help understanding messageboards freepmail me and I'll explain them in more detail.

LOL.

[freeperfromnj]

That is the video source I watched. The C-SPAN version enlarged to full capacity. It's the clearest version I've seen so far.

[MeekOneGOP]

bump!

[califamily4W]

While you're over at Drudge, scroll down a little further at the pic of the woman pulling away from Kreepy Kerry.

Not only does he cheat and lie, he is inappropriate in the way he touches women.

[tirednvirginia]

This is what Drudge said at first:

"[A tight zoom of the Boston.Com feed shows Kerry pulling a mysterious "card" from his jacket. 14 seconds into video, after commerical]"

This is how he now says it:

"[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.]"

[Irish Eyes]

marked for later reading

[crushelits]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/crushelits/KERRYCHEATED.swf

[JessieHelmsJr]

Hell get Mozilla FireFox,its got auto refresh.you can set it to refresh from every 5 secs to hours!

[drpix]

What a fraud....no wonder Hollywood and the MSM love him.

[justshe]

Fox News just played the intro (not regarding this story however)...which included the introductions of both candidates, and Kerry and Bush walking to the rear of their respective lecturns. We have TIVO. We were able to replay the sequence in slow motion.

Kerry definitely removes something light colored in appearance, with sharp edges, from his inside breast pocket as he turns to go behind his podium. After putting it on the lecturn, he glances down at it, as if reading it, while President Bush is smiling full face to the camera.

So Fox News does have the footage, and it is QUITE clear. Now, if they will only examine it while putting this story with the footage.

[stockpirate]

You are not doing anything to me, post the link. All the video footage I have looked at shows it to be a piece of paper.

And Drudge changed his headline after viewing the videos.

I am sure that the media will bring in the big closeups with high res equipment and fill in the details.

[for-q-clinton]

It's good but misses posts to others. Not all posts on one topic are in the same thread.

[Genyous]

Yes!! I've been waiting for someone to bring this up. I bet President Bush saw it, and knew he had been set up. Put him between a rock and a hard spot. If he called him on it at the time, and it was nothing but a blank sheet, then W would be accused of being paranoid, etc.