Posted on 10/05/2012 6:27:17 PM PDT by blam
Did Romney Cheat In The First Presidential Debate, Does Video Show Hidden Notes Or Hanky?
ElectionOracle / US Presidential Election 2012
Oct 05, 2012 - 07:36 PM
By: Nadeem Walayat
Mitt Romney was declared by over 80% of viewers to have won the first presidential debate as he managed to successfully go on the offensive against an seemingly tired and distant Barack Obama who both failed to defend himself or attack Romney or many of the inaccurate statements Romney made such as that 23 million workers were unemployed (counting part-timers).
However video footage suggests that Romney may have cheated as the rules state that. "No props, notes, charts, diagrams, or other writings or other tangible things may be brought into the debate by any candidate." See the screen grabs and actual footage to make up your own minds on whether Romney cheated by using notes or was it an innocent hanky.
On approach to podium hand goes into pocket
Hand retrieves folded paper
Places paper on podium
Ready for the debate
See the slow motion video here and make up your own minds.
In my opinion, no candidate would risk being caught out cheating in such a public arena, so it probably is just a handkerchief rather than hidden notes that the Democrats are implying.
So the real question that should be asked is why Obama failed to try? Why did he not hold Romney to account? Why did he not even mention Romney writing off 47% of the population?
A conspiracy theory would suggest that for the elite sponsored illusion of democracy to work, the serving class (voters) need to perceive the race to be close, therefore Obama played his role in letting the race tighten up a little in voter perception when the reality for a long time has been that the U.S. in reality is a one party state, just as the UK since the early 1990's has been a one party state which little difference between Labour or Conservative and as we have seen even the Liberal Democrats party of protest as soon as they got a sniff of power, abandoned all of their principles for the trappings of power.
"Ask Not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your countrys elite".
Or 0bama really is that incompetent outside his protective Mass Media bubble world
You would go that high? A 105 IQ would know 50 states and Austrians speak German. I'd go with 70 to 80 range.
I heard that they were each given a notepad before the debate.
Sad thing, a man that is the President comes so terribly unprepared that he has to accuse his opponent of cheating.
How do you, and why would you want to, cheat in a debate!
Pure BS!!!
Unless Romney had access to the questions in advance, what good would anything written on his handkerchief be?
Buggergate, snot a chance.
Good they cannot fix what they refuse to admit is broken.
"I got a hanky tooooooo"
Libs just can’t admit their messiah is a jackass and a dumb ass. Without a teleprompter Obama is what Ive been saying for the last 4 years that he is..an idiot
Obama could score as high as 105 on an IQ test normalized for Democrats.
Here we go again.
OHHHH Criminy
I watched my Son in Debate memorize 40 pages in about a minute, I watched his opponents do the same. High School.
MSM meltdown ...
TT
Bookmark for later
Now that the liberals have passed out or heads have exploded....
Romney didn't need to cheat. He's good at what he does. I knew he would kick ass in the debates, and I know he'll win the election.
I say this as a guy that isn't voting for Romney. Give the guy credit. He may not be a good candidate for conservatives, but he certainly is the best candidate for the GOP.
/johnny
I think one's far,far more likely than the other.
Makes one wonder what these desperate (word for illegitimate offspring) won’t do. Lie, cheat, steal, what else are they prepared and willing to do to keep the head marxist in power?
The socialists are prepared to riot if they don’t win. They also know that right will not if things were to turn suddenly very ugly.
Prayers for a peaceful transition.
These socialists cannot abide the possibility that their hero, Hussein Obama, was too lazy or something, to prepare for the debate. So, he didn’t; went sightseeing instead. Now, after the thing is over and he got his clock cleaned, he’s thinking of things he wished he’d said; and he can count on the media to publicize all his smart retorts after the fact. Some media members are obviously sick of making the fraud look good. They’re realizing, too late, that they sold their souls for shuck and jive.
“each given a notepad before the debate”
Romney frequently made notes. I believe Obama made a few doodles himself.
To be clear, Romney did not say he would write off 47% of the population. He ineffectively said that those 47% would write off his candidacy.
what a total load. You can’t think on your feet when you are looking at cards as obama showed
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