Cropped, lightened original of Kerry pulling item from pocket.
Enlarged and sharpened.
Cropped, lightened original, of Kerry putting article down.
Enlarged and sharpened.
Posted on 10/03/2004 2:01:20 PM PDT by Jeff Head
Here are the specific frames from the debate video shoqing most clearly what Kerry had in his hand as he took it out of his pocket and placed it on the podium.
I have taken two of the frames, lightened them, zoomed in, and sharpened the pics. No other enhancements have been made:
If I were married to Tehrayzah I'd want to see the name and number right away too!
I think this is much ado about nothing.
President Bush was not prepared, and if he was, then it's sad. The comedic caricatures are getting painful to watch.
IOW, we got our butts handed to us, stylely speaking. Television can be cruel. Ask Richard Nixon.
Fox isn't saying anything (yet), but they are showing the act with no comment. I love it.
Remember the press talking about how Kerry was always looking down during the debate? Now we know why.
BTW EXCELLENT SCORE MATT...you simply leave Rather and their ilk in the dust. So much for their investigative reporting.
I just saw "the act" on Fox a moment ago and it didn't look like a piece of paper to me. It looked like a stack of 3x5 cards.
Bush is in a loose/loose situation in debates. Kerry will lie, steal, cheat and swindle. Bush will not. The major media will not report what Kerry does, so Bush will "loose" every debate. Would it be better for him just to stay at home? Too bad the moderators are not selected at random from voting rolls, or some other forum. Then we might see some un-biased questioning.
Bush was setup by a Lib questioner.
Kerry cheated.
"What's worse?" /kerry
That is what I thought them to be too, but I wanted to wait until better pics were used. Because it makes sense to hbvve 3x5's and note a piece of paper.
Thats a good close up.
Believe me, I would be the first to say that Kerry has been cheating his entire life but I would imagine that, without an admission from Kerry, it will probably be called a 'blank note card' used to scribble down notes vice a cheatsheet. If the candidates were prohibited from having anything then forget what I just wrote.
I wish I had better software..
http://www.rusthompson.com/KerryPage.html
Great work, I hope someone catches hold of this and runs.
They'll claim it was a handkerchief that had a starch malfunction...
I'm getting so tired of hearing that.
I thought Bush was winning for about the first half hour. The problem was, he got tired, made faces in front of the camera and seemed unable to present his thoughts well.
Kerry was not that strong. Most people sitting in the room thought the debate was about a draw. The press has seized on Bush's odd expressions and has declared Kerry the winner, based mostly on that.
Kerry did not win the debate. Bush lost it. He simply turned in a bad performance.
And I'm with another FReeper who was wondering about the high edges on the sides of those podiums.
ALL : At the begining of the debate, when they shook hands, it seems to me that Kerry would not let go of GWB's hand to irritate him. Are there pictures of that too? If there is someone please post them and spread the word..
The candidates were NOT allowed to bring their own notes
The pens and note paper would be provided already at the podium
I only heard the last 20-25 minutes of the debate driving back from a political meeting, but I swore listening on the radio that Kerry knew the question before it was going to be asked. Anyone, even a skilled debater, will pause for a short period of time after the question is asked to get their thoughts together. Not Kerry, he launched right into the prepared answer.
This would make total sense!
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