[SE Mom]

"Everyone involved would be ruined for life ! I cant imagine what exactly would be on that paper anyway ..What ?/ Facts , figures //Dosent even make sense to me .."

Here's why it makes sense- when we give speeches to groups most of us bring along a few index cards- as reminders. For example- if you were giving a speech about flower gardens in England your cards might say things like " cottage garden"..."castle gardens" " medieval period" ...as a jog for your memory. Since you're already FAMILIAR with the content- you simply need a few well chosen words to help you organize your thoughts. Many freepers have made this point today...it's not as far out as it seems at first glance.

[omstrat]

Yea , but he wasen't giving a speech , he was answering questions .Unless he knew the questions it be hard to write up a cheat sheet that would be of much help.Now, if you're insisting he had the questions ahead of time that's different.Ok , who would risk EVERYTHING they have , total ruin , giving him the questions ? Who had the questions ahead of time ? Again , a real far out theory if you ask me .

[petercooper]

Here's why it makes sense- when we give speeches to groups most of us bring along a few index cards- as reminders. For example- if you were giving a speech about flower gardens in England your cards might say things like " cottage garden"..."castle gardens" " medieval period" ...as a jog for your memory.

Exactly. If I'm up speaking w/o note cards that have key figures, dates, names to jog my memory, I'm dead. It's interesting, go on the CSpan debate when they're side by side(podium watch) and watch the first couple questions Bush is responding to. All the while it looks like F'n is fiddling with his pen and writing and it looks as if at some points he's pretending to be writing, while he could be referencing his "suit pocket cheat sheets" - quite interesting.

http://www.cspan.org/