[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.

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[petercooper]

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