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:
What a rogues gallery the democrat party is.. Better Kerry than Clinton.. 2008 is to be feared.. Massive voter fraud planned for the forseeable future.. Oprah just mobilized an emormous "ditz" vote.. Amerika WOT a COUNTRY... You know whats needed and so do I... actually anybody with any sense knows whats needed.. even if they are too cowardly to mouth it.. Could be it needs to get much worse before it gets better..
Oh, ok.
You know, I heard a good bit of that and thought, I don't remember Bush sounding that good at ALL! I was in the car, went home and told my husband "You should have heard it, I was wondering if we watched the same debate!" Because all during the debate we were both repeatedly disappointed in Bush's performance, but the sound bites are really GOOD.
Perhaps we were so focused on his appearance, which was certainly haggard, that we missed a bit more of the substance of the debate. And plus, we were expecting him to just hit it out of the park and when he didn't, well...makes me wonder if I would have had a much different take had I listened to the debate rather than watched it.
You can have a dozen Democrats who don't cheat, but they'd still lie.
Either that or when mentioning Lawyers and Government employees,etc., maybe we can say present company excepted.
But it is something, and anything tangible was against the rules.
I am sure some of the netwroks have much more resulte footage of this that could be enlarged and enhanced to the point of being pretty clear what it is. it's my understanding that Fox is already doing this.
WRONG!
President Bush was not prepared
An incomplete pass in football is given a completion by a defensive pass interference call. Why? Because it is CHEATING.
I am sick of the PC types on here who refuse to view cheating for what it is: Wrong.
And it should nullify any "win" Kerry gets by being heavily broadcast in the news. Why? Because CHARACTER MATTERS.
It doesn't matter what it was he removed from his pocket...or wasn't. It was against the rules. And because of that..The burden of proof should be on EFnK. Period.
"Much ado about nothing?" Perhaps it is, in your amoral universe. This attitude is what has led to our incremental moral decline.
/rant
I hope this is so true, because I have been spoiling for a fight lately and I think I just might have found the issue to combat Democrats.
Someone who was aware of the rules noticed this afterward and it has taken off from there.
Am sure there will be a prompt and full investigation into this. The Republicans had better coming out swinging from here on in. Noticed Kerry came out to draw first blood the other night. Did not like it from the beginning.
From section 5, pages 4-5 of the binding "Memorandum of Understanding" (pdf file) that was negotiated and agreed upon by both political campaigns:
(c) No props, notes, charts, diagrams, or other writings or other tangible things may be brought into the debate by either candidate.
... (d) Notwithstanding subparagraph 5(c), the candidates may take notes during the debate on the size, color and type of paper each side prefers. 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, table or other structure to be used by the candidate in that debate.
Bingo. That last one tells the tale.
Bingo. That last one tells the tale.
Exactly.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1232761/posts
"at least FIVE of Jim Lehrer's "prepared" questions and ONE of his follow-up questions were DIRECTLY referring back to comments made by Kerry immediately prior during the debate and NONE were referring to anything said by Bush during the debate.
Jim Lehrer and Kerry were on the same page... but look fokes we know the fix was in but you not going to prove it(i.e. to the point of getting major traction)...just always be aware of the type of people your dealing with... never underestimate just how low they will go
I'm skeptical.
I think we're being set-up.
Big Time.
My speculation was it could either be an outline of points or replies he needed to make..
Or a telecommunication device that would receive text messaging for prompting during the debate.
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