Did Kerry Violate Debate Rules By Using Cheat Sheet?

Mensnewsdaily.com ^ | October 3, 2004

[Soul Seeker]

I'm sure Lehrer isn't innocent. At very least he probably knew about the cheat sheet. I think it best to focus solely on Kerry, however, and that cheat sheet. The public will get that, the rest is unsubstantiated.

[pierrem15]

Kerry wants a "global test" because he's prepared with a cheat sheet for it.

[USA_Soccer]

Is there no camera shot of the "object"?

[areafiftyone]

That is soo obvious on that vidoe. You can see him unfolding a paper.

[areafiftyone]

vidoe=video

[ArmyBratproud]

My degree deals with debates. I made extra money judging them.

KERRY'S GROUP AGREED TO THE RULES. Extra notes were a violation.
I would have disqualified a student. I would have failed the course had I done that in College.

Yet Kerry gets praise from the liberal commies in the media.

Great example they set for our youth. No wonder kids have become more and more clueless over the past 15 years.

[wtc911]

Kerry is right handed, as am I. When you put a pen in your suit pocket it is with the hand with which you write, and it goes into the opposite pocket

Kerry reaches with his left in this video.

[Virginia]

I wonder if anyone has reviewed the entire debate to determine whether he put whatever it was back into his pocket. That might provide an even clearer picture.

[Tucker39]

Where is James Baker on this? He should be on this like a bum on a Big Mac! They should have Kerry's boney a$$ on the carpet before the debate commission, or whatever they call themselves.

[Restorer]

So?

[mowkeka]

Kerry has some spailing to do!

[trek]

"The public will get that, the rest is unsubstantiated."

But Lehrer's misbehavior is important in its own right. We can change the politicians all we want. But until we root the radicals out of the other institutions like the press and the academy the country will continue to sink. Rathergate is opening many people's eyes to the fact that the fourth estate is really a fifth column of our enemies. It is extremely important to expose Lehrer and the rest of the PBS crowd as the hard left scoundrels they are. Blowing Lehrer's fraudulent claim to the role of neutral moderator would be a great first step.

[r9etb]

This notes business is a minor scandal

Yes, minor in a technical sense. However, it sends Kerry's "ickiness factor" through the roof. He'll pay for it, because he's already intrinsically unlikeable.

IF this makes it big, then a) Bush's silence on the matter is a huge plus for him; b) the pajamahadeen are going to have scored two incredibly huge victories within a month.

[Tarpon]

I have a digital TIVO and it slow motions really clear, frame by frame. Kerry clearly took what appears to be note cards out of his jacket when his back was to the audience. He then slid them onto his podium and read and sorted whatever he took from his pocket. I doubt Kerry knew there was a rear camera rolling when he pulled the maneuver.

So where is the news. Dims cheat, lie and steal. We knew that. Watch for fraud in the election. Bush just walked up to his podium and stood there. Bush clearly had nothing with him.

HOWEVER, it is likely a mistake to focus on this. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Time to buck up and move on. Plenty of time left to get back ground lost. Let's roll.

[drill_ANWR]

A clear picture of the cheating Kerry:

http://www.capitalideasblog.com/

[Our man in washington]

If anyone is surprised that Kerry would do this, tell them to read "Unfit for Command."

[AmericanMade1776]

I bought the book , UNFIT TO COMMAND, but have not read it. I lived in Massachusetts for 19 years, there is not much you can tell me about Kerry that would change my mind about him, as being a shallow,self centered, suck up.

[Soul Seeker]

Sure, there are a number of threads around here with photos of Kerry and the cheat sheet. Search Drudge as a keyword and you'll find quite a few threads on the subject. There is clearly a rectangular white object being pulled from his pocket, then smoothed out on the podium

[RKBA Democrat]

I saw the video. Looks to me like Sen. Kerry pulled something out of his jacket. What was it?

I seriously doubt it was a pack of Marlboros. And I don't think it was a picture of the Blessed Virgin either.

This story has legs. Everyone who has ever studied late for an exam in school just to see some jerk come in with a cribsheet knows what this is like. People can identify with it.

I t would be interesting to hear some teachers weigh in on this.

[plushaye]

Here's a great comment from someone responding to the story on the Wizbang blog:

"As a professor, I have seen the "Slight-of-Hand" cheat sheet manuver too many times. I could not believe my eyes when I saw it during the "debate." Thank God for Digital Video Recorders!

The cheat sheets I recovered over the years all had either the questions, the answers or both. I wonder which group Kerry's crib notes belongs in.

Prior access to the moderators questions would fit with the other media escapades witnessed during the past few months. I guess that's impossible given the right-wing media culture at PBS.

Posted by Frostbitten at October 3, 2004 07:45 PM"