Posted on 10/05/2012 6:27:17 PM PDT by blam
Did Romney Cheat In The First Presidential Debate, Does Video Show Hidden Notes Or Hanky?
ElectionOracle / US Presidential Election 2012
Oct 05, 2012 - 07:36 PM
By: Nadeem Walayat
Mitt Romney was declared by over 80% of viewers to have won the first presidential debate as he managed to successfully go on the offensive against an seemingly tired and distant Barack Obama who both failed to defend himself or attack Romney or many of the inaccurate statements Romney made such as that 23 million workers were unemployed (counting part-timers).
However video footage suggests that Romney may have cheated as the rules state that. "No props, notes, charts, diagrams, or other writings or other tangible things may be brought into the debate by any candidate." See the screen grabs and actual footage to make up your own minds on whether Romney cheated by using notes or was it an innocent hanky.
On approach to podium hand goes into pocket
Hand retrieves folded paper
Places paper on podium
Ready for the debate
See the slow motion video here and make up your own minds.
In my opinion, no candidate would risk being caught out cheating in such a public arena, so it probably is just a handkerchief rather than hidden notes that the Democrats are implying.
So the real question that should be asked is why Obama failed to try? Why did he not hold Romney to account? Why did he not even mention Romney writing off 47% of the population?
A conspiracy theory would suggest that for the elite sponsored illusion of democracy to work, the serving class (voters) need to perceive the race to be close, therefore Obama played his role in letting the race tighten up a little in voter perception when the reality for a long time has been that the U.S. in reality is a one party state, just as the UK since the early 1990's has been a one party state which little difference between Labour or Conservative and as we have seen even the Liberal Democrats party of protest as soon as they got a sniff of power, abandoned all of their principles for the trappings of power.
"Ask Not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your countrys elite".
Ann Romney explains the paper with his Dad’s name on it. He does this all the time.
it’s snot what you think
The liberals and the media are still in meltdown and denial. First Romney never looked down, as compared to Obama who never looked up. And what answers could he have had? It wasn’t like “what is the capital of Ubeckistan”. Goodness how dumb do they think the American people are. With Romney’s rapid response to the questions, he rarely stopped talking. I could have had an ipad or a laptop and could have not even read the answer off the screen that fast.
Geez, Obama not only lost the debate. But he was exposed as the phony and most over rated politician in history.
I hope they keep believing this. All the way until the moving trucks are pulling up to the WH in January.
Exactly! Most people couldn't get as much out of a computer as Romney does from a 4"X6" piece of paper. Every answer to every contingency on every issue was there and Romney spotted it and used it all without anyone ever seeing him look at it.
Sorry, it was a laps in judgment. I wasn’t yelling at you, I was yelling at liberalism, you were the post I replied to.
S’okay! I just wanted to be sure you knew what I meant. Have a great weekend!
They were entitled to a blank piece of paper, I’m sure. What else could they be writing their notes on?
Me too, but right to his prison cell.
>> “Romney wiped his nose with the handkerchief and his a$$ with the pretender-in-chief.”
bttt
Why is it “cheating” to have hidden notes when it’s legal to have visible notes?
According to black liberation theology, it’s impossible for a white man to accomplish anything without defrauding a black man first.
Ergo...
a speaker in the ear would likely make you kinda go blank because you have to interpret it....kinda like the look on Obama’s face
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