[Jeff Head]

...and apparently a cheat. "No tangible item" is pretty clear. if he can pull it out of his pocket and hold it in his hand...it's tangible.

[dennisw]

Here's one of Kerry trying to throw Bush off by holding onto the handshake. Damn creep. IMHO part of the reason Bush was scowling. He just met this schemer up close and personal.

 

[SLB]

Bush is in a loose/loose situation in debates. Kerry will lie, steal, cheat and swindle. Bush will not. The major media will not report what Kerry does, so Bush will "loose" every debate. Would it be better for him just to stay at home? Too bad the moderators are not selected at random from voting rolls, or some other forum. Then we might see some un-biased questioning.

[jocon307]

"...if he can pull it out of his pocket and hold it in his hand...it's tangible."

Yep, by definition.

[proud American in Canada]

"and apparently a cheat. "No tangible item" is pretty clear. if he can pull it out of his pocket and hold it in his hand..."

And, I'm sure the point has been made before but I missed it--if it was just blank paper to scrawl some notes, why hide it? Why wouldn't blank paper be some big 8 1/2 x 11 sheets??

No... they probably had some blank paper and pens on the podiums already.

[proud American in Canada]

never mind my previous post--I'm sorry--didn't realize bringing anything tangible was against the rules.

Yep, index cards are pretty darn tangible.

[Verginius Rufus]

That could be the fallback position--argue that the meaning of "tangible" was not spelled out in the agreement.

I didn't watch the debate and all I know about this topic is what I've read on FR, but I don't understand why Kerry would risk being observed removing the cards from his pocket. Why not just have an aide hand them to Lehrer an hour before the debate so that Lehrer could put them on the podium for him while no one was watching?

[XenaLee]

At least he didn't pull it out of his pants like Berger. (eeuww)