All I'm saying is we might have seen some of the "fake" video clips which purposely added paper to Kerry's hand. This is according to Drudge on his radio show last night. We need to be sure we have the original video clips to study.
Part One of the video begins with the candidates walking to their podiums and as indicated from this real-time, undoctored video, the item is clearly not a pen.
Oh, forgot to mention - best viewed in full-screen version. When video begins to play, right click on the screen and select zoom, option full screen and the picture will enlarge to full monitor size.