Did Kerry Use a Cheat Sheet?

mrbrown1602 writes "The Drudge Report is reporting that repeated viewing of video from the first Presidential Debate shows Senator John Kerry reaching into his coat pocket for what looks like to be a piece of paper, and he proceeds to unfold it on the lectern. According to the rules set by the Commission on Presidential Debates, candidates are not allowed to bring anything with them on stage (even something as simple as a pen, which is what Kerry's people says it was), and everything they may need (water, tissues, pens, etc.) are provided at the lectern. So what DID Senator Kerry bring out there, anyways?" There's also a QuickTime movie.

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Alright

[antifoidulus]

I say we all deluge CmndrTaco with emails demanding that pudge's rights to post stories in the politics section be revoked till he can at least learn, to, oh I dunno, CHECK SOME FACTS AND STOP SPINNING HIS STORIES!!!!
He posts comments on his own stories, he posts stuff that he just decided needed to be there without anyone submitting them, he admits he uses his mod points in stories he posts comments to, what else do we need?

Re:That does it!

[jgoemat]

It's perfectly all right to rip the tag off of a mattress you own. They clearly state that they are not to be removed except by the purchaser.

still trying to win...

[feidaykin]

I swear it looks like Bush is still trying to win that first debate... Everyone was dissapointed with his perfomance. His camp should just suck it up and concentrate on tonight, but instead they have to resort to "Kerry cheated! Vote Bush!" which makes them seem overly desperate.

Honestly, unless it was some mind-controlling pen that made Bush perform the way he did, they should just drop it.

Re:It was a pen, just like Kerry said...

[MImeKillEr]

I only bought the cheap Bic pens because your mom was out peddling them outside my building to raise money for an abortion. Apparently the two of you are /very/ close.

Re:That does it!

[phyruxus]

Heh. That's funny :)

It's especially ironic since republicans break every rule in the book, and some that aren't, at every turn. Like Bush's reasons for attacking Iraq: There's WMD. Oops, no WMD, but programs. Oops, no programs, but Saddam's a bad guy and he was in with alqaeda. Oops, Saddam and alqaeda hated each other. Erm, well, Bush "has faith it was the right thing to do". Okay.... well, I have faith that Bush is a puppet leader, and that my country is being manipulated by a small group of very rich people. I have faith that we're headed towards a totalitarian police state, and it's not far off. Having faith means you can do whatever you want, right? Hell, I'm going over to a republican neighborhood to bash some heads in. I have faith it's the right thing to do! Whee! Murder isn't wrong if you have faith.. why didn't someone tell me about this scam before? Lets all have faith! Faith that we are above the law! Faith that our emotions overrule our social responsibilities! Faith in whatever damn fool lie we want to make up! Yay! Faith for everyone! Wheee!!!

Dear FBI: I am not actually going to bash heads. Hey, can you guys do something about the massive collusion between politicians and big money? No? Well, I hadda ask.

Re:I agree

[ConceptJunkie]

Yeah, whatever. Now back to the real topic.

I think it was instructions from Kerry's French Overlords, whom he, for one, welcomes. It probably reads:

1. Jan 20, 2005: Surrender
2. ????
3 Profit!!!!

Also, Bush wasn't wearing a wire, he had a surgical implant into his motor cortex and Dick Cheney was controlling him with a $10 Radio Shack universal remote. Bush didn't do so well, because they didn't find the code for "Republican President" until halfway through the debate. In the second half, Cheney was distracted by the idea of a Beowulf cluster of brush-clearing Texan automatons, and kept letting the face controls slide, you insensitive clod.

p.s. If you want real discussion about politics, you probably shouldn't read /.