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In reply to the discussion: Romney “Cheat Sheet” Was A Handkerchief, Campaign Says [View all]Kingofalldems
(38,454 posts)25. That's an awful thick hanky there Mitt
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The fact they thought it was a big enough issue to address is more curious than anything else
tarheelsunc
Oct 2012
#1
what about the last few minutes of the cspan video, where he CLEARLY retrieves papers
MgtPA
Oct 2012
#6
Absolutely...my thoughts exactly. You don't hand a hanky to your son...even Mitt.
cr8tvlde
Oct 2012
#9
What happened to the hanky he wiped his nose with? Is there any video of him
LibDemAlways
Oct 2012
#22
He had someone feeding him information? Are their any other instances of a ghost voice?
kiranon
Oct 2012
#10
I think at some point (after he wiped his lip), he put his hanky in his breast pocket.
notadmblnd
Oct 2012
#45
Looks kind of soft to me when he places it on the podium. I think it's a handkerchief. nt
patrice
Oct 2012
#15
Everybody take 2 sheets of printer paper and fold it in half 3 times. Now look at the video.
hexola
Oct 2012
#23
Well, whoever dresses him probably puts it in the pants pocket folded only into 1/4s so it doesn't
patrice
Oct 2012
#31
k, well, look at the very last few frames of the video & tell me if he is unfolding the
patrice
Oct 2012
#27
Besides, fastidious guys like Romney don't put their hankies where common germs might get on.
Bernardo de La Paz
Oct 2012
#30
That is the best place for a handkerchief, so you don't have to break your train of thought
patrice
Oct 2012
#32
And then he hands the "used hanky" to son Tagg to put in his (Tagg's) pocket- yeah, sure...
sad sally
Oct 2012
#44