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In reply to the discussion: Romney CHEATED @ debates (caught on tape) [View all]starroute
(12,977 posts)35. And it's too stiff to be a handkerchief
If you pause the video around 15 seconds, you can see that he's holding it at the rear edge and it's sticking out stiffly in front of him.
Not only wouldn't a handkerchief do that, but you wouldn't hold one that way. You might hold it by the side, between thumb and fingers, or if you wanted to keep it flat you might have your hand under it. And in either case, you'd put the edge that you weren't supporting down first and then withdraw your hand. He doesn't do any of that.
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You are allowed to take notes once the debate has started but not bring notes with you.
rhett o rick
Oct 2012
#7
I first go by the principle that Republicans cheat. Some times you catch them and some times you don
rhett o rick
Oct 2012
#79
Republicans will cheat. I fully believe he cheated. Sociopaths believe they deserve to cheat. nm
rhett o rick
Oct 2012
#91
I was wondering how he could have been referring to notes when I never saw him write any. lol. nm
rhett o rick
Oct 2012
#6
I don't think so. Watch the closely at the end. The object "flutters" when it lands on the podium.
Lochloosa
Oct 2012
#11
You don't put your handkerchief on the podium, straighten it out (as Romney did in that video in the
JDPriestly
Oct 2012
#18
Naa, he used that folded piece of paper to wipe his face to make us think it was a handkerchief.
RC
Oct 2012
#101
Young military women & men should not have a cheating Commander in Chief - honesty is a key part
AnotherMother4Peace
Oct 2012
#15
the entitlment attitude of "rules do not apply to Mittens" runs deep in this one n/t
Sheepshank
Oct 2012
#36
No surprise, he has zero credibility & no morals, a complete lack of integrity!
mother earth
Oct 2012
#41
Tell me it ain't so.......................Romney cheating???? NO.....NO IT CANT BE..............
Stuart G
Oct 2012
#54
well well, that sure was as plain as a giant redwood in the middle of the Dead Sea.
BlancheSplanchnik
Oct 2012
#55
iT WILL...THIS WILL GO VIRAL............ALL OVER THE INTERNET...THERE GOES ROMNEY'S...SO CALLED WIN.
Stuart G
Oct 2012
#57
Looks like a handkerchief. But the behavior with it is weird. And, you can write on handkerchiefs.
enki23
Oct 2012
#83
Yup, cheating IS lying. Now Obama must TRAP him in the lies. And he will. But it was a hanky.
RBInMaine
Oct 2012
#105