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    • Romney caught cheating in Debate
    • Romney caught cheating in Debate

      • podium is consistent with a handkerchief, and not with a single note card,%u201D he tells Whispers. %u201CThe elemental movement and mechanics [later on in the video] also suggest it%u2019s absolutely a handkerchief he picks up around his face.%u201DA number of commenters have pointed to a later part in the video, when Romney collects sheets of paper from the podium at the end of the debate instead of leaving them behind. It%u2019s worth noting that candidates do receive paper from the commission to take notes on, so it was likely those papers Romney was collecting.
      • Oct, 5 2012 07:49pm
    • Romney caught cheating in Debate
    • Romney caught cheating in Debate

      • A close analysis of video of the debate supports that. At 1:26:35 in the video, Romney picks up the same white object%u2014clearly a handkerchief this time%u2014to wipe his face.The Commission on Presidential Debates, which runs the debate logistics, did not release its contract of rules to the public this year. And it has not responded to request for comment on the 2012 debate rules. But a copy of the 2004 contract of rules reads: "No props, notes, charts, diagrams, or other writings or other tangible things may be brought into the debate by any candidate." The candidate can take notes, but only on a pad provided by commission staff.As far as the rule on "tangible things," hankies appear to be an exception.Update, 1:00 p.m.A forensic video analyst, who did not wish to be named because of pending state and federal cases he%u2019s working on, says he also believes the white object was just a handkerchief.%u201CThe size, thickness, and overall dimensionality when he first walks up to the
      • Oct, 5 2012 07:46pm
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