Tax Whisper

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[Voodoo]

It's perfectly clear to me that the whisper comes from the ghost of Ronald Reagan.

 

[Thomas Paine]

Russert is such a piece of crap. He should try being a journalist for at least once in his life.

 

[Ryokucha]

I think it was just Romney's Inner Monolog. He was thinking so hard about the question that he projected his thoughts in to the mic. Seems the most logical theory. Romney is a super hero after all? He did single handily do a bunch of stuff that apparently saved Massachusetts before it's impending destruction? Hmm maybe I am mixing that up with a show that one of his commercials played during. But he did see his dad march with MLK Jr, only Mitt has the powers to see things that didn't really happen!

 

[jawrightbiz]

If you can find one post from a person who joined this forum before January 2008 with more than three hundred posts to their name who doesn't think Willard Mitt Romney was fed the answers to the questions I will drop the arguement. Otherwise, every single post about this being some 'reasonable' explanation are all coming from these people.

 

[olehounddog]

he was fed

 

[bclemms]

Oh I feel better now that I know the moderator of the presidential debate was feeding Romney answers.

 

[Exponent]

I don't remember any "gotcha" question of that type the whole debate, especially one that would have been that blatant. I personally cannot believe that as a probable explanation. I agree with the OP completely; Russert was just wording the question poorly, Romney might miss the point, many viewers would definitely miss the point, and confusion or misdirection was not what was desired.

Raising taxes, some taxes, is a viable option, especially when you're in a serious budget crunch, and they wanted to know if Romney would do that, and if not, how else he thought he could handle the situation. It's really not a strange question at all. And it fits the rest of the debate far better than the gotcha theory, in my opinion.

Oh, and does a join date of May 2007, and a post count of 387, cause me to become a legitimate non-troll?

 

[mudburn]

Why would Russert need to be reminded to ask part of a question he has written on a piece of paper in front of him? That, I don't understand.

dp

 

[fedup100]

"Bullshit" this is the man in earlier debates that would need to consult his Loya's in regards to any and every question regarding the Constitution. That is why Paul responded with "just read the Constitution, it tells you what to do"!

 

[Exponent]

Why would Russert need to be reminded to ask part of a question he has written on a piece of paper in front of him? That, I don't understand.

dp

A) The written question is not in literal form, only abbreviated form, so there is some translation of the details into normal speech, and he skipped over a point. If he totally missed a point, he probably wouldn't immediately remember that he missed a point unless someone informed him that he missed a point.
B) While trying to make eye contact with Romney, and also while trying to formulate the way he wished to say the question, his initial formulation, which he has already mostly stated, isn't exactly what he wanted. But, he decides that perhaps it's good enough, and on a snap decision, chooses not to try to add in an additional clause about the raising taxes; maybe Romney will figure out. But perhaps one of Russert's peers or bosses thinks otherwise (and of course doesn't know what's going on in Russert's head anyway), and tries to help him out.

I could see myself easily doing either one of those. Standard human behavior, now and then.

 

[Crickett]

I know it wasn't Russart. He would not have said that because he was trying to find out how Mitt would answer that, and the tax thing was a key he would not have given to him. I heard some other "whispers" in that debate as well as the above. I did not see an earpiece. I did not see a cellphone. I still do not know what it was..but it was very odd that we heard that, and then he answered like that. It may ave been a cameraman or something, because I heard something else when going to a commercial, like "that is unbelieveable" or something like that..

 

[hdmf]

I'm sorry, I'm not buying it. The whispered word "he" comes in almost simultaneously with the last word of Russert's question, which was "1983". If someone was trying to help Russert out there would have been more of a pause. Also, I don't think it was any coincidence that Romney was positioned at the end of the stage where someone offstage left could easily "whisper" to him.

 

[1000-points-of-fright]

If you can find one post from a person who joined this forum before January 2008 with more than three hundred posts to their name who doesn't think Willard Mitt Romney was fed the answers to the questions I will drop the arguement. Otherwise, every single post about this being some 'reasonable' explanation are all coming from these people.

Watch your toes buddy. I think it was one of the other candidates taking a stab at Romney under their breathe saying that his plan would be to raise taxes. Remember how they would laugh and make fun of Paul before. Now it's Romney's turn.

Or

It was one of the other moderators talking. The mics were left open so many times during that debate.

You gonna drop it now?

 

[JMann]

Russert is such a piece of crap. He should try being a journalist for at least once in his life.

Russert is a journalist but I would never call him a reporter. For those that don't know anything about that industry, they all want to be considered reporters and not journalist but the simple fact is most of them have no idea how to report. Reporting is basically stating the facts surrounding an event that you have witnessed or researched. The reason Dan Rather used to always say, Dan Rather reporting for the CBS news, though he wasn't reporting he was giving an editorial full of his opinions of events.

A play-by-play sports broadcaster (especially a radio guy) are the best at reporting. They tell you exactly what they see, hear and feel with very little additional commentary. The extra fluffy stuff is brought to you by the color analyst who is there to do the work of a journalist and gives his opinion to what just happened on the field or court.

 

[UtahApocalypse]

Originally Posted by jawrightbiz
If you can find one post from a person who joined this forum before January 2008 with more than three hundred posts to their name who doesn't think Willard Mitt Romney was fed the answers to the questions I will drop the arguement. Otherwise, every single post about this being some 'reasonable' explanation are all coming from these people.

As I said last night when I buried the first digg about this. I bet it was:

A> Another Moderator
B> Producer, Director
C> Audience Member

If you think logically (which most of you cant it appears) If it was a "secret whisper" to Romney why woul it have been broadcast over the network? and not in a ear piece?

 

[josh24601]

If you can find one post from a person who joined this forum before January 2008 with more than three hundred posts to their name who doesn't think Willard Mitt Romney was fed the answers to the questions I will drop the arguement. Otherwise, every single post about this being some 'reasonable' explanation are all coming from these people.

I don't care how long people have been sitting on their computer saying stupid things, if you can't even read my message correctly (or at all) it doesn't matter how long you've been spamming a forum with nonsense.

I said that Brian Williams (the other moderator) or a producer, etc. whispered it to Russert because Russert only asked Romney if he would do what Reagan did, but forgot the main point of the question (would you *raise taxes* to help social security). For most people, just saying "what Reagan did" would not be enough, he had to specifically ask about the raising of taxes. Hence the need for somebody to prompt him.

Whether or not Mitt heard the whisper to Russert like everybody else or not and just answered it is conjecture but it makes sense. Russert then immediately followed up his original abbreviated question explaining about the raising of taxes.

As I said, I was convinced at first it was a Quiz Show moment but it clearly was not.

I am getting so fed up with the tin-foil hat wearing Illuminati-fearing crowd here... I've been banned over and over for supporting RP on freerepublic and just lurked there until I found this place, and thought to myself "wow, how cool". Little did I know it was run by a bunch of nuts. Most of you people are nuts. It's a sad realization for me but just look at this thread. You see conspiracy and X Files everywhere you look, completely ignoring the most rational answers. It's sad.

You need to plug into the real world and give up the fantasies if you want anybody to take you seriously. Because at this point I'm pretty much convinced that the haters are right and that Ron Paul is supported by a bunch of closet socialists and conspiracy freaks. I know there are other normal people like me, but I am afraid we are in the minority.

All this crap you spew loses the respect of the people against you, the undecided and uninformed in the middle you claim to want to win over, and even fellow supporters like me who can't stomach your crap anymore.

I'll support RP with my friends and by myself because I know that I'm not gonna hear any stupidity from them, and we'll talk about real ideas and philosophies that matter, not this idiocy.

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

TAKING IT TO THE next level...

BRINGS BACK THIS...\\


GEORGE BUSH PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, Oct 9, 2004

exposing how George W. Bush had worn an electronic cueing device in his ear and probably cheated during the presidential debates. Photos depicting the bulge and speculating on just what it might be (a medical device, a radio receiver?) began circulating widely around the Internet, and several special blog sites were established to discuss them. The suspicion that Bush had been getting cues or answers in his ear was bolstered by his strange behavior in that first debate, which included several uncomfortably long pauses before and during his answers. On one occasion, he burst out angrily with "Now let me finish!" at a time when nobody was interrupting him and his warning light was not flashing. Images of visibly bulging backs from earlier Bush appearances began circulating, along with reports of prior incidents that suggested Bush might have been receiving hidden cues/whispers. i'M sure the device have been miniaturized even more.

 

[josh24601]

I'm not even gonna bother asking you all how a device in his ear could say anything loud enough to be heard on the microphones to the point of being broadcast on television without the man so much as flinching. Because I know little problems in logic like this are no match for your conspiracies.

 

[amy31416]

I've thought a lot about this, because at first I was freaked out like everyone else and was convinced Romney had answers being fed to him. But then, when you think about it, it's clear what happened.

Why are you defending Romney against this and that "who let the dogs out" video?

Why did MSNBC post something about it then immediately get rid of it with no explanation?

Why did Romney edit it out from his YouTube video?