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Dems Scramble to Explain Obama Debate Defeat
Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 5 Oct 2012 | John Semmens

Posted on 10/05/2012 11:25:23 PM PDT by John Semmens

Going into this week's first presidential debate Democrats were confident that the most brilliant man to ever hold the office would easily trounce his challenger. However, 67% of voters who saw the debate judged Romney to have won. Only 25% saw Obama as the winner.

Obama campaign strategist, David Axelrod blamed debate moderator Jim Lehrer for allowing Romney “too much leeway. Time after time the President was left to fend for himself against repeated attacks on his policies. Lehrer failed to come to the President's aid despite numerous opportunities to do so.”

Axelrod expressed the hope that “our other friends in the media will put forth a greater effort outside the context of the stilted debate format to do the job we expect them to do. Our message that Governor Romney is a greedy, lying, cheating bastard that has been working so well in our ads needs the supporting confirmation of these widely respected arbiters of truth.”

Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Chair Democratic National Committee, concurred with Axelrod's take, saying that “review of the debate transcript clearly shows an inappropriate handling of the event by the moderator. First, the actual amount of time each was allowed to speak was unacceptably allocated. Romney got almost as much time as the President did even though the President is a much more important figure in our government than a former one-term governor of a single state.”

“Second, Romney was allowed to repeatedly contradict the President,” she observed. “This disrespect went unchallenged by the moderator. Even worse, Lehrer's interruption of the President's closing statement on the pretext that he exceeded the allotted time limit was a shamefully arrogant affront to our nation's ruler.”

Stephanie Cutter, deputy campaign manager for Obama complained that “the whole debate thing unfairly exploits the President's weaknesses. The President has said numerous times that prepping for these kinds of events is boring. Having to bone up of the issues and confront a disagreeable adversary is just not his thing.”

Cutter maintained that debates aren't a good measure of a person's abilities to perform in office. “Look, a president doesn't need to be able to think on his feet. He can hire advisers to handle the technical details and speechwriters to craft the words he uses to communicate with the American people,” she pointed out. “An inability to rebut an argument against his policies in a public forum is not a crucial skill.”

MSNBC's Chris Matthews faulted Lehrer for “not being aggressive enough. There were opportunities for him to intervene on behalf of the President that he missed.” Matthews speculated that “Lehrer may have put too much emphasis on maintaining the appearance of neutrality,” and wondered whether “a man of his advanced age should be entrusted with such a weighty task in the future when abler men like myself are available.”

if you missed any of this week's other semi-news posts you can find them at...

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/120160-2012-10-05-semi-news-a-satire-of-recent-news-october-7-2012.htm


TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: 2012debates; debate; napl; obama; romney; satire
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To: John Semmens
The amount of viewers for their next debate should break records.

The first was like a car wreck.

The rubberneckers will be back doing drive-bys, but this time with friends and neighbors. They'll want to see if obama crashed the car intentionally first time around.
Me too :)

Thanks for the ping.
21 posted on 10/06/2012 4:22:56 AM PDT by novemberslady
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To: John Semmens

Cutter maintained that debates aren’t a good measure of a person’s abilities to perform in office. “Look, a president doesn’t need to be able to think on his feet. He can hire advisers to handle the technical details and speechwriters to craft the words he uses to communicate with the American people,” she pointed out. “An inability to rebut an argument against his policies in a public forum is not a crucial skill.

And yet if Romney would have floundered the left would have argued the complete opposite.


22 posted on 10/06/2012 5:01:03 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: John Semmens
John - this line made it for me - I had to double-check that you wrote a 'satire": “Second, Romney was allowed to repeatedly contradict the President,” she observed. “This disrespect went unchallenged by the moderator. Even worse, Lehrer's interruption of the President's closing statement on the pretext that he exceeded the allotted time limit was a shamefully arrogant affront to our nation's ruler.”
23 posted on 10/06/2012 5:08:22 AM PDT by trebb ("If a man will not work, he should not eat" From 2 Thes 3)
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To: rodeo-mamma

It’s really funny that Barry mentioned it was their anniversary - since it’s not till the 18th of October


24 posted on 10/06/2012 5:32:50 AM PDT by svcw (Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
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To: rodeo-mamma
I notice that Obama uses Michelle as cover...

Literally.


25 posted on 10/06/2012 6:02:42 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: novemberslady

That was a good analogy. I can’t wait either ;-)


26 posted on 10/06/2012 6:31:30 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: John Semmens
David Axelrod blamed debate moderator Jim Lehrer for allowing Romney “too much leeway.

They probably are really thinking that way.

Great post!

27 posted on 10/06/2012 7:19:52 AM PDT by Focault's Pendulum (Obama A man without an American mission.)
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To: John Semmens


28 posted on 10/06/2012 8:14:00 AM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: John Semmens

It’s because debates are “racist.”/sarc


29 posted on 10/06/2012 9:13:36 AM PDT by ReformationFan
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To: John Semmens; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Just because it's satire, that doesn't mean it's not true.


30 posted on 10/06/2012 10:16:31 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: John Semmens; All
*snickering*
welll...so much for satire.
*GRINNING BROADLY*
the mask is off / good stuff! :-D

31 posted on 10/06/2012 10:24:14 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (WA DC E$tabli$hment; DNC/RNC/Unionists...Brazilian saying: "$@me Old $hit; w/ different flie$" :^)
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To: FlingWingFlyer; John Semmens; All
I think Romney got inside Barry’s head when Romney didn’t
faint during the handshake at the beginning of the debate.
you may have something there; OBozo isn't used to real..
questions (or giving real answers) throughout his life;
...*Establishment Party* Juan McPain was far too easy a foe
(read cupcake / he was expected to fall like a house of cards :)
the Romney / Ryan problem, IS staying hungry / active...
don't wither away / accept no substitute for victory..OBozo isn't.

32 posted on 10/06/2012 10:48:26 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (WA DC E$tabli$hment; DNC/RNC/Unionists...Brazilian saying: "$@me Old $hit; w/ different flie$" :^)
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To: John Semmens

What about the altitude. That must have been it. Hee Hee.

cheers


33 posted on 10/06/2012 11:45:13 AM PDT by TheConservativeParty (Psalm 37:3 "Trust in The Lord.")
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To: DuncanWaring

Another photo that captures Obama’s essence.


34 posted on 10/06/2012 12:03:11 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: John Semmens

All Jim Lehrer’s fault!

Thanks again, John, for the ping.


35 posted on 10/06/2012 12:41:13 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: John Semmens

I believe President elect Romney will do two full terms as POTUS.

Obama will run off to Kenya do do “humanitarian work”.

The wookie will mostly take off for Hawaii by herself. Yes they will separate, Obama won’t need his cover wife anymore.


36 posted on 10/06/2012 12:44:55 PM PDT by Eye of Unk (OPSEC)
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To: I Drive Too Fast

Can’t get much more vulgar than that statement unless it is extended to the ‘Chicago Boys Club’.


37 posted on 10/06/2012 12:51:38 PM PDT by noinfringers2
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To: sickoflibs; RochesterNYconservative; stephenjohnbanker; DoughtyOne; Gilbo_3; NFHale; AuntB
Warning: satire!

Stephanie Cutter, deputy campaign manager for Obama complained that “the whole debate thing unfairly exploits the President's weaknesses. The President has said numerous times that prepping for these kinds of events is boring. Having to bone up of the issues and confront a disagreeable adversary is just not his thing.”

Cutter maintained that debates aren't a good measure of a person's abilities to perform in office. “Look, a president doesn't need to be able to think on his feet. He can hire advisers to handle the technical details and speechwriters to craft the words he uses to communicate with the American people,” she pointed out. “An inability to rebut an argument against his policies in a public forum is not a crucial skill.”

38 posted on 10/06/2012 1:55:13 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Fool me once, shame on you -- twice, shame on me -- 100 times, it's U. S. immigration policy.)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; RochesterNYconservative; stephenjohnbanker; DoughtyOne; Gilbo_3; ...
RE :”Warning: satire! Stephanie Cutter, deputy campaign manager for Obama complained that ......“

I think I can do satire too. It would sound more like:
Stephanie Cutter, deputy campaign manager for Obama was asked today at a press conference about the president's poor performance debating Romney last night. She responded that the president was not prepared to respond to such bald faced lies. Continuing she said that the president was in shock over Romney's brazenness and could not think of an appropriate way to respond that would maintain the dignity of the office he holds.
She finished by saying that the moderator was sleeping on the job and he refused to interrupt candidate Romney and question him when his lies were beyond decency, and so the president has decided to let Smokin Joe Biden take his place in the remaining debates.”

39 posted on 10/06/2012 7:10:48 PM PDT by sickoflibs (Romney is still a liberal. Just watch him. (Obama-ney Care ))
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To: John Semmens
“Second, Romney was allowed to repeatedly contradict the President,” she observed. “This disrespect went unchallenged by the moderator. Even worse, Lehrer's interruption of the President's closing statement on the pretext that he exceeded the allotted time limit was a shamefully arrogant affront to our nation's ruler.

Lese majesty.

40 posted on 10/06/2012 7:30:53 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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