Posted on 10/18/2012 2:01:07 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
On his Wednesday radio program, conservative talker Mark Levin suggested he didn’t care much for the presidential debate analysis of either The Washington Post’s George Will or the Fox News Channel’s Charles Krauthammer.
Levin, author of “Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America,” first took on Will, who called Tuesday’s town hall debate “immeasurably the best in American history” on ABC’s post-debate coverage.
“Why? How can this be said to be “immeasurably the best?” Levin asked. “I don’t think more lies have been told in 90 minutes in history of debates. Why? The constant interrupting by the moderator? You know what it is? It’s all about the superficial. They wanted to see a fight. They got a fight. Well, good for them. I like to see fights, too.”
Levin said his preferred type of fighting was UFC mixed marital arts, but said that type of fight adds nothing to the political discourse.
“What did we gain from this debate?” Levin said. “Did we learn something we didn’t know before? Was there some game changer, and I don’t mean game changer in terms of a game, but did Obama surrender his ideology? Did he say he was going to reverse course? No, remember, this election is between Obama and us. So he didn’t score any points with me. Did he with you? This is absolutely preposterous.”
The conservative talker said Will was trapped in a Beltway mindset.
“You’re caught in a mindset, you can’t get out of it,” Levin said. “Look what’s going on all over the country. Do you think people are persuaded by ‘debating points?’”
Levin went on to call all this “crap,” warned the country is “at the precipice … staring over the edge into the darkness,” and even blasted Krauthammer’s post-debate comments on the Fox News Channel that Obama had won the debate “on points.”
“This election is not about Mitt Romney, as much as I strongly, strongly support him in this election,” Levin said. “This election is about you. It’s about your children. It’s about the Constitution. It’s about your unalienable rights. We take this election personally. That’s what Charles [Krauthammer] doesn’t get. That’s what George [Will] doesn’t get. I’m not saying this to attack them or be critical of them. I’m saying open your eyes and look. It’s not the Nixon-Kennedy debates. Everything’s on the line, right now
What is he talking about? You can’t even call what Romney and Obama did a debate.
Two or three minutes on a subject with your opponent and the moderator constantly interrupting you is in no way a debate.
Lincoln and Douglas had debates.
He’s right
As I said elsewhere on FR, this is the 1860 election all over again, without the fine oratory.
BRAVO, Mark Levin. In any troubled time, only a few see what is happening and you are one of that small number. Keep hammering and out here, some of us who are also small in number, will continue to keep on praying for America.
Hey Mark...HOW did Obama KNOW that Crowley had the Rose Garden transcript at her fingers??? Because they gave it to her....CHEATERS!!
As I've always felt, and Mark enunciated so well yesterday, how do you debate a liar? Anytime you get a debater lying about his/her facts it stops becoming a legitimate debate.
Crowley was an embarrassment as moderator.
Obama was outclassed, hence the the lies. Romney checkmated him on more than occasion. Points? Well they did not go the empty suits way.
The outcome doesn’t much matter to Will and Krauthammer, it’s all a game to them.
Sometimes “winning” a debate means outBSing the other guy.
There is only one person talking honestly about his political philosophy...Mitt Romney. Obama refuses to tell the public about his political philosophy..because he knows it, the Marxist politics of envy, is a huge loser with the public. That’s why there can be no legitimate honest debate. If only one candidate, Romney, is willing to square with the public, it’s always a false debate.
People have begun to see what a phony he is - the man (w/ his media) who will LIE to their faces so he can steal their liberty.
The only question was if Will and Kraut had their remarks rehearsed before or after the debate. They are insiders who love the admiration of the echo chamber. What points did Kraut think he won on?
Pray for America
Crowley was an operative. What we witnessed was collusion and possibly criminal: the Benghazi gotcha, the interruptions on cue (every time Obama said “Candy”); selected questions; the staged theatrics.
Axelrod and Crowley did not embarrass their supporters. The MSM are ecstatic.
Crowley was an operative. What we witnessed was collusion and possibly criminal: the Benghazi gotcha, the interruptions on cue (every time Obama said “Candy”); selected questions; the staged theatrics.
Axelrod and Crowley did not embarrass their supporters. The MSM are ecstatic.
It was more like an episode of “Crossfire” or “Hardball” than a debate.
The "Great One" gets it!
Krauthammer believes that the 2nd amendment should be erased and Will isn't much better.
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