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Busy schedule forces Obama to cancel mock debates (with John Kerry)
Boston Globe ^ | September 27, 2012 | Bryan Bender and Matt Viser

Posted on 09/27/2012 1:11:36 PM PDT by maggief

WASHINGTON -- President Obama has been forced to cancel several debate practice sessions with Senator John F. Kerry, whom he tapped to play stand-in for Republican challenger Mitt Romney, leaving little time for them to spar ahead of next week’s first presidential debate.

The Massachusetts senator has held at least one mock debate with Obama to help him prepare for the first matchup against the former Massachusetts governor to be held Oct. 3 in Denver, but several others were cancelled due to the the president’s busy schedule, said deputy Obama campaign manager Stephanie Cutter.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012debates; johnfkerry; obama2012
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To: maggief

Busy schedule? Fund raising, TV appearances, some campaigning. Who are they trying to kid? Not sure if it is an advantage to do the practice with Kerry or skip it.


21 posted on 09/27/2012 1:18:53 PM PDT by kevinm13 (Tim Geithner is a tax cheat. Manmade "Global Warming" is a HOAX!)
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To: Maceman

Kerry is still prepping for the debates, alongside an empty chair


22 posted on 09/27/2012 1:19:18 PM PDT by over3Owithabrain
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To: drewh

getting ready to cancel the debates ,sorry way tooooo busy working for you ,my people ,a phone in every pot


23 posted on 09/27/2012 1:19:28 PM PDT by molson209
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To: maggief
Not to worry!

Some intrepid journalist will leak Obama the questions (poor guy, he's been too busy to prep) in plenty of time to have the teleprompter ready.

24 posted on 09/27/2012 1:19:54 PM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (All Y'all White Peoples is racist!)
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To: Revolting cat!

1) Disinformation
2) Lowering expectations


25 posted on 09/27/2012 1:20:34 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The American news media, the 'Pravda Press', is fully Soviet-ized.)
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To: over3Owithabrain

“Kerry is still prepping for the debates, alongside an empty chair”

He should be doing it next to a woodpile.


26 posted on 09/27/2012 1:20:43 PM PDT by jessduntno ("Socialism only works...in Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they have it." - RR)
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To: mwl8787
They will say: “He didn’t have enough time to prepare because he was so busy being our president, creating jobs, improving the economy and managing our foreign policy.”

I hope they do. It won't sell as soon as people are reminded he misses intelligence briefings and spends his time on The View and jetting off to Las Vegas.

27 posted on 09/27/2012 1:21:31 PM PDT by mwl8787
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To: Mase

The obvious bravado that exudes from the Obama camp reminds one of the aura of confidence of a drunk about to walk a tightrope fifty feet above the crowd, without a net.

Naturally, The Won does not need the practice....

They cannot possibly cue up the Teleprompter quickly enough to provide smooth and relevant responses to what will be coming at him in the course of the debate.


28 posted on 09/27/2012 1:22:12 PM PDT by alloysteel ("You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity".)
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To: maggief
Yeah, right. Zero is traveling on AF1 non-stop from party to party, and in between, I'm sure he isn't trying to prep.

No way do I believe this story.

It is just more pablum for the sheeple! He is not expecting to win, and can keep any money left for his "pResidential Library" in HI!


29 posted on 09/27/2012 1:22:16 PM PDT by WVKayaker (I'm more than happy to be Obama's "enemy of the week" - Sarah Palin)
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To: maggief

I've been too busy to debate Lurch ... and I don't really need to anyway cause the libtard newser moderators are taking their questions directly from DNC talking points!

30 posted on 09/27/2012 1:22:24 PM PDT by Zakeet (Calling the Obozo/Bernack economy sluggish is an insult to slugs)
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To: Mase
These are not the actions of a candidate who the polls say has this election all wrapped up.

I agree. He's having to skip practice so that he can keep busing around Ohio and Florida.

That being said I would think nothing would screw up your timing like practicing debates with Kerry.


31 posted on 09/27/2012 1:22:40 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: maggief

I’m not worried. He’ll get a script from the moderators and the producer.

Seriously, these “debates” are way too staged and prepared in advance. I say let’s do surprise debate, where we tell them both on Monday that it’s gonna be Wednesday in a school auditorium with a pool camera and everybody’s smart phones. Sort of like the problems real life hands out.


32 posted on 09/27/2012 1:23:01 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: Viennacon
“Obama’s ego is so huge, he doesn’t think he needs prep.”

Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner.

Obama: What can this loser (John Kerry) teach me?

33 posted on 09/27/2012 1:23:22 PM PDT by faucetman ( Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: maggief

His double is preparing so that Barry doesn’t have to do the work.


34 posted on 09/27/2012 1:23:30 PM PDT by COUNTrecount (What Clint Said !!!)
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To: maggief

No matter. BO knows that his presstitutes have already written their articles proclaiming him the winner of all three debates.

After all, they all agreed that Reagan lost, Papa Bush lost, George Bush lost and I’m sure Romney will lose too. It’s a tradition with the Democrat media to see their candidate as the winner, no matter how lame the performance. Fortunately, 60% of the American people now refuse to believe anything these grifters report.


35 posted on 09/27/2012 1:23:45 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: maggief
In a rare instance of mental clarity, Dem handlers decided that out of all the things Obama needed, learning from the master to be a bigger flaming tool isn't one of them.
36 posted on 09/27/2012 1:24:31 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: maggief

Why does he need to practice? He already has the questions, and his staff has prepared answers for him.


37 posted on 09/27/2012 1:24:48 PM PDT by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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To: maggief
The real story.

Obama got one mock debate and had enough. Either his ego wouldn't let him go through that again or he is just to lazy. This stuff about a "busy schedule" is horsehockey.

38 posted on 09/27/2012 1:24:56 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Obamanomics-We don't need your stinking tar sands oil, we'll just grow algae.)
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To: maggief

Who’s kidding who? Obama already has the questions that will be asked and has memorized his cute little digs and quips and one-liners. I could score 100 on any test if I had the questions in advance. The press/media know that’s the only way Obama could win the debate without his teleprompter telling him what to say.


39 posted on 09/27/2012 1:25:09 PM PDT by ImNotLying (Politicians and diapers should be changed often and for the same reason!)
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To: Viennacon

BINGO2!


40 posted on 09/27/2012 1:26:02 PM PDT by X-spurt (It is truly time for ON YOUR FEET or on your knees)
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