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Sam Donaldson: 'If Obama Comes to the Next Two Debates With the Same Demeanor He's Losing'
NewsBusters.org ^ | October 7, 2012 | Noel Sheppard

Posted on 10/07/2012 5:40:27 PM PDT by Kaslin

Sam Donaldson had some harsh words this weekend for President Obama's performance at Wednesday's debate.

Appearing on the syndicated Chris Matthews Show, the former ABC White House correspondent said, "If he comes to the next two debates with the same demeanor, with the same passive resistance, he’s losing" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Sam Donaldson: 'If Obama Comes to the Next Two Debates With the Same Demeanor He's Losing'

CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Sam, huge impact of that debate Wednesday night?

SAM DONALDSON: Big. Think John Kennedy in 1960, think Ronald Reagan in 1980. It's possibly that big because the president seemed to be on a glide path toward re-election, and all of a sudden here comes the raging bull, Mitt Romney, out of the dock, and the toreador runs for the safety exits instead of counterpunching, instead of getting him hard. What happened to Barack Obama? I'm not certain. I don't know. But I know this: if he comes to the next two debates with the same demeanor, with the same passive resistance, he’s losing.

MATTHEWS: Wow!

Wow indeed.



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1 posted on 10/07/2012 5:40:31 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

He’s losing no matter what, Sam.


2 posted on 10/07/2012 5:41:56 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Kaslin
Two genius minds at work.
3 posted on 10/07/2012 5:44:20 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Kaslin

Sam’s still alive?


4 posted on 10/07/2012 5:45:49 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: ladyjane

He may be alive but not the hair.


5 posted on 10/07/2012 5:47:23 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: ozzymandus

Exactly!


6 posted on 10/07/2012 5:47:55 PM PDT by jwalsh07 (d)
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To: ladyjane

Barely.


7 posted on 10/07/2012 5:48:28 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Kaslin

No problem. He can just lose the demeanor.

What demeanor should he replace it with? Or maybe he can beat Romney with no demeanor.

“I’m demeanor, Romney’s demeanist.”


8 posted on 10/07/2012 5:49:17 PM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: Kaslin

“raging bull, Mitt Romney”

Really Sam, really??


9 posted on 10/07/2012 5:49:17 PM PDT by berdie
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To: Kaslin

I have had a theory about Obama for a couple of months now. Wait... gotta straighten out that tinfoil hat.
Anyway, my theory seemed even more plausible (to me) after the first debate.

I think that it is possible that OB does not want to win. I’m not going to explain it right now, but let’s just watch and see if maybe I’m right.


10 posted on 10/07/2012 5:50:20 PM PDT by EggsAckley ("There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply!")
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11 posted on 10/07/2012 5:52:40 PM PDT by RedMDer (https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93destr)
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To: Kaslin

Really Sam? Wow, you’re really willing to lay it out there aren’t you...


12 posted on 10/07/2012 5:54:57 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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13 posted on 10/07/2012 5:55:24 PM PDT by Brandonmark (2012: Our Hope IS Change!)
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To: Kaslin

Bambi’s demeanor may change but it won’t change the result of the debate.

Obama asking for another 4 years is like me, a businessman, trying to renew a 4 year contract with a customer who has been badly burned by an agreement with my company. He never recouped any of his investment and in fact lost a ton of $$ trying to successfully execute the contract. So I say..... “Ah, well, uh, you’ve lost, uh, a lot of $$ during the initial term of the,uh contract, but, but, I swear if you renew for another, uh, four years say, you’ll make all that back and more! Why? Because I, uh, said so.”

Yeah right. Debate over.


14 posted on 10/07/2012 5:55:33 PM PDT by RacerX1128 (Cornered in CA)
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To: EggsAckley
I think that it is possible that OB does not want to win. I’m not going to explain it right now, but let’s just watch and see if maybe I’m right.

I have had the same gut feeling, but unlike you, don't have a reason for it.

15 posted on 10/07/2012 5:56:28 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (My greatest fear is that when I'm gone my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them)
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To: Kaslin

The posture of these two is interesting to me. He (Michelle) appears to be seething, and she (Barry) appears to be in auto-babble mode.

I recall when watching the debate that I could hardly follow Barry's line of thought, he was not cohesive at all.

16 posted on 10/07/2012 5:56:40 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: Kaslin

Raging Bull - Romney

Rowdy Rowdy Piper - Bob Dole

The Undertaker - Gerald Ford

WHAT PLANET ARE THEY LIVING ON......??


17 posted on 10/07/2012 5:56:45 PM PDT by gaijin (Er)
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To: Kaslin

Isn’t the second ‘99 debate between GW and AlGore the one where AlGore tried being more “forceful” by walking right up to Bush at the beginning handshake and getting in his face? I remember how phony it looked. I also remember GW’s somewhat amused reaction to it.

Maybe Obama will try some similar phony tactic.


18 posted on 10/07/2012 5:57:30 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm not voting for Obama, so therefore I must be helping Romney!)
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To: berdie

Mitt....the Vanilla Thrilla!


19 posted on 10/07/2012 6:00:01 PM PDT by COUNTrecount (What Clint Said !!!)
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To: EggsAckley
I was thinking that also. They will get a free house in Hawaii, keep all the money he has made campaigning and then he and Michelle can seperate like Bill and Hill did. Michelle will travel and Odingo will play golf all day and live a long life with no heath problems.
20 posted on 10/07/2012 6:00:37 PM PDT by angcat (ROMNEY/RYAN 2012 & NY YANKEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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