Posted on 10/04/2012 5:11:16 AM PDT by jimbo123
The first debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney, so long anticipated, quickly sunk into an unenlightening recitation of tired talking points and mendacity. With few sparks and little clarity on the immense gulf that truly separates the two men and their policies, Wednesdays encounter provided little guidance for voters still trying to understand the choice in next months election.
The Mitt Romney who appeared on the stage at the University of Denver seemed to be fleeing from the one who won the Republican nomination on a hard-right platform of tax cuts, budget slashing and indifference to the suffering of those at the bottom of the economic ladder. And Mr. Obamas competitive edge from 2008 clearly dulled, as he missed repeated opportunities to challenge Mr. Romney on his falsehoods and turnabouts.
Virtually every time Mr. Romney spoke, he misrepresented the platform on which he and Paul Ryan are actually running.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
That doesn’t make any sense.
NYT and liberals...What’s this “reality” thing?
“The first debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney, so long anticipated, quickly sunk into an unenlightening recitation of tired talking points and mendacity. With few sparks and little clarity on the immense gulf that truly separates the two men and their policies, Wednesdays encounter provided little guidance for voters still trying to understand the choice in next months election.”
Translation:
Obama lost....AND YOU ARE ALL F*CKING CONFUSED BY THAT CONCLUSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
twerple.
Obama wasn't there.
Romney debated an empty chair.
The comments post-article are priceless. Rolling in the schadenfreude this morning.
That’s how liberals think, if they didn’t win nobody won.
“President Plans Air Strikes on Targets in Massachusetts, California...”
The debate in a nutshell:
Chairman Obama: It’s simple math...arithmetic..
Mitt Romney: Limit(n -> Infinity, Sigma(i = 1 to n, i^2 / n))
Chairman Obama: Umm...yeah...what he said.
What else could we expect from these enemies of America?
50 shades of gay.
When even James Carville, Michael Moore, and Van Jones state that Obama lost big last night, this hilarious editorial from the NYSlimes is truly clueless.
Thanks for steering me over there. After reading a few I think the word “unhinged” might fit best.
The mental capacity of the Old Gray Whore is alshermeric. The paper has reached the point of total senility.
This piece is balderdacious drivel written solely to have words to take up the space on the page.
He was heading for the exits before the second act!
Romney was a bot more polite than I would have been, but he definitely won the debate.
Obama had a looks on his face that said—Damn, he caught me in another lie.
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