Posted on 10/06/2012 11:34:26 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Watching the debate reminded me of a child set out on his own after being raised by parents who failed to teach him responsibility and accountability and let the child think that he was above being corrected or disciplined. This was the time that Chris Matthews could not jump in and tell the people what Obama meant to say." Indeed, Obama has been brought up by an adoring and overindulgent liberal media who have coddled him for the last eight years on everything from his appearance to Jeremiah Wright, Tony Rezko, and his caught-on-a-live-microphone secret handshake with Russian President Medvedev, where he promised that he will have "more flexibility after the election" to work with the Russians on missile defense. Additionally, we have the age-old public displays of media affection, including Dave Brooks' awe over the crease in Obama's pants and the "thrill up" Chris Matthews' leg. With a sycophantic media like this, who needs accountability?
Until Univision took Obama to task over his promise on immigration, Americans had rarely seen President Obama being held accountable by the media to match his word with his record. An unsteady, flustered, and out-of-gas Obama was bewildered as to how Univision's Jorge Ramos could have missed the "how to conduct an interview with President Obama" memo.
Wednesday's presidential debate revealed the same tight-lipped, flustered president -- unprepared for Jim Lehrer's reluctance to intervene and stop Romney from daring to question and attack his record.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
She is. And the article is worth reading twice. She nails it.
They usually have.
The expression on Lehrer’s face - at times - was full of fear.
He didn’t want to look like he had to save Obama - but Obama clearly needed rescuing.
It was like Lehrer was on a sinking ship and didn’t want people to notice he was bailing out water.
Personally - I haven’t had that much fun since the Wisconsin recall election.
As a form of argument, debate is supposed to be a productive thing. One party takes one side of an issue (that cannot be proven definitively, e.g. 2+2=4) and another party takes the other side.
Aristotle believed that rationality is our final cause and that our highest aim is to fulfill our rationality. The party realizing truth, or saved from error—even if he took the side shown to be wrong—was described by Aristotle as having won the argument because where he was in error, thanks to the argument he was led to truth.
Obama did a great disservice to the country by either being unprepared—lazy, disinterested? drugged?—or unqualified—baffled? offended at being challenged?—or both, to argue his part on the issues served up to him like slow pitch softballs. As I see it, we all lost but he lost in both senses of the word.
As someone on this thread wrote, Obama still believes that the answer to all problems is more government, while Romney argued specifically that if we have to pay China in order to watch Big Bird and Michelle Obama advise us to eat our vegetables, then Americans can learn to live without either of them. At least that’s the enthymeme Mitt left with us, while Obama left his wife and Big Bird hanging. Why should we keep funding PBS with public money?
...........crickets..............
Unfortunately I believe the next debate is going to be more of the same. Obama surpassed his level of competence about three offices ago.
I was thinking Newt and/or Chris Christie. Last week when Christie was so adamant that Mitt would be great at the debate, I was thinking that he had to know something about how this would play out. He knew, and may have been coaching.
I don’t expect Biden to collapse like Bozo, and I don’t expect Ryan to dominate as fully as Mittens did, but all Ryan has to do is seem competent. The only way the rats recover from that first debate is for Ryan or Mittens to screw up big time, and that isn’t going to happen. Millions of voters were looking for an alternative to Bobo and they now have one.
I wonder if the questions will be liberal attacks, and I wonder if the moderators will over-compensate and attempt to hog tie the pubs?
“you can’t polish a turd”
In Alaska, they actually polish moose turds for tourist souvenirs. Earrings. Swizzle sticks. A lot of weird stuff.
Romney’s been dealing with tough business leaders for many years. Because the liberals marginalize these types, and therefore have no awareness of them, the media sillies are thus ignorant of Romney’s ability to cheerfully and aptly talk over jerks who try to take over the presentation.
They have no idea what they’re up against.
Corporate types are quiet humble and busy, if they are successful. Numbers don’t lie (not to be confused with statistics). Oh, and except if they are The Donald, God bless him.
So true. Also Mitt doesn’t need “ crowd adoration” to charge him up.
He is a man of conviction, with a sense of humility.
Look at what he’s done for others for proof. O can’t even help out his brother
who lives in a hut, and he’s deemed to be more likable and caring.
BS
You have to remember that Biden is a brain-damaged blowhard. He may do fine, or he may say something completely off the wall.
When I say "brain-damaged" I'm referring to the fact that he had deep cereberal surgery to repair an aneurism. He sure acts like someone who has some impairment--maybe frontal lobe--that affects impulse control. A surgeon I know said that the full recovery rate for people who have had subarachnoid events is under 2%, and he didn't think Biden was in that 2% group.
The media is a sewer of perverts that are attention whores having the ability to influence emotions. Obama is a pervert that requires attention.
well stated.
They want you to accept the abnormal as being normal, and for you to think
there is something wrong with you because you don’t see it that way.
Case in Point: A TV show called “ The New Normal”
Looks like Lehrer may have been the pick of the litter ...
Yep, the rot in this nation is wide and deep. Those who see the rot, have little choice but to watch as if life is a Hollywood horror show.
Zing! good one
Any media ‘Rat who would try to convince us that Mooshelle was the reincarnation of Jackie Kennedy is dangerously psychotic. Let us hope they all flee the country when Obama loses.
I don’t think Obama will go the personal attack route. Turnabout being fair play and all . . .
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Lehrer was the "your on your own" moderator. No wonder the libtards were critical of his performance.
Man you better get your eyeglass prescription checked. That young lady is what us old farts call “DROP DEAD GORGEOUS”.
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