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Presidential debate 2012: Obama snoozes and loses
Politico ^ | Oct. 4, 2012 | Roger Simon

Posted on 10/03/2012 10:34:35 PM PDT by Second Amendment First

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To: vpintheak

Yeah, this guy sounded a bit too p*ssed off and should have left this garbage for his personal twitter feed.


21 posted on 10/03/2012 10:55:39 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Second Amendment First

I just watched Special Report that I DVRed before the debate. At the end, Jonah Goldberg said, paraphrased, “Sometimes President Obama has to be reminded by his own aids he’s not that great of a speaker.” That was kind of prophetic. O walked over to Romney like he had won the debate. Not even close. Obama’s narcissism combined now with a dismal Presidential record will be his undoing.


22 posted on 10/03/2012 10:58:13 PM PDT by MacMattico
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To: Second Amendment First

It’s REALLY bad when Obama loses Roger Simon of Politico - the one who did that awful, supposed satirical hit piece on Paul Ryan last week.

What an absolute stinker of a debate for Obama!!


23 posted on 10/03/2012 10:59:34 PM PDT by plushaye (Election 2012 Prayer Force)
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To: VanDeKoik

Obama talked down to people. Romney talked to them. There’s a world of difference right there.

People don’t like the smartest guy in the room. They appreciate an intelligent person but not one who thinks he knows better what’s going on than any one alive.

I think Obama is running to be President Of The Nerds. Which is an insult quite frankly speaking - to nerds like me.


24 posted on 10/03/2012 10:59:51 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Second Amendment First

Meanwhile...
The DailyKos/MediaMatters/Mainstream Media spin is:

A Complete Disaster for Romney

“Romney spewed more lies tonight than any of us could possibly list, but the journalists will be poring over them for the next week, and matching them up with Romney’s previous statements. Obama hung back and let Mitt hang himself. Mitt abandoned his platform, his campaign, his party tonight.”

The real question is which narrative will win in the next several days.

The MediaMatters.Soros spin??

Or what the sheeple saw with their own lying eyes?


25 posted on 10/03/2012 11:04:51 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Election 2012: THE RAPTURE OF THE DEMOCRATS)
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To: Stand Watch Listen

obama has led a sheltered existence, with selective interviews, mainstream softballs and fluff. He’s so used to the affirmative action job he can’t adjust to real work. Maybe it was a party with the old shroom gang.


26 posted on 10/03/2012 11:05:00 PM PDT by Second Amendment First ("Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..." - Thomas Jefferson.)
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To: Second Amendment First

Obama’s problem was not being tired, it was being forced to defend his record with somebody who was systematically exposing every lie he told. Looking tired was just a side effect.


27 posted on 10/03/2012 11:08:05 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: Second Amendment First
Maybe Jen Psaki, his traveling press secretary, was preparing us when she said on Air Force One Sunday that Obama “has had less time to prepare than we anticipated. That’s just a fact. It’s difficult to schedule significant blocks of time when you’re the president.”

LOL! I'm thinking the side trip to Hoover Dam and the fundraisers may tend to suck time away from memorizing facts. I mean "debate prep".

28 posted on 10/03/2012 11:09:05 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Congrats to Ted Kennedy! He's been sober for two years now!!)
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To: Second Amendment First

Romney demonstrated a lot more depth than Obama. It appears that he was in up to his elbows in healthcare while he was MA governor. He knew details. And he understands finance. Obama spoke in vague generalities, like he hasn’t been involved in healthcare or the economy. He came off as a lightweight.

Ryan versus Biden should be even more of a mismatch.


29 posted on 10/03/2012 11:10:25 PM PDT by haroldeveryman
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To: Second Amendment First
It seems like the Obama people had a focus group session and came up with how they would spin all this after the debate. I repeatedly heard "Romney doubled-down", "Romney backed away from...", etc. from the Dem spokes-people.

They obviously decided to attack Romney, saying he "doubled-down" when he repeated what he has said before, and he "backed away" from things he previously said when it sounded like he changed something.

Attack, attack, attack. Confuse, muddle, obfuscate. Typical Dem strategy. The only confused one on the stage was Obama!

30 posted on 10/03/2012 11:11:55 PM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

Smart ass.

;D


31 posted on 10/03/2012 11:15:01 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a mad man's face, his reason tends to fly away.)
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To: VeniVidiVici

But he did give up that time scheduled for the daily National Security Briefings.


32 posted on 10/03/2012 11:15:33 PM PDT by Second Amendment First ("Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..." - Thomas Jefferson.)
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To: Salamander

Hehe :-)


33 posted on 10/03/2012 11:18:07 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
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To: Second Amendment First
all the caffeine in the world isn't going to help an affirmative action community organizer when he is squaring off with a legitimate big time CEO
34 posted on 10/03/2012 11:18:58 PM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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Maybe Jen Psaki, his traveling press secretary, was preparing us when she said on Air Force One Sunday that Obama “has had less time to prepare than we anticipated. That’s just a fact. It’s difficult to schedule significant blocks of time when you’re the president.”

What's to prepare? He is the POTUS isn't he? Isn't he doing the job already? Or at least supposed to be doing the job?

35 posted on 10/03/2012 11:22:47 PM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

I LOL’ed.

;]


36 posted on 10/03/2012 11:23:20 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a mad man's face, his reason tends to fly away.)
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To: plushaye

Rumor has it that Biden will now be referring to his boss as “Stench”.


37 posted on 10/04/2012 12:11:45 AM PDT by Sterm26 (Philadelphia Phillies -2008 World Series Champs and going for a repeat!)
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To: Salamander

Just having fun back.

Zero really got his clock cleaned didnt he


38 posted on 10/04/2012 12:12:03 AM PDT by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
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To: plushaye

Rumor has it that Biden will now be referring to his boss as “Stench”.


39 posted on 10/04/2012 12:12:43 AM PDT by Sterm26
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

Actually the perfectly reasonable explanation of saving money on Obamacare at a clinic showed he doesn’t need a teleprompter, unless it is needed to cut his answers into noninformative sound bites.


40 posted on 10/04/2012 12:15:02 AM PDT by gleeaikin
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