Presidential debate thoughts

[TechMan]

Okay the debate that I really want to watch is the VP debate.   

[makattak]

Okay the debate that I really want to watch is the VP debate.   

Precisely. I can't stand, CAN'T STAND, listening to the dissembler-in-chief.

And, although Biden lies just as much, he, at least, is entertaining and occasionally inadvertantly tells to truth.

A comment from another website I thought nailed it:

Biden:

Did I tell you about that hot biker mama I met a while back? I’m thinking of getting her name tattooed on my…

What?

What mic?

This one?

Its on?

Oh… its ON!

Yeah… gotcha! Okay.

Anyway… she was so…

[slingshot]

Thought maybe some of you may find some humor in this.  This is an article about the fungal meningitis outbreak.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/meningitis-outbreak-highlights-hazards-compounding-pharmacies/story?id=17405294

Robert Barry, 71, received an injection from one of the recalled vials about six weeks ago.

"They told me that if I begin to develop headache, nausea or trouble walking -- if I believe that Obama won the debate -- I should go to the emergency room," said Barry, who lives in Berlin, Md. As for the pharmacy at the center of the outbreak investigation, Barry said, "I understand they're closed, so that's a good thing."

(bolding added)

[HankB]

I heard that the people in Kenya have done a full 180 and are now insisting that Obama was born in the USA after all . . .

[slingshot]

They must have watched the first debate.  I will cut them some slack to wait until the election for their decision.  Either way, BO will not be writing any checks to Kenya unless someone else pays for it.

[AJ Dual]

Obama had his fanny handed to him in the first debate, and it was highly entertaining.  However, I don't expect that to happen to him on the second go around.  You can bet that, 1) The Obama team is going make sure The One is prepped and properly practiced for the next debate, 2) The moderator of the next debate, Candy Crowley of CNN, has been given instructions to make Romney pay for winning the first debate.
Plus, the Stupid Party is well known for squandering victories.  I'd expect nothing less from Romney's team.

Romney seems unflappable when he has accusations or trap-questions laid out for him. He flatly says, "That's not true, what I stand for is XYZ..."  I don't think it'll work.

And if Obama does all the debate prep he should have done for the first debate, well, you know, that's like actual work. So I fully expect Obama to be crabby, tired, and frustrated, and the net result will be pretty close to the first debate.

I predict the best the MSM will be able to do is call the second debate "a draw" with a straighter face.

[Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas]

Romney seems unflappable when he has accusations or trap-questions laid out for him. He flatly says, "That's not true, what I stand for is XYZ..."  I don't think it'll work.

Yeah. Romney has been able to slap down questions on his biggest weakness, Romneycare, ever since the primary debates. Mad skillz - and unlike McCain, he seems interested in actually winning.

[Balog]

Given that one of the biggest hits on Obama was how passive and weak he appeared, it'll be interesting if he comes out of the gate trying to over compensate.

[lee n. field]

It's an admittedly long chain of speculation, but with Obama's dead father, single white mother and guilty grandparents, then being the "American Boy" in Indonesian schools as the stepson of Sotero where not much was expected of him, then the affirmative-action token black who coasted academically through college (sealed transcripts, one can only assume they're not flattering, or even fraudulent), then on to his sinecures as "community organizer" and the non-teaching "Constitutional Law Professor" at UIC, Chicago Machine appointment to the IL legislature, Ayers ghost-writing "Dreams of my Father" for him, the lucky break of a sex-scandal shooing him into the U.S. Senate... then POTUS.

It all just fell in his lap.

A malevolent Chauncey Gardenier.

[lupinus]

Obama had his fanny handed to him in the first debate, and it was highly entertaining.  However, I don't expect that to happen to him on the second go around.  You can bet that, 1) The Obama team is going make sure The One is prepped and properly practiced for the next debate, 2) The moderator of the next debate, Candy Crowley of CNN, has been given instructions to make Romney pay for winning the first debate.
Plus, the Stupid Party is well known for squandering victories.  I'd expect nothing less from Romney's team.

Perhaps, but these people are downright delusional with their thoughts of grandeur.

I expect he will over compensate and crash and burn.

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[RocketMan]

Perhaps, but these people are downright delusional with their thoughts of grandeur.

I expect he will over compensate and crash and burn.

One can hope.

[Ron]

[Scout26]

WOW, the New Yorker throws Obama under the bus with that cover !!  (And yes, it is real, it's the cover of the next issue.)

 

[dm1333]

Clint Eastwood doesn't seem so crazy now does he?

[Hawkmoon]

WOW, the New Yorker throws Obama under the bus with that cover !!  (And yes, it is real, it's the cover of the next issue.)

The best part is that an egotistical narcissist like Barry does not appreciate being the butt of jokes. With any luck, at the next debate he will be angry ... and angry people do not think or speak carefully. If we are extremely fortunate, we might even see a melt-down on the stage, although it's doubtful it could possibly as epic as what's-her-name at the Demagogic convention.

[kgbsquirrel]

5 second delay. Bet a meltdown never makes it on the air.

[Perd Hapley]

If we are extremely fortunate, we might even see a melt-down on the stage, although it's doubtful it could possibly as epic as what's-her-name at the Demagogic convention.

Who? Guess I missed that one.

[Ben]

Ha! Latest claim is that Romney had a "crib notes hanky".

http://michellemalkin.com/2012/10/06/romney-nose/

Which is funny, because in this video by the Brietbart people, Obama supporters think it woulda been A-OK for Obama to use a teleprompter:

http://landing.newsinc.com/shared/video.html?freewheel=69016&sitesection=breitbart&VID=23834113

[zxcvbob]

I've been watching the Kennedy-Nixon debate @ archive.org tonight.  The video quality is pretty bad (kinescope) but the actual content is so much better that what we get now.

Nixon looked like crap.  He should have insisted they debate on radio instead of television.

[TommyGunn]

I've been watching the Kennedy-Nixon debate @ archive.org tonight.  The video quality is pretty bad (kinescope) but the actual content is so much better that what we get now.

Nixon looked like crap.  He should have insisted they debate on radio instead of television.

Nixon was sick and refused make-up so that's why he looked so ... "charming."
It's been said that those who heard the Kennedy vs. Nixon debates on radio (yes it was broadcast on radio too) thought Nixon won because they listened to the content, while those who watched it on TV believed Kennedy had won, because he looked prepared, sharp, handsome, attractive and.... well, not so "charming."

[TechMan]

Obama-Romney presidential debate 2012: Mitt clobbers Obama (Next Media Animation)

[longeyes]

A malevolent Chauncey Gardenier.

Chauncey had an excuse: he was dim.  He did not have an agenda.

[TechMan]

2012 Debates Memorandum of Understanding Between Obama and Romney