Posted on 09/08/2012 3:03:24 AM PDT by tsowellfan
Finally, the fall season offers the matchup sure to attract the biggest audience of the campaign: President Barack Obama goes one-on-one with Republican rival Mitt Romney in three prime-time debates.
Typically the top political draw in the final sprint to Election Day, the debates assume outsized importance this year with the race a dead heat...
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I might watch, but we already know what the verdict will be from the MSM.
The Great and Powerful Obama wins, debate after debate, and the faithful subservient serfs in the media find a wonderful fruity fragrance in the flatulence emitted from the president’s behind...
The knowledge we have about these two men will be fleshed out a little by the confrontation and the responses ... something that cannot happen without confrontation.
Even if it is a media ice cream party, there is knowledge to glean.
If for no OTHER reason than to be articulate in FR when we debate, argue or whatever.
I WILL listen to the debates.
If there was a program that could count the times we here in FR said "I heard" or "I saw", or asked, "Did you see" or "Did you hear" during the conventions, I think we'd be surprised at what was gleaned by some but not all, and what kind of interest/comment(s) they generated.
It'll be a great reason for eating massive quantities of popcorn.
I will rely on Rush doing the dirty work of having to watch the debates and conveying the important moments.
The Ryan-Biden debate should be interesting since the moderator is supposed to be a foreign policy wonk, a presumed strength of Biteme.
I, still, predict there will be no debate between DumBO and Mitt. Unless, ZerO has the questions in advance and he will. ObOzO will not be allowed to answer any question he is not scripted for. Given my caveats, my advise to Romney is:
1. Give your answer, no matter what is asked.
2. When jOkeass says you will cut police and firefighters, and, he will, you say those are his choices, I will cut the IRS.
I don’t think the debates will change any minds. They’ll be like a sports event with fans rooting for their candidate, or with some of us who don’t like Romney but like Obama even less, we will be rooting for the other guy to lose.
I’m with you - I would rather he skipped the debates as all it does is see how seasoned a person is in their own rhetoric. It is neither a good indicator of a person’s ability to lead nor an easy place to get across policy. All it does is let the MSM have free shots at the GOP candidate.
Mel
Remember, all the ‘moderators’ will be Obama loving libtards.
OK, you’ve convinced me ... I’ll vote for Ron Paul
I won’t be watching, either.
But I will be voting...
LOL - I don’t want you to vote for RP... I was merely pointing out that a Romney/Obama debate will be like a man debating himself: their differences, politically, are minimal. (So, I guess Romney might have an advantage here.)
They’re both socialists and statists, neither one will actually push for government responsibility/accountability much less actually cut government.
Remember, I said .. we hope.
No one knows what tomorrow will bring, and my wife and I REALLY wanted Newt (after we were assured Sarah wasn't running .. )
When it's all said and done, America is in God's hands
I’ll be watching the debates.
Nothing gives me a “thrill up my leg” quite so much as watching Obummer squirm and stammer and lie when he’s forced to speak without a Teleprompter. Faced with difficult questions (and I trust Romney’s people to draw up some real doozies!), hideous mistakes by Obozo are common and I wouldn’t want to miss them!
The Ryan-Biden debate should be a hoot, too.
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