Because he's too stupid to think on his feet; he needs the TOTUS and a man behind the curtain.
Posted on 09/30/2012 2:16:54 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Team Obama: Don't expect debate 'zingers' from president
Posted by CNN's Ashley Killough
(CNN) – President Barack Obama's re-election campaign said Sunday the president likely won't be flinging barbs during this week's presidential debate.
"If you're expecting that, that's probably not what he's going to deliver," campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters on Air Force One. "He's speaking directly to the American people, and what they want to hear is what his plan is for moving the country forward."
Psaki was referring to reports that the president's opponent, Mitt Romney, was "working on zingers" and memorizing short attack lines to fire off at the president during Wednesday's debate in Denver, the first presidential showdown this cycle.
Her comments came as the president flew to Nevada, where he holds a rally in Las Vegas Sunday night before staying off the trail and in debate preparation for the final few days leading up to the event in Denver.
Psaki added the president's focus will be more trained on the audience at home than his competitor on stage.
"This will be a very large audience. He wants to speak directly to the families, the people on their couches at home, having snacks, drinking a beer, drinking a soda, whatever it is, and tuning in for the first time. And that's who he's speaking directly to," she said.
Continuing to lower expectations - a game both campaigns have played for well over a week - Psaki added Obama's White House duties have limited his debate preparation, saying it's "difficult to schedule significant blocks of time when you're the president."
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Romney will be debating the media questioners. Obama won’t have to do squat.
http://asspos.blogspot.com/2012/09/debate-obamas-to-lose-is-romney-ready.html
Gawd, it’s sickening how Alinsky he is.
True. He’ll just stand there looking pathetic and hope Romney screws up.
The media better take warning!
They’re trying to set the bar all the way to the floor, so Obama only needs to fall over it.
I breathlessly await his explanation. I'm betting there won't be one -- just a bunch of platitudes and Newspeak gobbledy gook.
To quote one of my British friends, “ Team Obozo can get stuffed”
He’ll have plenty on his plate without the help of a teleprompter to deliver any zingers. I pray he goes off on his usual meaningless, stumbling rants and exposes his ignorance for all to see.
Because he's too stupid to think on his feet; he needs the TOTUS and a man behind the curtain.
I expect to cringe. Considering not watching.
You’ll see. No one can beat a demagogue at a debate. Did I say, you’ll see?
Meaning he has David ‘I got no dog in this hunt’ Letterman coaching him.
He’s simply too stupid to give anything but juvenile racist liberal remarks on the order of “I know you are but what am I?”
The three debates of the 2012 Presidential election will effect the future of the country even greater than the three day Battle of Gettysburg.
Remember, all, John “Global Test” Kerry is the Romney Stand in for the debate prep.
Romney has Portman stand in for Obama
Ryan has Ted Olsen (Bush 41 Solicitor General) stand in for Biden
Anyone know who Biden has stand in for Ryan?
You mean he'll be telling voters what he'll do differently than he's done the past 4 years that has only made things worse?
He'll debate against his own policies?
He was for them before he was against them?
Do voters have to elect him first so they can find out what's in his agenda? When he has "more flexibility"?
TOTUS won’t be there to do the zinging. Although he will probably be wearing an earpiece to be told what to say.
Managing expectations.
Translation, “I’m going to zing the poop out there”.
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