Posted on 10/06/2012 4:56:47 AM PDT by rickmichaels
Oh Lord, Oh Lord!
What a sheer bloody joy it was to see Barack Obama, peace be upon him, exposed as the mediocre, media-inflated, self-important regional politician he so obviously is.
The emperor was revealed as having no clothes at all, as being totally naked. In spite of the massive amounts of media spin and Hollywood slander, in spite of the pompous, smug, verbose and tendentious moderator, in spite of Obama’s blatant dishonesty, Mitt Romney looked the adult to the president’s child. A mature and responsible adult at that, to a petulant and angry child.
Perhaps the most startling moment of the debate was when Romney told Obama: “Listen, I’ve been in business for 25 years. I have no idea what you’re talking about. I maybe need to get a new accountant. The idea that you get a break for taking jobs overseas is simply not the case.”
Obama was suddenly the community organizer playing with the big boys. He lowered his head, looked scared and tired, was clearly in enormous trouble.
Beyond Romney’s electoral gains after the debate, remember foreign policy is still to come, and that should leave the president drowning in a sea of accusations.
Why did he joke and laugh with donors hours after a U.S. ambassador had been murdered?
Why did he tell us a movie had caused that murder when he knew it was a planned terror attack?
Why has he insisted on apologizing to an Islamic world that sees compromise as weakness?
Why has he not supported foreign liberation movements in Iran that look to Washington for help, but aided revolutionaries in the Middle East who despise the United States? Does he realize that his policies have increased the chances of war between Iran and Israel? Does he know that Russia feels more enabled under him than it did under President Bush? Why do allies in Europe and Asia feel betrayed?
There are only so many ways and so many times you can tell people, “Yes we can,” when four years have shown, beyond doubt, that no, you can’t.
Whatever Bill Clinton’s moral failures, he was a well-travelled and informed politician when he came to the White House, and can boast some remarkable achievements in domestic and foreign policy while inside it. In comparison, Obama is a flickering shadow.
This may have been the worst defeat of an incumbent in the history of presidential debates. Challengers have been ripped apart in the past — nobody got the better of Ronald Reagan — but never has a sitting president done so badly. You know you’re in trouble when even your buddies in media and entertainment can’t joke and lie you out of defeat.
I almost forgot. A former substitute drama teacher announced he wanted to lead the Liberal party and become prime minister, because he loves his country and everybody else has got politics wrong. The theatrics of the banal; or, to put it another way, a downmarket Obama, but with even less gravitas and the speaking skills of an annoying 15-year-old agitator.
Mind you, my 14-year-old daughter’s school is putting on Romeo and Juliet and they do need an assistant stage manager.
Only part-time though.
When Romney wins in a landslide, we will be facing 16 years of uninterrupted conservative Presidencies (if we keep Romney in line) — 8 with Romney and 8 more with Ryan. We will have 9 conservatives on the Supreme Court! We will have conservative appellate courts around the nation. Obamacare will be gone. Roe v. Wade will be overturned. America will have another chance to survive.
The empty suit is naked!
It's not that deep. Politicians always shade the truth, always try to make their case better than it is. So do lawyers and salesmen. It's part of the job, not part of any pathology.
Someone who is pathological may do well at it, but there's no sense in calling a skilled politician pathological simply because he or she is on the other side -- or not sufficiently on your own side in your opinion.
I would just as soon drop the whole "pathological liar" thing for the duration. It's come to mean nothing more than "this is somebody I don't agree with who is persuasive."
Actually, the guy doing the punching looks more like Brit Hume than like Romney.
“The only hope for the Rats is to get the other debates canceled.”
Yeah, maybe Obama will call in high and say he can’t make it but will bring in a note from Valerie Jarret the next day.
“The empty suit is naked!”
And found to have a tiny wiener.
How about being the first world leader to order a bombing mission on Belgrade since Adolf Hitler?
“mediocre... self-important regional politician”
lol; never heard Barry described so, but it fits perfectly!
By the time election day arrives, the Kenyan will be so small that Michelle will be carrying him around in a purse, like a miniature poodle.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81467.html
Romney’s next debate is “town hall” style:
“The town meeting participants will be undecided voters selected by the Gallup Organization.”
So don’t be surprised if the audience is packed with Obama supporters. Romney probably has an uphill fight on this one - again the audience, and the moderator, and Obama.
It is going to be interesting to see how the Biden/Ryan debate goes.
Bill Clinton does need to thank Obama for what Obama has done for him.
Thanks to Obama, Clinton would seem to be a world class statesman and foreign policy guru.
Clinton would also be at home as a part of the new ‘Three Musketeers’ team. Beavis, Butthead and Bubba.
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