Posted on 10/15/2012 6:47:49 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Did Paul Ryan prepare for Biden’s bluster?
You bet, his aides say, and they credit Ted Olson, a former United States solicitor general, for coaching the Republican veep candidate.
For weeks, the 72-year-old Olson played Biden during mock debates. During intense 90-minute sessions, Olson mimicked every mannerism of the vice president, from his hand gestures to his sneer.
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I reacted like most men who have sat in a tavern with an obnoxious drunk, I ignored him.
I never even thought that women would react totally different.
The contemptuous loudmouth attacking Ryan brought out the motherly instinct in many of them.
If Ryan meant to play it that way, it was brilliant because he got the male and female support.
There's a reason that I'm not in politics. :-)
Ryan was average at best. He had the truth on his side, but to win in a debate many times you have to get the last logically coherent word in and he didn’t do that. Two examples: Biden was dead wrong on the “Iran doesn’t have a missile to carry a nuclear weapon” argument, but Ryan didn’t defeat this argument as he should have. Another example is the Romney tax plan - Ryan made his point but was cut of when Biden said “Now you’re Jack Kennedy”. Ryan needed to come back to that issue with the facts to hammer his argument home and “win” the issue.
Ryan dis what you are supposed to do when your opponent is self-imploding - let him!
Bush Solicitor General Ted Olson Hails Obama Gay Marriage Shift
Apparently Olsen did the job he was hired to do very well.
You better not let her see your post.....could be trouble.
If the election goes as hoped, it will not be the last position he holds in the R/R camp.
Shhhh. Haha
How utterly droll.
Biden's Jack Kennedy remark was so silly that the best strategy was a quixotic look in response...Ryan nailed it.
And Ryan didn't argue further on the Iran topic because he sensed Biden's credibility was finished; he was right...Biden looked like a fool as he blabbered on alone.
The general opinion of the debate was that Biden looked like an idiot...Ryan's strategy to allow him space to do that was the perfect one IMO.
“About 15 minutes into the debate my wide turned to me and said ‘Biden is and ass and women will hate him’”
My wife was absolutely beside herself while watching ol Joe. Every other minute she was exclaiming how utterly irritating and condescending he was.
Before the debate her enthusiasm was so-so. Now she’s buying yard signs, sending emails - she’s fired up!
Thanks Joe!
Our non-political friend is our litmus test for reactions; as she reacts, it’s a sure bet most women did. And it was like your wife - 15 minutes in and she was antsy in the kitchen, calling Biden a jerk, a**hole, etc. She sat through most of it but was totally disgusted by Biden and had to walk away quite a few times.
Are you married to your own Moo-chelle? (Apologies to Mrs. TT)
“Biden’s Jack Kennedy remark was so silly that the best strategy was a quixotic look in response...Ryan nailed it.”
Ryan didn’t nail it. He should have used his time on the very next question to point out the under Jack Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, and George Bush (in 2003) tax cuts all resulted in increased tax revenues. He then should have stated that the the democrats’ characterizing Romney’s refusal to admit his plan results in $5 trillion deficit as a lie is itself a lie because the HISTORICAL DATA show Romney to be correct. This is an important enough issue that such a response was absolutely necessary in order to squash Biden like the bug he is. Ryan did not do that.
“And Ryan didn’t argue further on the Iran topic because he sensed Biden’s credibility was finished”
The way to finish off his credibility is to demolish his argument with facts in a calm, collected manner (contrasted to Biden’s bombastic demeanor). Ryan had the opportunity to do that regarding Biden’s ludicrous Iran argument and didn’t do it.
I thought he was just great. He know his job and he executed it. A smaller man might have tried to go in for a TKO and lost.
The 15 year old with whom I viewd the thing is so gratified to learn that others saw Biden the same way.
To explain TOO much tunes people out and would have cut in on Biden's stringing his own noose.
Gotta know when to stop talking...and Ryan did IMO.
Point taken, but I do think ryan was going with the Twain strategy of, “Do not argue with an idiot they drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.”
NO kidding. and I believe it worked.
How come Romney and Ryan are trying to cover up the fact President Obama has let Wall Street get away with murder?
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