Obama sucks! Bad!
Posted on 10/04/2012 12:11:48 PM PDT by mandaladon
The Barack Obama who stood on the debate stage in Denver Wednesday night was virtually unrecognizable to the person who swept to victory in 2008 or even the man who had built a narrow-but-clear edge in the 2012 race. In the wake of the debate, Democrats conceded that former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney had dominated the proceedings and quickly moved on to a deeper — and harder to answer — question: What the hell was wrong with the president?
Theories abound — up to an including that Obama, who had done debate prep in Las Vegas, struggled to adjust to Denver’s altitude. (Not kidding. That is a theory espoused by none other than former Vice President Al Gore.)
Below we take on a few of the likeliest reasons for Obama’s out-of-character performance — culled from conversations with Democratic strategists and our own observations. * He’s not used to being challenged: For all of the chatter that President Obama loves to surround himself with people willing to disagree with him, the truth of the matter is that being the leader of the free world means that what you say goes pretty much all the time. And, being challenged by staff — no matter how senior those staff might be — is not the same thing as being directly confronted by someone at your level and who wants your job.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Maybe he had a hangover from too much of his god-awful beer.
That the media can create a false reality a false Romney a false Obama shows that they are creating a total false reality for us and that they the media rule us completely because they create the universe we live in. If the media were truthfull then we wouldn't have any problems nor the growing government we have. the media controls us and has caused 99% of the problems we have.
Well, Mythbusters DID prove that you CAN "polish a turd."
Mark
I wear a brown scapular, don’t eat meat or fish on Fridays and go discalced (barefoot)and prone when in Adoration before the Host.
Can we drop the Mormon nitpicking oddity routine and just concentrate on the serious nature of this countries ills?
I thought he was sooooo boring. Blah, blah, blah,blah, blah.
When it was his turn, my eyes glazed over—he wouldn’t shut up.....
I read somewhere that Lehrer gave Barry four more minutes than Romney. That did not help him; it just let him ramble and get deeper in the weeds.
Oh, how I wish I could get a peek at Barry's college records.
Any political baggage is going to revolve around his slick performance which may not have wowed voters who don’t trust him and lack of absolutely any connection with “real” people. Obviously Romney is extremely competent. That isn’t even open to dispute. He is a two time Harvard grad, private sector CEO work horse with the management credentials of a self-made gazillionaire.
Very nice description of Reagan.
Obama sucks! Bad!
I think he got intimidated by Romney. Obama didn’t really START bad as everyone is suggesting. He came with his usual stuff but right away he was blown away by Romney’s directness, knowledge, and assertiveness. It was like a football team who was favored to win getting the ball first and getting completely flattened on their first three plays from scrimmage. It’s like “uh oh, what are we up against? They came to play and they are hitting hard, ouch!”
It was amazing to see Obama physically wilt under Mitt’s alpha-dogness. Obama is used to old white guys saying yes to him and getting on their knees. But Mitt had him looking down, around, stammering, chuckling nervously, and crying for help looking at the moderator with doe eyes.
Obama came to win but immediately got it taken to him and he folded.
Because he underestimated Romney and overestimated himself.
I’d rather say the Dick Syndrome...but you can have the last word.
You weren't listening carefully.
He's a master bator.
No teleprompter.
Plus he’s been golfing and getting high all week.
(applause, laughter, feathers rustling...)...yes...ha! ha!..yes...well, let me tell you, the folks down on Earth, the folks on old Terra Firma are all wondering. Just why Mister Obama, that is, President Obama, did so badly in the debates last night. (angelic murmurs and laughter)...Yes, that's right, he didn't do very well, from what I understand...(angelic hoots and cat calls)...yes, I heard he didn't do very well, it was hard for me to tell because my celestial cable is on the fritz...I mean, I went next door, to Saint Peter's house, to see if I could watch it on his flat screen, but he was watching reruns of Deadliest Catch, and you know how he is about that program...(laughter)... I heard the last guy that interrupted his favorite show, is still working a crab boat on the Lake of Fire. (laughter, applause)
Yes...you have to be careful with Peter. So, I didn't see much of the debate. The only time I had any reception, was when I got to see Michelle Obama's face. Let me tell you. Wow. (angels murmuring, laughing) I mean, I saw a happier look on the face of the guardian angel that found out he was assigned to protect Bill Maher. (laughter, boos) Yeah. Scary. So, I didn't see all of the debate. But I heard the devil did. (angels booing) Oh yes, I heard Satan watched ALL of the debate. Boy, did he get mad. (angel shouts "good!") Oh, yeah. He was steamed. When I say the Devil was steaming, I mean he was literally steaming. You know, if you're stuck in hell, you don't want to see the Devil steam. I mean, hell may be hot, but at least it's a dry heat. ( polite angelic laughter...johnny delivers his 'hangdog' look, then begins shuffling as the band plays 'tea for two'...angels whistling and clapping)
Well...ha! ha!...as I was saying...ha!..."El Diablo" did catch the debate, and he was furious. Simply furious. And he immediately, he immediately placed a call down to Personnel, in hell. That's right. Hell Personnel. And if you think hell is bad, wait till you see who has to work in the basement. (angels laughing) I'll tell you, I wouldn't have wanted to be the demon that picked up that phone call. No way. And I heard Satan demanded, demanded to know who was in charge of hiring such an idiot, to be his anti-Christ.
Well, he finally got to speak to the demon in charge, the guy who decided to hire Barack Obama to be the anti-Christ. And do you know, the guy tried to blame it on affirmative action? (uproar of angelic laughter) That's right, I heard that guy is now in charge of the pit of fire they call Extra Crispy... he has an asbestos desk right in the middle of it. (angels laughing and carrying on) Oh, yeah. No kidding. I heard Satan was so disappointed, he even asked God for a "do-over". But the Big Guy told him, "hey, I let them pick a mormon bishop to be your competition, how much help do you need?" (angels rolling in the aisles laughing, cries of i love you Johnny!...johnny carson swings imaginary golf club as band plays)
That was my first thought, too: he doesn’t want to win. He wants out, but can’t quit...he has to lose.
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