Posted on 10/17/2012 6:40:26 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
We can now fairly assume that both Democrat and Republican analysts concluded that President Obama's weak performance in the first presidential debate could be attributed to the absence of a teleprompter. The president's reputation -- earned or unearned -- as a golden orator cannot be upheld without this prop. So, to level the playing field -- as he is fond of saying -- he was provided with a flesh and blood teleprompter in the shape of Candy Crowley for the second debate.
It was a Catch 22. If Mitt Romney had pointedly objected to this glaring intervention he would have been seen as the bad sport who shouts at the referee. The same goes for post-debate commentators. You're not supposed to grumble about the conditions, it makes it look like your guy didn't hold his own.
From my observation point here in Paris in the middle of the night, the whole setup was skewed. Forgive me if I don't know the inner workings of the election committee that supposedly ensures a fair fight but I am wondering how in the world they could organize a Town Hall debate composed of 80 undecided voters. Does anyone know how the voters proved they were undecided? Was there a competition to eliminate the less undecided in favor of the truly sincerely undecided? Did they have some kind of test to root out the secretly decided? And how about intelligence? Are the undecided automatically inarticulate or was there another filter that excluded citizens capable of pronouncing a sentence of more than five words containing more than one idea? Why did they all look like props?
I have witnessed dozens of town hall style debates on French television and, trust me, they are never reduced to such first-grade level.
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HOW did Obama KNOW that Crowley had the Rose Garden Trasncript at her desk??? hmmmmmmm....CHEATERS!!
Wanna really level the playing field on next debate? Hold it in a Republican stronghold in front of a Republican audience with Rush Limbaugh or Mark Levin as moderator.
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