Off the top of the head remarks on the debate:
..This never happened to Pablo Picasso
He could walk down your street
And girls could not resist his stare and
So Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole...
Jonathan Richman/Modern Lovers.
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"Regulation is essential."
To a certain extent it is.
Still.
Damn you, Romney!
What's wrong with opening banks in your garage?
Imagine how fast unemployment would drop if people were free of all the hassles.
I liked that Romney made sure of letting people know that for stuff like education and health, it's best left in the hands of the states and individuals. It's not the place for the Federal government to mandate anything and everything.
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Still again, only a hard-core sycophant would think Obama won last night. Romney won the psychological warfare. So much so, it probably neutered Obama's penchant to use divisive, class garbage. Romney's message was, I think, designed to appeal to sane, center-minded Democrats and Republicans.
I don't think conservatives and libertarians were overly enthralled but there was enough there to make them close ranks.
That was as close a beat down you will get in a debate between two leaders. Normally, you deconstruct a debate because of the closeness but I'm not sure you need to do this here. Romney had the better night.
Obama seemed not only unconvincing to the viewer but to himself as well. He didn't reinvent his message at all. The plan seemed to be "the first four years were fixing the mess left behind by someone else. The next four years my plan will definitely work. And the four after that."
His whole body language gave the impression he wanted to say, "Look, vote for me or don't vote for me. I don't care either way. I'm tired."
As I said, why not just blame Coolidge?
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Someone should draw a cartoon with Obama in his room quietly putting away his cape in a suitcase.
You can add Michelle in the background saying, "Proud of yourself? What am I going to do with all this paella?"
Or "Salam."
Or "Sigh, fat kids are America's problem now."
Or not have her there at all.
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Someone made a point at how utterly incpmpetent the Democrats are. Had they opened Federal lands to oil digging, that would have created so many jobs and revenues for the government, it would have handed the election to Obama. Once in, and with all that money, he could have done as he pleases with the candy.
Instead, keep playing with the environmentalists. Go.
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Has anyone checked up on Chris Matthews? He must be in a catatonic state.
Clown.
The shills over at MSNBC, NYT and Newsweek have some work to do making this amateur slop look like a Renaissance fresco.
Maybe they'll hang Lehrer out to dry or something for not protecting their guy from an "aggressive" Romney.
Just though of something. Mormon and aggressive seems oxymoronic. I worked with Mormons. Holy crap, it's not normal to be that nice and polite. It's almost creepy.
Do Mormons engage in road rage?
Would a Mormon pull a Michael Douglas in Falling Down?
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I didn't get the President's aim to connect his grandmother with being a VP in a bank to SS. By that time, Romney had Obama so off his game it made him realize the emotion to appeal using grandmothers wasn't going to work on this night.
It reminded me of the scene on Seinfeld when Jerry got heckled by Kramer's girlfriend. It disoriented him enough to lose track of his routine.
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Romney kept repeating (effectively I might add): "My plan is not a tax cut!"
Look, both dudes were suspect on the economy.It's just that Romney came off less clueless, or more assured. Take your pick.
Claiming he'll create 12 million jobs is dangerous though.
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At one point, Obama said the one of the government's essential job is to ensure the security of the American people. At which point, I would have interjected, "oh, you mean like when the time our ambassador was killed and you boobs ran around trying to convince everyone for eight days it was about a move? That kind of security?"
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One thing I always found astonishing was how I've heard people claim Obama was the smartest President of the 20th century.
I hope last night put an end to that fantasy once and for all.
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Polls are showing people thought Romney won - BIG.
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Lehrer asked if there was too much "regulation."
Does he mean like this incident in Amherst, New York?
I'll be back with more later.
You get the award for best post-analysis of the Presidential Debate by a Canadian.
ReplyDeleteThose cops in the linked story about the food trucks were told by someone to enforce that code. It isn't likely they just decided to do it on their own.
Thanks.
ReplyDeleteYes, but the part I liked is they were stopped for not having a permit yet invented. Classic. Either way, I see permits as a racket.