Ride Right Through Them
Before the debate, Mike Flynn of Big Government posited that Biden challenge was to “Keep Down-Ballot Dems From Jumping Ship”:
Biden needs to go beyond his tendency to misspeak and make gaffes and nail a coherent vision for Obama’s second term. If he doesn’t, down-ballot Dems running for the Senate or the House will start to aggressively move away from the national ticket. Obama may do a better job in the debate next week, but without a powerful assist from Biden on Thursday, many Dems won’t be able to wait that long.
Polling margins in many high-profile races are narrowing in the wake of Romney’s epic debate performance. There is clearly nothing coming from the Obama campaign until next week, when he tries to undo his disastrous debate. So, it all settles on Biden. If he doesn’t clearly beat Ryan, Democrat candidates will likely try to strike out on their own path for November. At the end of the day, a political career trumps political parties.
There’s one theme that ties all of these posts together: if you’re posturing because you’re worried about locking down your base and propping up down ballot races in the middle of October – you’ve got big trouble. Add to that Stephanie Cutter’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day yesterday, along with the Most Powerful Man in the Free World clutching onto Big Bird like he’s Radar O’Reilly’s teddy bear — to the point where even Jon Stewart is worrying — and you’re seeing a collective bunker-time flight into fantasy. And no wonder Stewart is raising an eyebrow, as the administration’s embrace of a surreal TV icon seems eerily reminiscent of Congressional Democrats in 2010 asking Stewart’s colleague Stephen Colbert to pop in for a congressional visit – a month before they lost their congressional majority, at a time when they had to have had plenty of internal polling data to all know the thumpin’ was on its way. (The administration once again underbussing inconvenient segments of their base is also highly reminiscent of 2010, as I mentioned yesterday.)
Does that mean that Romney-Ryan has it in the bag? Absolutely. Not. (The cockiness – do not acquire it, to paraphrase our Insta-host’s frequent refrain.) But it does indicate all the signs of a base on the left that’s demoralized as hell. Ride right through ‘em, as Da Tech Guy would say.
Update: DaTechGuy himself weighs in on last night here.
The left still doesn’t understand why Obama didn’t just crush the right when he had the chance immediately after his inauguration. They really thought he was going to sic the FCC on Fox News and conservative talk radio, and send the Justice Department after everyone else who the media couldn’t just demonize out of the political conversation by tarring them with the brush of racism for opposing Obama.
They knew Obama was lying to the swing voters about his beliefs, and didn’t care. They’re mad because he wasn’t lying to the swing voters about his laid-back beta male personality, which is why they were estatic about Joe Biden on Thursday. They want a Barack Obama in the last two debates who’s not only outrageously outraged about Mitt Romney’s mere existence as a presidential candidate, they want an Obama who basically shouts Mitt Romney down, even during the Oprahesque Town Hall debate.
They either don’t realize or don’t care that with Obama’s personality, ‘anger’ comes off as snarky petulance, and if he does manager to master the art of being outrageously outraged on cue, with the ideology he’s peddling and the results he’s gotten, angry big government Barack Obama is simply going to sound like a (slightly) more well-spoken Al Sharpton. Unless Mitt decides to counter by acting like the Republican version of Chris Matthews during the last two debates, that act may warm the hearts of the left, but it’s going to scare the heck of the swing voters.
1.John
“…but it’s going to scare the heck of the swing voters.”
There it is. The ultimate winner of this race will persuade a majority of the undecideds his way. Frankly, I think Romney already succeeded with that plan.
It was always the Republicans who had to worry about angering the swing voters. Democrats could make all kinds of slanderous lies and it would just be campaign rhetoric. But should a Republican dare make a strong, truthful statement that angered the left, then those precious swing voters would go Democrat. It never made sense to me, but I think people are starting to see that ideology matters.
along with the Most Powerful Man in the Free World clutching onto Big Bird like he’s Radar O’Reilly’s teddy bear
I have nothing to add, but would like to give extra points for this line.
When an empty suit is FINALLY exposed for what he is, the rest is history. In other words, whereas 4 yrs ago the Radical-in-Chief was able to sway independents by his charm, the same jive, smooth talk is falling on deaf ears, at least for the majority of undecideds.
Couple the empty chair, and pile on the snarky older uncle, and most normal folks will run for the hills.
To be sure, the very radical base will always be charmed by the most left POTUS in US history. So too, they believe that a pugnacious VP is a selling point for the independent electorate. This only proves how desperate and empty headed they really are.
The ones who were impressed by him are those shown in the following clip -2012/10/11/video-exposes-the-thug-in-chief-his-goon-squads-no-less-than-six-degrees-of-separation-adina-kutnicki/, the dregs of the electorate.
The desperation of the far left is demonstrated through their top empty heads.One is via an empty chair, the other a bizarro suit.
There is little doubt that this desperation renders them even more dangerous-if you can imagine that! Therefore, it is incumbent upon patriots to watch them VERY closely, they will NOT take defeat lightly.
http://adinakutnicki.com/2012/07/31/the-purposeful-deconstruction-of-the-us-the-co-opting-of-dhs-into-a-radical-force-for-societal-transformation-commentary-by-adina-kutnicki/
Forewarned is forearmed.
“and now Joe Biden’s weird performance last night, a cross between The Joker, Dennis Hopper’s nitrous-fueled Frank Booth in Blue Velvet, and if you’ll pardon the insult to the two aforementioned men, Al Gore.
You know, come to think of it, Biden DOES remind me of Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet. One minute he was funny, and the next minute he was a homicidal maniac. And this guy is one heartbeat away from the presidency? I would think that Biden’s performance did more to kill Obama’s chances than Obama’s last debate performance. Why? Because at least Obama didn’t look and act INSANE. I think anybody who saw Biden’s performance last night is questioning whether “Tail Gunner Joe” (as I like to call him) really is up to being vice president, mentally speaking. The man just doesn’t look like he’s all there, which is fine because Biden is just a reflection of all the liberal Democrats out there.
While Obama’s base likely loved Biden’s performance last night, rational people have to consider whether they want another 4 years with Joe Biden being one heartbeat away from becoming president. Frankly, the words “President Joe Biden” scare the hell out of me. Is that the kind of man we want in charge of America’s nuclear arsenal? I’ve seen smarter doorknobs.
Not to worry. If Obama gets his way we won’t have a nuclear arsenal.
SCOTUS upholding Obamacare was supposed to energize the base, the DNC convention was supposed to energize the base, The Wohn’s first debate was supposed to energize the base. Now Biden? Didn’t went well so far.
We The People must recall, Axelrod was summoned to rescue Vice-President Biden’s debate preparations by taking over coaching for Thursday night’s debate in Kentucky.
This debate and strategy was patently an “Axelrod Ploy!” Need proof? Look at his history of “specialties.” The moderator’s questions were also reviewed by Axelrod and given to Biden (see, Biden had a handfull of “cue cards” with issues numerated for his referral).
The senior partner of AKP Message & Media, David Axelrod is a leading political consultant based in Chicago, Illinois.While he is best known as a top adviser to Barack Obama, first in Obama’s 2004 campaign for the U.S. Senate in Illinois and currently as strategist for Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, he has been the power behind the throne in multiple campaigns, including Dennis Archer in Detroit, Michael R. White in Cleveland, Anthony A. Williams in Washington, D.C., Lee P. Brown in Houston, and John F. Street in Philadelphia.While Axelrod will advise white candidates, he primarily specializes in developing campaign strategies for black candidates.His favorite, indeed primary campaign tactic, is to polarize the campaign with smear attacks, in other words, the race card.Indeed when all else fails, Axelrod resorts to the race card as his ace in the hole.
Isn’t this what is now all over all MSM outlets??? “polarize the campaign with smear tactics!!” Sure is! And David teaches this as required course material to students of Communication Studies at Northwestern University.
Biden’s derision at Thursday’s Vice-Presidential debate was typical Axelrod. Has David’s fingerprints all over it. Couple this “polarization of the campaign with smear tactics” with ads running in “key battleground states” one has the sum total of Obama/Axelrod’s campaign,i.e., devoid of any substance. Just good ‘ol Chicago-style street thuggery politics.
Vote massively for Goodness, Civility and Love of Our Fellow Man. God Bless America. Amen.
Interesting point, Messup. Biden’s desperate coach knew exactly what was necessary to keep Ryan from blowing him away like Romney did Obama.
The best part of this entire thing is the reaction to Joe Biden debate performance, it best illustrates the fantasy that has been the entire Obama re-election campaign.
Although the chimp sign really gives it a run for it’s money
http://datechguyblog.com/2012/10/12/demoralized-as-hell-delusional-chimp-edition/
Speaking of “fantasy”, I have this fantasy. At the last minute prior to the VP debate Paul Ryan gets sick and has to be replaced by Newt Gingrich. Lord, what a magnificent spectacle that would have been.
The only way that Obama is even close in the polls is due to over-polling Obama voters. Even Rasmussen is weighting it to D+3.
The September Pew poll that showed Obama with an 8 point lead had a 17.5 point Obama advantage among those who had voted in 2008 – 54.7% Obama voters vs 37.2% McCain voters. Obama only won the actual election by 7.3 points, so this poll had a sample that leaned a full 10 points towards Obama!
All the while, in reality, Democrats are losing registered voter share in swing state after swing state, as Republicans post gains.
The Pew poll from earlier this week switched to a defensible sample and, amazingly enough, Romney took the +4 lead.
Obama’s base is The Smirker.
_Smirker_ describes them perfectly.
They smirk at tradition.
They smirk at Christianity.
They smirk at people who believe in hard work.
No doubt their smirking professors give them extra points for smirking.
Their bloggers smirk every word they write.
Heck yes Biden was playing to the base.
Biden’s behavior defines the Left and the Democrats: They are universally disrespectful, discourteous, arrogant, dishonest, stupid, and vacuous. They presume that they are intellectually and morally superior to others. Hence, rules pertaining to debates and to everyday behavior do not apply to them.
The only thing Biden did was to bring the fascist praxis of the 60s left into the presidential and vice presidential debate process. If they hear something that does not fit the leftist orthodoxy, they shout it down.
Biden was only practicing one of the maxims of one of the left’s heroes, Chairman Mao. “Deprive reactionaries of the right to speak!”
When Biden started smirking in the debate, I immediately thought of Jimmy Carter vs Gerald Ford, 1976. Ford was giving a serious response to a question and Jimmy emitted one of his trademark toothy smiles. The cameras immediately cut over to him and the stir caused Ford to miss a beat. Everyone forgot what he’d been saying. When Carter was asked to explain the joke, he just said something like ‘There goes a Republican being a Republican.’
Clearly, Carter and Biden both planned their antics and would’ve deployed them regardless of what the other guy said. For Carter, it was effective, and maybe it will be this time, too. If that’s truly all it takes to sway voters, I don’t see how representative government can survive.
Who can take Joe “the mack daddy” Biden seriously when he does stuff like this?
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/images/biden-biker-ap.jpg
Yah, Smirkin’ Joe Biden (ref: Smokin’ Joe Frazier, not), got through the night OK, and that’s about all they hoped for.
Which is not to underestimate the value of bluster and simple-minded sarcasm in a political debate. It’s a fine art, and SJB showed he is such an artiste.
For that matter, nobody had super-high expectations that ANYTHING Ryan did last night was going to sway a lot of votes, so he got through the night OK, as well.
Now we go back to the top of the ticket.
Last night, at about 8pm, before the debate started, I penned the following (I fancy myself a bit of a calligrapher, with a sense of twisted humor):
If your first reaction in the face of insurmountable adversity is laughter, you may be an idiot.
It looks great in Italic script, by the way.
Little did I know that it would encapsulate Joe Biden’s performance last night.
Ed:
I JUST DON’T GET IT…is Obama’s base really truly happy? I mean, Win or lose, Ryan performed much better in his debate than Obama did.
If the base is charged about Ryan’s lackluster performance, why would they support someone who did much worse?
My analysis of Biden:
As a teacher I was faced daily with students who would lie to me. Now, I don’t claim to be an expert; however, these are my thoughts. My first thought has to be about Biden’s smile. A smile easily conceals a grimace. People who are on the spot and have to conceal their true feelings will smile to throw you off. His constant head motions, hand motions and feinted disgust at what his opponent has to say again disguises the pain of being on the hook. Its all designed to throw you off course. Its like saying, “how can you say that, you don’t know what you are talking about.” only without words. Finally there were his constant interruptions. A radio commentator counted each one. There were 96 interruptions in a ninety minute period or over one per minute. Considering that half the time was devoted to Biden’s speaking and answering questions, that means that there were 96 interruptions in 45 minutes or at least two per minute while Ryan was trying to speak. Again this is a liar’s tactic. Don’t let the your judges hear what the other guy has to say. This brings me to the structure of a debate. Debates are supposed to be civil discourses where points are scored by reason not by clownish tricks. My son compared Biden to Jack Nickelson in the Joker and he wasn’t wrong. This brings me to the final point of Ryan being repeatedly interrupted by the commentator as he was making a point. She didn’t interrupt Biden nor stop him from interrupting Ryan. Claiming this as a win by the Democratic party is a total embarrassment to the party. On a level playing field Ryan would have been a clear winner.
I agree, but could you please use paragraphs?
this is off-topic from this, but you just posted a thread on “hate-f***ing” that liberals wish upon Ryan.
Wasn’t Ambassador Stevens “Hate F***ed” in Ben-ghazi? And his guards?
Some of the things that really annoyed me (from the debate transcript)
Biden:
…..saying to the middle class we’re going to level the playing field; we’re going to give you a fair shot again
…my whole life has been devoted to leveling the playing field for middle-class people, giving them an even break…
….all they’re looking for is an even shot. Whenever you give them the shot, they’ve done it. They’ve done it. Whenever you’ve leveled the playing field, they’ve been able to move….
What exactly does that mean??????
___________
Biden:
This is a guy (referring to the president) who’s repaired our alliances so the rest of the world follows us again.
Does he really believe this nonsense?
___________
Biden seems to suffer from the delusion that giving the Iranians more time (and let them continue their nuclear weapons program) will help to stop them in response to the sanctions. Imagine, he is basically saying the closer the Iranians are to completion the higher are the chances that they will stop. This is the mother of all logical fallacies.
Unfortunately, the day Obama and Bite me endorsed gay marriage (May 3, 2012), there goose was cooked. The proof is in the pudding! 34-0 when on the ballot.
Biden did a terrific job: he did manage to show himself as the ultimate alpha male gorilla. Showing teeth, gnarling, growling, manual offensive gestures using his pen. We have a similar problem, which is called Bokito. But luckily for us, Bokito is not our VP.
We can trade you, friend… Monkey Butt Biden for Bokito. We will even throw in his friend Big Ears for free, be a pal and show us some love.
69 goin’ on 2
Monkey butt Biden
Just flingin’ poo
Burma Salve, for that burning sensation!!!!
Ed,
Well thought out, nicely written piece as per usual.
After reading it, a spot came to me. (Incidentally, I’ve been a creative director at the biggest agency in Chicago for 28 years.) Please let me know what you think of it?
VISUAL:
CUTS FROM BIDEN LAUGHING TO RYAN BEING THOUGHTFUL. WITH EACH BACK AND FORTH CUT, BIDEN GETS MORE AND MORE ANIMATED, CRAZY LOOKING, LOUD AND CACKLING/ LAUGHING. WITH EACH CUT, RYAN LOOKS MORE AND MORE STABLE.
SUPER: (AS COMMERCIAL BEGINS)
At the Vice Presidential Debate held on Oct. 11, the talk turned to nuclear weapons, to most, a serious subject.
AFTER THE FINAL CUTS YOU SEE ANOTHER SUPER AND HEAR THE ANNOUNCER.
SUPER: Which party would you rather have their finger on the nuclear trigger? The one that’s in control?
VISUAL: FINAL CUT TO BIDEN (looking crazy) (possible snippet of Twilight Zone music)
Or the one out of control?
Logo: Romney/Ryan
Command/Control
Ed and commenters,
Part of the reason I think this ad is particularly appropriate relates to the recent Middle East examples of Obama/Biden chaotic, disingenuous, somewhat cavalier handing of dead serious events that already, though the commander in chief’s gross negligence, have needlessly taken American lives. In my humble opinion, we must remove these extremist, radical Democrats from all seats of power until they come to their senses. Make no mistake, these guys are dangers to us all.
Biden had one mission last night: To prevent the outright desertion of the lapdog media. After the newest revelations about Libya and Obama’s debate performance, it was clear that the heard was getting restless. Any little thing might start a stampede that Obama and Company would not be able to stop. Joe Biden’s job was to prevent the stampede no matter what the cost.
He succeeded, but it probably cost him every undecided voter watching the debate.
I think I figured out why Biden kept grinning maniacally, seemingly for no reason:
He had the crib sheet. He’d seen the test questions. He was prepared with responses, and with Ryan’s likely responses. He grinned every time the fix was demonstrated. “Ha, ha! This setup is great!” I am sure they were all laughing back at Obama HQ, because they knew they had rigged the game.
I have seen this behavior before with people who are in on the fix. They feel so clever and special, being in on the cheat. To them, it is a great gag. They are in and you are not. Even if you call them on it, they just laugh at your discomfiture. They love that you are getting so screwed.
We are governed by high-schoolers and frat boys.
P.S. If someone sees this and runs with it for an article, as many have with my comments in the past, how about a h/t this time, huh? I get feeling unappreciated. :’(
biden showed the World what a rude, arrogant, condescending, ignorant, loudmouth of a Jackass he really is. He may have “won” the debate in the eyes of a few “journalists”, but in the eyes of the millions watching, he not only lost the debate, he lost any credibility he might have had. They also saw the bias raddatz put on display and will remember come election day. Especially the Independents.
NOW HEAR THIS:
WASHINGTON DC…The Obama and Joe show are busy rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
…The Democratic Party is listing heavily to the left.
…It’s like watching the Bismark sink.
…The Democratic radical extremist Obama campaign is going down faster than
Monica Lewinsky…break out the cigars….Over and Out
I’m personally at the point where living under Democratic rule is not a long-term option I will accept. Elections be damned.
That means a lot more will be with me in a few years, even if tney aren’t yet.
I think you meant to say Democrat rule, not Democratic rule.
In case you didn’t, then you must be posting from the ME not to include Israel…
Axelrod’s prep advise to Biden: ‘Don’t concern yourself with telling the truth. Just act like a loudmouth grinning moron in order to make Obama appear less insipid. In other words just be yourself’. Women will swoon and undecideds will wet themselves. And so it was.