October 4, 2012 - 9:56 am
Ace:
Romney’s real sin was resorting to an age-old cheap debating tactic, called “The Coherent Sentence.” Obama, being a very ethical fellow, refrained from such chicanery.
Don’t miss some of the other excuses being offered….
I understand he also used concrete examples rather than airy generalities.
But, Algore explained Obama’s performance as the result of being high. Or the thin air at Denver’s altitude, it wasn’t clear.
(Yes, I’ll push that line everywhere I can.)
You knew it was going to be interesting when Romney’s opening volley was to fire the moderator.
I like you Jim. I like Big Bird, but I’m not going to borrow money from China to subsidize PBS.
best quote of the day at Hot Air Commentors:
Quote:
Flash: “Big Bird in talks with Bain about an IPO”
faraway on October 4, 2012 at 11:31 AM
Big Bird. Gone. Bert Gone. Ernie. Gone. But if you put one hand on Bunsen Honeydew, you’re anti-science. And stop looking that way at Beaker.
Bunsen and Beaker are Disney characters. Bert and Ernie are Children’s Television Workshop.
I’m not the greatest fan of how Disney has used the Muppets since they bought them, but they’ve never suffered for being required to turn a profit, have they? Why should their cousins on Sesame Street be any different?
One has to remember: Axelrod laid the groundwork in all key swing states with TV ads attacking Romney (the “messenger” in this equation),i.e.,
1)Bain Capital-two months worth,
2)47% – one months worth,
3)“don’t care about women”-on going,
4)“cut-cap-balance” just won’t work, ongoing;
5)and entitlements – “voodoo slight-of-hand!!!
Message vs. messenger New Left’s favorite tactic…and Axelrod’s, too!
Romney, and campaign team, prepared a different tactic. Out-flank Obama with “messages.” Totally avoid Axelrod’s attack (“messenger”)ads…which Axelrod prepared Obama for AND caught Obama literally flat-footed when Romney (right-out-of-the-gate) went into specific “data points.”
Why? Because Obama’s speechifying (other than the Stafford Clause video)ad libbing is his forte…absent details and specifics. So, Romney drew Obama into a “message” with detailed data points he knew Obama couldn’t handle. Obama searched his notes…zero, nada, zilch. So, Obama had to look down, look busy or thoughtful then look up an launch into a “cease fire” mode or let’s move on to another subject.
Review the debate…Obama can’t adlib data points. He can make broad generalizations (without a teleprompter) but adlib specifics, he’s dead-in-the-water. Fuzzy math, as Axelrod is wont to say.
Superb performance by a masterful tactician…Romeny is the man!!!So, totally out-flanked Axelrod cadre of ne’er-do-wells. Pray for America. Amen.
WHAAA…WHAA..Plus, Romney had the unfair “Sanity” advantage…WHAA!!