So...who is looking forward to the Obama/Rmoney Debates?

[Lochloosa]

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[tridim]

1. Looking forward to Obama kicking Mittens' ass over and over.

Not looking forward to most of the media saying Willard won every one.

[flamingdem]

4. true. ugh!

The CNN, cretins national news, will play it that way.

[flamingdem]

2. I'd cough up for Pay for View even

if I had to. Obama will be polite, but snarking ruthlessless in a subtle way, and Mitt will have to attack and defend in the most ungraceful way.

[orpupilofnature57]

3. It will look like the Kennedy / Nixon debates

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[Scuba]

6. Thanks for posting this. Should be req'd watching for DU members....

... please consider posting as an original OP.


Many lessons here. Kennedy slayed Nixon.

[surrealAmerican]

21. I think they will be far more one-sided than that.

I remember reading somewhere (long ago) that people who watched the debates on TV all said that Kennedy won, but those who listened on the radio were just as likely to say that Nixon won. Only about 50% of households had television in 1960.


I can't imagine that Romney will do as well as Nixon.

[orpupilofnature57]

23. I agree ,especially if it's fact and not Hype based.

[NV Whino]

5. I'm looking forward to November 7th

Just to get all this shot behind us.

[Scuba]

7. Agreed. Rmoney will be destroyed, assuming he doesn't self-destroy first.

[HopeHoops]

8. Obama should know better than to have a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent.

[Auggie]

9. I'll be only if they debate real issues

If the past is any indication, that's unlikely

[Chipper Chat]

10. CNN's first question will be:

"Mr. Obama, despite all the so-called proof released by your press office affirming your right to US citizenship, many people still believe you are a false president because you are actually a Kenyan Muslim. What steps will you take to prove once-and-for-all that you are indeed American?"

[global1]

11. It Will Be Fun Watching Rmoney Contradict Himself And Take Both Sides Of The Same Issue In.....

the same debate - or maybe within his same answer to a question.

[liberal N proud]

12. I'm thinking Mittens will not want to debate

I think he will try to get out of any debate or keep them to a minimum.

[DeeDeeNY]

13. The actual debates will be overshadowed by media spin

Fact-checking everything Obama says and looking for any minor slip they can put through a microscope. They will cut Rmoney plenty of slack though.
I still find it amazing how the press in 2004 was silent on this:
http://www.salon.com/2004/10/09/bulge/

[GoCubsGo]

15. They're already letting Romney lie through his teeth on an hourly basis.

Not one iota of fact checking whatsoever from the start. Why should we expect any different during the debates. Our media is useless.

[Whisp]

28. ugh. you made me look

at that protozoa

[GoCubsGo]

14. Not at all looking forward them.

I am already so fucking sick of Mitt Romney, I can't stand to look at him or hear the lies and stupidity he spews. The less I have to see and hear from that shitbag, the happier I will be, and I'm not sure I could even enjoy watching the President tear him apart. That's how sick I am of him.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

16. I thought Gore would make mincemeat of W so I'm a bit nervous.

Repubs use cluelessness like an impenetrable force field.

[Marzupialis]

19. Who won the Gore vs. Bush debates?

I haven't seen polls about it. I know Kerry won all of his debates vs. Bush according to polls I've seen right after it aired on TV.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

20. Not sure what the final consensus was. The problem is that >>>

>>> while Gore had the wide lead on smarts and facts, that didn't count for as much as I would have liked. I remember the media focusing on Gore's sighs and moving around the stage and little mention of W's clear dumbassitude.

[Sheepshank]

17. Oh Yeah!!!!

Ann jumping up on stage to tell us how limpid and animate her dh is....Romney looking over to Ann for advice to connecting with the regular folks and women, I can hardly wait.

[Whisp]

18. does Rmoney have the perogative to not participate in the Pres. debates?

or is he legally obligated to?

because I can't see him doing that, the weasel that he is, he will bow out and make up some lame Rexcuse. Obama would fricassee him and everyone knows it

[steve2470]

25. He can decline but he would be roundly ridiculed as a coward imho nt

[Whisp]

26. but he's already used to that.

the only effect it has has, the criticisms he recieves is he just flip flops and lies more. it appears not to matter at all to him.

[JoePhilly]

22. Not Mitt, I can tell you that.

[butterfly77]

24. That is all I have been waiting for..

I watch Romney talk big shit when he doesn't know what in the hell he is talking about.

I can't wait for the face to face action..

[and-justice-for-all]

27. rMoney is not worthy to even be in the same room as Obama...nt