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rgbecker

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63. The President would have come across as petty....

Sat Oct 6, 2012, 09:14 AM

Oct 2012

He would have spent his entire time allotment saying " Mitt, that's just not true". Even the most ardent commentators were commenting about how their heads were spinning at all the crap Mitt was splewing. Obama would never have been able to set all those lies straight in his 2 minute allotments.

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So let me see if I got this straight [View all] malaise Oct 2012 OP

Too right. Obama had his own script and followed it. BenzoDia Oct 2012 #1

He should have called him on the Medicare money lie malaise Oct 2012 #3

He did at least one time. Whisp Oct 2012 #12

I heard him but he should have laughed and said you're still pushing that malaise Oct 2012 #15

And, when did Romney bring in Cha Oct 2012 #16

That was a really weird comment malaise Oct 2012 #18

That was a combination of condescension and a dog whistle StatGirl Oct 2012 #38

no, he wasn't calling him a liar... drthais Oct 2012 #39

Oh, it was when mitt said Obama was entitled Cha Oct 2012 #48

Correct n/t malaise Oct 2012 #58

You're absolutely right. That was a give me. BenzoDia Oct 2012 #54

The President would have come across as petty.... rgbecker Oct 2012 #63

And two days after that, and two more days after that... Aldo Leopold Oct 2012 #2

I figure that they believed that he must have spent hours preparing malaise Oct 2012 #4

Yeah, you're probably right. Aldo Leopold Oct 2012 #9

Looks like the notes were a hanky malaise Oct 2012 #10

A very, very stiff, well-starched hanky! <nt> caraher Oct 2012 #56

It's the audience factor...... Wounded Bear Oct 2012 #5

Correct - Krystal Ball explained it well malaise Oct 2012 #6

Yeah, Willard set that up Cha Oct 2012 #17

Krystal Ball? Change has come Oct 2012 #26

Yep - she co-hosts that awful afternoon program malaise Oct 2012 #30

oh god htat republican girl-child drthais Oct 2012 #40

I can't stand her either. Arugula Latte Oct 2012 #52

maybe someone in Romney's camp leaked that. Whisp Oct 2012 #14

It's a one/two punch, too....... Wounded Bear Oct 2012 #7

True I hadn't thought of that part malaise Oct 2012 #8

Precisely Wounded Bear..now Cha Oct 2012 #19

And he had to spend money to put the ad out rather than getting it done for free. heehee Booster Oct 2012 #29

And no one cares malaise Oct 2012 #32

The hilarious irony is that the "Big Bird" thing is the closest thing he had to one bullwinkle428 Oct 2012 #11

Bwaaaaaaaaaaah isn't that the truth malaise Oct 2012 #13

Willard boomeranged Cha Oct 2012 #21

Exactly. kimbutgar Oct 2012 #27

+1000. It was an especially shitty thing to say to a PBS moderator. gkhouston Oct 2012 #34

Especially after stomping all over the moderator for most of the debate. Indpndnt Oct 2012 #45

like a cheap novelty cigar..... BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2012 #46

He gleefully threw out that 'zinger' like a grenade. Except he held the grenade & threw the pin! Indpndnt Oct 2012 #47

i think you have it perfectly straight....!!!! spanone Oct 2012 #20

Yeah, she does! Cha Oct 2012 #22

Wounded Bear makes a good point about the one two punch malaise Oct 2012 #23

Bingo! spanone Oct 2012 #25

Welcome Big Bird. That was a OOma ma mow papa Oom mow Zinger. Kind of has a beat to it. cr8tvlde Oct 2012 #24

LOL malaise Oct 2012 #28

I see the strategy for Pres Obama to be cool and give his vision. Let Rmoney struggle, wiggle and rhett o rick Oct 2012 #31

When Mittens said he liked Big Bird and Jim Lehrer he couldnt have been less sincere. nm rhett o rick Oct 2012 #33

Sincere is not a word that can be used with Rmoney malaise Oct 2012 #35

Good point. He cant be sincere about anything, therefore, nothing new. nm rhett o rick Oct 2012 #36

Sincerity...... Wounded Bear Oct 2012 #37

Someone on MSNBC said "Wasn't it his job to call Mitt out on every lie." BeliQueen Oct 2012 #41

Right, you want a leader who can listen to his equals Iliyah Oct 2012 #49

I turned off most of the comments after the debate malaise Oct 2012 #55

Bingo! Dead on!.... OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #42

Yes indeed malaise Oct 2012 #59

It's odd to see people still playing "woulda, shoulda, coulda" when CakeGrrl Oct 2012 #43

All Rmoney is reaping is the Big Bird backlash malaise Oct 2012 #60

Precisely! Indpndnt Oct 2012 #44

Indeed malaise Oct 2012 #61

Great thread RobertEarl Oct 2012 #50

Thanks malaise Oct 2012 #62

Agreed! hrmjustin Oct 2012 #51

I know this sounds corny Third Doctor Oct 2012 #53

Big bird is all over cable right now malaise Oct 2012 #57