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Romney Has Already Lost the Debate
Media Research Center 25th Gala a graphic reminder: media bias to cast Romney as loser.
Why bother?
Forget all the fuss and feathers.
Tomorrow night’s presidential debate between President Obama and Governor Romney has already been settled.
Obama wins. Romney loses. Case closed.
One had only to attend another recent event to know this.
That event was the Media Research Center’s 25th Anniversary Gala. Held last week in Washington to celebrate Brent Bozell’s ingenious idea-turned-reality to document liberal media bias in the glossy chapter-by-chapter, newscast-by-newscast way in which it actually unfolds in real time. The evening, attended by almost a thousand, was a glittery affair populated by conservatives in and out of the New Media, a considerable tribute to Mr. Bozell. The Master of Ceremonies was talk radio’s Chris Plante of Washington’s WMAL. The evening’s presenters were talk radio and Fox star Laura Ingraham, the Weekly Standard’s Stephen Hayes, and National Review’s Jonah Goldberg, with a presentation by columnist Cal Thomas. The crowd feasted on a complete menu that ranged from good food to an uproarious collection of biased liberal media video clips that, well aside from their always unintentional hilarity, were stunning in their reality.
While the subject of the presidential debates never came up — those video clips made plain what the outcome of the presidential debates will be.
If Mitt Romney turned in the best debate performance since Lincoln took Douglas, Kennedy clobbered Nixon, or Reagan trounced Carter, it would not matter. If Barack Obama forgot not only the size of the debt (as he did on the David Letterman show), but admitted that, well, yes, he knew the attacks in Benghazi were coming about six months earlier but had a golf game scheduled and forgot to warn anybody — it would not matter.
No matter what happens tomorrow night — Barack Obama will be declared the winner of not only this debate but the two that follow. Not to mention that the gaffe-prone Joe Biden will suddenly be recast as experienced, seasoned, and don’t forget compassionate when he puts that young whipper-snapper Paul Ryan in his place.
If you had any doubt as to what a set up the media coverage of these debates will be, let’s go through some of the clips presented at the MRC dinner. Clip after clip that showed in vivid living color exactly how the “mainstream media” plays the game — and will play the game in covering the debates.
The clips were presented in a series of Oscar-style “awards” with the various presenters — Ingraham, Hayes, and Goldberg — opening the envelope announcing the winner after each set of clips were played.
The judges were an All-Star team of conservatives (listed alphabetically): Ann Coulter, Monica Crowley, Lou Dobbs, Erick Erickson, Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin, David Limbaugh, Rush Limbaugh, Al Regnery, Cal Thomas, Walter E. Williams and Thomas S. Winter.
The first award, presented by radio talker and O’Reilly substitute Laura Ingraham, was the, um, well, “Obamagasm Award.” The nominees were NBC’s Chris Matthews, ABC’s Diane Sawyer, and CNN’s Piers Morgan. (Note: links to all the nominated video clips are provided here courtesy the MRC. )
Now let’s be real.
What chance does Mitt Romney have for objective analysis from the winner of this award — NBC’s Chris Matthews? Matthews won the “Obamagasm” award over Sawyer and Morgan for this wonderful example of objective journalism in discussing Obama.
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Jeffrey Lord is a former Reagan White House political director and author. He writes from Pennsylvania at jlpa1@aol.com.
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Darin| 10.2.12 @ 6:58AM
Romney has a tough job. He must channel Newt Gingrich in dealing with a hostile media, and he must channel Ronald Reagan in dealing with a hostile Obama. If Romney is able to do both with some degree of success, the country will notice. Romney can certainly do so, but he must understand he's going into the debates facing two opponents - Obama and the media.
Graham Cracker| 10.2.12 @ 7:43AM
I heard some good news on the radio this morning:
"We shall pass this way but once."
Graham Cracker| 10.2.12 @ 7:48AM
Yes, but wasn't it Jacqueline Susan (that literary lion) who said, "Once is not enough"?
Graham Cracker| 10.2.12 @ 7:51AM
Well, what do you think, dear readers?
Is once enough?
Or do you agree with Jacqueline Susann (two n's) who claims that once is not enough?
Graham Cracker| 10.2.12 @ 7:54AM
And how many of you have seen "Honey Boo Boo" at least once?
If you have seen her and her family once, you will know for sure that once is not enough.
Graham Cracker| 10.2.12 @ 7:58AM
I don't know if y'all know it or not, but Honey Boo Boo's father Mike "Sugar Bear" Thompson had an ATV (all terrain vehicle) accident last week and injured his leg.
Let us all keep Sugar Bear in our prayers.
Graham Cracker| 10.2.12 @ 8:04AM
I learned about Sugar Bear's accident from Diane Sawyer. She was all misty-eyed when reporting it, and dang if I didn't tear up myself.
Honey Boo Boo and Sugar Bear are my favorite people.
TinaB| 10.2.12 @ 8:52AM
Rarely, anymore, have I thought I should be back in my middle school classroom during my first 365 days of retirement. In fact, thanks to John Taylor Gatto, Charlotte Iserbyt and invisibleserfscollar.com, I have realized I got out in the nick o' time. But . . . then, along came Honey Boo Boo. I would have started in on that the minute I saw the first trailer for the upcoming debut of . . . HBB.
And I would have called out any 8th grade child in my classroom who admitted to watching that show. In every section I taught, if a topic of such nature came up, out of a student's mouth, we would deal on it like a dog on a large meaty bone. And I taught Algebra, but I taught children, and if parents would not teach them to discriminate the precious from the vile, we would dialogue. (not to worry, I am a kick-ass Alg. Teacher, I got the job done)
But, the HBB watchers would not be talking about it anywhere in my hearing, and because I would give everyone a chance to share an opinion, they often taught each other what was inappropriate about such a tv program for family viewing. What lessons were being taught by such tv programming, along with bad girls and jersey whatever. I doubt if those conversations are going on in my middle school anymore. In sad fact, there are probably excolleagues of mine who secretly (or not) watch it. Eee Gads! That thought scares me, for the children in public schools right now.
Graham Cracker| 10.2.12 @ 1:42PM
But here's the good news:
Sugar Bear of Honey Boo Boo fame has, at noon today, endorsed Romney for President.
TinaB| 10.2.12 @ 4:07PM
A communist plot, que nos?
pogybait| 10.2.12 @ 7:56AM
Darin, don’t worry as I am sure that progressive pundits will have a few good days of self pity after the debates before they get back to the work of reminding millions of Americans to exercise their most fundamental right - the right to have our votes counted for Obama for the sake of Democracy. Look, our glorious progressive pundits writings are the purist aggregates of all progressive sapience. They will lead us faithful viewers/readers beyond the seething hatred for Republicans to a better pasture. I’m counting on them.
Anthony| 10.2.12 @ 9:09AM
Darin is so right. Romney needs to do both of the above, especially hard.
Obozo and the media are frauds joined at the hip, out to destroy the greatest country in the world. They need to be slapped upside the head.
I would vote for Romney just to stick it to the whores in the MSM, and in fact, I will do just that!!!!
C. Vernon Crisler | 10.2.12 @ 10:57AM
Once again, the comparison of Romney to Reagan and Newt of all people. You Republicans who nominated Romney are living in a dream land if you think a bland moderate like Romney can behave like such giants.
canuckistani| 10.2.12 @ 12:06PM
You mean both divorcees?
Leaving office damaged?
C. Vernon Crisler | 10.2.12 @ 1:23PM
Leave it to a Paulista to bad mouth Ronald Reagan.
Anthony| 10.2.12 @ 1:51PM
Obozo lied, the ambassador died.
It wasn't the video Obama,
it was you bragging on Osama.
And now, the world knows what frauds, fakes, and incompetents Obozo, his administration, and the MSM whores are.
That is, except the three troll stooges who post at TAS, namely Purp, vtwin, and canuckistani, who remain blissfully ignorant, as all good leftists are wont to do.
Too bad you three didn't volunteer to be human shields at our Lybian embassy. Oh well, there are other Obozo disasters out there for you all to still volunteer for.
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 3:18PM
It's none of those things.
HE'S ONE OF THEM!
What does he have to do, before people WAKE UP to just who this guy is?
Born to a Muslim Father. (that makes him a Muslim.)
Raised in Muslim Indonesia. Adopted by his Indonesian Muslim Stepfather.
Raised in the Muslim Schools, and Mosques of Indonesia, until the age of 11.
He Knelt on his Prayer Rug, facing Mecca, and Prayed to his God of DEATH TO AMERICA/DEATH TO ISREAL, 5 times a day.
He has turned NASA into a Muslim Outreach Program.
"The Muslim Call to Prayer is the most beautiful sound in the world."
He slaps Israel down, very chance he gets.
Have you EVER heard him say a Bad Word about the Palestinians?
Does ANYONE think he's gonna do ANYTHING about Iran's march to a Nuclear Weapon?
Go to Hamas' Web Site. They believe that he is THEIR DELIVEROR.
They believe that he was sent by their God of Murder, to Destroy the Jews, and Deliver Jerusalem, back into Muslim Hands.
He took 'Jerusalem is the Capitol of Isreal' out of the Democrat Plank.
Are you people Stupid?
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 3:28PM
I don't mean this as an attack against you, Anthony.
But, this as plain as the @ss in Michelle's pants.
TinaB| 10.2.12 @ 4:16PM
I think you are right on the money, Timmie, and I am trying to spread the word wherever I get the chance. I am not popular on FB with ex students and colleagues . . . But for those who know and fear God, I am a voice crying in the wilderness.
I think it is almost time to, "prepare ye the Way of the Lord." if the current POTUS wins, we are that much closer.
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 4:59PM
If that means Buy Guns and Ammunition?
Then I'm right there with you.
TinaB| 10.2.12 @ 7:35PM
Why yes, oddly enough it does. We have joined the army of the faithful and we are arming ourselves now. I don't know how well I'll manage to learn to shoot, with my arthritic fingers, but No. 1 son is convinced we will find me the right weapon and thus I will learn to defend myself and my fam.
Anthony| 10.2.12 @ 5:14PM
How's this TLP?
Obozo lied, four Americans died.
Their crys for aid, the Muslim president stayed.
It wasn't the video Obama,
It was you bragging on Osama.
This disaster that the Muslim made,
does not bother the media, go to fade.
Agents Terry & Zapata, dead from Fast & Furious,
yet the Obozo media are not the least bit curious.
100's of Mexicans lie in their graves,
but Obozo's & Holder's asses must be saved.
Election day is near,
It's America I hold dear,
I'll vote for Romney, not to fear.
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 6:54PM
I like it.
Anthony| 10.2.12 @ 8:25PM
Good, but just remember, TLP, I am the first and only poster at TAS who refers to Obozo as the Muslim Marxist, so yes, I get it.
I always did, I always will.
TLP| 10.3.12 @ 6:05AM
Then, you're probably the only one in Wilton that does.
TinaB| 10.2.12 @ 4:10PM
And who today can? Obamessiah? That's your choice, bucko.
TinaB| 10.2.12 @ 4:18PM
That was to C. Vern
Gary B| 10.2.12 @ 7:06AM
From Timothy C. Daughtry at American Thinker:
"If Obama were to show up in a clown suit and flip-flops, the media narrative would be that his unconventional attire was a daring and brilliant move designed to challenge the status quo and reveal his human side."
Michael Savage: "Liberalism is a mental disorder." There is no other explanation.
Von Mises Jr| 10.2.12 @ 8:29AM
Liberalism is a toxic cocktail of hubris and ignorance.
It is manifest in public schools where 2 + 2 = 5 as long as you feels good about yourself. Liberals believe that they can play God and do a better job. He did not create the perfect human, but they are going to use science to fix that. So what if the world is falling apart and people killing each other.
They need more time. They just found the two perfect men for the job: Barry and Shrillary. They are the ones they have been waiting for. I say, not so much.
CrackerHound| 10.2.12 @ 9:03AM
President eye-candy will be toast come November.
CrackerHound| 10.2.12 @ 9:11AM
Can you imagine any other president in history referring to himself as "eye-candy"?
The fact that Obama did to gaggle of liberal women on national TV while there is a global meeting at the UN should have sunk him right there.
But since the MSM is not there to properly criticize such an arrogant action and derilection of duty, most people will not know it even happened. Isn't this a campaign season? Doesn't the media normally pounce on things like this?
Von Mises Jr| 10.2.12 @ 9:15AM
I think he meant nose candy?
Anthony| 10.2.12 @ 2:14PM
Both CrackerHound and Von are correct. Obozo was doing some nose candy, while posing as eye candy for the boys at the Chicago bath house.
Not to worry guys, your hunk will soon be back with y'all at the bath house on a regular basis, and he'll have some Secret Service eye-candy hunks for you to savor.
But hands off their holsters.
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 3:30PM
Actually, back then? He considered himself @ss candy.
For obvious reasons
TinaB| 10.2.12 @ 4:25PM
A very nice poster of two group photos is making the rounds on fb. "Wartime Presidents, Then and Now" is the title.
In one photo Roosevelt in a trio from the Yalta Conference, in the other we find Barry sitting in the midst of the vultures from the view. The men and the girls. Barry little leg is crossed exactly parallel with the other gals' legs. Very telling, the day he called himself eye candy.
SUBVET| 10.2.12 @ 9:53AM
Liberalism.......is a comunist with a mind of a neg*o.....hat tip Rum Diary.
Alej| 10.2.12 @ 11:48AM
A quote for the Ages... !
Keedp a level bubble !
Alej| 10.2.12 @ 11:50AM
Keep. Fat fingers this morning.
Anyway, THAT was great !
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 3:31PM
Did you get my Email?
Send me your Mailing Address, so I can send you a Shirt.
SUBVET| 10.2.12 @ 9:14PM
I did last week if you didin't get it let me know............
Frank Drackman| 10.2.12 @ 10:59AM
I once pretended to be a Liberal, but that was only to get a piece of ass.
Female, that is, and almost enough to make me support Puerto Rican Statehood, if it wasn't for the Chlamydia..
But enough about me, who came out of my Mom's snatch wearing a Nixon button...
Frank "Huckleberry" Drackman
canuckistani| 10.2.12 @ 12:02PM
If you were a product of Tricky Dick, then you should vote BHO. Their platforms are almost identical.
Jacob McCandles| 10.2.12 @ 12:39PM
I'd like to say that would never happen to me Frank, but I've done far sillier things in the pursuit of a POA
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 3:34PM
I actually almost Pierced my Nipples.
For the same reason.
Never underestimate the Power of The Little Head.
Contest on Friday.
Be there, or be vtwin.
Grzmlyk| 10.2.12 @ 3:31PM
My take is that liberalism comprises four elments:
Fools: The fatally vain, the hubristic and the immature who believe they can improve humanity by putting a gun to its head and forcing people to live a lifestyle they would never live.
Pawns: The hopelessly ignorant who are voting booth fodder - the welfare dupes, the illiterate illegal immigrants, the victim groups who are promised that manna from heaven is theirs - as long as they keep voting for the Democrat;
The crooks: The legions of felonious, amoral, greedy SOBs who derive wealth - either political or financial - off the backs of the fools and the pawns.
The vandals: Those vengeance-seeking miscreants who don't really give a damn about anything except tearing down America's wealthy, its institutions, its traditions, its morals and its backbone.
Of course a good Democrat can have exhibit traits from any of these categories at any given time, but they usually claim a home base. For example, Obama was a pawn of Marxists and preening liberals throughout his rise to the top; he has always bought into Marxism, which makes him a fool; he has been "on the take" his entire adult life as evidenced by his shady deals and penchant for living a lifestyle that would make an Arabian sheikh blush. But above all, Obama is a vandal - he wants to scar this country indelibly as an expression of his own anger.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 10.2.12 @ 4:06PM
I really like your summary here, Grz, so much so that I lifted it wholesale and transmitted it to others without footnote or attribution (Some might think such plagiarism is disgraceful, but it didn't keep Joe Biden from becoming VPOTUS).
Grzmlyk| 10.2.12 @ 4:22PM
Thank you, Albert. It is most flattering.
Too bad it's so true - my best friend from high school is an official Fool. He bought into Obamunism hook, line and sinker ("Hey, I make more money [as a college professor] than I need, so if higher taxes will solve the health care problems of the poor, I'm all for them") .
When he came to visit me in March, Obama's America was all sunshine an roses. For example, he had heard NOTHING of Fast and Furious. He only reads the New York Times, you see, so I'm guessing he knows nothing of Obama's mideast policy being overrun entirely, another inconvenient truth the NY Times would rather not sully its readers minds with.
Bottom line: My friend (and millions like him) enjoys being hermetically sealed in a lie that appeals to his moral and intellectual vanity.
When pondering the Obama Myth - and the mythology that is all of liberalism - I'm tempted to plagiarize (and bastardize) Hemingway: Wouldn't it be pretty to think so?
But even that's false, for if you extrapolate liberalism to its logical end, you really only ever get ruination, destruction, nihilism and despair.
I just don't understand the false consciousness that has absolutely overrun sanity in the West.
Marston| 10.3.12 @ 12:58AM
God has left the building.
Seek| 10.2.12 @ 4:14PM
Sheer hysteria. It's precisely rhetoric like this that explains why we're behind and not ahead in the polls. What we need to do is focus on race. Obama's sympathies are anti-white and pro-black. Hammering that fact home will boost Romney's standing as almost nothing else.
As for mental illness, religious extremists of all faiths are pretty good candidates for the crazy house.
Grzmlyk| 10.2.12 @ 4:36PM
Are you serious?
I have no idea if you are referring to my post as "sheer hysteria," but I fail to see how you could possibly construe it as such.
I'm sorry, but Obama's agenda is not anti-white and pro-black per se. I don't deny that he's a classic bigot and believes that he is a victim of whitey, but far more overarching to his world view is his classic liberalism/progressivism/Marxism (into which his own racism fits very neatly).
Do you really think that Romney running ads about how Obama is anti-white and pro-black would survive for five seconds on the air? How do you suppose that would fly during a debate?
Who do you think put him into office in the first place?
Guilty white liberals, that's who: The fools to whom I refer above. Most of those idiots WANT an anti-white and pro-black agenda anyway; that's what they mean by "social justice." Look at the widespread support reparations have among the white elites (as long as they're paid for with somebody else's money, of course).
Romney has got to focus on the entitlement economy, its unsustainability and its imminent collapse; but that's not the America we want anymore, and almost nobody realizes how dire the situation is.
The critical mass of Americans embraces statism. That's the problem. And so we'll all go over the cliff together.
SUBVET| 10.2.12 @ 9:28PM
The term is "Grafter" .....The attainment of personal advantage or profit by dishonest or unfair means, esp. through one's political connections......thank you Mr. Webster.
Fiscal| 10.2.12 @ 7:07AM
Again, this is absolutely ridiculous. We've got left wing bias and believe it or not, we've also got right wing bias. Fox is the biggest cable news outlet and the right dominates the radio waves. Right wing media IS the mainstream media. Both sides doctor video tapes by leaving out the full text. Both sides are driven by targeting through entertainment value, not objectivity and truth. Both sides play to their bases.
Let's take a big issue, for example -- one that is really problematic for this country -- Medicare spending. The truth is that we must reduce Medicare spending. Both Obama and Ryan have plans that reduce Medicare by approximately the same amount, although by different means. Romney doesn't reduce Medicare spending at all -- presumably because seniors are the most important voting block to him. You won't hear this truth on Fox or radio, but it is THE most important budget issue facing our future. This has also affected Ryan as his latest plan takes off budget caps on Medicare to make it closer to Romney.
Besides, Romney is no Reagan -- people just don't like him -- and that is not the media's fault. People need to take responsibility for themselves and not blame the messenger.
Gary B| 10.2.12 @ 7:12AM
"People need to take responsibility for themselves and not blame the messenger."
Fiscal: If the messenger would quit tampering with the message, we would stop blaming the messenger.
Fiscal| 10.2.12 @ 7:35AM
So YOU are going to tell Fox to stop tampering with the message? Good luck. As long as most of you are not willing to hold your favorite mainstream media outlet to the whole truth, you are hypocritical to hold others to do the same.
Gary B| 10.2.12 @ 8:49AM
Do you believe in the free market? People are dropping the MSM like a hot potato. What name would you call them?
canuckistani| 10.2.12 @ 12:01PM
If true, then the MSM's hegemony is disappearing.
The horror, who should the (R)ats blame for their dismal performance?
Grzmlyk| 10.2.12 @ 3:38PM
The idiots who allowed the MSM to achieve hegemony.
In a word, you.
And the millions of brain-dead liberals just like you who have destroyed America. Even those who live in Canada.
RCV| 10.2.12 @ 1:29PM
If that's so, then your socalled media bias is no big thing. Stop whining.
Drunken Sailor| 10.2.12 @ 2:08PM
So what, if any, media do you watch Fiscal? If no one else is doing the job right why don't your start your own?
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 3:36PM
You could call it: Headupmyass News.
Crassus| 10.2.12 @ 10:11AM
Merely saying Fox News is right wing proves that you don't know what you're talking about. Fox is NOT a conservative network. They never have been. They're just a little less liberal than the others. As for talk radio, it's audience is a drop in the bucket compared to the mainstream media. Since your first paragraph is a complete lie why should we believe the rest of your post?
Fiscal| 10.2.12 @ 10:16AM
Fox is liberal? Really? Sarah Palin, Hannity, Ingraham... Really? If it's liberal, why isn't Olbermann there? Regarding the free market and media, that's primarily because of social media. Interestingly enough, social media is primarily liberal so I guess the free market has spoken.... Hmmmm...
Crassus| 10.2.12 @ 10:34AM
Shep, Geraldo, Greta, Juan, Beckel. Marc Lamont Hill. Sure sound like conservatives to me. There are only two actual conservative hosts on Fox: Neil Cavuto and Sean Hannity. If you actually watched the network you would know that. All the rest are moderates and liberals. Just because conservatives get to spout off doesn't mean that the entire network is conservative. 20% of Fox is owned by the Saudis and network president Roger Ailes even said several months back that he wants the network to move more to the left so it will be more mainstream.
Fiscal| 10.2.12 @ 11:14AM
Give me a break. When you have a real liberal on a show, like Alan Colmes, they get booted. Shep, Geraldo, and Greta are center right. Beckel and Juan won't say anything that rankles the right. Fox and Friends? Really? Your Ailes statement is proof that the network is so far to the right that they want to be "MORE" mainstream. You disproved your own point of view...
canuckistani| 10.2.12 @ 11:56AM
Faux is probably more populist that actually conservative. Hannity is the worst baiter of them all. His Akin interview was painful in how hard he tried to pull him back from the edge, but couldn't. So instead of cutting him loose, he doubled down and slammed the GOP for their flaccid spines.
Just dumb as it only crystallizes people's view that some pundits are so hard-headed they will abandon reason just to remain popular with their vapid base.
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 3:40PM
That's because Alan Colmes is akin to a Wet Fart.
He's the guy you point out to your kids, at Walmart, and say: "Stranger Danger".
TinaB| 10.2.12 @ 4:41PM
My sentiments exactly. He seems decrepit. Even when I wanted to hear what Hannity had to say, I couldn't stick Holmes enough to watch their show.
Boar Hunter| 10.2.12 @ 11:42AM
Crassus; I see you are trying to convince Fecal that Fox is liberal. Good luck with that. I suggest you try a rock, preferably one harder than his head.
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 3:42PM
I don't watch FOX.
I listen to Beck, Rush, Hannity, Levin, and Savage.
That's all I need.
TinaB| 10.2.12 @ 4:42PM
You don't follow Mark Steyn? He's funny like some of you guys. You know who you are.
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 6:57PM
I LOVE Mark Stein.
proudgrandma| 10.2.12 @ 5:19PM
I would contend that Fox leans conservative, but they at least allow the liberal point of view to be given. The majority of the conservatives are libertarians and not republicans. They want government to get out of their way. They believe in the US Constitution which is what this country was based on.
SUBVET| 10.2.12 @ 9:34PM
FOX is in the closet...................when you talk about earings what do they say if's in the left it's right and if in the right ear your gay.
I am thinking it's in their nose....................
proudgrandma| 10.2.12 @ 5:14PM
I hate to interrupt the hateful interaction between you guys, but I have some things to point out. First, Social Security is not an entitlement program. The reason that it is almost bankrupt is that the government, both parties, have squandered our forced retirement fund. We have also been forced to pay into medicare for our old age. If you want to cut the fat, start with cutting off all foreign aid to our enemies. After we do that, quit borrowing money from China so that we can give it back to them in foreign aid. Take every dime of the retirement package for Congress and flop that into SSI so that they can repay what they took. They can live on the same retirement they have forced on us. Stop all payment to all federal government elite, Congress and Presidency, until they get our fiscal house in order. The next cut will be the United Nations, and they can also find someplace else to park as we don't need to be a part of that corrupt body. This will save a lot of money. Bring our troops and bureaucrats home from the Middle East and close our embassies (with the exception of Israel). If they do anything to harm our friends or ourselves, we will not put boots on the ground, but just send in drones and annihilate them. This will save lives and money.
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 6:59PM
Thank You Nana.
Good Post.
Marston| 10.3.12 @ 1:15AM
Dear Grandma,
Not every young person wants to take away social security and medicare. It is what it is, and some of us are happy for you to have it, as well as to do anything else that you need. It is the least we can do. We are blessed to have our parents with us, and we want them to be comfortable and happy for as long as God graces us with their presence. They have earned it many times over. Although there is a lot of generational warfare going on right now, there is still reason to believe that the younger generations are not as stupid and selfish as we are incessantly told that we are. Wait and see! In the meantime, God bless you and your family, Grandma!
Gary B| 10.2.12 @ 7:08AM
If Romney simply ignored Obama as if he were irrelevant and spent the evening attacking only the media, it would be a huge success.
Fiscal| 10.2.12 @ 7:42AM
It would only be successful to his supporters -- his base -- who buy into this whole MSM gig. It would be a disaster to moderates and independents, the people who will decide this election. If he followed your plan, he'd lose for sure.
Stephie| 10.2.12 @ 8:21AM
Excuse me mr/ms Fiscal, after reading you last 3-4 posts, I have to ask you, have you ever watched an entire day of MSNBC? Now please shut it about FOX. They are the LEAST guilty of pandering.
Fiscal| 10.2.12 @ 10:18AM
Actually, I watch all of the networks, including MSNBC and Fox. Fox is NOT the least guilty of pandering by any stretch of the imagination. MSNBC has been doing a good job of catching up. If you think that Fox doesn't pander, I have a bridge for you to buy in Brooklyn...
canuckistani| 10.2.12 @ 11:52AM
Steph has written a blog on "Drinking the Kool-aid".....ringthebellwedrink.com/thebubble
Stephie| 10.2.12 @ 12:08PM
Excuse me?
canuckistani| 10.2.12 @ 1:08PM
You're excused.
Faux has been rated for a decade as possessing the least informed audiences based on facts.
It is our Pravda, after all.
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 3:57PM
I like MSNBC.
They call women Sluts, Whores, C*nts, you name it.
They have the Stockholm Syndrome afflicted Down Syndrome guy, in the Morning. He sits right next to the Daughter of the Jew Hating former National Security Advisor of the Jew Hater - Jimmy Carter.
They've got the Bulldycke - Rachael Maddow. The Fat Drunk - "Laura Ingraham is a Conservative Slut" - Ed Sergeant Schultz. The - Cum in my pants whenever his Black Lover speaks - Chris Mathews. The completely outta touch with reality - Lawrence O'Donnell. As well as every Affirmative Action Hire at the New York Times/Washington Post, and Cynk Ugar - Whoever the hell he is.
I like it, actually.
I use it whenever my Dog Craps in the house.
I make him sit and watch it, as Punishment.
C. Vernon Crisler | 10.2.12 @ 1:25PM
Stephie, don't pay attention to the trolls.
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 7:01PM
Agreed.
Don't listen to Crisler.
Jacob McCandles| 10.2.12 @ 10:53AM
ROMNEY "MR. PRESIDENT, CAN YOU DESCRIBE FOR ME ONE INSTANCE, ONE SITUTATION IN WHICH TAX CUTS WOULD BE BENEFICIAL??"
This is a rhetorical trap from which Obama would NEVER recover. If he answers in the affirmative at all, Romeny could chew him to pieces.
Fiscal| 10.2.12 @ 11:19AM
Obama reply: "I would always want people to pay less taxes. In fact, because the economy was lagging, I kept the Bush tax cuts in force. But someone has to pay for the wars you want in Iran and your unwillingness to make Medicare solvent." Next statement?
Romney's best approach is to be likeable and reasonable. If he holds to the point that even if there are $10 in tax cuts for $1 in revenue, then he shows he is unreasonable.
canuckistani| 10.2.12 @ 11:49AM
Good comment.
Don't acceot the premise of the question and turn it back to responsibility.
I like it.
Willard would gain my respect if he acknowledged at least those facts.
Jacob McCandles| 10.2.12 @ 12:42PM
"Ok, so you kept the Bush cuts because the economy was lagging. Do you really believe that raising taxes might have a detrimental effect on the economy? Do you know the history of tax policy and federal revenues? I'll help you out with that in a minute...."
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 3:58PM
He doesn't know anything.
But, you already knew that, didn't you?
Martin kzovich| 10.2.12 @ 7:49AM
If I were advising Romney I would say this: one
Make a coherent case a) that Obama,s path is destructive and b) What exactly (sort of) you would do to fix our situation. Two: behave Presidential act as if you were really the President now. three, When Obama lies --smile, behave fartherly, and and basically that " Pres.Obama and I share vastly different views of reality. Treat the views as adults and tell the truth about where we are at and make the case that your way will bring us back from disasater.
Fiscal| 10.2.12 @ 8:10AM
The problem for Romney is NOT that he needs to make a case, but he needs to have a plan that actually cuts the budget. He won't cut Medicare and that is the biggest part of our budget problem. He has misstated Obama as much or more than the reverse so if he attempts to say that Obama lies, it will come back to haunt him.
No, Romney needs to be that guy who is sensible and will compromise like he did as head of Bain, Governor of Massachusetts, and head of the Olympics. The problem with Romney is that he is running as something he isn't. Romney needs to be Romney! If he were, he'd be winning in a landslide even though his base might be upset.
canuckistani| 10.2.12 @ 11:47AM
He should be running as a Clinton Democrat.
The (R)ats have gone so far to the fringe on every issue, there may be no middle ground to survey.
If a few baggers get turfed from the caucus, Boehner may actually grow a pair and cut a deal.
Howard| 10.2.12 @ 7:59AM
One advantage for Romney is that he can appeal directly to the public during the debates. He can talk above Obama and the liberal moderator, whomever he/she will be that night. And perhaps if the moderator flashes some liberal bias, it may get noticed as well. Still not an easy task when you have the typical bias as well as Obama being black, and Mitt looking like a Country Club Republican.
nathan| 10.2.12 @ 8:10AM
If as it appears more and more likely we wake up on November 7 and discover that BHO has won a second term, we know what the "conservative" narrative will be or a least a major part of it. The evil wicked horrible "MSM" was responsible for MR's defeat.
NO
Every primary candidate this year knew when they ran that crafting a strategy to deal with the EVIL MONOLITHIC HORRIBLE GHASTLY MSM BOOGEYMAN (do "conservatives" scare their kids with horror stories about the MSM monster at Holloween?) was part of their task. They KNEW IT. And if they failed to do so, that's ON THEM and THEM ALONE. If MR failed to deal with this most horrible of MONSTERS, THE EVIL MSM, that just confirms what we all know anyway, he is a really bad candidate.
I mean folks, come on, why is he behind in polls that look more and more credible as time goes on? Please against a president that most anyone off the street should be able to beat?
No, if the narrative on November 6 is that MSM beat MR, that narrative will be wrong. MR beat MR. And a reminder that the republicans need to nominate better candidates.
Sue| 10.2.12 @ 10:01AM
Nathan, you're battling the wrong enemy. The selection is not the enemy. Lord is right. I stopped watching the MSM years ago. Anyone with critical thinking skills did. Just think about it: the MSM is telling us everyday that our great one is great. Something not right here.
canuckistani| 10.2.12 @ 11:02AM
You assume that the (R)at primary voter - ya know the one that gave us Willard - was influenced by the LSM? Or was it possibly the spectacular and breathtakingly bad parade of idiots that shared the stage with him?
The (R)ats tried on every hat before they got to the Willard - a pointy one, with a little flash of yellow.
The Cain "We be Pimpin'" hat was in fashion for awhile.
The Santorum "Salem witch trial" hat was donned briefly.
The Perry "Pink stetson" was paraded on a whim.
And the Donald's crash helmet was doffed soon after we came out of the black hole last May.
Newtie's helicopter beanie was left on the shelf. Even baggers had enough fashion sense to dodge that one.
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 4:01PM
He!s behind in the polls, because the Polls are Bullsh*t.
The numbers are ALWAYS Scewed with at least 10% More Democrats.
Wake Up.
SusyQue| 10.2.12 @ 9:14AM
I am soooo disappointed in Jeffrey Lord's article.
It is totally void of positive thinking. Mitt Romney's record of governing is stellar. This is a man totally opposite from our current president in character and vision for our great country. Mitt Romney is an extraordinarily, remarkably, astonishingly generous man. A good man. Maybe even a great man. Conservatives have long been suspicious that Romney isn’t truly one of them. He deserves respect and admiration.
Sue| 10.2.12 @ 9:59AM
Did you even read the article? What you wrote sounds ridiculous as a response to the article. I almost think you cut and pasted.
canuckistani| 10.2.12 @ 10:13AM
47th in job creation and a healthcare mandate to boot. Stellar.
Jacob McCandles| 10.2.12 @ 12:45PM
This 47th in job creation is BS and you ought to know that. There is a certain percentage of folks who simply refuse to work or are incapable due to substance addiction. Unemployment rates in Mass. were great under Romney.
canuckistani| 10.2.12 @ 1:05PM
Then why did he run away from that record during the primaries?
His clumsy backpedalling and equivocating ever since has also damaged his cred.
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 4:06PM
What's The Muslim's Record on Job Creation?
I know his Record on Credit Rating Downgrades.
He's got 2.
No other President in our History, even has 1.
That means he's Batting 1,000.
Oldefarte| 10.2.12 @ 11:25PM
He didn't run away for his success [of running a Kennedy dominated state of liberalism, and of running private enterprises profitably]. What success has THE BLACK JESUS had? Putting his name on a Ayer-written biography, attending private schools paid for by Arab oil magnates, etc????????
Boar Hunter| 10.2.12 @ 12:00PM
Romney's record as a governor is pathetic. Romney's record as a man is that of a pathetic coward.
Romney is a worthless political hack whose only saving grace is his willingness to be generous with his own money.
Romney has never stood up for anything of value or shown definitively what his position on anything is. His people define wishy-washy on RoBamaCare.
Romney's people have repeatedly shown poor judgement in confronting every issue they are confronted with.
canuckistani| 10.2.12 @ 1:06PM
He was chosen by the GOP base.
He ran four years ago as well. He is a known quantity and the party picked him.
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 4:09PM
He's not the problem.
Big Mouthed Dumbfcks, like You, are the problem.
He's the Candidate.
You want 4 More Years of this MFer?
Keep running your Stupid Mouth.
You just might get your wish.
STFU.
And GFYourself, while you're at it.
Dave Williams| 10.2.12 @ 9:29AM
Next election, the Republicans should INSIST on the moderators of the debate being at least 1/2 conservative. Why, oh WHY, do they allow such an unfair forum to be the moment when Romney first reaches out to a national audience? NOT bright....but nice....but DemonRats are NOT nice, and firmness in dealing with them is an absolute necessity.
That said, thank goodness for the internet and talk radio, which will go a long way in challenging the MSM's warped perception of the debates. GO MITT!!!
canuckistani| 10.2.12 @ 10:12AM
I fail to understand the constant whining by (R)ats and their minions about a so-called MSM bias.
Baggers and seated con warriors infest Faux news - the number 1 cable network, with a bullet, baggers own the radiowaves, and cons populate nearly every national broadsheet excluding the NYT. As far as share of voice goes, con and bagger outlets have an enormous rating.
When Wallace of Faux news challenged Lyin' Ryan on Sunday, it was a shot to the heart of the ambiguous Willard campaign, not some MSM cabal at work.
The MSM carried the water for Junior and his island of misfits when conjuring up an Iraq adventure. Even the NYT got caught up in the blood lust. Where was the media bias then? It only turned on Junior when the realization emerged that we went to war on a lie. It only emerged when we realized we gutted the treasury, went into debt and suddenly abandoned all responsiblilty for our accrued debts based on lies and brazen looting by the corporatist class.
Grow up. The (R)ats message is one for the 17 year old male, nothing more.
Rand died on SS and medicare, using her husband's name. 'nuff said.
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 4:15PM
So, you're saying that every Debate moderated by FOX, is okay with you?
And, while you're at it?
Why don't you explain to everyone how the Democrat Field, in 2008, all pulling out of a Black Caucus Sponsored Debate on FOX, wasn't a Bullsh*t Coward Act?
I'm sure that I speak for everyone, when I say that We'll Wait, patiently, for your response.
Al Adab| 10.2.12 @ 9:32AM
It is only a matter of time before we realize that these expensive, nasty, divisive elections need to be a thing of the past. We could just have an executive appointed by Congress or the Supreme Court who could serve on good behavior. That way all this upsetting uncertainty would be gone. After all our betters know what is best for us so who are we to select one over the other? We should all enjoy our bread and circuses and quit thinking about things like government we know nothing about.
Mike G| 10.2.12 @ 9:51AM
Your way is almost as messy as what we have now. What we ought to do is let Obama dismiss and appoint legislators and judges as he sees fit. They can then pass legislation declaring the constitution null and void, and have Obama declared President for life. Then Obama can go off to his golf game and his minions can fashion the new world order, and everything will be just rosy for all of us.
Bob K| 10.2.12 @ 9:49AM
Why in the hell does it take 18 months to determine who will be President of the United States for the next 4 years? We end up with our elected officials working for 30 months less their vacation time and the time off they take for their own re-elections.
Hell! We would probably be better off if none of them ever went to Washington for all they do during the short time they are there!
canuckistani| 10.2.12 @ 10:31AM
It's an industry, and a big one at that.
Citizens United will ensure it keeps growing. In the past, the campaigns would start raising money about 6 months before an announcement in year three.
Today, you can be assured the apparati for Rubio, Christie and possibly Hillary already have their marching orders and Super PACS will not wind down on Nov 7th.
As SCOTUS justices get older, the person in the WH becomes even more important to vested interests than simple politics and debt ceiling debates.
If you don't like it, turn off the TV and refuse to send money to narrow interests.
Bob K| 10.2.12 @ 6:57PM
Right. Let the narrow interests pay for the entire campaign and see if the voters who ignore them can neutralize their big bucks. Democracy in action. People voting. Corporations are people too: So says the Supremes. If so, why can't they vote? Ask the Supreme Court about that howler.
Sue| 10.2.12 @ 9:56AM
The debates are nothing more than a pissing contest to see which group of the electorate will be pissed off at Romney. None of them, of course, will be shown as being pissed off at Obama.
canuckistani| 10.2.12 @ 10:25AM
You fail to understand the electorate.
BHO has been a disappointment, if you measure him against messianic outcomes.
As a president coming into a situation in uncharted economic waters and a two-front war, he has performed well, and at minimum satisfactory, especially against the juvies in the (R)ats caucus that have run away from fiscal responsibility like it was an oozing boil.
He has not governed like the marxist the baggers on here argue, but pretty much right in the center of the political spectrum - the center this country has held for generations.
Romney, on the other hand, actually governed from the center-left in Mass. He governed as a leftist when suing for Olympic money, and took a "Swiss" view to business when examining deals - i.e not drawn by political expediency, but by long-view business planning.
His obvious and frequent equivocations starting in 2007 have painted a picture for the electorate that this guy will say and possibly do anything to be the Smithian White Horse rider. They are not dumb, and will vote accordingly.
Fiscal| 10.2.12 @ 11:26AM
You are certainly right that Romney has his finger in the wind. But Obama has been a failure as a leader -- not setting a vision and not working like LBJ and Clinton to get it done. The fact is that neither candidate is the person we need. Obama was voted in because of "hope" and his claim to getting a "purple" America. He failed on his major premise notwithstanding the Republicans intransigence. There is some hope that Romney will be able to move from the extreme right to the center right given his past. That's the only hope we have.
canuckistani| 10.2.12 @ 11:41AM
There is no evidence that Willard will do anything but acquiesce to the prevailing winds in DC.
BHO has failed to bridge the divide, but the GOP has continually wrecked their side of the span.
BHO has governed to the right of Willie and pretty much on the nose to Nixon from foreign to domestic policy, he has been a moderate.
We have a mixed economy in a mixed world that has developed quickly to challenge our hegemony on several fronts. Willard has been stashing his cash for years and not investing in forward-oriented places that secures America's future. Why would he govern any differently?
Oldefarte| 10.2.12 @ 11:21PM
You have two choices: [1]Destruction of your country within two years of this election or [2] Possible economic improvement from an intelligent, professionally knowledgable businessman. Whats your choice?
Frank Drackman| 10.2.12 @ 10:56AM
I heard the President(Peace be upon Him) has the Black Vote "Locked Up" in Florida.
Don't they need to be let out in order to vote?
Frank
canuckistani| 10.2.12 @ 11:05AM
Nope, it'll be the Reagan amnesty illegals that will give him the EC votes.
Almost poetic.
C. Vernon Crisler | 10.2.12 @ 1:30PM
Er, what did you say should be on him?
Martin kzovich| 10.2.12 @ 11:09AM
I have two points to make. One is that all of the polls
lets say oh 99.9 % are lies. Two, what Romney has to do is to behave as a real President should, be a leader and offer concrete plans and policies. Treat viewers as grown ups by telling them what the situation really not the la la land of the Marxists and Communist that have the letter D next to their names.
canuckistani| 10.2.12 @ 11:36AM
What la la land are you living in? The one where we teach our kids not to pay their bills? Start two wars without any shared sacrifice?
Name one entitlement the bagger in you wants eliminated: SS? Medicare? Oil subsidies? Corn subsidies? Disaster relief? Roads bill? Vets support?
Which one? If you're pissing on about welfare queens and the like, then it's only 10% of the problem. We have a 25% deficit.
Maybe grown ups have already figured out the math that you cannot get to 25 by cutting 10.
We had close to full employment many quarters under Junior and he still exploded the debt. The job creators just took their money and ran and did not invest in the USA. Willard sure didn't either.
Maybe you should be choosing someone that actually banks on and in America.
Frank Drackman| 10.2.12 @ 12:06PM
Elminated?
SS*, sure, Medicare?, right, Oil subsidies?, Correct-o-mundo, Corn subsidies? ditto,Dissaster relief? Buy a fire extinguisher, move from the coast, sell the trailer.. Roads bill? thats why I drive my Zo6 only on weekends, Vets support? I AM a Vet, and I don't need no stinkin(literally)VA "Medical Care"
* I suppose you mean "SSI" cause I thought we fought a whole World War to get rid of the SS
Frank "Sieg Heil Baby*" Drackman
it's a U2 Album, Homos
canuckistani| 10.2.12 @ 1:00PM
You have the cojones to actually follow through, but most hatriots on here bristle when one of their sacred cows is brought to the dock.
My suggestion is to de-federalize these programs and move them to the states. Let them fight it out and deal more closely with demographics and narrow interests. Let's see Monsanto and ADM squeeze Iowans for more grease. Let's see Frankfort and that putz Brownback deal directly with big oil and still provide basic services.
You would see a gang tackle on these red state senators within a nanosecond to re-federalize them.
Oldefarte| 10.2.12 @ 11:17PM
Here is food for your ignorant thought: Seriously cut/downsize government spending by maybe 10% over ten years. Eliminate GSA, Education, Energy, foreign aid, all labor union representation of government workers, earmarks within budgets, NASA, NPR subsidies, food stamps, housing subsidies, etc. Transfer education back to states. Drop oil drilling rigs in all three oceans and begin construction of Keystone. Place tariffs etc on any/all Chinese goods who manipulate their currency. Put Holder in jail for corruption, alsong with Salazar, Napalitano and Sebelous. Oh and as to SS and Medicare, eliminate WelfareCare, force the government to refund the $trillion stolen from SS and the $700 bil from Medicare. How that for starters, chief??????
Frank Drackman| 10.2.12 @ 11:17AM
Got the perfect "Zinger"(s) to pull on the President(Peace be upon Him) Wednesday
1: Dare Obama to take off his coat, proving he's not wearing a Suicide Vest, if He takes it off, He's a Pussy, if He doesn't, instills doubt in the Independents, and if he blows Himself and Romney up, we get a Biden/Santorum matchup...
2: Offer the President an actual "Zinger", you know, those delicious Snack Cakes chock full O' delicious Trans Fats, He eats it, no sex from Michelle, leading to backup, blueballs, and poor performances in 2d and 3rd debates,
He declines, dropping blood glucose causes syncopal episode, losing vital "prefer President who doesn't faint" demographic.
3: Do same thing, put with a pack of Cools...
Frank
Who Knows?| 10.2.12 @ 11:30AM
Romney should just mimic the guy in “The Graduate”, who took aside the Dustin Hoffman character, and whispered a single word---only, instead of plastics, he should say---
“Flexible”.
Explore the myriad bordering on countless ways Obama plans to be “flexible”, beginning with the dictator, Putin. How about on debt, spending, executive orders, immigration, fraudulent voting, etc etc etc.
Bite on that bone, and don’t let go!
JD| 10.2.12 @ 11:37AM
I've been saying what this article says for months. Of course Romney will "lose". Why would we expect otherwise? Obama "wins" everything else despite being a naked emperor; of course he'll "win" the debate!
He's like Kim Jong Il's golf game.
RCV| 10.2.12 @ 11:39AM
More whining from TAS's resident Whiner-in-Chief. It's all The Media's fault! If only people would listen more to the sage Limbaugh, all would be well. No introspection. No wondering why a candidate devoid of ideology or principles is not lighting the country on fire.
Butch| 10.2.12 @ 1:52PM
His opponent has enough ideology for both of them.
JD| 10.2.12 @ 2:56PM
Both have principles and ideology. One's is much better than the other's.
Kwan| 10.2.12 @ 11:39AM
During the Soviet period the newspaper Pravda served as the official mouthpiece of the Communist Party. Currently the Pravda-like MSM in the United States serves as the official mouthpiece of the Democrat-Communist Party. Those that don't support the party-line are branded as reprobates and counter-revolutionaries. The country is currently under attack by leftist extremists who are determined to fundamentally transform the United States into a Totalitarian Socialist State. To win a war you must first recognize that you are in a war. Time to quit calling Obama a nice guy that's in over his head. He's the left's Oberstgruppenfuhrer that is seeking the defeat of the enemy: Conservatives that believe in the principles that made the United States a world super-power, as opposed to Marxist nonsense that converts countries into third-world basket-cases.
PolishKnight| 10.2.12 @ 12:06PM
I live in Northern Virginia and occasionally make forays into DC. I have taken people to the FDR monument a few times and can still marvel at the wheelchair put in the side of the gift shop. A wheelchair, I tell visitors, that the press covered up both by refusing to print pictures of him in it or even putting their hands in front of the cameras of press members that did.
Keep in mind that this behavior went on long before the country went to war. And his health, including his handicap, wasn't just an issue of protecting a president from discrimination due to handicap. He died soon after starting his 4th term and probably made concessions to Stalin because of it. The people had a right to know. But didn't.
That's collusion with Democrats going back now _80_ years, folks.
Who Knows?| 10.2.12 @ 11:40AM
Romney should just mimic the guy in “The Graduate”, who took aside the Dustin Hoffman character, and whispered a single word---only, instead of plastics, he should say---
“Flexible”.
Explore the myriad, bordering on countless, ways Obama plans to be “flexible”, beginning with the dictator, Putin. How about on debt, spending, executive orders, immigration, fraudulent voting, etc.
Bite on that bone, and don’t let go!
To have debates, or not to have debates?
The ONLY question is the evergreen one---cui bono?
What is the cost-benefit expectation?
Even given the out-of-the-closet liberal bias, is it better for Romney to use the free TV time to reach a huge audience, or not?
Reagan famously “bypassed” the even more powerful liberal media of his day, by going over their putative “heads”, speaking directly to the public. Wouldn’t it be a total hoot, say in 2016, after four more years of a disastrous Obama presidency, that the GOP nominee correctly presents the following either-or about debates—
Either at least half the moderators are as right wing as Chris Matthews is left wing, or no debates.
Then, pay for “major” advertising spots, for 15 minutes, or so, for the nominee to make their case.
Paul McGrath| 10.2.12 @ 11:59AM
You're right Jeff. ON Hannity, Limbaugh and O'Reilly yesterday, all of the pundits were optimistic that Romney would get a bump once he defeated Obama in the first debate. But it isn't going to happen. Obama will be portrayed as the winner, no matter what. What's really sad is that lot of people will watch the debate, think to themselves that Romney won, and then be convinced the following day that he really didn't. And God help Romney if he stumbles.
I hope and pray that Romney's advisers realize this. He's going to have to hit one out of the park.
canuckistani| 10.2.12 @ 12:09PM
Call in sick, then.
Frank Drackman| 10.2.12 @ 12:25PM
"Canuckistani"
Right now, large men with necks the color of Bill Clinton's bulbous nose are on there way to kick in your door, your balls, and defile your Classic Comix version of the Ko-ran...
Seriously, change your name to something less offensive, like Adolf Hitler Malcolm Lucifer King X...
Frank
canuckistani| 10.2.12 @ 12:53PM
No, this was a gift from one Pat Buchanan when I was working in Canada.
When Canada rightly and presciently refused to join the coalition of the unwilling, the neocon pundocracy went apesh!t. Pat coined Canada: "Soviet Republic of Canuckistan" and it has stuck with me ever since.
The fact it baits members of the Confederate States of Dumbfu**istan on here amuses me to no end.
TinaB| 10.2.12 @ 4:58PM
Speaking of which, Frankie, have you looked closely at Bill's bulb lately? Have you, I know it's not easy to, but I did. I think he's had it fixed, well, narrowed, from the phallic looking thing it was up until recently. I am not positive but I think so. Just check and let me know. Since you mentioned it, 'n all.
Paul McGrath| 10.2.12 @ 12:02PM
The second problem will be the nature of the debate itself. You can be sure that gay marriage, abortion, abortion in cases of rape, the "war on women," and Ryan's Medicare "cuts" will take front and center stage.
canuckistani| 10.2.12 @ 12:09PM
Why is that a problem?
Are they relevant or not?
We already know Willard has taken both sides on every one of those issues, so handicappers will have a field day conjuring up odds on his responses.
Stephie| 10.2.12 @ 12:14PM
What a sad discussion here. Do you all want obama to be reelected? CNN has just released a tainted poll, another lie to prop up obama. The MSM has chosen sides and made our odds of wining slim. I see this as criminal.
canuckistani| 10.2.12 @ 1:23PM
Steph,
Faux and even Rasmussen has BHO up in swing states and almost certainly exceeding 270. There is no way their models are skewed D, so get over it.
Willard was next in line and the (R)ats chose him.
I don't want the insular BHO reelected, but compared to Willard, he is a marginal selection for me.
Willard will be rolled by the bagger congress on everything, including Israel and social issues. We can't have that.
My expectation is that BHO will be durable on these fronts and roll on the fiscal side - which is what the country needs.
Purp| 10.2.12 @ 12:24PM
Romney will win the first debate - all challengers, almost all, do win. Elevated on the stage as equals to the President of the United States provides an aura up to now Mitt the Twit has lacked.
Non-working Romney has had months to hone his arguments, practice incessantly while the President has been, well, the President, executing on his day job.
In any case, the debates are not likely to change the trajectory of the race, but they could cement the downward spiral and make it faster for Romney.
Ryan, the boy wonder, with his obfuscation, inability to be specific and his admonition that his boss, Romney "is inarticulate" isn't helping the cause. He's also hurting HIS own chances for the future with pronouncements like "It would take to long to explain the math" !
canuckistani| 10.2.12 @ 1:28PM
The Biden-Lyan debate may be the most interesting.
BHO will simply run out the clock on his talking points and Willard will be laid bare as an equivocator on every issue.
Ryan has been exposed as never before beyond the cozy confines of the bubble. He has not withstood even mild scrutiny.
Biden is an old hack, and will not create a problem for the ticket. His debate with Palin was a non-event, but this one gets two wonks against eachother. One with a strong rhetorical history, and one who has been insulated from diapers.
By simply steering the dialog to medicare and ss cuts, Ryan will be vulnerable.
Oldefarte| 10.2.12 @ 11:07PM
Yeah let steer the talk to Medicare/SS and discuss how the theiving Democrats have stolen from same to fund their governmental welfare. Fact don't matter so old hairplug Joe the Da from Delaware can maybe curse up some NBFD's for the crowd, huh; or maybe he could hold a beer summit for the home invader Gates pre-debate on stage. Nah, the VP debate will be between Ryan and THE EMPTY CHAIR since the Democrats would be to embarrassed to allow that old fool Joe the Idiot onstage, huh????? Remember, ya boy BHO will be sans-TELEPROMPTER, so he'll be surfing without his board so to speak.....er ra, er ra, er ra!!!!!
Oldefarte| 10.2.12 @ 10:59PM
Maybe the BLACK JESUS could bring his golf clubs to the debate and demonstrate his technique to Romney. That ought to wow the Democrat crowd of nincompoots [Oprah, Jay-Z, Bounce' etc]. Maybe he could also show off his bowling form as well, or maybe even his fastball pitch from the mound, huh? Why not have Moochel bring along some veggies from the WH garden that the ToPac's gang munch up on,; or maybe some camera slides from their taxpayer/credit card funded trips to Paris, NYC and Italy perhaps? [Talk about NEVER WORKING A DAY IN HER FAT-ARSSED MISERABLE LIFE!]!!!!!
obadiah| 10.2.12 @ 1:14PM
What a big rich pot of Spite Stew the Media Research Center had at its Resentment Party. They really gobbled up the "symphony of hate, disdain, racism, and more flowing from network anchors and correspondents past and present. They have not the slightest pretense to fairness, to balance, to evenhandedness." They know where to go for fairness and balance. Rush was there to remind them. Dittos.
Stick| 10.2.12 @ 1:31PM
Ward, you were pretty hard on the Mittens last night. Lets be real, Mitt is not charismatic, but he is likable. Obama is charismatice but not likable. While Mitt is neither Reagan or Newt, he did win a governorship in MA and forced Ted the Swimmer to take out a second mortgage to finance his Senate re-election effort. So can Mitt win the debates ? Yes, if he remembers to speak to the viewer rather than the talking heads. He needs to identify who he is, his convictions and his competence. After that he just needs to push the thinned skinned one and highlight his shallowness. This shouldn't be hard to do. Maybe if Mitt is lucky he can get Barry to flip him the bird. That always plays well. Obama is that nerdy kid in high school, rough him up a bit.
PolishKnight| 10.2.12 @ 4:17PM
I was watching the Klitschko documentary on HBO and it was interesting how the two boxers have evolved their style over the years. Instead of developing a generic boxing style and going into the ring, they would carefully study their opponents and weaknesses (and strengths) and go into the ring and play a chess game. Their opponents agreed it was effective.
If Romney hasn't done so already, he should watch interviews with Obama including the friendly softballs (such as Letterman) and ones where he was put under pressure (primary challenges are perfect since the media in that case may have favored a Democratic challenger) and seen what buttons were pushed to get him off edge, how to catch him without a spin control response, and the strategies he used to weasel out of uncomfortable spots.
Next, study his talking points in his speeches. What stuff is he hammering on especially in middle America and battleground states? That's the A-list material he'll be using. Think of the best responses. "The jerk store called..." or better yet, ask a sample group of target voters what they would like to hear. Review your policy if necessary to retain and attract those voters.
Vic| 10.2.12 @ 5:55PM
Romney should heed Gingrich and call out both Obozo and the LSM for it's lies. He will have both breathing down his neck. It is a fight for his political life and he needs to brush up his act and get back the spine he had when combating fellow Republicans!
Kingofthenet| 10.2.12 @ 4:38PM
If you actually believe it's the Presidents responsibility to warn ANYONE, you don't know how Govt.works.
Oldefarte| 10.2.12 @ 10:53PM
The only ones he's warning possibly are Oprah, Jay-Z and Bounce'. I'm sure Chris Stevens and Brian Terry were left out of his loop also!!!!
Kingofthenet| 10.2.12 @ 4:41PM
Chris Matthews is NOT a reporter, he gets paid to state his OPINION.
Oldefarte| 10.2.12 @ 10:50PM
He's a worthless, pansy-arsed piece of excrement. Besides that, he's nothing and no one of intelligence gives a rat's ars about his """""opinions""""""!!!!
WKH| 10.2.12 @ 5:53PM
Mr. Lord, I tend to agree with you regarding the debates and the perceived outcome. I'm quite certain the liberal media are already writing their summations. What gives me hope however is the fact that millions will be tuned in live making their own evaluations between the two. Romney certainly has many times more amunition at his disposal plus, if he uses the time to better explain his plan, as he says he will, he could benefit greatly.
bluecollarbytes| 10.2.12 @ 10:21PM
Ryan should have no problem bombing Biden with facts and an educated overview of our current misery. Romney should win through his adulthood up against the irresponsible poser. I guess Romney is waiting to reintroduce loud opposition to obamascare. maybe during debate.
Oldefarte| 10.2.12 @ 10:45PM
Yeah, he'll lose the debat in the eyes of the MSM of course, but all he needs to do for the voting public is simply keep on telling the truth. As Pat Caddell said, he sould hammer THE ONE on the economy, and especially on this current Lybian situation.....again just state the factual truth and same will be argument aplenty!!!!
Oldefarte| 10.2.12 @ 10:46PM
PS: What is going to really be interesting is that THE ONE will be without his TELEPROMPTERS!!!!!!!!!!
Oldefarte| 10.2.12 @ 10:48PM
PSII: Hope THE ONE doesn't try and sneek in some cheat-sheets in his underware, aka Bill Richardson leaving the archives with classifieds stuffed down his boxers!!!!!!!!!
topcat52| 10.3.12 @ 10:47PM
Behold the reason to ignore talking heads even when you agree with them. I watched the debate on ABC. When it was over, every commentator agreed that Romney had won, even Donna Brazile. How wrong can you be?