Was Obama stunned by Romney's debate performance?

[Bugsy McGurk]

He did have to be somewhat dumbstruck by Willard's complete 180's, no?

Obama shows up to debate one set of positions, and on the spur of the moment he's facing a different candidate.

Shame on Obama for thinking Willard would stick to any positions, but Obama ain't likely to fall for that again, eh?

 

[NightSwimmer]

The President made no mistakes in the debate. I don't really care that he refrained from beating Romney over the head like a rabid yard-dog for his blatant lies. Romney did enough damage to himself. This isn't professional wrestling, after all -- much as the corporate news media would like for us to believe that it is.

 

[Craig]

The President made no mistakes in the debate. I don't really care that he refrained from beating Romney over the head like a rabid yard-dog for his blatant lies. Romney did enough damage to himself. This isn't professional wrestling, after all -- much as the corporate news media would like for us to believe that it is.

Hmmm...are you sure?

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

Let's get ready to RUMBLLLLLLLLE!

The Mormon Cyborg!

 

[IrishOne]

I agree. And you know, more people are speaking out about Rmoney's lies than if Obama had pointed them out on Wednesday's debate. Gave me some solace that the American people aren't as stupid as some candidate's (47%) platform makes them out to be.

Kinda funny that Rmoney can't get a full news cycle, even after the debate. The new jobs/unemployment report took the wind out of Rmoney's sail

Looks like ol'Mittens is back to shaking the Etch-A-Sketch again - drat! Can't use 8.1% anymore....

Obama 2012

 

[IrishOne]

Too funny!~

 

[fairsheet]

I agree. And you know, more people are speaking out about Rmoney's lies than if Obama had pointed them out on Wednesday's debate. Gave me some solace that the American people aren't as stupid as some candidate's (47%) platform makes them out to be.

Kinda funny that Rmoney can't get a full news cycle, even after the debate. The new jobs/unemployment report took the wind out of Rmoney's sail

Looks like ol'Mittens is back to shaking the Etch-A-Sketch again - drat! Can't use 8.1% anymore....

Obama 2012

Yup...with every day that passes post Mitt's "win', the more the focus has shifted from "Mitt won", to "Mitt lied". It's just a matter of time before the Mitt/GOP figures out that he might've been better off telling the truth but losing!

 

[Bo-4]

He will assume on the 16th that all six or eight Willards will show up. ;-)

 

[NinaS]

Hmmm...are you sure?

Thanks Craig...that will make a dandy avatar.

 

[NightSwimmer]

I just hope that the GOP Super-PACs all made huge donations to Romney's campaign before they realized that his debate "victory" would be so short-lived.

 

[Craig]

Let's get ready to RUMBLLLLLLLLE!

The Mormon Cyborg!

I like the dollar sign...

Still...my favorite use of the masks goes to Los Straitjackets...

:rockon:

[video=youtube;1H75hBXvjsw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H75hBXvjsw[/video]

 

[NightSwimmer]

He will assume on the 16th that all six or eight Willards will show up. ;-)

Obama needs to hire a physicist as a debate coach so he can get some insight on debating a quantum candidate.

 

[Craig]

Thanks Craig...that will make a dandy avatar.

ain't the internets amazin'??? Type in any phrase...and lo an behold...an image appears.

 

[IrishOne]

Man, that is creepy! But then again, so is Mitt...

 

[IrishOne]

Wouldn't it be funny if Obama sent in Bill as a POTUS surrogate for the next debate? Rmoney wouldn't last a minute with "Math" Bill in a debate. Secretary of explaining Sh1t.

 

[Arkady]

There's no doubt in my mind that Obama was taken by surprise. I suppose, from a completely amoral perspective, it was brilliant planning by the Romney people. They made no indication of a move to the center in the months leading up to the debate, then came out with a 180-degree reversal of everything they'd been saying over the last year. That has to throw a guy for a loop if he's prepping to debate the Mitt Romney that existed from the time he declared for the presidency to the day before the debate, and some completely different politician shows up. That doesn't excuse Obama completely, though. He had time to get his feet back under him after the initial surprise wore off, and Romney left himself open to devastating counter-attacks if Obama were just willing to shift tactics.

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

There's no doubt in my mind that Obama was taken by surprise. I suppose, from a completely amoral perspective, it was brilliant planning by the Romney people. They made no indication of a move to the center in the months leading up to the debate, then came out with a 180-degree reversal of everything they'd been saying over the last year. That has to throw a guy for a loop if he's prepping to debate the Mitt Romney that existed from the time he declared for the presidency to the day before the debate, and some completely different politician shows up. That doesn't excuse Obama completely, though. He had time to get his feet back under him after the initial surprise wore off, and Romney left himself open to devastating counter-attacks if Obama were just willing to shift tactics.

Agreed. But sometimes honest people are truly thrown in the face of such staggering lies and flip-flops. It has a certain unreal aura about it that can leave people stunned.