You have been very calm in dealing with a insane man.

This was like when some RW blowhard comes on a "news show" and talks over everyone else, making shit up as he goes along.

His manner of speaking doesn't lend itself to quick, strong comebacks. He's a thinker, mulls things over, responds intelligently. That's not what a debate is.

instead of regurgitating talking points. The last thing I want in a President is a non-thinker.

Mitt gets amped up and becomes more and more incoherent.

he knows his shit, not just rambling word salad

I agree and I LOVE "word salad"

gonna be any better the L? This was sad. I hope Mitt comes off as the arrogant bastard that he is

for the president to be the president, and not just a guy who lets himself get interrupted by a liar and an incompetent.

Have you ever been in a situation where you had a nutcase like Romney trying to push you over the edge? Romney may just looking for that moment where Obama does something uncharacteristic. And then they'll blow it out of proportion.

Romney tells the $716 billion Medicare lie, the one Clinton made clear to everyone was a lie. I'd call him on it.

Romney runs down a long sad list of current economic woes. I would point to trickle-down economics and the GOP's record over the last decade and say "You built that."

That's what I'd do.

and expecting the media to sort through Mitt's lies? Two minutes isn't a whole lot of time.

Not too smart.

unfortunately.

remember?

For Romney, anyway.

n/t

Now he likes "great teachers", Big Bird, coal and green energy.

I can't keep his nonsense straight any more.

Not buying it.

on edit, yours

KICK HIS ASS. FOR CRIPE'S SAKE!

Romney is lying through his teeth. As usual.

...is no debate on anything...Might as well talk about pink bunnies

MD particularly Montgomery County ranks far higher than that.

I just checked, thanks for the correction.
Currently looking at things now.

I was thinking mostly in regards to counties.

Haha. It didn't last long.

Women prefer Obama, but even the line goes up with the men when Obama speaks. Also, unlike some posts here, Obama's speaking time is equal to Romney's

are talking about.

LOL

does this mean tax credits for private school tuition?

is this a brand new program? a tax cut? where is the concomitant budget offset?

leave the Pres have his say UNINTERRUPTED

...and it's worrying me. He IS rude, no doubt. But when he is talking about his policies he sounds forceful and convincing, especially for those who do not know the details and who do not realize that he has not supplied any of those details. Most people do not think that the 1% are trying to steal everything and set up a caste system in this country... they just don't get it.

OMG Romney just used the "you're not entitled to your own facts" line.

The forum is dying.

But he has no facts. All that he is saying is lies.
He was projecting on the facts thing.

...but as has been proven time and time again, that makes little difference as to who wins the debate. Who wins is who is perceived to have won. I am disappointed that Romney appears more forceful, and the President appears more hesitant.

Whereas Mitt Zombie is just flying off the handle.

For the close of the week.

Mitt is talking fast, he is interrupting and aggressive. But he has to be that way because his sentences don't hold up to close scrutiny.

He talks like a CEO and expects his word to be law.

That would make Obama look petty. If it's done during the debate.
Expect to see ads with Mitt's words and the truth to plaster the airwaves starting tomorrow.

One has facts, the other has bullshit.

Mitt has done a wonderful job of sounding like he has a good plan, and cares. Even if though he doesn't.

the debates won't change very many minds.

but these fascists are not going to play by any rules.

Sounds like he is totally libertarian now.

tripping over his own words.

"Mr. President, you're entitled to your own plane and your own house, but not you're own facts".

Yeah, great statement from a lying plutocrat.

Here's the question: will the media call Romney on his wall-to-wall bullshit? If they do, he's sunk.

romney is the biggest fucking liar and he gets away with it and calls Obama a liar????

The funny part about that so called zinger is that the house and the plane belong to us. Can't even get that zingers right...

i don't think i can stomach the remaining debates. Mitt makes me sick.

he's frikkin' exhausting. I don't know if civility is the right direction to go against this guy. Romney's been getting away with leaving way too many brain bug lies in the minds of the electorate.

When Romney smiles, I wonder how he managed to get out of his straitjacket.

Could he spare the time?

But the federal government won't federal education money to the states but to individuals. Huh?

ridiculous

Why are you surprised?

And the dressage horse you rode in on! 90 billion dollars? For one thing, that has nothing to do with health care? How the fuck did you conflate that? And Massachusetts is graded number one in the nation because they're fucking LIBERALS, UNION liberals, you motherfucking Romney fucking asshole/

Hell! Let them go FUCK each other!

Then yes, yes I have a little bit

who is the party that takes so much pride on BLOCKING the POTUS?!?

Sounds like three whiny, crotchety, bickering old guys.

Obamazinger!

If you were so good at "reaching across the aisle," why couldn't you run for reelection?"

No, I'll answer that: because Romney's a fucking entitled asshole.

Romney seems to be making up shit as he goes along, and since (in his view) no one is challenging him on each phony new stance, he just gets bolder and proclaims yet another new and crazy position… The fact checkers are going to be busy tonight.

I can't stand Romney. In the dictionary, under "pained look," you'll find a picture of Mitt Romney, among others...



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Really?

His statement is not direct or to the point. Wait...the approval line is going up a lot at the end there "I'll fight for you, if you vote for me."

GOBAMACARE!

this is like the fucking twilight zone

Mitt is such a stupid fuck.

close to what it is when Lehrer speaks.

It's getting even lower. "We'll get the cost of healthcare down." and he talks about how bad Obamacare is.

It's going up..."I will not cut military funds."

But the approval line doesn't go up as high as Obama's did, and his approval line doesn't stay up long.

Jim Lehrer "dismantled."

Obama was unable to refute Romney because Romney wasn't Romney during this debate.

Obama did have a down night. But like Chris Hayes just said, Mitt's night was good, but not good enough.

That and using his trademark restraint that has served him extremely well.

I'm feeling confident tonight. I hope it's not foolishness.

Way to reference an Adam Sandler movie too. Have a nice life.

that you believe Obama won. Because you are taking time to post this damge control stuff here.

Interesting - I am surprised that freepers are feeling this way.

...as a debate commentator/coordinator/arbiter. Wish they'd used Gwen Ifill...

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