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Please proceed, Governor: (Original Post) bemildred Oct 2012 OP
The look on his face Dem2TheCore Oct 2012 #1
I just wonder if these dumb motherfuckers have the wits to be afraid yet. bemildred Oct 2012 #3
The words are music to the ears! peace13 Oct 2012 #2
The trap was perfectly executed by the Prez. Hopefully, the Obama team SDjack Oct 2012 #4
Obama didn't have to do anything. bemildred Oct 2012 #5

bemildred

(90,061 posts)
3. I just wonder if these dumb motherfuckers have the wits to be afraid yet.
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 08:48 AM
Oct 2012

Although I am quite sure O will not lift a finger over them unless he has been forced to, as in the debates.

SDjack

(1,448 posts)
4. The trap was perfectly executed by the Prez. Hopefully, the Obama team
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 10:35 AM
Oct 2012

will reveal the planning. Did the conception of the trap begin with the MSM ignoring the Rose Garden speech and focusing on Rmoney's statements? Regardless, the Prez spanked Rmoney in public, the MSM got a spanking for ignoring the Rose Garden speech but not everyone realizes it, and Rmoney surely spanked his staff and all surrogates who did not detect this foul-up.
I also like the strategy of leaving the "47% tape" comments to the Prez' summary. Rmoney could have lessen the impact by bring up the "47% tape" earlier within his own comments. Instead, in his head, he was doing a little victory celebration that he got through the debate with the Prez forgetting to using it to attack him. Then, at the bottom of last statement to be made in debate, WHAM! -- right in the slack jaw kisser -- here is the 47% stuff. That debate will be a classic on how to rip apart Republicans. Rmoney was left twisting in the wind, with no way to soften the portrait as a plutocrat. I see the makings of a "Rocky boxing" type political movie.

bemildred

(90,061 posts)
5. Obama didn't have to do anything.
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 10:54 AM
Oct 2012

I think the "planning" amounted to making sure Candy had the facts ("get the transcript&quot , and waiting for Rmoney to step on the rake (Edit: well, he did leave a little bait).

The thing to notice is that Obama KNOWS he does not have to do anything.

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