Posted on Thursday, October 04, 2012 - 09:11 pm:

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"There really is a difference between us, and it's basically this: We don't think the government should be in control of all of this. We want PEOPLE to be in control."

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Posted on Thursday, October 04, 2012 - 11:11 pm:

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A better prepared, more aggressive Obama will show up next time. I�m pretty sure this will be no surprise to Romney. Once the second debate is begun, Obama is again left with two basic alternatives: (1) he can speak to his record, (2) he can lie like a rug, or (3) he can keep blaming Bush, tsunamis, the solar winds, whatever�s handy.

1) As for Obama�s record, he�s failed to sell �major achievements� like Porkulus and Obamacare to the American people over a period of years and will fail to do so within the 90 minutes of a debate, even if he were unopposed (in other words, yet another speech). I think it held wisdom that Obama cannot run or debate on his sterling record. Mentioning only his best �achievements� is to bring up issues Americans dislike by sizable majorities.

2) In last night�s debate, Obama thrice trotted out a lie about Romney intending to increase the deficit by $5 trillion, and thrice Romney would have none of it, refuted it, practically called Obama a liar, and did liken him to a child pitching lying alibis in the hope Daddy might believe them. Obama, saddled with, well, himself, has no option but to lie about Romney�s plans and his own record. This exquisitely prepared Romney has served notice he will not let lies pass unchallenged. Obama, at best, will tread water with lies, and at worst will have them slammed back in his face to his detriment. Lying ain�t gonna work either.

3) Who hasn�t felt disdain for the coworker, employee, politician, etc., who constantly blames external factors and other people for their failures? Blaming Bush is well past its sell-by date. It has become counterproductive, hurting Obama rather than helping him with any voter not already blindly in the tank for him. After four years, blaming Bush ain�t gonna work.

Chicago politics: Obama is welcome to bring �Chicago style� into future debates, but Chicago politicking is done off-stage via bribery, deceit, coercion, and secret alliances. On stage he has no allies, save whatever a sycophantic moderator might try to do to help. On stage Obama has no one to step forward and say, �that�s all the questions we�ll be taking today� when the going gets tough. On stage, there is no liberal media to translate what Obama says and does into a crowd pleasing fairy tale narrative.
Romney has an answer for �the 47%� thing. He has an answer for anything Bain related. He has an answer for whatever Obama brings, barring any brand new lies, and has shown the lightness afoot to handle that as well.

Romney should go Newt on Obama�s ass? Nobody advocated for Newt more than did I, but Newt lost fair and square. Romney defeated Newt in debate. Romney defeated the entire GOP slate ultimately. Romney should abandon what won him a resounding debate smackdown of the Liberal Messiah and instead go Newt on him next time? I�m sorry, but that�s like a football coach who just won 56-7 saying his team needs to overhaul its offense before the next game.

To me, the debate looked more like a court trial with Romney as the prosecutor and Obama as the defendant who knows he�s guilty. Romney had full command of facts, hesitated on nothing, looked and sounded presidential, and took over the entire building from the first ten seconds. Obama looked like he was an hour late for tee-off.

Hey, I�d love it if Romney ripped Obama�s head off and filled his neck stub with excrement, but this isn�t the primaries and Romney isn�t after my vote anymore. This is the general, and I literally cannot conceive of a scenario where I�d vote for Obama over Romney. If only for ABO reasons, the base is more than secure. Romney seeks independent/undecided voters, and to even peel off some Democrats if he can. He and his team have elected to debate aggressively but without risking offending indies and centrist Dems. It was a calculated risk which paid off big time. Going Newt would please the hell out of me if Romney could do it, but Romney won by being himself, and I advise he stick to the plan that�s working, especially after winning the first game of the season 56-7.

By so thoroughly defeating Obama in the first debate, pressure is taken off Romney for the second debate and placed entirely on Obama. In the second debate Romney can absorb a tie or close loss. However, Obama must win big. Another clear loss by Obama and he�s done. A squeaker win won�t help Obama. He now must win big in the next debate. The pressure is all on Obama, another �spoil� from last night�s Romney victory. Not a good time for Romney to change tactics.

Secondary gains: can you imagine what�s going on in the Obama camp right now? The recriminations? Doubts? Bickering? Infighting? All the calls from majorly pissed off financial backers? This is more pressure on Obama, from the inside.

I say just keep on with what you�re doing Mr. Romney. Don�t change a thing in your debate prep and style until there�s a reason to change. I know he�ll prepare for multiple contingencies, because we did that when I was in high school debate. Romney will be prepared for the same approach, but will also have prepped to go nuclear on Obama�s ass if the changes Obama must make force him to do so.

Obama has been exposed as nothing more than a sock puppet for the radical left movement.

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Posted on Monday, October 08, 2012 - 08:18 pm:

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�Are you seriously wearing a Romney shirt � and then she told her to get out,� Pawlucy told the radio station. �My daughter took it as a joke. But the teacher left the room and called other teachers and students into her classroom.�

She said the teacher pointed at his daughter and said, �Look at this girl � wearing a Romney shirt.�

�My daughter refused to leave the classroom or acknowledge this bullying,� he said.

That�s when the teacher compared the Romney shirt to a KKK garb and told her, �This is a Democratic school.�

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