The Denver chainsaw massacre!

Not much time right now but a quick word on 'The Debate'.  I had a bad night last night and lying awake I stuck my radio ear-piece in my ear and caught the last hour of it.  It should have been stopped on grounds of needless cruelty!  Obama was hopeless and Romney was 'Slick Willy' personified.  I have just had a very quick look at the immediate re-actions of the MSM 'over there' and even they, through gritted keyboards, have been forced to admit that Obama crashed.  You may remember my post on 'The Think Tank' , a group of mostly elderly, middle-class, black Chicagoans who meet regularly at their local coffee shop and whose street-level gossip contained some very interesting insights.  Amongst them was their conviction, based on some vague connections to Obama's mother-in-law, that the Obama family are already planning their post-presidential retreat back to Hawaii.  Mere gossip, I thought, but amusing - until I read that arch liberal, Andrew Sullivan, this morning:

There are two more debates left. I have experienced many times the feeling that Obama just isn't in it, that he's on the ropes and not fighting back, and then he pulls it out. He got a little better over time tonight. But he pulled every punch. Maybe the next two will undo some of the damage. But I have to say I think it was extensive. (My emphasis)

But Sullivan's opening paragraph which he blogged in real time as he watched the TV is absolutely devastating:

10.31 pm. Look: you know how much I love the guy, and you know how much of a high information viewer I am, and I can see the logic of some of Obama's meandering, weak, professorial arguments. But this was a disaster for the president for the key people he needs to reach, and his effete, wonkish lectures may have jolted a lot of independents into giving Romney a second look.

Obama looked tired, even bored; he kept looking down; he had no crisp statements of passion or argument; he wasn't there. He was entirely defensive, which may have been the strategy. But it was the wrong strategy. At the wrong moment.

The person with authority on that stage was Romney - offered it by one of the lamest moderators ever, and seized with relish. This was Romney the salesman. And my gut tells me he sold a few voters on a change tonight. It's beyond depressing. But it's true.

I said it before and I will repeat it, unless they find Mitt in bed with a boy scout Obama is dead man walking!

ADDITIONAL:  And lest you doubt me, 'The Kraut' spells it out:

I thought Romney won and Romney won big, he won by two touchdowns. You know, when a challenger just steps up on the stage that already gives him stature. But when he performs the way Romney did, I think it really changes things. It doesn't change the game, but it changes the momentum.

 

Comments

[dearieme]

That remarkable journalist, Mr Steve Sailer, suggests that O is manic depressive. Maybe he was in his depressive phase yestreen.

[David Duff]

Thanks, DM, when I lost my 'Favourites' list I lost poor Mr. Sailor and even worse I quite forgot about him. Now he is back where he belongs!

Oddly enough, just an hour ago I read a piece, apparently by an Israeli 'psycho-babbler', in which he suggested that Obama was suffering with 'galloping narcissism'. I hate to say it but I think he may have a point.

[Whyaxye]

Happy anniversary for yesterday. (I didn't want to say it then in case someone took me to task for failing to define "happiness", or somesuch...)

Yes, Obama took a pasting. I loved Romney's "trickle-down government" bit. What he needs to develop now is the killer instinct and use that idea again and again, to his advantage.

[CorkyAgain]

"Trickle-down government" is an excellent way to describe the idea that you can boost the economy by hiring more teachers and other government workers. Apparently giving those folks more spending money is what will do the trick.

It really is the same thing as the Reagan version, only the names of the first recipients of federal largess have been changed.

[Jimmy Glesga]

I reckon Obama and his team! were kind to Romney. Romney is not a bad lad inspite of his religious claptrap but the USA will elect Obama.

[David Duff]

Thanks for the comments, gentlemen. I must confess to having some reservations concerning Romney but they are based on his campaign rhetoric which, history indicates, is not worth the air-time it's floated on! However, he fits perfectly my main requirement in a candidate for the presidency - he's not Obama!

[david morris]

The performance of The Sainted One was clearly affected by his exposure to altitude sickness. At least this was the explanation put forward by His Goreness.

Another "likely" explanation is that O is currently being de-toxed to combat his
addiction to prescribed medication.

The Land of the Fee.... doncha love it ?;

Kind regards

[David Duff]

Indeed I do, despite its faults writ large, which is why I write about it so often.