The left leaning pundits got played like fiddles...
Obama isn't the one that "lost" this debate, it's the massive overreaction by a good portion of the left leaning pundints and decided Democratic voters that make this a loss. Basically people were expecting Obama to leave Romney crying like a little baby, and when it didn't happen a lot of people freaked out. The very people who like to think the truth should be more important than style just completely turned that philosophy on its head.
Sure, it was lackluster on Obama's part and I was disappointed that he didn't hammer Mitt's medicare lie and have specifics about outsourcing tax cuts prepared, but the performance was hardly the disaster that it's been made out to be by some of you. Unfortunately, the huge very public overreaction by pundits and a chunk of Democratic voters who are scared out of their minds over a perceived lack of intelligence in independents in his favor (and their being swayed by Mitt confidently lying through his teeth) has probably helped the Republican party more than the actual debate ever could have.
While I don't think it will be nearly enough for Romney(thank God), it is frustrating to watch too many on the left just hand headlines to the Conservatives while completely ignoring the actual content of what was said. They did EXACTLY what they often complain about when it comes to modern debates and the msm: putting style over substance.
My advice: Just talk about the content of what was said rather than style or appearances. Other than this post, that's exactly what I'm going to do from now on. Push through the perceived stylistic victory Romney supposedly got and remind everyone of Romney's horrible voucher plan, the big lies he told, and his desire to murder big bird. There's still two debates to go, and Romney has been making a mess of his campaign for too long for a less than perfect debate performance by Obama to turn things around.
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