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George W. Bush inherited a strong economy, a budget surplus, and a nation at peace.
Eight years later, he left Obama with a shattered economy, a trillion dollar deficit, and two useless wars.
Obama saved the country from another Great Depression, rebuilt GM, reformed healthcare, reformed Wall Street, doubled the stock market, created 12 straight quarters of GDP growth, created 32 straight months of private sector job growth, got Bin Laden, got Gaddafi, and got us out of Iraq.
And now with the automatic spending cuts and the expiration of the Bush tax cuts in 2012, Obama has solved the deficit problem as well.
Obama has done a very good job.
Public perception.Obama supporters and detractors expect the old Obama to show better form in the next debate. But that is not going to happen! It cannot, because Obama's critical problem is not correctable.
Obama's problem, to put it politely, is his looseness with facts. He is the quintessential "sound-bite" president. Truth for him is whatever he chooses it to be, whatever is necessary to turn things in his favor. His self-aggrandizement and arrogance, coupled with a hero-worshiping media, has enabled him to such an extent that it is possible that he no longer believes there is truth other than what he wants it to be. That is his problem, and it has been reinforced for most of his life.
John McCain was correct regarding President Obama being better-prepared for the next debate. He will have improved energy and cosmetics. These improvements will matter little. The next debate will be just as devastating.
Imagery no longer cuts it for Obama. He needs to improve his facts, but they speak for themselves, and Romney will make sure they do. The facts are devastating to Obama. He cannot distort them when someone confronts him. Mr. Romney lives by facts -- a practice necessary to be successful in business. He will come to the next debate with at least as many as he exhibited in the last one. If he brings the temperament of a golden retriever and the instincts of a pit bull, Obama may not show up for the third debate.
To understand how hopeless President Obama's case is, one need only understand economic conditions. Romney does, and he has the skills to communicate these issues. Obama cannot deal with the facts, as they all go against him. That is his problem, and it is insurmountable so long as Romney counters his false claims.
DirectorBlue puts Obama's problem into perspective with a devastating comment and chart:
As Investors Business Daily puts it, President Obama's case for reelection rests on five economic claims, every single one of which is false. Every. Single. One.
So long as Romney sticks with these basic facts, Obama is helpless. The next debate is "town hall style." It may provide a bit more protection for the Liar-in-Chief, depending upon the ground rules. That remains to be seen.
In a one-on-one conversation, Obama is toast! Even with a teleprompter, the facts destroy him.
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Exactly who is it who determines who "wins" debates?
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Exactly who is it who determines who "wins" debates?
Romster went from 43% to 52%. Next question.
Question on your first sentence. How should he have answered?
Agree on the 2nd sentence. He'll come out much better, but if it's too aggressive, it'll look like he's overcompensating for the poor 1st debate. Something he'll want avoid.
on which issue? he should always have mounted a better defense of his policies. and in regard to romney, he should have pointed out that romney was lying about the president's record and misrepresenting his own policies.
i agree with you about avoiding being too aggressive, particularly in a town hall setting.
Well in general is what I meant. How should he have responded on the stimulus or the ACA or anything else the GOP went after him on instead of how he actually did respond? I think his responses have been as tempered as they can be for a man in his position. That said, I think he spent far too much time listening to the noise from the sidelines when he had that majority.
This election is not about Bush, it is not about the House Republicans, it's not about Paul Ryan, to some degree it is about Mitt Romney but by and large this election is about President Obama and his policies of the last four years and no amount of distraction or deflection will change this.
nonsense... it's about bush to the extent that the GOP policies haven't changed. it's about the wackos in the house because they shouldnt' have any power
it's not just about the president...it's about what you want to replace him with as well.
funny how that gets lost in the shuffle with the extremist righties.
George W. Bush inherited a strong economy, a budget surplus, and a nation at peace.
Eight years later, he left Obama with a shattered economy, a trillion dollar deficit, and two useless wars.
Obama saved the country from another Great Depression, rebuilt GM, reformed healthcare, reformed Wall Street, doubled the stock market, created 12 straight quarters of GDP growth, created 32 straight months of private sector job growth, got Bin Laden, got Gaddafi, and got us out of Iraq.
And now with the automatic spending cuts and the expiration of the Bush tax cuts in 2012, Obama has solved the deficit problem as well.
Obama has done a very good job.
he's done a decent job as president, but a very bad job answering the rightiwngnut obama-deranged toons.
he will do better at the next few debates. and it will be a close election.
Funny how the extremist lefties want to make this election about anything and everything but Obama that's what is nonsense.Your opinion about GOP policies is just that your opinion I find your comment about the House very telling anyone who does not see the world as you do is a wacko and should not have power that suggest to me that what you want is a one party one voice rule and that one party and one voice should be your's speaking and deciding everything for everyone you have given a pretty clear picture about what kind of President and country you want maybe you should reserve that wacko title for yourself .This election is not about Bush, it is not about the House Republicans, it's not about Paul Ryan, to some degree it is about Mitt Romney but by and large this election is about President Obama and his policies of the last four years and no amount of distraction or deflection will change this.
nonsense... it's about bush to the extent that the GOP policies haven't changed. it's about the wackos in the house because they shouldnt' have any power
it's not just about the president...it's about what you want to replace him with as well.
funny how that gets lost in the shuffle with the extremist righties.
A quick note on food prices - The House split for vacations without bothering to vote on a desperately needed farm subsidy bill. The bill would have given emergency aid to farmers that lost crops and livestock during the massive drought.
Instead, farmers will be forced to recoup their losses at the checkout line. On the upside, Wall Street commodities speculators made millions on the disaster.
