Once more I listened to the debate on the radio. I listened in snippets at it transpired. Then I listened to post-debate analyisis. Finally, I listened to about the first fifteen minutes of the debate. I think I got the gist of it.
So I missed out on all the smirking and Biden silliness. Toss out those circus antics and one might think Uncle Joe won the debate. Not to my ears. Ryan came across as polite and prepared. I could see where a Jerry Springer fan might think he underperformed but I heard a man who sounded confident and knowledgable without sounding the least bit patronizing. No zingers but maybe the strategy was to avoid a food fight.
Biden sounded desperate. The same silly ass talking points over and over and over. If anyone was playing that drinking game where everyone chugs when you hear "47 per cent" they are probably nursing a serious hangover today. If Obama loses the elction, Biden will catch flack for not saving the day. But Biden senses a Humpty Dumpty situation. Let the record show that he did what he could to save the annointed one.
Romney did not lose any ground nor did he lose any momentum. I am not sure his opponent can make the same claim.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Don't Underestimate Joe Biden
I hope Paul Ryan does not underestimate Joe Biden. The latter does have that unique gift of connecting with people. If a curmudgeon like me likes someone, that someone is probably a gifted charmer, if only on a superficial level.
Let me state with zero irony that I like and respect Joe Biden. He is a good man, an excellent family man, a great American and yes, Joe Biden is a patriot. I can remember a few years back, Joe Biden got all choked up talking at Arlington Cemetery. If it had been someone else, I would have said his emotions were staged. But Joe Biden is incapable of deception. WYSIWYG.
So what if Joe Biden is wrong about everything. So is most of my family. And yes, if America were a sitcom, Joe Biden would be Kremer. But let us not forget that Cosmo Kremer was a noble and loyal friend. People loved Kremer.
Paul Ryan has to be careful when he debates Joe Biden. Romney has the momentum and Ryan can't let it slip away. I hope he takes the debate seriously because Biden might just steal the evening. WYSIWYG.
Let me state with zero irony that I like and respect Joe Biden. He is a good man, an excellent family man, a great American and yes, Joe Biden is a patriot. I can remember a few years back, Joe Biden got all choked up talking at Arlington Cemetery. If it had been someone else, I would have said his emotions were staged. But Joe Biden is incapable of deception. WYSIWYG.
So what if Joe Biden is wrong about everything. So is most of my family. And yes, if America were a sitcom, Joe Biden would be Kremer. But let us not forget that Cosmo Kremer was a noble and loyal friend. People loved Kremer.
Paul Ryan has to be careful when he debates Joe Biden. Romney has the momentum and Ryan can't let it slip away. I hope he takes the debate seriously because Biden might just steal the evening. WYSIWYG.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Items From My Mailbox. Thanks Bonnie: Renaming Social Security
Social Security re-named ANYONE ELSE NOTICED?
I DID NOT NOTICE THIS CHANGE UNTIL IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SECURITY NOW CALLED 'FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENT' ENTITLEMENT!
HAVE YOU NOTICED, YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK IS NOW REFERRED TO AS A "FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENT"?
I'LL BE PART OF THE ONE PERCENT TO FORWARD THIS.
I AM FORWARDING IT BECAUSE IT TOUCHES A NERVE IN ME, AND I HOPE IT WILL IN YOU.
PLEASE KEEP PASSING IT ON UNTIL EVERYONE IN OUR COUNTRY HAS READ IT.
THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW REFERRING TO OUR SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS AS A “FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENT.”
THIS ISN’T A BENEFIT – ITS EARNED INCOME!
NOT ONLY DID WE ALL CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIAL SECURITY BUT OUR EMPLOYERS DID TOO.
IT TOTALED 15% OF OUR INCOME BEFORE TAXES.
IF YOU AVERAGED $30K PER YEAR OVER YOUR WORKING LIFE, THAT'S CLOSE TO $180,000 INVESTED IN SOCIAL SECURITY.
IF YOU CALCULATE THE FUTURE VALUE OF YOUR MONTHLY INVESTMENT IN SOCIAL SECURITY ($375/MONTH) INCLUDING BOTH YOUR AND YOUR EMPLOYER’S CONTRIBUTIONS) AT A MEAGER 1% INTEREST RATE COMPOUNDED MONTHLY, AFTER 40 YEARS OF
WORKING YOU'D HAVE MORE THAN $1.3+ MILLION DOLLARS SAVED! THIS IS YOUR PERSONAL INVESTMENT.
UPON RETIREMENT, IF YOU TOOK OUT ONLY 3% PER YEAR, YOU'D RECEIVE $39,318 PER YEAR, OR $3,277 PER MONTH.
THAT’S ALMOST THREE TIMES MORE THAN TODAY’S AVERAGE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFIT OF $1,230 PER MONTH, ACCORDING TO THE
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (GOOGLE IT - IT’S A FACT).
AND YOUR RETIREMENT FUND WOULD LAST MORE THAN 33 YEARS (UNTIL YOU'RE 98 IF YOU RETIRE AT AGE 65)!
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW MUCH BETTER MOST AVERAGE-INCOME PEOPLE COULD LIVE IN RETIREMENT IF OUR GOVERNMENT HAD
JUST INVESTED OUR MONEY IN LOW-RISK INTEREST-EARNING ACCOUNTS.
INSTEAD, THE FOLKS IN WASHINGTON PULLED OFF A BIGGER PONZI SCHEME THAN BERNIE MADOFF EVER DID.
THEY TOOK OUR MONEY AND USED IT ELSEWHERE. THEY “FORGOT” THAT IT WAS OUR MONEY THEY WERE TAKING.
THEY DIDN’T HAVE A REFERENDUM TO ASK US IF WE WANTED TO LEND THE MONEY TO THEM.
AND THEY DIDN’T PAY INTEREST ON THE DEBT THEY ASSUMED.
AND RECENTLY, THEY’VE TOLD US THAT THE MONEY WON’T SUPPORT US FOR VERY MUCH LONGER.
BUT IS IT OUR FAULT THEY MISUSED OUR INVESTMENTS?
AND NOW, TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, THEY’RE CALLING IT A “BENEFIT,” AS IF WE NEVER WORKED TO EARN EVERY PENNY OF IT.
JUST BECAUSE THEY “BORROWED” THE MONEY, DOESN'T MEAN THAT OUR INVESTMENTS WERE A CHARITY!
LET’S TAKE A STAND.
WE HAVE EARNED OUR RIGHT TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE.
DEMAND THAT OUR LEGISLATORS BRING SOME SENSE INTO OUR GOVERNMENT.
FIND A WAY TO KEEP SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE GOING, FOR THE SAKE OF THAT 92% OF OUR POPULATION WHO NEED IT.
THEN CALL IT WHAT IT IS:
OUR EARNED RETIREMENT INCOME.
99% OF PEOPLE WON'T FORWARD THIS.
WILL YOU?
I suppose this constitutes a forward.
I DID NOT NOTICE THIS CHANGE UNTIL IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SECURITY NOW CALLED 'FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENT' ENTITLEMENT!
HAVE YOU NOTICED, YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK IS NOW REFERRED TO AS A "FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENT"?
I'LL BE PART OF THE ONE PERCENT TO FORWARD THIS.
I AM FORWARDING IT BECAUSE IT TOUCHES A NERVE IN ME, AND I HOPE IT WILL IN YOU.
PLEASE KEEP PASSING IT ON UNTIL EVERYONE IN OUR COUNTRY HAS READ IT.
THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW REFERRING TO OUR SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS AS A “FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENT.”
THIS ISN’T A BENEFIT – ITS EARNED INCOME!
NOT ONLY DID WE ALL CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIAL SECURITY BUT OUR EMPLOYERS DID TOO.
IT TOTALED 15% OF OUR INCOME BEFORE TAXES.
IF YOU AVERAGED $30K PER YEAR OVER YOUR WORKING LIFE, THAT'S CLOSE TO $180,000 INVESTED IN SOCIAL SECURITY.
IF YOU CALCULATE THE FUTURE VALUE OF YOUR MONTHLY INVESTMENT IN SOCIAL SECURITY ($375/MONTH) INCLUDING BOTH YOUR AND YOUR EMPLOYER’S CONTRIBUTIONS) AT A MEAGER 1% INTEREST RATE COMPOUNDED MONTHLY, AFTER 40 YEARS OF
WORKING YOU'D HAVE MORE THAN $1.3+ MILLION DOLLARS SAVED! THIS IS YOUR PERSONAL INVESTMENT.
UPON RETIREMENT, IF YOU TOOK OUT ONLY 3% PER YEAR, YOU'D RECEIVE $39,318 PER YEAR, OR $3,277 PER MONTH.
THAT’S ALMOST THREE TIMES MORE THAN TODAY’S AVERAGE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFIT OF $1,230 PER MONTH, ACCORDING TO THE
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (GOOGLE IT - IT’S A FACT).
AND YOUR RETIREMENT FUND WOULD LAST MORE THAN 33 YEARS (UNTIL YOU'RE 98 IF YOU RETIRE AT AGE 65)!
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW MUCH BETTER MOST AVERAGE-INCOME PEOPLE COULD LIVE IN RETIREMENT IF OUR GOVERNMENT HAD
JUST INVESTED OUR MONEY IN LOW-RISK INTEREST-EARNING ACCOUNTS.
INSTEAD, THE FOLKS IN WASHINGTON PULLED OFF A BIGGER PONZI SCHEME THAN BERNIE MADOFF EVER DID.
THEY TOOK OUR MONEY AND USED IT ELSEWHERE. THEY “FORGOT” THAT IT WAS OUR MONEY THEY WERE TAKING.
THEY DIDN’T HAVE A REFERENDUM TO ASK US IF WE WANTED TO LEND THE MONEY TO THEM.
AND THEY DIDN’T PAY INTEREST ON THE DEBT THEY ASSUMED.
AND RECENTLY, THEY’VE TOLD US THAT THE MONEY WON’T SUPPORT US FOR VERY MUCH LONGER.
BUT IS IT OUR FAULT THEY MISUSED OUR INVESTMENTS?
AND NOW, TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, THEY’RE CALLING IT A “BENEFIT,” AS IF WE NEVER WORKED TO EARN EVERY PENNY OF IT.
JUST BECAUSE THEY “BORROWED” THE MONEY, DOESN'T MEAN THAT OUR INVESTMENTS WERE A CHARITY!
LET’S TAKE A STAND.
WE HAVE EARNED OUR RIGHT TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE.
DEMAND THAT OUR LEGISLATORS BRING SOME SENSE INTO OUR GOVERNMENT.
FIND A WAY TO KEEP SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE GOING, FOR THE SAKE OF THAT 92% OF OUR POPULATION WHO NEED IT.
THEN CALL IT WHAT IT IS:
OUR EARNED RETIREMENT INCOME.
99% OF PEOPLE WON'T FORWARD THIS.
WILL YOU?
I suppose this constitutes a forward.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Saturday, October 6, 2012
At Least We Don't Have To Worry About Them Entering The Workforce!
OK, I'll admit it. I was pretty damned stupid-looking in my youth. That's because I was stupid. So were my friends. Real stupid. Real, real stupid. Real, real, real stupid.
But we had some sort of safety net of common sense that protected us from hitting the depths that these morons have hit. One thing missing from my youth was a celebrity cult leader. Yes we had Jim Jones and Sun Yung Moon and some more forgettable figures. They harvested desperate souls and lonely hearts but the media kept these megalomaniacs in check.
Barack Obama is the first media-sanctioned cult leader. I sometimes wonder if we had a cult leader in my youth who enjoyed favorable media saturation, if we would have fallen for his silliness? I genuinely believe my generation would not have been so vulnerable. The contrarian spirit was alive and well and we still railed against "conformity" and other perceived threats to individuality, or in my particular case, threats to individualism. "Follow The Leader" was not a popular activity nor a popular sentiment.
The unfairness of life. Elephants are slaughtered for their tusks because fools believe they contain aphrodisical properties. Girls are still subjected to institutionalized genital mutilation. In other parts of the world baby girls are euthanized. Christians and Jews are murdered for being Christians and Jews. And Barry can't use his teleprompter!
Oh the humanity!
WHY NOT JUST LET BILL CLINTON STAND IN FOR HIM?
But we had some sort of safety net of common sense that protected us from hitting the depths that these morons have hit. One thing missing from my youth was a celebrity cult leader. Yes we had Jim Jones and Sun Yung Moon and some more forgettable figures. They harvested desperate souls and lonely hearts but the media kept these megalomaniacs in check.
Barack Obama is the first media-sanctioned cult leader. I sometimes wonder if we had a cult leader in my youth who enjoyed favorable media saturation, if we would have fallen for his silliness? I genuinely believe my generation would not have been so vulnerable. The contrarian spirit was alive and well and we still railed against "conformity" and other perceived threats to individuality, or in my particular case, threats to individualism. "Follow The Leader" was not a popular activity nor a popular sentiment.
The unfairness of life. Elephants are slaughtered for their tusks because fools believe they contain aphrodisical properties. Girls are still subjected to institutionalized genital mutilation. In other parts of the world baby girls are euthanized. Christians and Jews are murdered for being Christians and Jews. And Barry can't use his teleprompter!
Oh the humanity!
WHY NOT JUST LET BILL CLINTON STAND IN FOR HIM?
Friday, October 5, 2012
Who Votes For Obama?
We can lump our nto five categories:
1. Pocketbook Special Interests.
2. The Haters.
3. Low Information Electors.
4. Extra-Low Information Electors.
5. Cheaters.
Let's examine them individually. The pocket book special interests are a diverse group that is getting larger and more diverse. This group used to be composed of lawyers, public school teachers, bureaucrats and welfare recipients. Obama and company have expanded the welfare state to where they can buy votes with free cell phone service.
I don't see us making inroads with special interest groups. They don't care if their greed causes national bankruptcy or that our ambassador and three other Americans get murdered or that gas prices will continue to spiral upwards. As long as they keep getting paid, they don't care about trivialities.
The Haters. This is not your father's Democratic Party. Today's Democrats know and practice hate as no one else can. They don't have a monopoly on hate but they are better at it than anyone else. Practice. Practice. Practice.
The Democrats spent $250 million to slander Mitt Romney. Truth means absolutely nothing to these people. Nada. Romney the tax cheat. Romney the felon. Romney the wife killer. Before Romney, it was Sarah Palin. Before that it was George Bush. It is slash and burn all the time, truth be damned.
A fundamental difference between the Democrats and Republicans: Republicans (and conservatives and tea partiers and Evangelicals) view their party as a vehicle to protect and serve America. Democrats view America as a vehicle to protect and serve their party.
Despite their crippled thinking and political fundamentalism, these people are vulnerable to conversion. But truth seeking is not in their DNA. The True Believer can jump from one rigid ideology to another rigid ideology with surprising swiftness. Today's Occupier is tomorrow's Mooney/LaRoucheian/Scientologist. But until that fateful conversion arrives, these people will be voting for Barack Obama.
Which brings us to the LIE's. The Low Information Electors are intellectually lazy. They want to be spoon-fed their opinions by CBS, ABC, NBC, AP, NYT, NPR, etc. If they discuss The national debt or tax policy they will shy away from numbers but reflexively parrot slogans about millionaires and billionaires not paying their fair share. They are not curious about the non-mythical Obama and equate any vetting of the chosen one with birtherism.
Fast and Furious? Fast and Furious coverup? Caucusgate? Widespread voter fraud? Warren Buffet's tax problem? MF Global? DOJ abuses of power? IRS abuses of power? A sixteen trillion dollar debt that will balloon to twenty-five trillion dollars in four years if we continue our present course? If it's not on the menu, LIE's are not interested.
LIE's value media orthodoxy and will flaunt their own conformity to fourth estate viewpoints. They seek comfort and validation in their orthodox opinions. There are advantages to sloth. There are advantages to being the recipient of spoon-fed Pablum. As long as the LIE's do not tire of Pablum, they will be voting for Obama.
We are also opposed by ELIE's or Extra Low Information Electors. These people get their news third hand from Perez Hilton, John Stewart, Planet Hollywood, MTV or "Saturday Night Live." As with the LIE's, these people are stupid by choice but they are not self-conscious about it. ELIE's don't need the pseudo-sophistication the LIE's constantly seek.
ELIE's usually don't vote but they turned out in record numbers to vote for Obama in 2008. If it rains on election day, they will stay home. If Bravo runs a Real Housewives marathon, Obama might be in real trouble. This group cannot be counted on to vote but if they do, they will vote for Obama.
The fifth and final group to contend with are the cheaters. From out of state college students who vote both locally and at home, to illegal immigrants and major city occupants who exercise their civic duties post-humously, voter fraud was a big part of the Obama 2008 playbook, especially in the primaries.Wikileaks revealed that The Dems stuffed ballot boxes in Pennsylvania and Ohio in 2008 even with the race well in hand (for some reason "The New York Times" did not see the need to explore that leak.)
I don't mind suppressing the votes of the cheaters. If America is to survive, and I no longer make that assumption, we have to address voter fraud in a serious manner. Sad but true, the cheaters might be the key swing vote in 2012.
To review, Obama supporters can be placed in five categories:
1. Pocketbook Special Interests.
2. The Haters.
3. Low Information Electors.
4. Extra-Low Information Electors.
5. Cheaters.
We know how these groups will vote. Turnout is the key. More specifically, what will the willfully stupid and the cheaters do on election day? The solvency, if not the survival of America is in their hands. That is a sobering thought.
1. Pocketbook Special Interests.
2. The Haters.
3. Low Information Electors.
4. Extra-Low Information Electors.
5. Cheaters.
Let's examine them individually. The pocket book special interests are a diverse group that is getting larger and more diverse. This group used to be composed of lawyers, public school teachers, bureaucrats and welfare recipients. Obama and company have expanded the welfare state to where they can buy votes with free cell phone service.
I don't see us making inroads with special interest groups. They don't care if their greed causes national bankruptcy or that our ambassador and three other Americans get murdered or that gas prices will continue to spiral upwards. As long as they keep getting paid, they don't care about trivialities.
The Haters. This is not your father's Democratic Party. Today's Democrats know and practice hate as no one else can. They don't have a monopoly on hate but they are better at it than anyone else. Practice. Practice. Practice.
The Democrats spent $250 million to slander Mitt Romney. Truth means absolutely nothing to these people. Nada. Romney the tax cheat. Romney the felon. Romney the wife killer. Before Romney, it was Sarah Palin. Before that it was George Bush. It is slash and burn all the time, truth be damned.
A fundamental difference between the Democrats and Republicans: Republicans (and conservatives and tea partiers and Evangelicals) view their party as a vehicle to protect and serve America. Democrats view America as a vehicle to protect and serve their party.
Despite their crippled thinking and political fundamentalism, these people are vulnerable to conversion. But truth seeking is not in their DNA. The True Believer can jump from one rigid ideology to another rigid ideology with surprising swiftness. Today's Occupier is tomorrow's Mooney/LaRoucheian/Scientologist. But until that fateful conversion arrives, these people will be voting for Barack Obama.
Which brings us to the LIE's. The Low Information Electors are intellectually lazy. They want to be spoon-fed their opinions by CBS, ABC, NBC, AP, NYT, NPR, etc. If they discuss The national debt or tax policy they will shy away from numbers but reflexively parrot slogans about millionaires and billionaires not paying their fair share. They are not curious about the non-mythical Obama and equate any vetting of the chosen one with birtherism.
Fast and Furious? Fast and Furious coverup? Caucusgate? Widespread voter fraud? Warren Buffet's tax problem? MF Global? DOJ abuses of power? IRS abuses of power? A sixteen trillion dollar debt that will balloon to twenty-five trillion dollars in four years if we continue our present course? If it's not on the menu, LIE's are not interested.
LIE's value media orthodoxy and will flaunt their own conformity to fourth estate viewpoints. They seek comfort and validation in their orthodox opinions. There are advantages to sloth. There are advantages to being the recipient of spoon-fed Pablum. As long as the LIE's do not tire of Pablum, they will be voting for Obama.
We are also opposed by ELIE's or Extra Low Information Electors. These people get their news third hand from Perez Hilton, John Stewart, Planet Hollywood, MTV or "Saturday Night Live." As with the LIE's, these people are stupid by choice but they are not self-conscious about it. ELIE's don't need the pseudo-sophistication the LIE's constantly seek.
ELIE's usually don't vote but they turned out in record numbers to vote for Obama in 2008. If it rains on election day, they will stay home. If Bravo runs a Real Housewives marathon, Obama might be in real trouble. This group cannot be counted on to vote but if they do, they will vote for Obama.
The fifth and final group to contend with are the cheaters. From out of state college students who vote both locally and at home, to illegal immigrants and major city occupants who exercise their civic duties post-humously, voter fraud was a big part of the Obama 2008 playbook, especially in the primaries.Wikileaks revealed that The Dems stuffed ballot boxes in Pennsylvania and Ohio in 2008 even with the race well in hand (for some reason "The New York Times" did not see the need to explore that leak.)
I don't mind suppressing the votes of the cheaters. If America is to survive, and I no longer make that assumption, we have to address voter fraud in a serious manner. Sad but true, the cheaters might be the key swing vote in 2012.
To review, Obama supporters can be placed in five categories:
1. Pocketbook Special Interests.
2. The Haters.
3. Low Information Electors.
4. Extra-Low Information Electors.
5. Cheaters.
We know how these groups will vote. Turnout is the key. More specifically, what will the willfully stupid and the cheaters do on election day? The solvency, if not the survival of America is in their hands. That is a sobering thought.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
The Great Debate: Audio vs. Video
I work most nights so I miss a lot of prime time programming. Thus, I experience a lot of events on radio on the long ride home. That was the case with convention speeches and now with the debate. The pundits all chirped about how great Romney performed.
When I got home and finally settled in, I put the debate on Youtube as I multi-tasked on my Lenovo. Experiencing the debate in audio, I did not get the impression that it was all that lopsided. It sounded like both candidates were advancing their talking points. Romney's talking points are not quite as hackneyed or tired or worn out as Obama's but still, they came across as talking points. Obama came across as well, Obama. Nothing to stir one's pulse but nothing to make the faithful jump ship either.
Watching the video did change my perspective. Romney's attack was labeled "aggressive diplomacy" by an anonymous radio caller. It was unendingly polite yet confrontational. Romney did what journalists used to do.
Obama on the other hand, appeared defeated. I believe Obama has a hard time selling his economic policies because he does not fully believe in them. He might believe in them in a dogmatic/doctrinaire kind of way but he knows that the country pays a price for his version of economic justice.
No president has ever been so pampered and in the end the fawning media might have done him a disservice. Of all the many images of Obama we have endured over the years, the prolonged staring downward as he was so courteously eviscerated might ultimately be the image by which he is best remembered. Without the sycophantic journalists, the Kool-Aid drinkers, the fainting women and the trusty teleprompter, the emperor looked a bit underdressed.
This was Romney's night.
When I got home and finally settled in, I put the debate on Youtube as I multi-tasked on my Lenovo. Experiencing the debate in audio, I did not get the impression that it was all that lopsided. It sounded like both candidates were advancing their talking points. Romney's talking points are not quite as hackneyed or tired or worn out as Obama's but still, they came across as talking points. Obama came across as well, Obama. Nothing to stir one's pulse but nothing to make the faithful jump ship either.
Watching the video did change my perspective. Romney's attack was labeled "aggressive diplomacy" by an anonymous radio caller. It was unendingly polite yet confrontational. Romney did what journalists used to do.
Obama on the other hand, appeared defeated. I believe Obama has a hard time selling his economic policies because he does not fully believe in them. He might believe in them in a dogmatic/doctrinaire kind of way but he knows that the country pays a price for his version of economic justice.
No president has ever been so pampered and in the end the fawning media might have done him a disservice. Of all the many images of Obama we have endured over the years, the prolonged staring downward as he was so courteously eviscerated might ultimately be the image by which he is best remembered. Without the sycophantic journalists, the Kool-Aid drinkers, the fainting women and the trusty teleprompter, the emperor looked a bit underdressed.
This was Romney's night.
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