Twenty-five reasons to vote for Obama: #11--The First Debate

Going into this year's first debate, President Obama seemed poised to run away with this year's Presidential election.  After the President's debacle, the race moved slightly to Willard, then back to a close/tied race, and now shows a small lead for the President.

What the fuck?  Because of a debate?  One that most people thought Willard won on style more so than substance?  Are we really that shallow?  I mean for fuck's sake, people were willing to throw out a well-run campaign, a successful Presidency, and ignore Willard's badly run campaign, a bad republican convention, the fact that he's never really shown any kind of empathy for ordinary Americans because for one night, Romney looked like he might have Presidential stature? (And truthfully, it seemed to fade considerably after the last two debates.)

There's something inherently wrong as well about a man standing on a stage and flat out lying about his record, about his party, about his future decisions as President, and flip-flopping on what direction he is going to take the country in, about what his backers are going to let their lapdog do, knowing that more people are going to hear the lie than are going to hear the truth--and then rewarding that man for his dishonesty and intransigence by electing him President.

Being There was a cute novel/movie about a man who had no business being President accidentally becoming President.  There would be absolutely nothing cute about Willard Romney, a man who has no business being President, being elected President based on a performance that presented a false face, a lot of chutzpah, and showed an utter disdain for the intelligence of the American people.

Peace,
emaycee

Fucking Kayo

Na, na, na, hey, hey, goodbye....

I've waited for four fucking years to see President Obama flare his nostrils and take it to the mother fuckers, and when he so eloquently told Willard Romney that his assertion that the Obama administration was playing politics with the Libya terrorist attack was offensive--my God, it was so fucking cathartic.  I'm going to sleep like a baby tonight,.  I couldn't yell because the Beautiful Boy was sleeping, but I shook my arms in triumph so hard that I ended up out of breath.

My two takes:  1) Not surprised that Romney had several gaffes tonight.  He's prone to them and without four months to prepare for the debate he was bound to have some. The Libya one, though, where he claimed that President Obama didn't call it an act of terror in his Rose Garden statement will most certainly go down in Presidential campaign history as one of the worst ever.  2)  I figured before the debate even started that that no matter how well the President did--and trust me he hit a mother fucking grand slam--there was no way his numbers would look as good as Willard's after the first debate because republicans would never have the balls to admit their guy got crushed.

Man, I love winning--it's better than, like, losing.

Peace,
emaycee

The day's biggest surprise

...had to be the way the Liberal blogs have rallied around the President today.  I mean the folks on MSNBC, with the exception of the Reverend Al Sharpton, absolutely crucified him last night, and I was pretty much expecting the same from everyone today (especially with President Obama's comments on Social Security) except for Markos Moulitsas (Obama could go streaking buck ass naked down Pennsylvania Avenue and Markos would find a reason why it shows the President's brilliance--and I love him for it).  Even fucking Digby, who usually treats Obama like an ugly stepchild, was pretty darn tame and fought back against Romney's lies.  And the Detroit Free Press' Stephen Henderson only acknowledged Romney's victory as one heavy on style but light on substance.

Good to see that we just might be seeing the utter catastrophe of a Romney victory on November 6th.

Peace,
emaycee

Oops

Um...got an e-mail from President Obama about a half hour after the debate last night which hoped I was proud of his performance and would I be willing to donate $15.

Talk about your shitty timing--don't you think some senior staffer should have nixed that one after the President's dismal performance?

On the bright side, they've only sent one e-mail today--and I usually get five or six at the very least.  One supposes, like a repentant husband, they've learned their lesson and are slowly easing their way back into our good graces.

Peace,
emaycee

Let's just all take a giant chill pill

Yes, President Obama got his clocked cleaned last night and his performance was a disappointment (though it probably shouldn't have been--he isn't called "No Drama Obama" for nothing, and he has always been very cognizant of the fact that the role of angry black man probably won't play well in middle white America).  But really, folks, it isn't the end of the dream.  To wit:

• The Romney campaign has been one of the most inept in modern history.  Anyone think one debate victory is going to change that?  See also, John Sununu, on TV today taking a "victory lap" and destroying whatever Independent voter support they gained last night.  Thanks, John!
• We have an unemployment rate over 8%, a solid majority of Americans think the country is headed in the wrong direction, and gas prices are near $4 a gallon...yet President Obama enjoyed a commanding lead going into last night's debate.  In fact, the only states he's losing that he carried in his utter rout of John McCain are Indiana (lost cause) and North Carolina (within the margin of error).  He beat shoo-in Hilary Clinton and crushed "Maverick" McCain.  Can we realize that the Obama campaign is pretty fucking well run?
• Booooorrrrrrriiiinnngggg.  I'm a political junkie and I lasted ten minutes before I figured I had better things to do with my time.  The Beautiful Girl is an Independent and she didn't even last ten minutes before she turned it off.  It's not scientific, but I really wonder how many people tuned out.  The one unanimous opinion I noted today is that the debate was a snoozefest.
• The worst poll I saw was the CNN poll which showed that registered voters thought Romney won the debate by a 67-25 margin.  Doesn't mean they're voting for him--from everything I've read, I think Romney probably did win the debate, at least on style, last night.  I'm still not voting for the mother fucker.
• Lies have consequences--the Obama campaign is already hitting back and the rest of the press is piling on  If you known for your silent but deadly farts, when the stink wafts through the air, everyone is going to be pointing their fingers at you.
• The biggest takeaway of the night?  Mitt Romney wants to fire Big Bird.  Anybody think that's a winning slogan?

No, it wasn't a good night for the good guys, but we're going to be just fine anyway.

Peace,
emaycee