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The topic is foreign policy, this should be a solid debate for President Obama but never underestimate Mitt Romney’s capacity to twist the truth and accusations and pass them off as authentic.

Hope to see you then!

 

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bito
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So let’s take a fresh look and recap what Mitt said and his take on Foreign policy is this morning:

Yes, but let me — let me — let me come back — let’s come back — let’s come back and go back to what the president was speaking about, which is what’s happening in the world and — and — and the president’s statement that things are going so well.

Look, I — I look at what’s happening around the world and I see Iran four years closer to a bomb. I see the Middle East with a rising tide of violence, chaos, tumult. I see jihadists continuing to spread. Whether they’re rising or just about the same level hard to — hard to precisely measure, but it’s clear they’re there. They’re very, very strong.

I see Syria with 30,000 civilians dead, Assad still in power.

What gobbledygook!

Yet that said, he seemed to follow and agree with everything the President said….this time.

Romney Debate Strategy: Pretend to Agree with the President

Romney’s incoherent message last night (updated)

http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2012/10/romneys-incoherent-message-last-night.html?spref=tw

Speaking from a purely political operative standpoint, I have to admit that the Romney Campaign timed Mitts final flip-flop was near perfect, it managed to catch just enough voters at the right time that they did not catch all the flip-flops he has made in the past. Some are just aware of his one position only and that was when he made his big flip at the first debate.
I’m not talking about a large number of voters that only saw his last change, it was/is just enough to tighten the race to where it stands now. Combine that with the get the black man out of our White House and you end up with your 1-2% per precinct and that’s enough.
And with him doing the major flip at the very end he had even the knowledgeable Republican voters in a spot that they had no where else to go but Romney. Had Mitt done all the flips and lies a month before the convention he may not have been the nominee, instead he made the decision to make the complete flop at the first debate.

bito
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I don’t believe that this is exactly what they are saying on Hardball. Exactly!

KQµårk 死神
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BITO the real challenge here is for the American electorate. If Romney is elected America is beyond lost. Bush scared people enough in 2004 to win but even that campaign tactic was sort of ‘rational’ given the events of the time. But if Romney wins this election with the most cynical strategy ever that even makes Nixon look like an honest pol the right wing has won by dumbing down America and depending on white America being a xenophobic tribe that does not care about character. We just have never ever seen a person with this low level of character be this close to the White House.

KQµårk 死神
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Hey folks. I’m gonna record the debate and watch after the game. When I slept through most of the debate last time it seemed to work for Obama so I’ll try deferring watching the debate until later again. Much better for the ole ticker too.

Kalima
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I’m feeling queasy, not because I’m worried for the President in this debate, but because of the nonsense Romninny will spout again. The Libya farce will no doubt be flung around like bird shit falling on everyone’s head, and the national security aspect will once again be ignored and tested.

Romney has no foreign policy except for siding with the war monger Netanyahu about bombing Iran, and most of us in the international community would never sleep soundly again if he stole the election.

What I’m hoping for again tonight is that the President with his experience of FP over the last few years, will stomp on him with facts, and leave him once again, red faced, sweaty and foaming at the mouth. Personally I don’t hold much significance to debates, if I could vote, the debates wouldn’t change my mind about the candidate/nominee I want to vote for. If people can’t vote on a candidate”s record to date, then I find that lazy. Romney has an awful record as a governor, his flip flops are world famous, so in my opinion the only reason anyone would vote for this unpopular man and his even more unpopular so-called policies, is to vote against Obama not to vote for Romney because he is the better man. That is so sad America, so very sad.

I will watch again on C-Span because CNN has too many misinformed pundits thinking whoever speaks the loudest wins.

See you after the debate, or if not, in your morning. Have a great night.

Obama/Biden 2012!

AlphaBitch
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AlphaBitch

;Hi K! I grant you the power of “wishful voting” for this election. It’s not fraudulent.

Hope to see you. I predict it will be a draw, with each side seeing what they want and each side scoring some points (valid or not).

I loved my drive with my sticker. I’m now in Arkansas and you should SEE the slow down stares from the Bubbas. I go get coffee and peek outside. Oh well – if they break in, I have clean clothes and my netbook now. Blov loses his stuff and we would lose the gifts – none expensive. C’est le vie. I’m not ready to make nice, as the Dixie Chicks sang.

Kalima
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I will vote for Obama in my head and with my heart AB, I have too many American friends who are uninsured.

For some reason I thought you were already home, silly me. Be safe and see you soon. Don’t know if I’ll make it back here after the debate, but I’ll leave my snotty opinion on tomorrow’s Morning Blog if I don’t.

Many hugs to you and the Blov. Come home soon.

KQµårk 死神
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I’m with you K about watching Romney and all his lies, especially live during the debates he makes me physically ill. It’s just so upsetting to me that such a huge liar is so close to the presidency.

Kalima
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3,000 dead in Syria, where does he get his info, it’s close to 30,000. Idiot!

Romninny has just given a list of everything that the Obama admin is already doing. Pathetic.

Romney is parroting the President, it’s ridiculous.

I call it for the President, Romney has nothing to offer on foreign policy, nothing at all.

Shut him up!!

EDIT:

The night belongs to Obama!

AlphaBitch
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AlphaBitch

Heyho, everybody! I’ll be here. It’s my last night on the road – home again tomorrow, Inshallah (my Secret Muslim Society word). Blov flew home yesterday, and I left Nashville this morning. In Little Rock – not exactly a bastion of liberal thought, so I decided to hole up, watch the debate in my very nice room and see what’s shakin’ bacon with the Planeteers.

FWIW: Watch the Iran talk. That will be HUGE and play well with Rmoney and his ilk in Boca Raton. Israel at all costs. Watch.

OK who’s picking what phrase/catch word? Maybe I’ll go with “strongest ally”. I need a drink. – AB

Nirek
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Folks, I shudder thinking about Romney in charge of diplomacy for America. He is so out of touch with 99% of Americans about everything. I hate the thought of him trying to invade Iran. Or Russia which he says is Americas worst enemy !
Clueless may be tame for Mitt but that describes him to a tee!

SueInCa
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Trouble is he has a whole army of people behind him that are clueless as well. Understanding how Mitt Romney changes like a chameleon, I don’t think anyone can really count on a steady person in the Oval office. The man never thinks he is wrong, that is a serious character flaw and dangerous for the country. It will be worse than Bush.

Nirek
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Sue, Romney is like “w” and if he were elected he would be lead around just the same way “w” was.

KillgoreTrout
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Surely Romney will hit Obama with the Libya embassy attacks. He got bitch slapped for accusing Obama of taking 14 days to call it an act of terrorism. I think Romney will now focus on what the right has been calling a cover-up of some sort.

What’s to cover up, really? Conflicting reports? just like a crime here in the US, there are always conflicting reports by the media, in the few weeks following the crime. Obama should also mention how counter productive it would be to give a blow by blow account of what our intelligence agencies discover on a day by day basis. I wouldn’t be surprised if Romney calls the investigation itself a cover-up. He’s that stupid.

2belinda
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2belinda

KT, this is the part that has me flummoxed. Cover-up what?

Some folks watch way too much TV. Do they think murder/overseas political assassinations can be solved in 60 minutes with a few commercial breaks in between, ala CSI or Law and Order. Then there are those who know full well (Issa and gang) that there is no cover-up and are just being disingenuous. Last among the least there are the deliberately obtuse.

KillgoreTrout
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Exactly 2Belinda. I think this ploy by the GOPers only works on those low informed and no-informed republicans that willingly believe anything they are told by their GOPer masters. If it’s anti-Obama, no matter how ridiculous or reality defying, they’ll swallow it, hook, line and sinker. Fortunately, they make up only about 25% of our voting population. If that much. They’re the same people that faithfully supported Bush, no matter what he did.

2belinda
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2belinda

…and I am hoping that 25% will not turn out in large numbers to vote. It’s baffling how some hear Mitt bouncing from idea to idea, position-position and each time they say yeah yeah that’s the ticket.

I love, “reality defying” LOL

The miseducation of America is more than a notion…

KillgoreTrout
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And not a Great Notion at that.