Say What? Obama won the debate (if you read the transcript)!

Obama: “If people read transcript, they’ll think I won last debate”

Obama is delusional (like most progressives) who think their ideas are somehow “correct” thanks to superior reason, intelligence and enlightened education.    Obama started off in 2008 with enormous optimism about what he could accomplish … supporters were giddy.  I felt like gagging when I saw progressives jumping up and down at the inauguration, like Obama was some kind of god-like figure especially since most progressives are self proclaimed atheists.  Progressives claim that bible thumpers are idiots and then they themselves treat an equal human like he is somehow super human.  I don’t think either are “right” … the bible thumpers are not right to believe in the word of God as the truth and progressives are mistaken when the believe that man – through pure reason and science -- is capable of knowing “the truth.” 

Anyone who believes in a truth whether by religion or science is bound to be disappointed which is why I knew obama supporters would ultimately be disappointed with their god-like Obama. 

According to the Dems, OBama was going to be the Democrats answer to Reagan … a great communicator who was going to change the world.

After watching all of the ridiculous ecstacy on the part of mainstream media and other supporters make fools of themselves reacting with such euphoria to Obama election I knew for sure that they would end up disappointed one way or the other.  and I said exactly this in Jan 2009:  Obama would end up a failed president and supporters would be disappointed one way or the other.    Either Obama would get his agenda passed and the economy would tank or he’d tack more to the middle and his base would be painfully disappointed he didn’t go far enough.   I don’t think Obama followed either script exactly, but we’ve ended up pretty much where I thought we would:  a failed presidency, disappointment from the base, excuses, etc.  I also predicted that sooner or later Obama would have to move to the  rhetoric jimmy carter used in his famous Great Malaise speech which was all about the promise of a great future as long as we all turned down our thermostats to 65 degrees and everyone came together embracing government solutions for all of our problems.    

This is always the argument liberals/progressives make when their ideas fail to play out as they’ve promised.  It is always – be patient – we are on the right track, more of the same and we’ll be all right.  or, we just didn’t do enough the first time, we’ll do a little more and it will work this time.  trust us … collective sacrifice and society will turn to milk and honey flowing in the streets. 

Now that Obama’s ideas have fallen flat or failed, all of a sudden Obama is a poor communicator who has all the right ideas, but just hasn’t expressed them well enough or he was subverted by Tea Baggers, etc.  anyone who doesn’t agree with him is a selfish business lobbyist or brain washed by the GOP or a red neck gun nut or a defender of 1% or just plain stupid.   after the debate, Obama’s poor performance was explained on everything except his ideas.  and now we have Obama himself saying that if you read his actual words, he won the debate!!!  This guy used to be considered a genius communicator.  Now he is supposed to be a brainy and misunderstood genius who can’t be bothered with worrying about boring political theater.    

I don’t think Obama will ever get it through his thick head that his ideas are unpopular let alone that they are fundamentally unworkable in the “real” world.    Instead of blaming himself for his poor communication or the weakness of his policies he blames partisanship for the failures of his first term.  Give me a break.  Presidents lead and convince people to cooperate. 

I actually did read the entire transcript of the debate last week before I saw the video.    I agree with Obama that his performance wasn’t nearly as bad as the liberal press and pundits are making it out to be (so funny to see the MSM meltdown!).    Obama said all the stuff he always says in the debate.  Obama and his apologists think his problem was being “too nice.”   The problem for Obama is that his ideas are old and worn out and they can’t work not now or ever.  Obama really believes --like most progressives-- that anyone who disagrees with them must be “wrong” in one way or the other.    Romney had his share of bogus lines too but made a few points that at least indicated he has a clue about how markets work.

What we need isn’t agreement of what a just society looks like – and agreement to let the govt take us there.  We don’t need bipartisan agreement about higher taxes and more government intervention in society.  What we need is more freedom for people to pursue their own dreams without the government getting in the way.  obama thinks he is taking the right and moral position that society owes everyone certain “rights” to health, happiness, education, housing, and opportunity.  Society will continue to go  down the tubes if our political elites continue to argue such rubbish.  The government owes us the right to pursue happiness.  They don’t owe us food or health or happiness or a level playing field or an opportunity or anything else.  they owe us equal treatment under “the law.”  

Obama: If people read transcript, they’ll think I won last debate

October 13, 2012 | 1:20 pm
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President Barack Obama greets people on the tarmac as he arrives at Newport News Williamsburg International Airport on Air Force One, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Obama told a Miami radio host yesterday that he never thought, during last week’s presidential debate, that Mitt Romney got the better of him.
“That’s not actually how I thought about it,” Obama said on the Michael YO! Show when asked if there was a moment when he knew he was losing last week. “I do think that on television it was clear that I was being too restrained when Mr. Romney was telling his tall tales. But the truth is, when you read the transcript, everything I said was true and a lot of what he said was not.”
Obama did concede that he “had an off-night” and explained that he was “too polite” to bring up Romney’s 47 percent remarks.
“It is a useful reminder, though, that the news media’s attention span is fairly short,” he said of the fact that the 47 percent comments didn’t come up in the debate.
Obama also talked about his earliest experience in the private sector. “My first job was at Baskin Robbins and it paid minimum wage,” he said. “I don’t know what minimum wage was back then — it was probably three bucks an hour.”
The show began with Obama weighing in on the Mariah Carey-Nicki Minaj feud on American Idol, saying that between the two, he prefers Mariah Carey. “Mariah — she’s actually done some events for us,” Obama said. “Nicki, I don’t know, but I’ve got her on my iPod.”
No word on whether his iPod contains the song in which Minaj says “I’m a Republican voting for Mitt Romney.”