Conservatives not happy with Romney's debate performance

[TroyD]

Think Progress provides a sampling of some of them:

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David Limbaugh: Why do these advisers tell Mitt not to go for the jugular? Why?

Laura Ingraham: Romney using kid gloves ag Obama tonight--WHY?!

S.E. Cupp: Obama is making laughable, easily argued points. But Romney's not effectively arguing them.

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More:

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/10/22/1065731/thinkprogress-liveblogs-the-final-presidential-debate/#lbu-1350957420

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

1. Yeah, I'm sure Sippy could argue them

....if she wasn't such a fucking dumbass.

[Mike Daniels]

23. I guess it didn't occur to Ms. Cupp that if Romney can't argue against Obama's points...

that perhaps he's not qualified to be POTUS?

[Myrina]

24. Ding, ding ... We have a winner!

[grasswire]

2. I went over to freerepublic....

couldn't get in at first. When I did, I noted very little action over there. OPs with only a handful of posts. Very quiet.

[Maximumnegro]

4. Yep, just what I've been saying

If there is a Romney surge why aren't the freepers frothing about the election? If there's a surge why aren't the wingnuts closing the gap in early voting? Sure they're up vs. 2008 but not nearly enough to constitute a 'wave' in IA, OH, and NC. If Romney was really surging he would be breaking the 270 and he has yet to do so for the first time in the entire campaign.

[Cha]

17. The only "romney surge" I've seen tonight is

from cnn posts.

[GallopingGhost]

12. There's a post over there called

"So, About That Debate Thing Tonight," that reeks of unhappiness. lol

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

3. the sad, lone AP link on Drudge speaks volumes

there's no defending Willard's crash tonight

[ProudProgressiveNow]

9. +1

[BeyondGeography]

5. Why? Because your actual policies are as popular as dung cake.

Romney is running the sketchiest campaign in memory; I'll credit him with being smart enough to realize that he has to. His fuel is the base's emotional hatred of the President. At least our hatred of Bush was grounded in specific policies that our candidates stood up for in the national campaign. If Romney wins, conservatives will see it as ideological validation. Mitt must think they're so cute.

[Kalidurga]

6. I am very pleased with Romney's performance.

Best imitation of a parrot I have ever heard.

[DemKittyNC]

7. Boo Hoo

Go for the jugular? With what??? More lies? Please...

[kwenu]

8. Breitbart's website has collapsed.

I was checking in on Breitfart's website and instead got a 503 service unavailable message. Maybe it just went up in flames....

[ProudProgressiveNow]

11. They are up, spreading spin.

[DemKittyNC]

10. Over on the Tea Party Command Center

Freepers heads are blowing up right and left it is freaking hilarious!! They are saying Rmoney was week and let Obama off the hook and didn't hit him on Libya and let Obama just sit there and tell lies the whole time.

How warped these hate filled people are. I love to hear them cry.

[fujiyama]

13. They have no coherent foreign policy platform whatsoever

If their domestic agenda is pathetic (which it is), their foreign policy agenda basically boils down to "Obama is an appeaser". No one buys this bullshit, because we already know he'll make tough calls when needed (bin Laden), while Romney explicitly stated he wouldn't violate Pakistan's sovereignty back in '08...

We know Obama has continued and actually expanded targeted strikes and usage of drones (not necessarily something I always find effective), but I don't know what the GOP argument is against that. Maybe drones aren't making defense contractors enough and they'd rather sell higher priced toys like F22s.

As for Iran, there is literally nothing more the president can do, short of launching strikes or giving Israel the green light to do so. Both are foolish. Instead the President has brought together as strong a coalition he could and has put in place sanctions that are crippling Iran's economy.

What is the response on Syria? Lebanon? Egypt? Obama fucked up. That's nice. Tell me what you would have done differently. GW Bush stated he hated nation building twelve years ago. We're still in Afghanistan and we're still spending money on Iraq. Would the GOP have had us simply support Mubarak even after it was clear he was on his way out? Would the GOP have been cool with the slaughter of thousands in Benghazi? Or wait, the same idiots saying Libya was a blunder are calling for the support of the Syrian rebels. My God, my head is spinning. At least the two Paul are somewhat consistent on this...Romney is just Bush 2.0. It's the same intellectually stunted fucktards that brought us Iraq. No thanks. Instead Wriggling Romney simply slithers in a different direction and acts like Mr. Peacemaker. What bullshit.

[mimi85]

14. Did everyone notice

the flop sweat? Severely hilarious! For most of the debate, I had absolutely no idea what Rmoney was babbling about. Too bad these debates couldn't have happened months ago, we'd be much farther up in the polls. How many undecided voters could possibly be left?

[desertduck]

15. Damn, laura is slow. Romney didn't use kid gloves. THAT was all he COULD do!

He was aggressive. Got his words in. He just rambled all night b/c he doesn't know what he is talking about. He is clearly in way over his head. Pure & simple.

[Cha]

16. SE Cupp is full of bullshit.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

18. most unqualified pundit on TV

never offers anything insightful, never say anything original.
say what you will about Coulter or Beck, at least they own their crazy and stupid.
Cupp's is just purchased second hand.

I've yet to understand why she's on TV and treated as some kind of girl wonder and the voice of GOP youth.

[Myrina]

25. Thank you

I change the channel whenever I see those godawful geek glasses & that sneer.

[wishlist]

19. Romney proved he's a spineless shape shifter, weak at the core

Romney was like a deflated balloon, as if Obama burst his bellicose bubble at the previous debate with Romney's Libya fumble so Romney was afraid to go after the Pres on anything specific, just the same old vague rhetoric.

[-LOKI -BAD FOR YA]

20. right wing cannot win with mitt as leader n\t

[Sunlei]

21. conserves. forgot to give Mitt his cheat-hankie

[Danascot]

22. The right wing myth that

they'd win if only they ran a true conservative will be alive and well for another 4 years.

[Jamaal510]

26. Off-topic, but is David Limbaugh Rush's long-lost brother or something?

This is only the 2nd time I've heard of him.