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iemitsu

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23. your observations seem spot on to me.

Reply to smackd (Reply #21)

Thu Oct 4, 2012, 08:46 AM

Oct 2012

i have been around a pathological liar. the lies are disarming in the sense that they come from so far in left field (or right field) that any response is difficult. responding legitimizes the lie and the tactic.
how does one respond to ghosts, figments, assertions from nowhere?
obama was right to let romney spew whatever he wanted to without challenge. at some points it seemed that romney was making up stuff on the fly. saying anything to convince us that things he'd said earlier he didn't say.
liars are like that. they expect you to believe anything they say and if you don't they get mad at you for not being taken in.
you are at fault for remembering earlier statements wrong.
liars have no respect for others or themselves. they can't be trusted.

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No one should EVER let a lie go unchallenged. Do so at your own peril /nt [View all] still_one Oct 2012 OP

spend all his time correcting romney lies and not present what he is doing? nt seabeyond Oct 2012 #1

I am reading the posts here, because I didn't see the debates, and it sounds like the unanswered still_one Oct 2012 #6

And if that is the story in the mainstream media after everybody has a night's sleep? BlueStreak Oct 2012 #10

and in the morning, the lies, and big bird. nt seabeyond Oct 2012 #22

Don't worry, they won't go unchallenged. NYC_SKP Oct 2012 #2

Agree, Romney would have controlled the debate if Obama spent time on that flamingdem Oct 2012 #3

Then the President should have interjected /nt still_one Oct 2012 #5

was mitt on crack? iemitsu Oct 2012 #7

Debating Mitt is like trying to nail down jello! n/t flamingdem Oct 2012 #12

yep, he is oily. iemitsu Oct 2012 #19

why wasn't it? John Kerry did that, and we paid for it /nt still_one Oct 2012 #4

Only the first of three debates. Until tonight, Romney has been vague and unspecific. NYC_SKP Oct 2012 #9

Perhaps, but as I understand it isn't the first debate the one watch the most? /nt still_one Oct 2012 #18

True, instant gratification is lacking treestar Oct 2012 #17

90% of the people watching this debate don't matter BlueStreak Oct 2012 #8

Interesting an accurate observation, however, the President still should not have let the lies go still_one Oct 2012 #11

Obama did challenge the lies berni_mccoy Oct 2012 #13

Obama team needs to do an ad.... RichGirl Oct 2012 #14

Romney told so many that Obama could never have challenged them all. JDPriestly Oct 2012 #15

If you know it's a lie, how do you need it challenged? treestar Oct 2012 #16

No, that isn't necessarily true. gulliver Oct 2012 #20

the look on his face over and over... smackd Oct 2012 #21

your observations seem spot on to me. iemitsu Oct 2012 #23