"Never interrupt your opponent when he is setting himself on fire"

[Kalidurga]

19. I don't care if it was a deliberate strategy or not. It is playing out as if it was...

Just like I believe Clint Eastwood was punking the GOP, but it doesn't matter if he was or not, the effect was exactly the same as it would have been if he was. I happen to think it might be a little of both. No one could predict that Mitt was going to threaten to fire Big Bird. No one could predict 27 lies in 32 minutes, that was the best illustration of rapid fire lies anyone can show. I did expect Mitt to lie of course, my prediction was in the ball park of 10-15, he had to top Ryan's speech by a bit, but not by a lot I think it's some kind of competition. Anyway, I do think that something happened that day that got Obama super tired and he did look like he could have passed on the debate that night, he was meh. But, I do think they had a rope a dope strategy or death by a thousand cuts, or look Mitt doused himself with gas, should we give him a match?, strategy. In any case, the headlines the day after proclaiming Mitt a liar haven't gone unnoticed. Big Bird is taking Mitt on and the unemployment numbers, jobs numbers, and consumer confidence levels look good. I think Mitt lost the war.