I'm apparently a terrible, awful person.

[MessiahRp]

86. It's annoying that they come after people for posting reality.

Sycophantic, that's what it is. Reality is this: Obama stood back and didn't know how to respond to Romney's ever changing reality and the mountain of lies. The problem is this: Most people don't trust ANY politician to tell the truth and don't pay attention to details so yes, with 60 million people watching he bombed, BADLY and is paying for it in subsequent polls. People here need to stop thinking Americans are as politically aware and as informed as we are here. They AREN'T. For a lot of people watching last week, that might be their one time to really tune in and listen. Politics to a lot of people are BORING and since they don't trust anyone involved anyway STYLE will always trump substance.

Obama lost on both counts though because he let Romney slap down everything he's done and succeeded at while not offering a real counter to Romney's lies.

THAT is reality. But DU has become one hell of a sycophantic place since 2008. I can't tell you how many idiotic threads tried to say this was all Obama's strategy, the "rope-a-dope" and all that chess nonsense. NO, IT WASN'T. Obama and his campaign admitted as much when they admitted they have to change strategies for future debates.

This wasn't about giving Romney enough rope, this was about being a deer in the headlights and that's what Obama was.

And OF COURSE the election isn't over but we're less than 4 weeks away and any excuse for Romney to be leading or super close makes it EASIER FOR THEM TO STEAL, which if you have forgotten was their game plan from day one with all the voter suppression. All they need are close polls to make the media complicit with the theft later on and Obama's poor performance has done that. THAT is why this is such a big fucking deal.

So let's hope Biden actually takes it to that little piece of shit Ryan (unlike how nice he played it with Palin) and Obama comes out swinging next time out. When you're up 14-0 going into the third quarter you don't take your foot off the gas and let the other team back in the game, especially when one bad call from the refs can turn the game around. No, you step on their throats and keep scoring. You're here to win not to just do enough and hope for the best.