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Enrique

(27,461 posts)
28. sounds like an honest reaction
Tue Oct 9, 2012, 09:02 AM
Oct 2012

I didn't feel that way. Debating is a skill and Obama does not rank high in that skill. He has many other strengths however. It's like if Randy Johnson struck out as a batter, I don't think his fans felt let down by him.

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last Wednesday, the President pissed me off [View all] scheming daemons Oct 2012 OP
After seeing how all this turned out... nc4bo Oct 2012 #1
scheming daemons, what you posted here is something ywcachieve Oct 2012 #2
I agree..send this to the President but INdemo Oct 2012 #13
President Obama does read the mail of the people. ywcachieve Oct 2012 #15
I thought I saw that he only reads/responds to 10 letters a day. MessiahRp Oct 2012 #24
Then everybody send it. OriginalGeek Oct 2012 #29
Snort GeorgeGist Oct 2012 #3
Thank you for this! Ignore the whiners who will now call you a troll!!! Logical Oct 2012 #4
We need Joe Thursday night to deliver a CLINTON! napkinz Oct 2012 #5
Regardless of what Joe does, the President can't have another debate where he is essentially bluestate10 Oct 2012 #69
I'm looking at it as a well-timed fail BeyondGeography Oct 2012 #6
I hope you are right .. cilla4progress Oct 2012 #43
Looks to me like the "lack of enthusiasm" is the product of right-wing boosters among "progressives" Scootaloo Oct 2012 #91
I was at the dump - librarylu Oct 2012 #7
Take a voter registration form with you--just in case he's not registered. mnhtnbb Oct 2012 #10
Amygdala joke! RitchieRich Oct 2012 #51
President Obama needs to get his sh*t together. Otherwise he WILL lose. swayne Oct 2012 #8
I don't believe a debate will cause supporters to jump ship, ywcachieve Oct 2012 #18
I don't think anybody will jump ship, any more than Romney's 180 will cause those supporting him gateley Oct 2012 #60
+1000% mazzarro Oct 2012 #80
Whatever. n/t Dawgs Oct 2012 #9
>> The President has a VERY good record to run on, Tom_x Oct 2012 #11
Huhn? TwilightGardener Oct 2012 #31
Here: ProSense Oct 2012 #12
I often wish Obama would go to sleep with FDR's speeches in his head mountain grammy Oct 2012 #37
I'm not that confident about the angry black male thing treestar Oct 2012 #14
Nobody really cared when Herman Cain loudly/angrily spewed. Maybe they WANT some Samuel L. Jackson! kysrsoze Oct 2012 #40
I didn't see Cain do that treestar Oct 2012 #41
Supposedly the independents' rating of Pres. Obama went down during the one ecstatic Oct 2012 #75
Yeah and another thing bugging me is answering all of Rmoney's lies treestar Oct 2012 #76
that's so true! nt ecstatic Oct 2012 #78
Obama was just giving Romney the rope that will destroy him in the next debate. n/t sasquuatch55 Oct 2012 #16
After overcoming the odds of defeating numerous oppponents in the primaries in 2008... George II Oct 2012 #17
hey , lets take a break, hockeynut57 Oct 2012 #34
He pissed me off too but... johnny156 Oct 2012 #19
Fucked up? brush Oct 2012 #33
+1 treestar Oct 2012 #42
including obama and his staff.. frylock Oct 2012 #62
I hear you, though, in his defense...The polls are already showing Romney's bounce to be silvershadow Oct 2012 #20
ABM heaven05 Oct 2012 #21
last Wednesday, the President pissed me off Mockingjay Oct 2012 #22
So wonderfully said! Glitterati Oct 2012 #23
ABM, maybe not brush Oct 2012 #25
Thank you, brush! You are the Winner of this thread, imv. n/m Cha Oct 2012 #71
See ... TahitiNut Oct 2012 #26
I'm an Angry Black Woman ready for some Angry Black Male!!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2012 #27
sounds like an honest reaction Enrique Oct 2012 #28
He actually does rank high on skill. It's just a different kind of skill.. Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2012 #35
Wow - timing is everything - I was way more pissed off jsmirman Oct 2012 #30
he won't dissapoint - he rarely does Whisp Oct 2012 #32
IMO-Anyone who is worried fredamae Oct 2012 #36
No presidential candidate of any color can afford to look angry treestar Oct 2012 #45
I don't think it was as bad for President Obama as the spin. Cary Oct 2012 #38
You pissed me off... R. Daneel Olivaw Oct 2012 #39
"Professional left" does sound like a fox news talking point. progressoid Oct 2012 #44
I thought it femrap Oct 2012 #50
Could be. Considering Rahm thinks liberals are "fucking retarded". progressoid Oct 2012 #59
Why should the left be anything else than professional? R. Daneel Olivaw Oct 2012 #55
I agree 100% GumboYaYa Oct 2012 #46
Oh ye of little faith and even less understanding... Sekhmets Daughter Oct 2012 #47
Actually, you're pissing me off, for real frazzled Oct 2012 #48
I agree brush Oct 2012 #63
Well said. I saw no failure. What i see is people willingly Solomon Oct 2012 #68
I agree w/ you... femrap Oct 2012 #49
The President knows he didn't have a good debate andym Oct 2012 #52
The remaining debates come way too late to make the difference. BlueStreak Oct 2012 #54
In a divided country, the the debates closest to the election may be the most important andym Oct 2012 #56
I am more disappointed by what happened since BlueStreak Oct 2012 #53
this scheming daemons Oct 2012 #58
Agreed theglammistress Oct 2012 #61
Big Bird... ibegurpard Oct 2012 #88
I view Obama's debate disaster, like I did his statement about Hillary in 2008 Larkspur Oct 2012 #57
Let's hope so. I've never heard as many lies as the R's offer--not even at a used car lot. mnhtnbb Oct 2012 #64
Criticisms defended.. Vietnameravet Oct 2012 #65
+1 tallahasseedem Oct 2012 #66
I agree with everything that was written. bluestate10 Oct 2012 #67
lol nt ecstatic Oct 2012 #74
I can accept this criticism from you flamingdem Oct 2012 #70
I have mixed feelings Jake2413 Oct 2012 #72
Sorry. You are wrong. The last debate was a setup. brindis_desala Oct 2012 #73
Fuckin' A! ClusterFreak Oct 2012 #77
could`t disagree more... madrchsod Oct 2012 #79
It's not going to happen. Obama just can't handle face-to-face confrontation. Azathoth Oct 2012 #81
If polls can change this much in a few days B Calm Oct 2012 #82
While it is NICE that you have now given yourself permission to criticize Obama... Bonobo Oct 2012 #83
Beautiful post. woo me with science Oct 2012 #84
+ 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!! - K & R !!! WillyT Oct 2012 #85
thank you. ibegurpard Oct 2012 #87
So how do you beat a bully? world wide wally Oct 2012 #86
I think that their strategy was to coast ibegurpard Oct 2012 #89
The media was going to 'create a new narrative' Summer Hathaway Oct 2012 #90
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