tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post2346982167463184695..comments2023-10-30T19:03:59.225+01:00Comments on David Seaton's News Links: Maybe Obama is actually up to somethingDavid Seaton's Newslinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00269813419598042699noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-23549024165713586372012-10-16T15:29:23.009+02:002012-10-16T15:29:23.009+02:00The third possibility, that the President tried hi...<i>The third possibility, that the President tried his best and that was all he could come up with is really too troubling to contemplate at this stage.</i><br /><br />David, it seems to me that if you do, indeed, believe that Occam's Razor is correct then you would assume that the third (troubling) option is the correct one.<br /><br />After all, it certainly seems more likely that he just blew this opportunity to put the nail in the coffin than conspired to motivate voters by blowing the debate only to come back and crush Romney tonight (if that indeed happens). <br /><br />I do suppose that the first option is also possible, that he is really not that excited to remain as President and essentially demonstrated as such during the first debate. I must admit, I would not blame him. It seems like a pretty awful gig right about now.Basenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-32569096598845194532012-10-08T02:05:54.167+02:002012-10-08T02:05:54.167+02:00It would be pretty to think so, as Hemingway would...It would be pretty to think so, as Hemingway would say. By performing as poorly as he did Obama let Romney back into the match, as they say in tennis, whereas if the President had won the debate or even drawn, the pundits would have begun declaring the election all but over. As it is Romney lives to fight another day. My guess is he didn't take his prep or Romney seriously and that his strategy was to look presidential and above the fray. As you noted in your previous post, he's also not very quick when speaking extemporaneously and he gets cross fast when things are not going his way.<br /><br />I guess it did remind Democrats that Romney could still actually win this thing, but I doubt that was intentional on the part of the Obama people. It was just a blunder. Probably not a fatal one.Stephanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-22246907559684606662012-10-06T21:39:00.036+02:002012-10-06T21:39:00.036+02:00It's both pathetic and sobering that anyone is...It's both pathetic and sobering that <i>anyone</i> is spending a moment's deliberation over these two pathetic candidates - those who insist on validating a corrupt, toxic system through their participation are voting for the continuance of the culture of death and perpetual decline, and shall reap what they sow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com