The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

    Romney sneezes; more proof he's presidential

    By PeraclesPlease on Thu, 10/25/2012 - 12:43am |

    By agreeing with every word the president said, Romney proves he's more presidential than the president.

    Ironically, for a guy who rode into town on the back of post-partisan politics, Obama seems to have forgotten the lesson he mastered in the first debate - "just shut up and everyone will hate you". ("Everyone" being anyone from 5 or so media outlets who rawk our world)

    Instead, Obama seems to have found his voice, giving more reason to hate him. Instead of agreeing with Romney that we need more battleships because, well, more is better, Obama instead invoked the word "bayonet" which forced journalists to rush for Google, thesauruses and dictionaries, finding bay leaves, Bay Watch, bay mare and Y-Net.

    Yes, the net result is Romney won by losing. Obama lost by winning, which was more condescending than if he had lost by losing. The polls and tomorrows' media shows and opinion columns and blogs will elaborate.

    Comments

    What you describe is accurate, but it is describing a momentary media blip.  It is a reality that is related but not equated with the reality out there in what we would like to think is reality.


    by Elusive Trope on Thu, 10/25/2012 - 1:42am

    Well, when reality bites you in the ass... like Ma used to say, if you fall off and break your legs, don't come running to me.


    by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 10/25/2012 - 4:09pm

     

     


    by Aunt Sam on Thu, 10/25/2012 - 10:36pm

    Oh look, it's a Trump-o-lantern.


    by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 10/26/2012 - 3:22pm