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Romney sneezes; more proof he's presidential
by PeraclesPlease 10/25/2012 - 12:43 am
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.
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Somali Militants Live-Tweet Their Deadly Attack on U.N....
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We are losing the art of writing and of conversation
OK, admittedly this is not "news", but I couldn't resist posting this. I didn't feel that I had anything to add to it, so I've added it to "In the News". I apologize if that crosses a line…
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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.
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.
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