So, I watched the debates last night. I wanted Obama to make a fool of Romney. I love Obama (not as a politician, but as a freakin’ icon!) and just wanted him to smash Romney and leave him a bloody pulp on the floor.
I wanted Romney to crash and burn. It didn’t happen, and I’m feeling some panic. I am concerned that somehow Romney can ride this bump right into the Oval Office.
My friends and I have a term that we use when we spin a situation in a way that it appears that everything will turn out ok. We ‘give each other some apple sauce’.
(The term applesauce actually has a few usages with us, but this is a major one). So I am asking my fellow dopers to give me some Debate Applesauce. Convince me that everything will be ok. Explain to me why this debate won’t mess up Obama’s chances. Tell me some things that will make me feel all safe and cozy in the knowledge that Obama is gonna get four more.
I want to be tricked into believing everything is ok, I guess. Even if you have to lie to me.
Any dopers got some applesasuce for me? Or any dopers *need *some applesauce. It will be much better to just admit it if you need it…instead of making excuses for Obama in the election threads.
Here’s a little applesauce, maybe. I think that Obama is going to listen to what his campaign advisers have to say about last night’s performance, look at a recording of it, and resolve to be an entirely different kind of participant in the next two debates.
Debates don’t win the Presidency. George Bush was elected twice, for God’s sake! As long as the polls stay where they are, Obama can just run out the clock.
Imagine Team Obama, in victory formation, snapping the ball and running time off the clock while Team Romney, down by a touchdown, increasingly lose their minds on the other side.
Didn’t watch, too expensive (urge to throw things at Romney’s smug mug would have been overwhelming). But the post-game seems to be that Romney looked good but lied his ass off.
So, the Obama team should be cutting together commercials today that show Romney saying one thing last night and comparing it with the truth. Preferably his own words from earlier in the campaign. Nothing more is needed.
But in all honesty, do you think Obama hasn’t shown an ability to learn? He will look at whatever was wrong last night and fix it. The impression left by the end of the month will be different. Plus, last night was the result of weeks of preparation for Romney. He does not have that luxury before the next debate and if he doesn’t have different material by then, he will look worse than before.
Now this is some delicious granny smith puree! I can’t believe I forgot this. Surely Obama will tighten up his game and bring the pain in the coming debates.
Obama was distracted by all the sex he was going to have with Michelle on their anniversary last night. Everyone knows that married people only have sex once a year, so he will be fully present for the rest of the debates and he will mop the floor with Romney. Seriously, mop the floor with him.
With cinnamon! Seriously, my mom (who is 81) made some homemade applesauce last Sunday. She doesn’t bake much any more but Sunday was my dad’s 83rd birthday so she made an apple pie, and with the leftover apples, some applesauce!
He’s just doing this so Mitten’s comes into the next 2 debates all cocky and confident, sporting that smarmy smirk of his, then it will be beat down time.
You don’t want to win the first debate, after all, you really want to win the last debate, the one closest to election day.
With the ‘lamestream’ media hyping this as a big Romney win, part of you has to know Mitten’s will get a little puffed up and chances are - say something truly stupid. Again.
If I’m not mistaken the next debate is between the Veep candidates. (??) BUT, in the third debate Obama won’t be thrown off by Romney changing his platform at the last minute. His team is going to be working on how to expose and attack what was said last night and Katie, bar the door!
And Obama gets to speak last at that one. People tend to remember the last thing they hear—and they’re going to hear the truth.
