[High Praise! to Bad Science, Daily Caller, and Ace of Spades HQ]
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I think what they think is this: Romney won the first debate because he contradicted everything Obama said. Hence, the winner of any debate is the one who contradicts the most. Biden contradicted the most, ergo he wins.
But… that’s not the rule, of course. That’s… what’s the word? Stupid.
And that’s not what Romney did. Romney didn’t just contradict Obama – he contradicted him and then offered a series of facts which supported his contradiction. In many exchanges, Obama would make an assertion – just an assertion, unsupported, and just one – and then Romney would make three supported claims undermining Obama’s assertion…
Romney did not win his debate because he contradicted Obama a lot. Obama contradicted Romney just as much, of course. Romney won the debate because he was in command, fluent with facts, clear and persuasive in explaining his underlying understanding of the economy, friendly, warm, intelligent, and… extremely presidential.
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Ace’s article was great. The problem is that undecided voters don’t know enough of the facts going into the debate to judge it on its merits, which makes them more easily swayed by performance and appearances. For example, the way Crowley’s injected herself made people believe that Obama was being truthful, regardless of the subtleties of what she actually said.
So, do you judge a debate by the undecided or by those who know better?
Another thing that helps Romney in the debates is that the average viewer watches the news on TV. Anything said in Obama’s favor was a stale rerun. Anything said in Romney’s favor was a world premier debut for them.
Seems like Fly and Zach don’t watch the internets so much.
Who gives a shit about the idiots?
Thanks, Harvey!
This is just a theory, mind you. And, it will probably sound completely crazy, but I’ll throw it out there anyway. So, here goes. My theory is that Obama is not doing so well in the debates because he’s been a terrible and destructive president.
You just think you know Obama, SoB.
Read this:
http://www.colony14.net/id668.html