There is one very funny outcome of the Debate.

[grantcart]

For months Romney has run a campaign completely devoid of detail.

Nothing but ambiguous headlines. "More apple pie, less Soviet Union".

This is one of the main lessons he learned from earlier attempts; give details and get picked apart, don't give details and run on singing "America the Beautiful", it has worked pretty well up until now. If people really knew what he wanted to do he wouldn't have gotten the nomination and he would running ahead in about 7 states.

It is actually very clever of him because any detailed proposal he puts forth is going to be picked apart from the right and the left, and the middle too. If there was any easy answer to budget issues then we would have already found them and Romney has more to fear from alienating the Tea Party than anything else. Many of them would love to support a thrid party run.

So going into the debate they got together and concluded that they would have to come out with one simple concrete proposal. It would have to be decisive and easily understood. It would have to be in the Tea Party wheel house and seem reasonable to everyone else.

After hundreds of hours over months and months a simple but direct line was crafted; They would get America to stop borrowing from China to spend on frivolous things. What is the most frivolous thing that the federal government spends money on? Big Bird and PBS.

So the line was honed and practiced.

Mitt delivered it perfectly, even with enthusiasm and a bit of enjoyment.

And all the public heard was that Romney was really a son of a bitch and he really does enjoy firing people, even iconic children's shows and characters.

And among all of the glee about the debate the jobs report comes out compromising everything Mitt said about the economy and taxes which was suspect because of that whole 47% debacle.

And the only lingering memory of the debate will be this somewhat manic guy who loved to fire Big Bird, and well everybody loves Big Bird.

And some people say there is no supreme being.

If this continues then a week from now the only thing that is remembered about the first debate is that the President was very sincere and a little bit boring and that Romney was very manic and seemed to get a high talking about firing people and getting rid of some of the best millions that the government does spend on.

Maybe there is a God after all and she has a superb sense of humor.

In any case you can imagine Romney now yelling at his staff "not one more gall darned detail for the rest of the campaign".

[randome]

1. There isn't a silver lining in every cloud. But in this case, there is.

But to add to your religious simile, the GOP is self-destructing and Romney is their Moses leading them into exile.

[grantcart]

2. And they will be blaming him for his golden calf

And urging more craziness than ever.

[JohnnyRingo]

3. I thought from the beginning, his campaign was...

Not Obama, that they shorthand to "Nobama".

That's all the Republicans have is racial hatred, not grand ideas.

[Raster]

4. Ding! Win-nah!

All the republicans have is hatred for the uppity Black man that DARED to get himself elected President of the United States.

And to add insult to injury, that uppity Black man won the election fair and square. No electoral fraud, no fancy lawyers, no partisan SCOTUS. Fair and square. And it just fucking kills them.

[Stuart G]

5. Not only did he win the election.."fair and square." but

the rest of the world loves and respects this uppity Black man..who got himself elected to be President of the United States..

[Glitterati]

6. Amen! n/t

[JohnnyRingo]

20. I had an old friend who got really upset in 2008.

His opinion was that Obama only won because black people voted. He told me he saw "a lot of them" voting that day.

I asked him what he thought the percentage is of African Americans in this country (I already knew). He guessed around 35% or so. When I told him the answer is just over 12% he balked until he saw it himself online. Then he effortlessly shifted to Hispanics, saying that "there are a whole lot more of them". No... Blacks represent the largest minority group by far.

Then he started talking about the Browns... football team.

My point is, no matter how much you shoot down one's racial prejudices, it doesn't change what they believe.

[grantcart]

7. Yep I see 10 nobama stickers for 1 Romney.

They would take anyone white over Obama.

[DebJ]

8. Null set: "in the Tea Party wheel house and seem reasonable to everyone else." n/t

[bigtree]

9. you got it just right, grantcart

The Romney campaign likes to say that Mitt makes all of the decisions. As tone deaf as he's been to the sound of his own bull, 'Big Bird' sounds like his own ignorant doing. I full expect more of the same. His ego tells him that all of the lies and distortions his party has promoted and proliferated have some basis in reality. His campaign is behind because they're busy fighting the ghosts and inventions from their own narrow minds; instead of their actual rival.

[treestar]

11. Another decider!

So Mittens makes all the decisions? No wonder it's such a train wreck!

[mountain grammy]

10. See what happens when the country follows the Constitution!

All kinds of riff raff get to vote, even us libruls!

[bullwinkle428]

12. K&R. I tried to make this point in another thread last night, but you really laid

out the argument beautifully and nailed down every relevant aspect of it!

I just stated that the "Big Bird" remark was the "money shot zinger" that his campaign was hyping all week long, and it ended up blowing up in his face like a cheap novelty cigar!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

13. all we remember about this debate is Big Bird period

[SCVDem]

14. Mitt the animal lover.

I want someone to ask Mitt if he would get a dog for the White House if elected.

Now there'e a loaded question.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. Amen!

[Timbuk3]

16. MItt loves firing Big Bird!

Seems like a perfectly reasonable bumper sticker, to me.

[Cha]

17. Yes, Romney's attention to detail is getting Skewered Big Time

by BIG BIRD.



That's the reality.. kids can't vote but Moms can!



Mitt Romney's Big Bird Attack Threatens Thousands Of U.S. Jobs

Mitt Romney may want to kill Big Bird, but when the giant yellow bird flaps his wings, money comes flying out.

Since Big Bird debuted on television in 1969, the 8-foot tall canary has helped sell toys, stuffed animals, comic books, halloween costumes, t-shirts and USB drives.

In short, Big Bird is a job creator. Hear him squawk!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/04/romney-big-bird-attack-us-jobs_n_1939766.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

[goclark]

18. flip flop flip flop ~

I'm with you grantcart, the way the debate is playing out is

too , too sweet!

To quote Grantcart:Maybe there is a God after all and she has a superb sense of humor


Keep it rolling Mitwit , you are doing a great job!

[grantcart]

19. thanks

[bushisanidiot]

21. Mitt wants to fire big bird - is the oly thing folks will remember about debate 1

.

[ananda]

22. It also shows Romney's serious affect disorder.

He is emotionally out of touch with real people
and their issues.