President Barack Obama Is Prepping for the Debates, Is There Anything You Wish You Could Ask Him?

 dani-BBW I don't see being absolutely rude to the moderator as being "in control". At least not in the good sense. I feel like if you are impressed by belligerent bullies and have no sense of how a debate actually works, you're impressed. But I'm just quietly waiting for someone to actually explain themselves.

It was a whole lot of empty talk as far as I'm concerned. Or business as usual if we're talking politics. :/

 Toni_M  dani-BBW Oh now don't tell me.  Was Mittens trying to look tough by beating on the so called dreaded liberal press again?

 Brenda55  Toni_M  dani-BBW 

although I support Obama, I do think Mitt was more articulate tonight. The sad part about politics is, they can always say certain things and sometimes even mean to keep their word, but something odd seems to happen once they get in office and underneath the lobbyists, special interest groups, etc. nothing of substantial POSITIVE change seems to happen. So, in all honesty, Mitt was pretty decent tonight HOWEVER, one well played debate can't make up for statements like "Russia is our #1 Geopolitical Foe." 

In this here 2012. I am afraid Mitt would get us nuked just for his ignorant public statements long before he could institute any good change (if he had any sound ideas to start with). If that is what he thinks about Russia, heaven forbid he open his mouth about the middle east. He also has an ad running with a line in his voice saying "Crack down on Cheaters like China." .....China is a continent Mitt and also the reason you are a millionaire. 

Please, get some tact and stop running your mouth like a broke ass Appalachian  bigot. You need a little class to be president of the US. Money can't buy that, apparently. (and you can't outsource the job to China to have them produce your class for you, Mitt)

 Brenda55  Toni_M  dani-BBW  *continent = country******

 Brenda55  dani-BBW He didn't SAY anything. Nada. He was like, "I HAVE PLANS! LET ME COUNT THEM OUT!" And I waited and it was a lot of main points with no supporting ideas. :|

It was incredibly frustrating to watch.

I definitely don't think Obama called him out as much as he could or even should have, but anyone pegging Mitt "the clear winner" had mud in their ears. I still have no idea what that man's about. :S

 Toni_M  Brenda55  dani-BBW "but anyone pegging Mitt "the clear winner" had mud in their ears"

People don't listen to debates.  They watch debates. 

 Veron  Brenda55  dani-BBW Which makes them pointless. We're electing based on who LOOKS like a president vs who actually has anything remotely resembling common sense. What does that say about us as a country? 

Toni_M

Good or bad, the debate went as Mitt wanted it to – he talked about what he wanted, when he wanted, for however long he wanted. That’s not a plus for him so much as it is a HUGE MINUS for Jim Lehrer who might as well have been an empty chair. The whole thing was like two dueling campaign commercials that went on for 90 minutes without any sort of structure maintained by the moderator. As far as performance, sorry but again I have to say Mittens performed better. He was concise and energetic, whereas the president looked tired, rambled, did not stick to a consistent point of view, stammered, had a hard time articulating his record, jumped around between examples he was pointing out and was hard to follow. I lean left socially but am not so partisan that I need to spin things in the Pres’ favor.

I really wish David Gregory would moderate a debate, I like his style on Meet the Press.

@dani-BBW I'm an Independent, so I'm not exactly "partisan". But it's kind of frustrating when people act like blatant dishonesty and rudeness is what we look for in terms of winning a debate. And forget fact checking and not taking what a candidate says at face value.

Hopefully debates in the future will be better moderated.

 dani-BBW Actually this just signals to me that I should keep to my policy of absolutely avoiding politics and not listening to anything else until and after the election. It's a lot of hogwash anyway and frustrating for anyone with an IQ higher than a postage stamp.

 Kels   Thanks for that snippet and will try and see show (and, yes, like you, I do not like Steve Harvey).    She's awesome, classy and (I've heard) a talented attorney, mad though she married MY husband (bwaaahhhaaaa).

 DWB ObamaCare doesn't give you a choice? This is the second time I have heard of something like this. It makes me feel a bit weird. I think that that paperwork should be available to the public to see what they are getting in to.

 TheZitaZitomihr That is what the Supreme Court case revolved around. ALL citizens are required to buy health insurance regardless if they want to or not, or pay a penalty (Obama said is was NOT a tax, but the supremes said it is, ironically saving ObamaCare.)

Oh, and they had to pass it to see what was in it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoE1R-xH5To

 DWB How much would be the tax? What about the people who can't afford it? What are people basically forced to buy it? 

 TheZitaZitomihr Here are two divergent resources:

http://www.heritage.org/issues/health-care/obamacare

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&sqi=2&ved=0CCoQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPatient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act&ei=zY5sUObCO4e88ASc4IDYCg&usg=AFQjCNFddlZNvU_DzHDGNQrKBT9G9zoweQ&sig2=N4g4blCOgzc6FIo41KZYew

 DWB Th American people should be able to see BEFORE they vote on something like this. 

"Need to remember:

The government pays for NOTHING.

The tax-payer pays for it all.

I have listened to so many that actually believe the government magically produces money for their "free" shit. Sickening."

I agree with this first comment. And tax-payers should also know what they are paying for,

 DWB The*

 DWB Thank you for these links!

 TheZitaZitomihr You are welcome!

 DeepWater 

I need the English translation of this. ^

anyone? 

 PumpkinSpice   Not quite sure of what needs translating but, for myself, I'd like to see him address Black folk directly, maybe, in say his last year (or even days) in office as he'd be wrapping up his second term and would be "lame duck", on his way out, and maybe, address issues that afflict Black America (he did speak on fatherhood in past), incarceration, out of wedlock births, education (which he does address in administration policies), talent and wealth building, family planning, but in a more direct manner.   I say this in that he'd be criticized for this but he'd be on his way out and wouldn't be hurt for a re-election bid for being "divisive".  

 sMoriarty And Michelle is going to come from behind that stage and bring the South Side of Chicago with her and cuss you out! lol

(No she won't, she'll have the secret service get you.)