Post-Post-Post Debate Analysis, Sort of
Ok, the Right is having a field day with the fact that "Romney won the debate." Which he did fairly and squarely...if going for the most phrases spewed in a specific time which had absolutely no basis in fact is a qualified win. Apparently, it is. The technique is known as the Gish Gallop, named for the famed (?) evolution-basher Dr. Duane Gish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12nYRa8PTzo
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http://www.omg-facts.com/Other/The-Gish-Gallop-is-the-debating-techniqu/53793
Having to deal with sort of nonsense can make you want to tear your hair out. The President comes in, ready to defend his stances and debate his ursurper-to-be and is bombarded with stuff pulled out of thin air, apparently. To do anything but stare down, and try not to throw something at this fool must have been torture. The Angry Black Man was probably the effect the Repubs were hoping to achieve....at least that's my take.
We know that Mr. Obama is a better person than that...but have we on the Left become as blood-thirsty as those on the Right? There are two more debates and two more chances, now that we've seen which road Romney and Ryan are going to take.
And the past is usually a good indicator of the future:
http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2012/10/06/so-much-for-romneys-bipartisanship-claims/
This comment stolen from a discussion today on just this topic, to me, says it all:
"You know what? If the worse you can say about the president is that he decided not to kick ass when we all know he could and that he looked down alot to hide his disgust with wasting his anniversary arguing with a beach sandal, I mean think about it. We knew and he knew he had Bain in his boot, 47% in his belt, non-existent specifics under his jacket and Mitt's tax returns in his breast pocket. You KNOW he was strapped. Come on now, son. If Mitt is busy shooting himself in the foot why would the President bother wasting ammunition? Or worse, pulling a weapon and risk having it used against him by someone insane enough to try to take it from him. You stand back and look at crazy, you don't try to reason with it" Tomiko Nichols · Executive Director at Drama Kids
To quote Mark Twain:
"Never argue with a fool, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience."
Being the only liberal in my family I had a bit of a run in with a cousin after comparing Romney to a slippery eel on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Obama was in a no-win situation to a great extent. Come in angry and combative and Fox New-types paint him as a angry black man. Be cool and detached and he catches Hell for that.
Whatever the reason, he better come out swinging in the next one.