Comments on: Romney did "win" the debate

By: kayvaan

kayvaan — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:03:04 +0000

“Romney tends to say the wrong things when confronted with real humans”

So true. This gives me hope.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 02:10:04 +0000

Not the leaders!!!

By: sailor

sailor — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 01:56:59 +0000

Yes well, as far as the Caribbean is concerned maybe you should check out some of the leaders we have there before you decide that. I am not sure I blame the electorate however, the choice is often between and honest man who is completely ineffectual and crook who gets things done.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 01:01:38 +0000

I would pick a selection of Caribbean and African countries. More attention to real people issues combined with a sense of humor.

By: sailor

sailor — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 00:55:07 +0000

Well you could try the European countries, but while they might help you elect a decent president, they cannot be trusted to run their own countries, because they, like the republicans, think the answer to a recession is austerity, which is completely the opposite of what I was taught in university in London some 50 years ago.
By the way there is a sense in which the US is already outsourcing its elections. I seem to remember back when Clinton was campaigning interference by a foreign country was downright illegal. Only Americans could give to presidential campaigns. Citizen United has completely changed that equation and opened the US election to anyone with cash through superpacs. I have read almost nothing about this in any paper on on any blog and wonder why it has gone unnoticed.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:35:44 +0000

Who? Which country? Or a committee of small countries perhaps? Let’s do it.

By: sailor

sailor — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:20:01 +0000

Here is the really scary thought. There are people out there who have not yet made up their minds. They have had months to assess the positions and character of the two candidates, they have been bombarded with endless ads, tons of information is available to them, but in this complete no-brainer of an election they still cannot choose. What is even scarier is your future and the future of your country is likely to be in their hands.
Having watched your elections for some years I feel you would all be a lot better off if you outsourced your election to a less crazy electorate. If you let the rest of the world decide for you, Obama would win by a landslide not be about to win or loose by some measly few votes.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:39:20 +0000

What kind of pill? Cyanide????

I personally agree with what you are saying, but the polls remain sobering and relevant.

By: BobFromLI

BobFromLI — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:21:38 +0000

Take a pill. It may not be that bad. First, many of the whoppers that Mittens told are being debunked on CNN and other mainstream outlets. While the Faux people will always vote ‘right’, the swingers will be back when the hear about the con job. We have three more debates and it doesn’t look like Mittens will be loved by the extremists who now consider him a turncoat and the midline Repubs who now see him as a flipper. Ohio is still blue. Virginia will stay blue. Nevada will stay blue.

Style versus substance has no weight. Those listening to the Kennedy Nixon thought TD won it. Those watching knew better. Mittens came off as a bully.