Obama's Revised Debate Strategy, ...
Obama's Revised Debate Strategy-
How do you debate a person who - ...
~ completely turns about face on his own often repeated positions.
~ distorts all of your positions and actions.
~ fabricates statistics and studies to support his new at the moment positions.
~ adopts your own positions as his own.
You use the arsenal of flip flopping and disingenuous positions along with their supporting distorted statistics and supposed fact, to illustrate the true history of your opponents actions and accomplishments. You do so with the tools their very own campaign has given you. Once you have driven the nail home, you hit it on the head again, and again, and again, until it is so imbedded it can't be extracted, and the damage such that viewers can't be distracted.
You can not, debate a serial liar and person of no boundaries, like a gentleman and look 'presidential'. We have just witnessed how the truth can be twisted until it is unrecognizable, or worse, hijacked as one's own accomplishment.
When President Obama crosses the stage to the podium for the next debate, with in his grasp will be a notebook candidates use to carry carry their notes. Within the President's notebook, should be the only tool Obama needs to destroy his prevaricating opponent.
It could be orchestrated for the theater presidential debates have become, like this:
After introductions have been completed by the moderator, when Obama has his first comments he should open with:
During the last debate distinct problems arose when I tried to debate the differences of policy and governing philosophy with Mr. Romney, (do not give him the honor of a title like governor). Mr. Romney's positions, past statements, and past actions all suddenly changed to contrast historical record. It was like resetting an etch a sketch. (Now the president withdraws from his notebook an etch a sketch). He lifts the clear plastic cover erasing the contents and says, 'see now I stand for nothing, have never been anything, have never done anything, now I'm not accountable for anything, ... and now I can say anything!
Then point by point, ...
First Mr Romney was proud of Romney care in Massachusetts, then it was only good for individual states, now individual mandates are bad, and preexisting conditions uncovered in his 'present' proposal. (At this point Obama lifts the plastic on the etch a sketch). No problem Mr. Romney, you now stand for nothing, have done nothing, and you can say anything.
And taxes, across the board 20% reductions, elimination of estate taxes, and elimination of the alternative minimum tax. Over ten years a reduction in revenues of five trillion, ... oh you say, "I don't have a five trillion tax cut. I don't have a tax cut of a scale you are talking about." (As Obama is once again lifting the top sheet of the etch a sketch) he says, "now that this part of your record has been erased and you once again stand for nothing, that means you do not have to tell us what loop holes you would close to pay for your erased tax cut."
And that 716 billion dollars you say I cut and that you will return to Medicare, the 716 billion in medicare savings the bipartisan Affordable Care Act legislated, is that the same 716 billion dollars your nominated VP put in his plan to pay for part of the tax cut you just erased? (As the president again lifts the plastic on the etch a sketch) he says, "that should also erase your misrepresentation of the documented truth. Once again, you stand for nothing, have not said anything, and now you can say anything."
We could go through all the misrepresentation of fact you presented in our last debate, (as the president lifts the plastic on the etch a sketch) he says, "but let us save you the trouble of changing your positions and statements and simply acknowledge, you have been erased, you stand for nothing, whatever you have said means nothing, you are accountable for nothing, including anything you might say or do in the future. You are the unaccountable, etch a sketch, candidate.
"Oh and by the way, you know the 2010 and 2011 tax returns you finally released? ( As he holds the etch a sketch in front of the camera). We don't need this for that, you have already erased all that might inform us of your character and reporting practices. That all other candidates for president have released many years of tax returns need not bother you, after all, the information in past filings is but a ... (up with the plastic on the etch a sketch) away.
The President: - "Now Candy, could you repeat the question?"
... And every time in the debate that follows if Mr. Romney changes the facts, his statements, or his past positions; when it is the presidents turn to respond, each discrepancy described with a one line sentence, (as the plastic is lifted yet again), and erased.
I think even a pathological liar like Willard, might be unnerved, and left in the ruins of his own past actions.
Presidential? No. But staying above the actions of others allows the results and perception of, the last debate. It then lives on with the pundits and media and becomes a tainted reality and sadly, historical perception.
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