Body Language

It is striking that both Obama and Biden opted to use body language as their strategy for winning their respective debates. Not surprisingly, both lost. But there are several points worth making in this regard:

1. This demonstrates that they are both unserious men. It is one thing to employ body language as a tactic when appropriate. It is an altogether different matter to employ it as a strategy. The first can be shrewd and wise. The second is foolish and betrays the shallowness of those who employ it. Romney and Ryan had substance as their strategy. Obama and Biden had style (and extremely lame style at that) as their strategy. This defect has characterized the entire presidency (and, in fact, career) of Obama.

2. It is striking that, having opted to use body language as their strategy, both Obama and Biden were so horrifically bad at even that. Presumably, Obama was attempting to appear calm and presidential. Instead, he came across as apathetic and out of touch. Who can say for sure what was going through Biden's mind (apart from the usual: "Oh, look! Something shiny!")? But we can only assume that at least his handlers were hoping that he would come across as the wise, dignified statesman schooling the foolish, naive child. Instead, he came across as a stooge, giggling at a nuclear Iran and 23 million Americans unemployed. If you're going to be a one-trick pony, you should at least learn the trick.

3. Part of what caused them to fail so miserably is that ham-fisted overuse of their chosen strategies. One of the reasons body language doesn't work as a strategy is because you only get a few uses out of it before it becomes gratingly repetitive. To attempt to use the same lame little trick one hundred times in an hour and a half is a mistake normal people wouldn't even expect children to make. To base your strategy on style instead of substance is bad enough. But to base it on style when you're so bad at it, is inexplicable.

4. Finally ... TWICE?! Really?! After this strategy led Obama to the most humiliating defeat in the history of presidential debates, how clueless does the Obama brain trust have to be to say, "Here's a good idea... let's try it again!" No wonder these clowns have failed so miserably at everything they've put their hand to for the last four years.

Debate prep?

So, Joe "the brain" Biden is taking six days off of campaigning in order to prep for his debate with Paul Ryan. Really? Can one of the dumbest guys in politics get ready to debate one of the smartest guys in politics in six days? I mean, look what Romney did to Obama in debate and, given that Biden is even dumber than Obama and Ryan is even smarter than Romney, how can six days help?

To use math, if Romney's 50-point IQ advantage over Obama led to the devastation we saw last Wednesday, what will Ryan's 100-point IQ advantage over Biden lead to?

No, although Joe is almost certainly dumb enough to think he can take on Ryan, you have to think that after last Wednesday, even Joe's handlers (and believe me, he has handlers ... we all know what happens when the adults let Joe out on his own) can smell the coming apocalypse.

Which leads me to the real reason for the six days off: any excuse Obama, Axelrod, etc. can find to keep Joe away from a microphone for six days is good enough for them. They're probably trying to convince Joe to stay in his special room prepping right up until the super-secret second VP debate on November 7.

Where is everyone?

We're all a little puzzled by the fact that Romney isn't 10-15 percent ahead of Obama in the polls. After all, Obama has been a miserable failure at, ummm, everything. Gas prices have doubled. Unemployment is out of control. Trillions of dollars in new debt with no hope of even the rate of increase decreasing anytime soon. A US ambassador murdered and Obama covers for the terrorists for two weeks. US flag burning all around the world in all the countries Obama apologized to in his foolish and cowardly efforts to appease dictators. The Democrat senate hasn't passed a budget in 3 years. Obama's budgets get voted down 97-0 and 99-0. He hijacked 1/6 of the US economy in order to give the government more power and already his lies about how health care will get better and costs will go down have been exposed.

The guy is a nightmare.

And this is all nothing compared to his second term when he doesn't need to worry about re-election and can be "more flexible" as he promised Putin in yet another cowardly attempt to curry with a thug.

But with 37 days to go, where's the campaign against Obama?

Where's the media blitz?
Where's Cantor?Where's Boehner?
Where's the Tea Party?
Where's Sarah Palin?
Where's Giuliani?

There's a massive base opposed to Obama and they're all being silent.

Exactly backwards

Obama was at the Iowa State Fair yesterday and decided to buy beer for people. There was a guy with a Romney sign nearby and Obama said, "I’ll tell you what, except for Romney sign, I’ll buy beers for ten people."

(The article says he was spending his own money, which is presumably why he limited it to ten people. When it's our money he's spending, he sees no need for restraint. And yes, I realize that even the money in his wallet is our money since he's never earned an honest dollar in his life.)

It struck me that this is exactly the opposite of what he should have done (no surprise there). A person with cleverness, class, or grace (none of which he is burdened with) would have bought the beer for the Romney supporter and done it cheerfully and graciously. (You'd especially expect this from the man who keeps claiming to be the great uniter!) It would have shown class and brains and would everyone would have been talking about how gracious he was. Even the Romney supporter would have gone away somewhat impressed by the man and probably have told others.

Romney Hood

So, President Suuuuuuper Genius thought it was clever to refer to Mitt Romney as Romney Hood. Really? Maybe the Romney campaign should hire him to come up with ideas for them. Because, as even children know, Robin Hood was the well-loved hero who was fighting against a corrupt government that was over-taxing its citizens. Romney Hood is exactly what we need!

P.S.

Of course, we don't really want Obama to work harder on the economy. The less he implements his socialist ideals, the better.

If only he'd work this hard on the economy

So far in this campaign, Obama has hosted more fundraisers than the last five presidents combined. He can always find time for fundraisers, golf, parties, and extravagant vacations. If only he'd work at, you know, being president. He loves the position (and the perks); it's the work he never has time for.

There are at least three important points to be made about this:

1. Seriously ... at a time when record numbers of Americans are suffering from the economy, Obama spends all his time getting re-elected rather than doing his job. (Similarly, we watch as Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, etc. spiral out of control. But he's too busy to seriously deal with any of those ... too busy fundraising.) He's joined by a Democrat Senate who haven't even been able to pass a budget for three years. But this is what we should expect from the Narcissist in Chief. He doesn't care about Americans; he only cares about himself. Besides, governing is a lot quicker when you skip the other branches of government and just issue decrees.

2. The only thing he's willing to devote time to is getting money for himself. All the normal Americans can twist in the wind as they watch their savings deplete. Obama doesn't care. He's not going to spend time being president and helping the country. He's too busy trying to scrounge up every cent he can. (Even to the point of telling people they should fore-go their wedding gifts in order to give him money. He's all class, that one.)

3. Lastly, we see (as always) his hypocrisy. He is incessantly whining about being outspent by Romney. This is hypocritical on multiple levels. First of all, he boasted about outspending McCain 3-1. But now that the shoe is on the other foot, the Crybaby in Chief can't stand it. Secondly, earlier this year he was boasting about how he was going to outspend Romney. It was evidence of how much people loved him and what a spectacular politician he was. But now that Romney is out-raising him, again, the whining is deafening. Lastly, he's spending all of his time fundraising - far more time than Romney is. The hypocrisy of criticizing Romney for raising lots of money when Obama is trying harder than any person in history to raise money is, ummm, rich. (I suspect that this is what is really galling Obama: Romney is more successful at this by doing it in his spare time than Obama is doing it full-time. His ego can't stand it.)