Comments on: The Emperor’s New Clothes https://thenewneo.com/2012/10/04/the-emperors-new-clothes/ A blog about political change, among other things Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:57:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: stan https://thenewneo.com/2012/10/04/the-emperors-new-clothes/#comment-427122 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:57:33 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=20612#comment-427122 Even Dana Milbank goes no clothes for the emperor!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-president-obama-doesnt-meet-the-press/2012/10/04/ac688c8a-0e78-11e2-bb5e-492c0d30bff6_story.html

“But Obama has only himself to blame, because he set himself up for Wednesday’s emperor-has-no-clothes moment. “

]]> By: NeoConScum https://thenewneo.com/2012/10/04/the-emperors-new-clothes/#comment-426686 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:18:47 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=20612#comment-426686 GAWD, I love the sounds of Liberal-Lefties blubbering in the morning. Who was that guy up there last night, they ask..? Trust me, Doofuses, THAT was the real Boy King.

]]> By: parker https://thenewneo.com/2012/10/04/the-emperors-new-clothes/#comment-426612 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:24:54 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=20612#comment-426612 In this case its not the emperor who has no clothes, its the empty chair that is naked.

]]> By: T https://thenewneo.com/2012/10/04/the-emperors-new-clothes/#comment-426570 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:12:48 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=20612#comment-426570 OB,

50 states and 57 Varieties

To a Pittsburgher . . . that’s funny!

]]> By: Occam's Beard https://thenewneo.com/2012/10/04/the-emperors-new-clothes/#comment-426560 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:46:37 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=20612#comment-426560 Neo, I concur. I didn’t mean to imply that Obama only became rattled on the night. Instead, he (and/or his handlers) probably grasped in the run-up to the debate that he was in deep trouble. That would, of course, explain their lame attempts to lower expectations about Obama’s performance.

Picture the scene at Obama’s debate prep…

Prep guy: “No, goddamnit, for the thousandth time, it’s 50 states and 57 varieties!”

Turning to PR flack: “Better start talking down his chances.”

]]> By: T https://thenewneo.com/2012/10/04/the-emperors-new-clothes/#comment-426555 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:38:33 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=20612#comment-426555 Neo,

If true that The Daily Caller waited for an opportune moment to release the tape, then I say “Kudos to them.” It’s using Alinsky on the Alinskyites, something Breitbart excelled at. Perhaps Breitbart even inspired this with his strategic ACORN tape releases.

If true, the first criticism will be that it’s not pretty, but one can’t successfully fight those in the gutter without getting dirty one’s self.

]]> By: neo-neocon https://thenewneo.com/2012/10/04/the-emperors-new-clothes/#comment-426546 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:28:44 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=20612#comment-426546 Occam’s Beard: I’m not sure Obama wasn’t rattled by something prior to the debate, although I doubt it was a matter of grave national concern. At the end of my post about the release of the 2007 Obama Hampton tape I speculated, “It’s an interesting prelude to the debate tonight, though. Perhaps the biggest effect it might have would be to rattle Obama and put him a bit off his game. We’ll see.”

Now, do I really think that happened? It certainly wasn’t the only factor or even perhaps a major one, but it might have been something that did put him a bit off his game to start with, and then the surprisingly cogent and articulate Romney may have rattled him still further. When I thought about the Hampton tape before the debate, and why they released it at exactly and precisely that time, it occurred to me that it was because of the debate. It’s not that the tape itself was so very damaging, but that it exposed Obama in a way he hasn’t been exposed so far. Even all the ribbing he got for the phony accent could have upset a man who is dedicated to preserving his personal privacy and his facade.

It does seem a little farfetched, and I don’t want to overemphasize it, but it might be in there as an element of what upset him right from the outset.

]]> By: Occam's Beard https://thenewneo.com/2012/10/04/the-emperors-new-clothes/#comment-426539 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:12:15 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=20612#comment-426539 well, that possibility has already been floated by Obama’s supporters as a possible explanation–that he may have been preoccupied by a matter of grave national concern. I can’t remember who said it, but I definitely read it.

That was Bob Woodward.

As if Barry gives a rat’s ass about this country. He was rattled because he’s not qualified to pack Romney’s lunch, and he knows it. Probably a lot of liberals sense this also, but try to push it out of their minds.

]]> By: neo-neocon https://thenewneo.com/2012/10/04/the-emperors-new-clothes/#comment-426533 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:05:12 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=20612#comment-426533 southpaw: well, that possibility has already been floated by Obama’s supporters as a possible explanation—that he may have been preoccupied by a matter of grave national concern. I can’t remember who said it, but I definitely read it.

]]> By: bandit https://thenewneo.com/2012/10/04/the-emperors-new-clothes/#comment-426517 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:22:57 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=20612#comment-426517 Favorite line: “I’ve been in business 25 years, and I have no idea what you are talking about”

Best line was ‘The President doesn’t pick winners and losers he just picks losers.’

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