Barry semi-screwed the pooch in the first '12 debate against Mittens. He seemed unprepared and disengaged, and people started having brown trouser moments about the re-election campaign.
The turning-back point was the VP debate, when OHJB whupped major "malarkey" ass on Paul Ryan and we breathed easier. Barry came back stronger in the remaining sessions and essentially held serve. IMO the first debate damaged the Obama aura of invincibility and was one reason he did less well than in '08.
Of course, that was all before everyone in the country had already decided the other side's guy is Sauron risen again.
Advocating Senate passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act might do the trick. Or maybe joining the NAACP on camera. The bigots would scurry like roaches.
Ditto the inevitable CNN post-debate panel discussion, with eight staff reporters//personalities, half a dozen too-predictable zealots on each side (including, inexplicably, Rick "Frothy" Santorum), three Old Wise Men from the Reagan & Clinton eras and a Siri vs. Alexa shouting match.
ooo I don't know, not a classicist but Jonathan Kent produced it at the Almeida, although I saw it in the West End. I've probably still got the programme somewhere though
Barry semi-screwed the pooch in the first '12 debate against Mittens. He seemed unprepared and disengaged, and people started having brown trouser moments about the re-election campaign.
The turning-back point was the VP debate, when OHJB whupped major "malarkey" ass on Paul Ryan and we breathed easier. Barry came back stronger in the remaining sessions and essentially held serve. IMO the first debate damaged the Obama aura of invincibility and was one reason he did less well than in '08.
Of course, that was all before everyone in the country had already decided the other side's guy is Sauron risen again.
Also too, people who heard the debate on radio couldn't see Nixon's quasi-mortuary makeup or the sweat on his upper lip.
I'd like to design the debate stage at the top of a series of ramps.
R's are demanding football but blocking economic relief. Is it possible to eat a circus?
And usually refrain from tossing out blatant, obvious lies like souvenir t-shirts at a sportsball game.
Advocating Senate passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act might do the trick. Or maybe joining the NAACP on camera. The bigots would scurry like roaches.
Add a Haberman byline.
Ditto the inevitable CNN post-debate panel discussion, with eight staff reporters//personalities, half a dozen too-predictable zealots on each side (including, inexplicably, Rick "Frothy" Santorum), three Old Wise Men from the Reagan & Clinton eras and a Siri vs. Alexa shouting match.
You know – for the kids!
"Isn't that the stuff you take for Barberpolar Disorder?"
The MyPillow guy would come out with a new feces-scented model – and sell a million of them. Also soon on the grocery shelves: Goya Beans 'n' Poop.
In NPR's (half-hearted) defense, with so many minds already made up this stuff is what's left in the man-bites-dog category.
I remember Phil Hartman's take on it even better. He is missed.
DNC should reserve a front-row seat for E. Jean Carroll.
Haven't seen Alec Baldwin around much lately ...
LOL... James Woods
ooo I don't know, not a classicist but Jonathan Kent produced it at the Almeida, although I saw it in the West End. I've probably still got the programme somewhere though