tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589113.post7996350368635498485..comments2023-11-25T06:26:33.387-05:00Comments on Inside Zebster: It's not about teamZebsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684616018807468693noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589113.post-39330432715845963812012-10-08T20:20:34.076-04:002012-10-08T20:20:34.076-04:00Thanks, friends, for reading even though I've ...Thanks, friends, for reading even though I've been mostly absent here lately. Keep being angry, Mary, we need to be.Zebsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684616018807468693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589113.post-69952373246551712822012-10-05T21:58:17.384-04:002012-10-05T21:58:17.384-04:00I feel most of the time, that the conservatives do...I feel most of the time, that the conservatives don't know what they're talking about. They don't listen. They don't pay attention. They don't read. They hear 2 minute (or less) sound bites,) and they muckle on.. (is muckle a word?) and don't let go to save their lives. I'm thinking of ridding my facebook account of every single one.. that i know of, anyway. Because it seems they never learned to THINK. And yes, i was seriously disappointed in Obama's performance the other night. But, i saw so many fb comments like.. 'well that was an ASS KICKING!!!!!!' with literally 6 exclamation points. I mean, we're not 14. Grow the hell up. Think will you?? Think for goodness' sake! These people have no idea what Obama has accomplished.... Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16005482538480063372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589113.post-69864456677870690852012-10-05T14:20:20.993-04:002012-10-05T14:20:20.993-04:00Because of my work schedule I didn't get to wa...Because of my work schedule I didn't get to watch the debate but it sounded like Obama didn't want to be bothered with preparing for it. Very disappointing.<br /><br />He's already got my vote, but not because I want him to win. It's because I want Romney to lose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589113.post-30283831910662979132012-10-04T07:14:05.449-04:002012-10-04T07:14:05.449-04:00Tribalism at it's finest, to be sure.
I have t...Tribalism at it's finest, to be sure.<br />I have to say my initial reaction mirrored yours. The problem is, the President has quite the needle to thread. Should he hit back, and call out the lies? Yes. Can he do so without appearing to be an "angry black man?" That one is tougher. In the same way that 2007 tape of the Hampton speech was re-released and highlighted across Drudge and the Daily Caller, culminating on Hannity on Fox the night before the debate shows us how the conservatives use race against this President. <br /><br />The fact that they were discussing the speech and dissecting the mannerisms during that speech is very illuminating. Either the President is "too black" or her falls into the stereotype of the "angry black man" or "thug" if you will. I find it amazing how non racial this President has to be in order to try and get anything done. <br /><br />I do think there was an effort to have the President stay above the fray. I do not doubt that they got some great video for television ads against Romney from this debate. I also think the fact checkers are going to run roughshod over Romney if they can resist the temptation to fall into the "both sides do it" trap. I guess we will find out in a few days how the polling goes. Important to remember, not everyone watches is as engaged as some of us political junkies, and many don't watch at all. black onionhttp://black-onion.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.com