Yes, I’ve read other diaries and comments that have offered explanations for our president not calling Rmoney a liar to his face on national television. The problem is that the bully would have resorted to those same tactics he has employed his entire life. More bullying, bob and weave, deflect and deny, change the subject, divide and conquer, and tell another lie.
Mitt Rmoney has spent a lifetime in the vulture capital business selling snake oil to unsuspecting takeover targets. He’s had a great deal of practice. America witnessed what the people of Massachusetts have experienced and all the victims of Bain have come to realize. The very reason he has dismal likeability and favorability ratings is this is who he is. He can’t change that. He is the classic stereotypical wealthy corporate shill that will SAY anything to convince that person he is speaking to at that moment that his solutions will make it rain M & M’s (or Skittles if you prefer). Ask any of the thousands of people who worked for companies that he has driven into the ground about the pep talks and board meetings that Mitt attended while profiting off their misery. As he stated during the Republican debates when talking about a conversation with Netanyahu, “What do you want me to say?” Sure, I am for a one state, two state, maybe a three or four state Palestine. What would YOU like to hear today? The moon is green cheese. Unicorns, puppies and kittens for everyone. He has no intention of delivering on any of those promises. That’s his M.O. Take a look at his track record at Bain. He has a well deserved reputation for lying, flip-flopping and did I mention lying about EVERY issue. That reputation was only reinforced during this debate.
The MSM is looking for a fight, a horse race, a battle, mud slinging or whatever meme sells. It would have made a great story for our president to call him a liar, throw a pie or offer to “bet him 5 trillion dollars”. That would have made news. That’s just not Barack Hussein Obama. All the Republican candidates tried and you know Gingrich, the serial liar, was outraged that Mitt beat him at his own game. Even Rove is no match for pathological liar Mitt Rmoney. They are losing. Lying to the American people is the only game left for Rmoney and the Republicans. Our president could have spent his valuable time rebutting every single lie Rmoney told (there were plenty), but for Pete’s sake the debates only lasted two hours. We will do that for him in the coming days.
I am certain our president has dealt with this type of thuggery in his day job. He has given speeches at the U.N. where some of the most tyrannical despots gather. He has met regularly with dictators that we are forced to consider our allies. As president you don’t get to choose your “business” partners. You can’t replace their “management” with a leveraged buyout. G.W. Bush tried that, but as we have learned the hard way the cost to our soldiers and treasury is crippling our nation. You smile, shake their hand, put on a pleasant façade and go about your “business”. Barrack Obama did just that. He is an honorable family man with a conscience. He cares about EVERY American not just those that contribute to his campaign. He has given State of the Union speeches where members of Congress call him a liar. He has been accused of being unpatriotic and un-American by high level supporters of Rmoney. He sees the handmade signs and demonstrators. He may have even watched Fox news. I imagine the first thing he wanted to do after greeting Rmoney, an individual who has lied about him and his policies at every turn, was to grab a bottle of hand sanitizer. As commander in chief of our armed forces, the ultimate law enforcement agent and head diplomat to the world Barrack Obama displayed the character and grace that is taking our country from a banana republic run by a cowboy back to the standard bearer of democracy for the free world. The conservative right-wing movement is losing the national argument and losing badly. Diplomacy and democracy for everyone is winning and they know it and the lying bully is desperate. Expect them to pull out ALL the stops in the coming days to the election. Expect a resurgence of the smoke and mirrors from those “good ole glory days” of Regan and Bush. Sorry folks, politics is nasty and the cowardly bully has not yet conceded. They are past the denial and anger stage of grief and attempting to bargain with us. You didn’t expect them to just crawl away did you? It’s time for a reality check, we need to double down on our registration and GOTV efforts