Cranky O!

0bama is so arrogant; does not serve him well. I could never understand the hate the left had for G. W. Bush, but I have to say, I now understand when I look at 0bama. He makes it so hard to like him, and he makes it impossible to ever respect him.

Obama was practically begging Romney to hit him on Libya. Why, just today, the CIA fell on their sword and totally contradicted their statements from two weeks ago and declared that they told Obama for a week that this was all about the video. Clearly a lie. Romney didn't bite and Obama lost the argument with no words spoken.

I heard of a tweet from a Marine, "Marines still bayonets Mr. President!"
A petty-sniping president is not what I'm looking for in a leader.

Who was that man ? Maybe we missed him walking on water in the past four years.

If the lies were not so serious, it would be laughable. Maybe he gets his info from L.com posters.

All show for the lemmings.

Last time Romney went there on Libya, Obama had the fix in with Candy. Mitt was astonished to see Obama lie like he did right to the face of the whole country and of course Candy later had to walk it back because it WAS a lie. Mitt wasn't going to fall into that trap again. He was steady, gave a closing that almost made me cry for America and the take away is Obama's death stare all night. That's an SNL parody but of course they won't make fun of their fav.

What #6 said so well..Great night for the future President Mitt Romney!

Barry wasn't playing small ball tonight. He was playing small spit ball as he repeatedly sniped at Romney with petty wads of sarcasm. Very unpresidential, Barry.

And incredibly Obama will sit there and lie and lie. Romney didn't have time to keep up with all the lies. The biggest lie repeated daily in Ohio crew is that Romney wanted the auto companies to go bankrupt without any government assistance. Easily refuted by an editorial Romney wrote at the time, but Obama and his crew continue to tell the lie with impunity. Actually Obama's slowness and union payoffs when he took the auto companies through bankruptcy cost the taxpayers an additional $20Million.

#8, correction, obviously:
...cost the taxpayers an additional $20BILLION!!!

Obama prepped for an all out assault by Romney. When he didn't get it, he couldn't adapt. He responded as if he were being attracked when he wasn't. Made him look petty. Well played Governor.

Romney has gotten into Obama's head. For the president, the debate was personal. When all the words spoken are long forgotten, it will be the look of confidence on Romney's face contrasted with the look of contempt on Obama's that looking back at tonight will be said to have sealed the deal for the voters.

0 was thrown off his plan when Romney gave him a pass on Benghazi. 0 had probably spent a lot of time and strategy in preparation for a big fight on that one. He had to. Then no fight. 0 didn't have the guts to bring up the subject himself. Mitt Romney didn't even use the word 'optimal' once.

Get the transcript, Candy...

He looked mental, stark staring mad.

The dope got roped.

Perhaps the strongest overall impression I take from the three debates is the consistently "presidenetial" demeanor of Romney -- strong and in command -- contrasted with the three different faces of Obama across the debates -- first lost, then boastful and manipulative, and finally petulant. Obama seemed to "decide" what face he would present each night while Mitt simply came out as himself to face a tough job. I hope the world sees this.

That was a bizarre glare wasn't it? No so much petulant as menacing. Or at least as menacing as can be imagined from someone who wears mom jeans and throws a baseball like a girl. Well, on Nov 6 America is going to give him a wedgie and stuff him into a locker.

Thank you, fellow posters, for illuminating Mitt's strategy and tactics better than any of the pundits and morning show people!

I agree with the posts at #10 and #12 in that Obama 'trained' for this debate in ways to defend his non-action in and lies about Benghazi. Mitt went elsewhere, to subjects for which the president had no memorized lines.
.... It continus to become more obvious that Obama doesn't 'think' much about anything. The teleprompter tells him how he feels each day. Thought process and actual knowledge have never been on his agenda.
Ooops.

I think I understand the lefties hatred of President George Bush. They settle on one narrative and hammer it home with the help of the media....

It hasn't worked with President Romney. His good hearted personality came through the television via the debates -- even with lefite/libbie narrators.

He won the favor of "real" Americans out here in the Heartland....

LZK

I noticed almost identical American lapel pins and remembered in 2008 Obama refusing to wear the American flag or place his hand over his heart during the National Anthem. All show---Obama hates America as much as he does Romney.

Everyone's saying that they were close in their foreign policy positions. Perhaps so, but Mitt looked like the person who was anxious to tackle the job. Fauxbama was defensive, in every way.

Now let's get this thing done.

Obama was a scrappy yard dog yapping and desperately trying to pee on a stately elm.

Never happened.

#6 gave a great description of O's look last night as a death stare. To me he also looked very angry - it appeared that he kept his jaws clenched much of the time. It is painful to watch him - both he and Michelle exude nastinest.

It was astonishing to hear Obama so suddenly pro America, so cognizant of American values and exceptionalism, so pro military, so friendly toward Israel. WHO IS THIS?

After four years of demeaning Israel, apologizing for America, using the troops for his own gain, alienating our allies, and generally running down American values and national pride, his suddenly " positive" words sounded robotic and completely insincere.

It took me about 15 minutes to realize that Mitt Romney's strategy was to completely disarm Obama on Romney wanting to start another war. That was the talking point for the past couple of days in the MSM. It threw Obama off when Romney didn't get down in the weeds of the details on Libya.

Instead, Romney pivoted to the big picture which is to create a world where the United States can educate countries and tie our help into their participation in democracy.
That, my friends, is what a Commander in Chief does.

Obama resorted to taunts and demeaning rhetoric (''we have planes that actually land on ships'') His arrogance showed with the ''Me'' and the ''I saw the shot and I took it.'' Well, I wanted to puke.

One more thing regarding Obama's snark about bayonets and horses...the CIA and Army used horses in Afghanistan when working alongside the Northern Alliance just a couple of years ago.

Oh, SNAP, Mr. President!

I constantly hear and read Obama is "so likeable." Not to me. He's got the personality and charm of a cobra - especially behind that big, phoney smile. He comes across as mean, nasty and snarky.

I am beyond sick of Obama's raise taxes on the rich over and over. How about just having all dems pay taxes.

Mitt was unflappable. I micro-studied his facial expressions as zippy vomited prevarication after prevarication, and Mr. Romney never so much as flinched. He maintained complete composure and never allowed 0boyma to rattle him. Romney exhibited true class, and 0bama was unable to fake that he has any.

Romney looked presidential. Obama looked like Snoopy pretending to be a vulture.

#22 - I love that . . . stately elm ... beautiful -

I was going to go on here to say Obama was "baracking up the wrong tree" but yours put it perfectly.

Blowbama is a dope addict.

But it plays well to the petulant vote ... which is 50% of America

Ya'll are forgetting that

right #11, 13. Obama looks sooo angry! If he could have ditched that look, might have helped him...some.

Is it perhaps b/c he is a man who is conflicted? Most signs point to him not really wanting another four years. However the heat is on and the Chicago syndicate, according to the deep throat-style interview of the Obama insider, has BIG expectations in the form of another four years. Perhaps Obie is scared to death of what will happen to him, when he does NOT deliver.

He could also be worried about what his handlers have told him he must do, to stay in power, should he lose the election and he is absolutely terrified to implement it. Remember that look of horror/deer in headlights in the situation room during Bin Laden kill? Ditto the debate. The man could very well come unglued when he loses the 2012 election. Captain Queeq is knocking on the door.

Zero reminded me of Nixon during the final stages, under siege and hunkered down. He tried to look resolute, but instead came off as a poor loser acting like he was being unfairly picked on.

Was watching Obama on the split screen when Romney was speaking. Nothing but pure evil and hatred on his face. Look at his eyes, really scary, and he was blinking at warp speed. This is one evil man. Be afraid, America, be really afraid. God help us all if he's re-elected.

Agree #37 -- the split screen is not Obama's friend!

As other posters have written, Obama projected a "death stare," while his hunch-over posture was that of an "evil troll, waiting to strike."

My own impression of Obama at last night's debate was that he personified the Dickens character Uriah Heep.

The most impressive thing about Gov. Romney's great demeanor last night was he totally flummoxed the media. None were expecting him to respond as he did re: Bengazi. Why, because they covered it after the previous debate.

Yes, Gov Romney was truly Statesman-like and he showed he cannot and will not be bullied by a weak and petulent pretender.

o was a coiled reptile all evening, and not a pretty sight. He is unwell, a head on a walking stick. For his own good and ours he needs to get some serious R and R, pun is intended.

Classless Chicago gutter dweller. The voodoo JuJu evil eye, something out of a 1920s silent film.

more like Pussy Galore.

Pussy Galore comes to mind.

The recipients of Obama's poor debate quality performance are the MSM. The MSM made their bed by siding insanely with the Won and now they're looking like the fools they are????

Debates are not Zip's thing.
He thought he could tap dance through the first and fell on his face. His handlers created different clowns for the next two and he projected loser again. I'd imagine Valerie Jarrett is on the warpath again today, blaming everyone not optimizing her flawed boy.

His head bobbed up and down like one you'd buy at a Yankee's game! They had them on split screen and I had NO sound so I could stand to look at him. His voice is not to be tolerated. (Lisping pantywaist!)

Well, what the country is to expect from a poorly educated community organizer?
I will always remind the obozo's supporters about his comment on the lipstick on pigs!
Have you ever heard anything like that from the conservative politician? Not likely!
But leftists use that all the time, and unfortunately there are way too many uneducated (and "educated") drones and leeches who like it.

Good one, #31.

My favorite moment in the debate:

"Obama bin Laden"

- Bob Schieffer

#25 - watched the debate last night with my 75 year old mom and 15 year old daughter. My sweet southern mom said with a bit of vinegar in her voice "Well, Obama has no family on stage . . . must have been too far to travel all the way from Kenya . . . " My daughter and I burst out laughing. I was proud to have three generations of smart, Conservative ladies sitting there taking in the dignity and composure of Governor Romney, our next President.

From the beginning, I was fascinated with the deadly, demonic glare coming out of Obama's eyes. I kept waiting for someone to call in a snake handler.

I've seen a lot of buffoonery in past debates over the years...but I've never seen anything like what Obama displayed last night. It was beyond petulance. I was actually praying Romney would be spiritually protected.

#50 Totally agree! President Romney was hugging his sons and grandsons, and all Obama could do was gather with the Romneys! I thought I was the only one who noticed.

Obama looked malevolent all through the debate. After the debate, alone with Michelle, they both looked pathetic.

a lot of Americans have been commenting today that he was "unpresidential". obozo has been a fraud from day one. he has NEVER been presidential.

Is anyone else tired of the "roads and bridges" cliche? Oh, almost forgot the "teachers!" He can't work with small businesses, so build those roads and bridges and hire teachers too. AAAHH

Honestly, I have never understood the "Angry Black Man" thing..until now. 0bama looked so menacing. He was certainly someone I'd be afraid to meet in a dark alley. There was no kindness in those eyes.

#51. I've never seen a snake blink like that. I thought he looked like someone who was under a lot of stress, perhaps because he fears all the lies are about to catch up to him.

Part of the time it looked as if the glare was a cover for sneaking a peek at a cleverly hidden mini teleprompter or watch size.
Yes Obe was snockered that's much better than a dueling knockout.

#49 - I thought I heard him say that - and wondered what would have been the reaction if Mr. Romney had made such a slip - did Mr. Schieffer get called on the carpet for that?

I was pleasantly surprised with Bob Schieffer,thought he seemed more fair and impartial as a debate moderator should be but I did miss a few minutes here and there due to various interruptions.