The liberal post-debate spin on behalf of President Eye Candy has been nothing short of hilarious. Starry-eyed progressives and the media (sorry, redundant) have blamed Obama’s poor performance on altitude sickness, savvy strategy, lady parts, loud noises, Jim Lehrer, the inability to lie and getting high as a kite before taking the stage.
The president’s old friends have their own theories, and The New Yorker couldn’t wait to breathlessly report them.
Shorter New Yorker: Obama lost the debate because he's so awesome http://t.co/Od32Uyk0
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) October 6, 2012
One of Obama’s professors said he lost because he’s “professorial” and “skews cerebral.”
If New Yorker thinks Obama's problem is that he "skews cerebral" (LOL) maybe he should unskew. Elena Kagan wanted to unskew speech after all
— David Limbaugh (@DavidLimbaugh) October 6, 2012
If only he wasn’t quite so brilliant he would’ve trounced Romney! That’s gotta be Politico-style satire, right? Right?
Obama's friends are really, really good at rationalizing. http://t.co/WzYgbE7r
— James Taranto (@jamestaranto) October 6, 2012
Twitter users sum up the snort-worthy rationalizations lovingly offered by Obama’s other pals.
Reasons: Obama is conciliator; 'takes the truth seriously;' doesn't patronize; cares about substance; burdened by weight of presidency…
— Byron York (@ByronYork) October 6, 2012
Oh–and he was never any good as debater. Avoided moot court competition in law school. http://t.co/gvnz6B8R
— Byron York (@ByronYork) October 6, 2012
Harvard Prof Lawrence Tribe & other Obama apologists say O can't debate because he likes to bring people together. Tell that to Paul Ryan
— David Limbaugh (@DavidLimbaugh) October 6, 2012
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This New Yorker piece is reminiscent of Valerie Jarrett's lament that Obama has "the burden of being so bright."
— David Limbaugh (@DavidLimbaugh) October 6, 2012
"Barack's instincts never included going for his opponent's jugular." Old friends on debate debacle. http://t.co/0ZcdUWkA
— nxthompson (@nxthompson) October 5, 2012
To Obamaphiles, the problem with this country is that we're unworthy of them http://t.co/EPoMlLIq
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) October 6, 2012
One Twitterer goes out on a limb with another explanation:
https://twitter.com/JasonBWhitman/statuses/254586065950752769
“Sucks at them”? Clearly this Twitter user just doesn’t “skew cerebral” enough to understand what really went on at the Denver debate.
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