What happened to all the threads about Obama being nothing w/o a teleprompter? (campaign, vice president)

[jdiddy]

A few weeks ago, this board was filled with those threads by posters convinced that the former president of the Harvard Law Review was an empty vessel who could only read a teleprompter. Now that Obama has soundly beaten McCain in two debates, any of you feel the need to reevaluate what was always a transparently ridiculous assessment?

Also, any of you who criticized Obama for this "nothing-without-a-teleprompter" attack feel that label may now be better applied to a certain Vice Presidential candidate, over a month into the campaign and still too dim to give a press conference?

[WinterinAmerica]

It's not nice to rub salt into their wounds.

Now where did I leave my salt shaker???

[Ironclad]

He has his stuttering down pat, no need for the teleprompter if da da da da da dats all he gonna do.

[razorback_06]

Originally Posted by WinterinAmerica

It's not nice to rub salt into their wounds.

Now where did I leave my salt shaker???

Pass it to me. I would love to rub it in too.

[kidicarus89]

He was pretty impressive overall, but there were a few responses where he rambled a bit and lost focus.

But he was far more comfortable and sincere than McCain, and I think people are going to read that. McCain had some good replies, but his same problem carried over from his first debate - he seemed impatient and unnerved by Obama.

[minibrings]

Will Kosher salt work? That's all I got.

[WinterinAmerica]

That'll do.

I have a large jar of sea salt that I would gladly sacrifice to the cause.

[jdiddy]

Originally Posted by kidicarus89

He was pretty impressive overall, but there were a few responses where he rambled a bit and lost focus.

But he was far more comfortable and sincere than McCain, and I think people are going to read that. McCain had some good replies, but his same problem carried over from his first debate - he seemed impatient and unnerved by Obama.

Agreed completely.

McCain has completely lost that easy-going banter that made him a successful politician. All he has these days is this strangely tense and somewhat creepy persona interspersed by the now robotic "my friends" tic and the occasional Montgomery Burns-esque forced smile.

He's losing on issues and he's losing on likeability. Not a recipe for success. Nor is lowering the expectations on Obama, especially an Obama ripened after 2 years of campaigning and 20 something debates. But I enjoyed seeing the usual suspects jump on board that spin.

[normie]

Hmmmm.... this will be a tough one to spin.

Well, I suppose they could hold onto it by saying "he just learned a new skill for this debate", but then they'd have to say something like "so he's a fast learner, so what!" And that would unravel some of their other claims.

[tluv00]

Originally Posted by Ironclad

He has his stuttering down pat, no need for the teleprompter if da da da da da dats all he gonna do.

So Mccain is losing to a stuttering idiot? What does that say about your boy?