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<\/p>\nJust how bad was President Barack Obama’s performance in the first presidential debate? This bad:<\/p>\n
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Ouch, score one for Clint Eastwood. There’s no denying now that his presentation at the Republican National Convention, which was widely panned as the incoherent ramblings of a senile old man, has resonated in the public consciousness exactly as he intended it to.<\/p>\n
As Ace says<\/a> it’s “Almost as if a celebrated story-teller and “movie tradesman” knew something about visuals and metaphor and narrative or something!”<\/p>\n Related<\/strong><\/p>\n Just how bad was President Barack Obama’s performance in the first presidential debate? This bad: Ouch, score one for Clint Eastwood. There’s no denying now that his presentation at the Republican National Convention, which was widely panned as the incoherent ramblings of a senile old man, has resonated in the public consciousness exactly as he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,7],"tags":[748,57,1290,1289,94,1288,1284],"class_list":{"0":"post-4717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-culture","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-2012-elections","9":"tag-barack-obama","10":"tag-clint-eastwood","11":"tag-empty-chair","12":"tag-mitt-romney","13":"tag-new-yorker","14":"tag-presidential-debate","15":"entry","16":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-1e5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4710,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/04\/debate-recap-a-drubbing-in-denver\/","url_meta":{"origin":4717,"position":0},"title":"Debate Recap — A Drubbing in Denver","author":"Jeff","date":"October 4, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"As I watched the first presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney last night I kept hearing Howard Cosell's voice in the back of my mind... \"Down goes Frazier, down goes Frazier, down goes Frazier!\" I expected Mitt Romney to fair pretty well in a head to head debate\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/dkrwUU_YApE\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":483,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/25\/poll-question-should-john-mccain-and-barack-obama-participate-in-the-first-presidential-debate-as-scheduled\/","url_meta":{"origin":4717,"position":1},"title":"Poll Question: Should John McCain and Barack Obama participate in the first Presidential Debate as scheduled?","author":"Jeff","date":"September 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"[poll id=\"4\"]","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":120,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/14\/oh-jeez-the-new-yorker-strikes-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":4717,"position":2},"title":"Oh Jeez… The New Yorker Strikes Again.","author":"Jeff","date":"July 14, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I've long considered The New Yorker to be nothing more than quasi-intellectual crap and their latest cover does nothing change that opinion. 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A couple of quick points: 1) The Secret Service says they have yet to find anyone who\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4572,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/11\/video-romney-chooses-ryan\/","url_meta":{"origin":4717,"position":4},"title":"Video: Romney Chooses Ryan","author":"Jeff","date":"August 11, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Four years ago John McCain shocked the political establishment by choosing the Alaska Governor Sarah as his running mate... 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