All you have to do is study it out. Just study it out and you'll see. You haven't done your homework, buddy
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The recent town hall presidential debate repeated the bullying nature of Mitt Romney's approach to debating where discourse is subordinated to aggression. But the exchange between the President and Romney over pension size is not only reminiscent of the $10000 bet between Romney and Rick Perry during the primary debates, but signifies the chasm between the 1% and the rest of us. The interchange was about the Sensata pension funds which Jed has shown the President's share to be approximately $11 compared to Romney's $100000. What's more intriguing is the double coding and quickness of the President's response. He recognizes the phallic nature of the utterance as street argot in terms of the myth of connecting penis size and race and perhaps how it signifies the entire debate and in an instant knows that it may be the means to defending his rhetorical position. This of course could be over-interpreting it but it is the following turn when he says that he "doesn't check it that often" that he recognizes as he does when he gives away jokes in his speeches because he chuckles before delivery, that it may refer to a short arm inspection.
MR. ROMNEY:Let me mention something else the president said.
It was a moment ago, and I didn’t get a chance to — when he was describing Chinese investments and so forth. Let me —
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Candy, hold on a second. The — (inaudible) — there’s some points we got to —
MR. ROMNEY: I — I — you know, I’m still — Mr. President, I’m still speaking.
MS. CROWLEY: I’m sorry.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Governor Romney, I — I’m — I’m — I’m — (inaudible) — make sure — (inaudible) —
MR. ROMNEY: Mr. President, why don’t you let me finish? I’m going to — I’m going to continue. I’m going to continue. The president made a —
MS. CROWLEY: Go ahead and finish, Governor Romney. Governor Romney, if you could make it short. See all these people? They’ve been waiting for you. Could you make it short, and then —
MR. ROMNEY: Yeah. Just going to make a point. Any investments I have over the last eight years have been managed by a blind trust. And I understand they do include investments outside the United States, including in — in Chinese companies. Mr. President, have you looked at your pension?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: (Inaudible) — Candy —
MR. ROMNEY: Have you looked at your pension?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: I’ve got to say — (inaudible) —
MR. ROMNEY: Mr. President, have you looked at your pension?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: You know, I don’t look at my pension. It’s not as big as yours, so it — it doesn’t take as long. The —
MR. ROMNEY: Well, let me — let me give you — (laughter) — let me — let me give you some advice.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: I don’t check it that often. (Chuckles.)
MR. ROMNEY: Let me give you some advice. Look at your pension.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: (Chuckles.) OK.
MR. ROMNEY: You also investments in Chinese companies.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Yeah.
MR. ROMNEY: You also have investments outside the United States.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Yeah.
MR. ROMNEY: You also have investments through a Caymans trust, all right?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: All right. (Inaudible) —
MS. CROWLEY: And we are way — we’re sort of way off topic here, Governor Romney. We are completely off immigration.
MR. ROMNEY: So — so Mr. President — so —
PRESIDENT OBAMA: We’re — we’re — we’re a little off topic here, yeah. Come on. The — I thought we were talking about immigration. I — I — I — I — I — I — I do want to — I do want to — I do want to make sure that —
MR. ROMNEY: I came — I came back to what you spoke about before.
MS. CROWLEY: And we were. So quickly, Mr. President — if I could have you sit down, Governor Romney. Thank you.
Like the nutlog who engaged Chris Matthews in the Vice Presidential Debate's College Gameday crowd says while calling PBO a communist, "All you have to do is study it out. Just study it out and you'll see." Or whip it out below while riding your Paul Ryan weinermobile:
Clearly as with studying the polling leads, the President doesn't have to check it that often, he's satisfied with its size (it's probably the right height). And it was gracious of Romney to joke at the beginning of the debate with the President about spending his wedding Anniversary with Mitt. So too is it with GOTV - we have to study it out and we will until November 6.
Conditions are changing all the time, and to adapt one's thinking to the new conditions, one must study. Even those who ...are comparatively firm in their ...stand have to go on studying, have to absorb what is new and study new problems.