Netanyahu's Rules of Debate. Or "Obama's Glass Jaw"

**Chuckiechan** · May 23rd, 2011, 01:26 PM

Netanyahu's rules of debate | Hugh Hewitt | Columnists | Washington Examiner

Or simply put: Debating our "Spock in Chief"...

Netanyahu's take-down of the president should be on the TiVo of Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Mitch Daniels, Jon Huntsman (and, yes, Rick Perry if what I have been hearing is true). One of those men will be standing opposite the president in the debates of September and October of 2012, and Netanyahu showed exactly how to respond to the prolixities and pauses of the teleprompter-dependent president.
First, let the president talk, and talk, and talk. (And talk.) His frequent rhetorical cul-de-sacs numb the minds of listeners and set up the opportunity for sharp contrasts between the definitive and the ambiguous, the purposeful and the feckless.
Second, look right at him when responding. This so unnerved President Obama that his anger and frustration was visible. Whether he brought the sense of superiority to the White House or whether it erupted there, the president does not care for people who challenge him directly, cannot seem to believe that anyone would have the temerity to do so. This is the sign of a deep insecurity, and Netanyahu used it.

**MTAtech** · May 23rd, 2011, 10:29 PM

But when one reviews Obama's speech and compare it to the one Bush gave on June 24, 2002, they're pretty much the same.

**Chuckiechan** · May 23rd, 2011, 11:36 PM

I think you are on the wrong post...

**Mojo Risin'** · May 23rd, 2011, 11:39 PM

Originally Posted by MTAtech

But when one reviews Obama's speech and compare it to the one Bush gave on June 24, 2002, they're pretty much the same.

Don't matter. I had major differences with GWB, just as I have major differences with BHO. The only distinction is that I have a heck of a lot more of them with BHO. And once again he cluelessly got it wrong.