Being on the defensive is when you whine about your positions being attacked in a debate...
------------------------------------ Three Ravens Consulting Eric Roberts Owner/Developer [email protected] tel: 630-486-5255 fax: 630-310-8531 http://www.threeravensconsulting.com ------------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: Maureen [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 11:19 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: anyone watch last night's debate? So you've labeled him a liar, therefore you think everything he says is a lie, even when it's not. The very definition of confirmation bias and an extremely poor way to make decisions on voting. I don't think Obama was on the defensive at all. I think he was bone-ass weary of Mitt's nonsense and endless stream of platitudes. On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > That may be so but I have a low tolerance for people like Obama. I > pretty much figure when his lips move he is lying so it doesn't matter > what he says. As far as being shallow, so be it. Like everyone on this > list I have my opinions and viewpoints that are hard to change, which > is why I mostly avoid political or religious discussions on this list. > And back to the original point, what he said was partly true as Tim > and I pointed out. I did wish that Romney did not make his > geographical flub though, but other than that I thought he did well > and composed himself nicely. Again though, Obama came off as a jerk, > which is what people will sometimes do when they are on the defensive. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:356448 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
