I will bet you $10,000

It's gonna be interesting. Mitt was not a great debater in the primaries.

This has been an episode of Taking Something Much Too Literally.

They're so out of touch so it's almost a guarantee that this will happen.

And it's going to be fucking hilarious.

...that just popped out of their mouth.

Could be. I certainly wouldn't take the other side of that bet.

It is really funny. The fact that you proposed this bet got me thinking that the Republicans really do see the campaign as a strictly rhetorical contest. Maybe that's why they do not seem to be worried about facts or truth. Whoever has the best rhetoric, the best story, the best sound bytes wins. They don't care about truth because it is all about the big lie that the Democratic Party is evil. Anything to keep that message at the forefront is justified.

They have been doing it for decades and Democrats have done little to stop them. Maybe it is because Democrats have wanted to be the adults at the table. I just don't know.

But having watched it for decades I see the Republicans' rhetoric beginning to unravel like a cheap sweater. I have thought that President Obama has been too accommodating, but I am no longer sure of that. I now think he may have played his hand about right. We will see in the next weeks.

I think we'll see this as a campaign for the history books. Since late spring I have seen very few miscues by the Obama team, and no major ones. It makes me happy every day that he's our President.

"Mr. President, I knew FDR, and you're no FDR!1!!"

"Don't talk to me about voter suppression. I WROTE the Voting Rights Act. On a fourteener in Colorado. And it took me less than 3 hours!1!!"

You get the idea...

Before they pull him off in a butterfly net.

Memorize 6 or 7 right-wing talking points.
"We're going to put Americans back to work!"
"We're going to take charge in the Middle East!"
and the other 4 or 5 will be slams against Obama.
Then at the debate, they will simply recite the talking point that seems most appropriate at each time it's their turn to speak.
They won't actually answer any questions, or actually debate anything.
It will be a slice-and-diced version of what they have been saying in the campaign.
They will seem like they are pre-recorded instead of live and actually there.
The above is what Sarah Palin did.
After the debate, right-wing pundits will praise them for being "on message."
Even though, that's not the point of the debate.
The point was to actually answer questions.

Which is why these so-called debates are just ridiculous.

"You notice he didn't actually answer the question."

difference.

...So there's a pretty high bar to vault.

Maybe he can suggest an audit of Ft Knox and imply that some of the "help" has been stealing.

Someone's after me gold!

He's just not capable of it. It would come across as contrived because Romney is so inauthentic.

he would sneak in Whoopie cushion on Obama?

.......would be when they shake hands on stage before the debate, Romney has one of those gag shocking devices in his palm.

BTW, I was sound asleep, and the stupid fire alarm went off Twice without any reason. I'll try to go back sleep again. Grrrrr

It'll be some kind of catchy phrase that they hope will cover the news in the days after the debate. Didn't work for Palin, because her performance was so awful.