Do Obama really made a change of context at the debate? --- To what degree (if Obama is being sincere and precise when writing his recollection of the incident) what made the audience laugh was the ORIGINAL CONTEXT by itself: one of a debate where the audience is expected to be catching funny punches and assuming combative intentions in what one contender says to the other? Did Obama really CHANGED the context (even involuntarily)? On a preliminary analysis I see more elements of continuation of a same present context than a CHANGE of context done by Obama... He is speaking at a debate as a contender trying to prevail over Hillary exhibiting he is smarter, quicker, etc. etc. The context is right there and for me it seems to stay the same... Can you help me understand: Where do you see a re-contextualization done by Obama himself? In any case I would say Obama’s intentions were thwarted by forgetting for a second he was debating Hillary before and audience, and the practical result was Hillary receiving an original punch by the moderator and an even more cruel punch by Obama (contrary to his exposition of the incident in his memories).

Source author: Eric Suzán Reed esuzan@sre.gob.mx