Obama supposedly left debate thinking he won.

[J. J.]

Mitt was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple.

Obama was born in dugout and thinks he's Babe Ruth.

[J. J.]

Gore's staff had to show him the SNL parody convince him how bad his eyerolls were.

[J. J.]

Obama's not stupid, he just had a bad debate. Since a lot of it was just due to his facial expressions, stance, uneven speaking, and letting Romney get the last word on everything, it's not a surprise that he didn't notice it. I didn't notice it when reading the transcript, either.

Except Obama got the last word and spoke looooooonger.

[J. J.]

Obama was born in dugout and thinks he's Babe Ruth.

What the hell does this even mean? Seriously.

It means that Obama has (or had) a highly inflated view of his own abilities.

[J. J.]

Obama was born in dugout and thinks he's Babe Ruth.

What the hell does this even mean? Seriously.

It means that Obama has (or had) a highly inflated view of his own abilities.

That was frankly about as inarticulate and incomprehensible a "burn" I've ever heard.

It was in response to another:

Mitt was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple.

Obama was born in dugout and thinks he's Babe Ruth.

You chose not to quote it in full.

[J. J.]

Obama was born in dugout and thinks he's Babe Ruth.

What the hell does this even mean? Seriously.

It means that Obama has (or had) a highly inflated view of his own abilities.

That was frankly about as inarticulate and incomprehensible a "burn" I've ever heard.

It was in response to another:

Mitt was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple.

Obama was born in dugout and thinks he's Babe Ruth.

You chose not to quote it in full.

The first analogy made sense regardless of whether one agrees with it or not. Its accompanying presence or absence makes your retort no less indecipherable.

I think most folks understood it in that context.