The final Presidential Debate on Foreign Policy was tonight. The President was on fire. He won, hands down. It's not hard to understand why. He is the President, he's actually worked on foreign policy. Mitt Romney has not. It was clear in Romney's lack of answers. I don't have a lot to say besides the fact that President Obama won 2 out of the 3 debates. That's it. I don't want to say Romney's name anymore. Hopefully, I won't have to since he won't be elected. This lady is finished. Now comes the election. Vote your heart, vote your conscious. I've had my mind made up for months. The President has my vote again. I am finally full of politics. I am done.
The second Presidential Debate was a town hall meeting. It was a resounding win for President Obama. He came out swinging. He was focused, calm and cool. He was the Barack Obama from the campaign trail. He was everything he wasn't in the first debate. From the first question, the President was the man I voted for in 2008. I had very high expectations. The President exceeded them all. He was reinvigorated during this debate. He clearly made his base happy. I do not understand undecided voters this late in the game. I was impressed and thoroughly enjoyed watching the President last night.
Mitt Romney wasn't as prepared as he was on the first debate. He lied on the first question and continued on that road. He was rude, over talking the President. He was belligerent and childlike. He was down right disrespectful. He lied at every turn. He was ultimately fact checked on stage by the moderator Candy Crowley of CNN. And, she also politely told him to sit down and shut up. This was one of my favorite moments of the night. In closing, the President got the last word. He mentioned that 47% Romney comment, talked about his record, and closed strong. A win by all means. Can't wait to see the final debate. Three weeks until the election people. Vote 2012.
This was what I can wanted to see and hear. Vice President Joe Biden hit this debate out of the park. He was clear, concise, accurate and truthful. He replied with numbers and facts. He was in fighting form. Where President Obama was too nice, Biden was hard nosed. He did not give Ryan a pass on anything. I loved that. The moderator, Martha Raddatz, was awesome. She had control from the beginning. She set the tone and flow of the debate. She asked pertinent questions and her follow-ups were on point.
Paul Ryan was cool, cooler than I thought he would be. He wasn't noticeably rattled by Biden. He presented his answers in a calm way. I'm not sure how much factual he was. He kept drinking from his glass of 'water.' He tried to humanize Romney but failed. I will say that I'm not a fan of interrupting people while they speak or talking over them. Biden did that too much for my liking. Many will say that Biden smiled and laughed too much. That didn't bother me. I believed Biden. That matters to me. So, in my opinion, Biden won this debate. Hands down. I'm psyched for next week's town hall meeting debate between the President & Willard Mitt Romney. It's go time. Obama/Biden 2012!
Let's get right into this. I was not happy about the debate. Wednesday night's debate was a mess. It seemed unorganized, unmoderated, and unprofessional. For the last week, the GOP has been lowering people's expectations of Romney's debating abilities. And, clearly they succeeded. If my expectations of you are to debate at a 10 and you come in and do 15, then of course it's a win. You did better than expected. Even if what was expected of you wasn't much. On that scale, Romney won. But, in actuality, that isn't the way I measure wins versus loses. I will say that I wasn't impressed with President Obama. The President was not his usual self. This is a man who is a great orator. A man who usually slays debates and speeches. It was not his best moment. It was not what I wanted to see or what the nation needed to see.
- Mitt Romney came prepped and ready.
- Mitt Romney gave prepared speeches as answers to questions that weren't asked.
- Mitt Romney lied again and again. Don't believe me? Check here,here and here.
- If that's a win, the GOP can have it.
The moderator Jim Lehrer was useless in so many ways. He allowed Romney to be rude and classless. Romney continuously interrupted the President. He talked over the President. He even complained and argued with Jim. I was screaming and tweeting for Gwen Ifill to come and save this moderator. She does a great job and I enjoy her. She was clearly needed Wednesday night. The biggest winner has to be the new twitter account of one @FiredBigBird. This account was created after Romney told Jim that he would cut funding to PBS. In effect, firing the cast of "Sesame Street." The account was created during the debate and has garnered almost 28,000 followers at the time that I am writing this. The tweets from this account are hilarious. But, sad because who would fire Big Bird? Mitt Romney that's who. If that's not reason enough to vote to re-elect President Obama, I don't know what is.
The debates begin tonight. Don't forget to tune in to them. We will finally get to see what Romney/Ryan are made up or we'll get to see them squirm and avoid the actual question. Either way, it will be good. I cannot wait to see the President do what he does so well.
