Ofcourse if you watched the Presidential debate lastnight then you know I am writing this with much satisfication. The Champ is here and came out swinging, as President Barack Obama stepped up to Mitt Romney Lastnight and held his ground. Obama did lastnight what everyone was looking for from the first debate. It is without question that Obama hands down won that debate lastnight. Well im sure republicans are still in denial about the Govenors performance but who cares what they think? We all saw it, so we all know it, Barack was the man of the hour.
Tensions were high as both men went head to head in the debate. I have to say that there were moments when i thought they would just say "The hell with it, im gonna knock you out" and start throwing punches. That didint happen in the literal sense but it sure happened with words. Thanks to Barack the Democrats are now on a high which is well needed to get the spirits up again for the next debate and the impending election which is only 3 weeks away. I beleieve it was every democrats proudest moment to see the president, stand strong, attacked his opponents weak claims and solidified his plans for another 4 years. Barack is Back.
There is not much to see from Mitt Romney though. Once again we got a repeat of his 5 point plan that he highlighted at the first debate and what his VP highlighted at his debate. More of the same rubbish over and over again. It still amazes me how a man, a team can all believe that repetition is key. We heard you the first time and nothing has changed. He speaks a lot about what needs to be done but never the how? Am I the only who feels that the big picture is missing from Romneys claims. In his first comment of the debate he said and I quote "I know what it takes to bring the economy back" aahhhh......mmmmm....well....what does it take? We would all love to hear.
This question cannot be answered by Mitt Romney because Mitt Romney is just saying what he thinks people need to hear. Its all good to poke holes in your opponents claims but at some point you need to realize that you will have to do the work to solidify your own. Cant expect that President Obama is going to go down without a fight.
The highlight of the debate for me where I literally busted out laughing was when Mitt Romney was acting all pompous and self righteous, taking on the role of fact finder because he needs to educate the American people. He said and I quote "Mr President are you saying that one day after the attack you stood in the Rose Garden and stated the attack as an act of terror" President Obama smiles and said "Please proceed". I can only assume that the smile was due to the fact that he knew Romney was about to put his big foot in his big mouth. Romney then turned to the audience and said "I want to make sure we get that for the record. It took the president 14 days before he called it an act of terror." Moderator: "he did in fact call it an act of terror" President Obama: "Can you say that a little louder Candy?" This was the funniest moment as Mitt Romney had this dumbfounded look on his face as he realized that he got caught in the middle of his lie.
President Obama did the honorable thing which was to stand up as a leader and take responsibility for his team and the things that have gone terribly wrong. His comments on Hilary Clintons statement were true and displayed the genuine actions of a commander in chief.
The debate was aggressive, upbeat and very heated. There were a lot of high points and I have highlighted some of my favoruite quotes of the debate.
Quotes of the Night
- "Mr. President, have you looked at your pension?" -Governor Romney.
- "I haven't looked at my pension. It's not as big as yours so it doesn't take as long." - President Obama.
- "I've got two daughters and I want to make sure that they have the same opportunities that anybody's sons have." - President Obama.
- "The suggestion that anybody on my team, whether it's a secretary of state, our UN ambassador, anybody on my team, would play politics or mislead when we've lost four of our own, governor, is offensive."
- Romney: "I want to make sure we get that for the record. It took the president
14 days before he called it an act of terror."
Obama: "Get the transcript."
Moderator Candy Crowley: "He did, in fact, call it an act of terror."
Obama: "Could you say that a little louder, Candy?" - Romney: "The president's campaign tried to characterize me as someone that is very different than who I am. I care about 100% of the American people. I care about our kids."
- Obama: "Governor, you're the last person who's going to get tough on China
There is a lot more but if I listed them all it would be like watching the debate which im sure you did lastnight. With anticipation for round 3 of the next debate I say thats all for now. Until next time....
Witty Wednesday
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