Wednesday, October 17, 2012

The Worth of a Debate . . .

When Joe Biden debated Paul Ryan, it was a very uncomfortable procedure because Mr. Biden made it that way. Because of the lack of real context from Biden, people started keeping count of how many times he interrupted Paul Ryan and how many times he flashed the "Joker" grin. It exceeded 50 in each category. The moderator wasn't much help as she was definitely on the liberal side and happy to do anything to push the points to Biden's credit column.

Last night, obama took another turn at debating and while he is a good 'presenter', his facts and tired agendas were the same as always. Again, the moderator was blatantly on the liberal side and did all she could to help obama to the detriment of Mr. Romney. Being a good 'presenter' isn't enough. We met a gentleman who made a living being a Lincoln presenter. He looked like Lincoln, knew how to come across as Lincoln, presented himself as Lincoln . . . but wasn't Lincoln. The incumbent president was good at presenting himself as a viable candidate but deeper reflection would show thinking people that he was not.

It is sad to see the democratic system come down to basing a campaign on lies and then trying to foist lies as coming forth from the opposing candidate. Again, I didn't watch the whole debate. Before it even started, it was evident it was being staged around the president so he would come across in a better light than the last debate. We got the same old agendas that haven't worked the last four years. We got the same statistics that are composed from any math known to man. We just heard from someone who wasn't in it for change that will benefit the country as a whole.

I think that given the biased moderator and the set up of questions from the audience, Mr. Romney came out ahead as someone with new, workable ideas, the best interests of the country at heart, and as a gentleman.

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