My Thoughts on Last Night's U.S. Presidential Debate

Well, if you've been following the presidential campaign that our American neighbours have been having, then you know that the Democrat Party leader and current American President Barack Obama is leading his Republican Party challenger Mitt Romney in the polls lately, especially since Romney's recent "47% comments". Throughout the campaign, Obama has for many people looked more confident, more fresh, more experienced and more qualified to lead America than Romney. Well, I'm pleased to say that this has changed quite a bit. Last night, they had the first of three presidential debates. This first one took place in Denver, Colorado. Needless to say, Obama looked lost, out of place and foolish without his precious telepromter. He couldn't effectively look like a leader, looked at his lecturn most of the time when speaking, and didn't always stay on topic as much as Romney did. In the beginning of the debate for example, when Romney spoke about jobs, what did Obama counter with? More talk about jobs for their 23 million unemployed? Nope, he talked about education! Also, Obama at one point in the debate talked incessantly about the tax breaks that the oil giants are getting ($2.3 million). Romney to his credit gave a great counteract by pointing out that Obama gave in the $50 million range to some "clean energy" company in terms of breaks! Romney repeatedly had great zingers in the debate all night long, even telling Obama once that "you don't get to choose your own facts." Great stuff! In fact, in the jobs segments, Obama looked so flustered that he even told the moderator, "You may want to choose another topic." Talk about a losing performance! The end of the debate was especially revealing: Romney, when speaking about the role of government, spoke first about the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights and mentioned religious freedom. Romney used this to illustrate the need for a strong military. As much as I agree with libertarians about the overbloated "military industrial complex", this link worked well for Romney. Obama on the other hand, spoke about the need for government to do more to help people prosper and get by, essentially calling for the typical liberal strategy of bigger government. What a contrast! All in all, it was Mitt Romney who looked energetic, fiery, and confident during the debate while Obama looked tired and lacked the hunger that he had during 2008. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the debate. I hope you did too! Anyways, I'll close by embedding the whole thing. Here it is: