An Impartial View By An Independent
With the timer-keeping track on the bottom-right part of the screen, I could not help but notice where Obama’s lead was throughout the majority of the debate. Though Romney was the first to answer a question, Obama managed to get and keep the lead in the time spent talking. The debate ended with Obama having spoken for 44.04 minutes, as opposed to Romney’s 40.50. That’s a lot of extra time when one realizes just how much can be said by a well-rehearsed candidate in three minutes.
And Obama was just that, well-rehearsed. While Romney began the debate smoothly, directly responding to the person asking the first question, Obama pulled out a typical campaign speech from his bag of things-to-say if this-or-that is asked. It was clear who was relaxed and who wasn’t.
The debate moderator, Candy Crowley, appeared and sounded a bit frazzled throughout most of the debate, several times seeming to have lost control of things. However, I would not be able to say if she favored one candidate over the other, if you paid me for my thoughts on it.
Each candidate had his lowest moment. Romney’s lowest point of the night was when he spoke down to Obama in a disciplinary manner, saying, “You’ll get your chance in a moment. I’m still speaking.” Obama had his lowest point when he played the wounded thin-skinned, you-hurt-my-feelings card, saying, “And the suggestion that anybody in my team, whether the Secretary of State, our U.N. Ambassador, anybody on my team would play politics or mislead when we’ve lost four of our own, Governor, is offensive.” While disrespecting an opponent during a debate only served to make Romney look rude and mean, aiming for sympathy votes made Obama look pathetic.
The highs were there, as well. Romney read off his economic plan to create such a business-friendly environment in this country that it would make American companies grow beyond our wildest dreams and even attract companies from other countries to come here and set up shop. Obama beamed with pride when he read off what he had done in these four years, claiming to have reined in Wall Street, created millions of jobs, and saved an auto industry. Basically, Romney wants us to believe that he will turn this country into an American business utopia, while Obama wants us to believe he has already achieved that goal.
The question both men answered very much alike was on immigration. They gave the usual politician’s answer: secure the boarders, stop the illegals from coming because many other people are waiting to come here legally, and do something to help the children stay.
Both men failed miserably with the ”equal pay for women” question. Obama still believes that equal pay can be legislated. And Romney will most likely never live down having pointed out the obvious, that often women need more flexible hours.
Then there were the zingers. Each candidate only had to bring up the other candidate’s past record to get the zingers in, which they both did quite well. Perhaps the zingers were the only times during the debate that we heard what they both have in common, as well as any truth. With that said, I have to call this debate a draw and wish everyone happy voting, whether you cast a vote for Obama, for Romney, a write-in, or not at all.
Debra J.M. Smith 10-16-12
www.InformingChristians.com
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My thoughts is…………. one can say he will do this or that or I did this or that My problem is the Blatant Lies out of the mouth of OBummer. He can talk all he wants but the problem is He lied most of the time. It really gets me when I hear that Obummer came out this time, he was a winner this time WHY? because he BS’d more???? that is not a winner. Lying is what a looser does, lying is deceit, lying is dishonest. That is not someone who has won or did good in a debate! At least to me a Liar isn’t one who has won a debate . I do NOT trust a Pathological Liar. I would be a total idiot if I did. I’m NOT an idiot. So to me OBummer lost again. But then there are all those Brain Dead who can’t think for themselves & will be fooled all the time.
Hi LANI,
Your comment is one of the sweetest comments that I have ever read on this site.
Debra…
Lani, You are one intelligent woman. We need more of you and I hope a whole bunch think like we do.
Obama is a liar……………PERIOD.
THANKS FOR THE COMMENT
I couldn’t help but notice that Barack Obama went to his stool on many occasions and sat with an angry and arrogant look of defeat on his face……I found it very unbecoming. He repeated made false statements, as he has continued to do during this entire process. What America was he talking about? He literally sounded as if everything was perfect, that he had fixed everything and there is nothing to worry about………NOT IN THIS AMERICA! Mitt Romney offered a realistic plan for recovery, and he was adamant that he would do the job. He was obviously frustrated as he was repeatedly forced to defend the false statements being made by his opponent. I found Candy Crowley to be very favorable to Obama, and in doing so, she stuck her foot in her mouth and later (after the debate) after being corrected, she apologized and admitted that she was wrong. These moderators need to ask the questions and keep their opinions to themselves………this isn’t their debate. It is high time to re-organize the debate controls. This should be balanced and fair, there should be both a Republican & Democrat moderating for fairness.
How about an independent moderator?
Well, I’m 70-years-old and in bad health and glad I’m not going to be around much longer if this Obama regime is allowed to continue. I don’t see how he was ever really elected in 2008 and suspect fraud. If we’re being defrauded, we need to find the ones responsible and hang them with a sign around their necks like they did in the last days of the fall of Berlin in 45, because that is about what we have here. If Americans really elected this man Obama and then re-elect him after such dismal failures, then I believe Americans are going to get exactly what they deserve and it isn’t going to be pretty. I just hope God has mercy and I don’t have to see it, but with 176-Mil cuts in Medicare, Obama’s pretty well making sure I won’t be.
Hi DeeJay700,
I believe it was a deviously carried out calculated plan, getting Obama into office, one that was decades in the making. It is amazing the amount of patience the devil has. However we must be careful and not take a sweet apple from that same worker of darkness.
It is written, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.” (Ephesians 6:12-13)
Thank you for your comment,
Debra…
Ms. Smith:
Thanks for ignoring the bovine-feces and giving us a well-reasoned analysis of the debate.
Thanks as well, for your posting on the westernjournalism site; it led me to your site!!
Joe
Rochester, NY
Hi Joe,
Thank you! That is very kind of you to take the time to say that. And hey, we are neighbors. I live just west of Rochester, NY.
Nice to meet you,
Debra…
DeeJay, I am hopeful that the seriously flawed and disgusting “ObamaCare” is done away with in January. It is not right that our elderly have to suffer for the ignorance of youth and it is neither fair that our very young must suffer for the ignorance of their parents.
Debra, an independent? It would be refreshing just to have a true moderator at one of these “in name only” debates. This was a question and answer forum and it is my opinion, worth only to me, that these questions were likely not as spontaneous as they were supposed to be. After all, I believe I could ask my question without reading it off a pre-prepared index card.
Neither candidate did well in this forum, though Obama appeared to have his answers ready for the questions which is not in character for his normal impromptu performance of stuttering and mumnling through his answers.
The moderator was obviously pro-liberal and provided Obama with an extra 4 minuts during the times allotted and was herself rude to Romney and not so to Obama. The fact that Mitt Romney took on an air of disdain with Obama is not professional, but understandable. One can only listen to so many lies and fabrications without becoming completely exasperated with the perpetrator of the same.
Lani is correct. The fact that the Obama is a pathological liar makes it next to impossible to even listen to him without assuming that every word out of his mouth is a lie. Just my opinion, but one which I value very much.
All Obama had to do at this debate was stay on stage, stay awake, and pretend not to be bored. His last performance was so dismal that ANYTHING above and beyond that would be hailed as a victory by all his media lapdogs, apparently including the moderator. Personally, when Obama claimed to care for our military and believe in the 2nd Amendment, I almost swallowed my vomit. We all expected the usual lies from him and we were not disappointed. The CNN moderator clearly stepped out of line and showed her true colors when she defended (incorrectly) Obama’s Libya comments. So far we’ve had PBS’s Jim Lehrer, and CNN hack Crowley. When do we get a conservative moderator? And who from Romney’s camp agreed to this partisan BS? In an effort to even things out, perhaps Rush Limbaugh should moderate the last debate. I’m told the US Naval Acadamy has a great venue that would work. ABC’s post-debate panel was, of course, was loaded with 5 uber-liberals and 1 token, half-hearted conservative. One of the liberal hacks (I don’t recall his name; he’s irrelevant) stopped humping Obama’s leg long enough to say ” You’ll be able to tell that the Republicans know they lost when they start attacking the moderator”. Oh, you mean like the entire liberal world & MSM turned on and crucified their own Jim Lehrer? I don’t normally tune in any liberal, Obama-loving MSM networks anymore, but I was late coming home and one of my kids had it turned on. I guess I’ll actually have to block those channels.
LANI: I have to agree with you whole heartedly. What are we doing, teaching our children to lie in order to get ahead ? Pretty sad isn’t it. I believe every conservative know’s Obama is a liar and will do anything he can to get his little sheep to follow him. And yes, I do believe you hit the nail right smack on the head when you said Obama is a pathological LIAR.
These so called debates are an insult to the intelligent of fair minded people. Crowley is a, Hack for CNN. Why allow a, left winged loon to be the emcee if you are serious about fairness? Four minutes time difference. Then there is, her interrupting Romney to verify a lie that Obama was trying to spread about calling the Libya killings an,” act of terror” . The whole Nation knew he was lying, yet she verified it as true. Why are we allowing this freak show to go on. Insist on equal time and, no interruptions. It is a crying shame that a free nation with free press will tolerate something this silly and self-defeating. When will someone have the courage to ask this imposer we call a president, who he really is and where is his real Birth Certificate !!!!!!!!!!
I did not like the format for this debate. NONE of the debates have been a TRUE debate. One person is asked a question the timer is set and you only have that amount of time. The moderator CAN let you finish your sentence if they so desire, but does not have to. Then the next person has so many minutes to respond. When the time is up the same goes for him. Then the first person gets a rebuttal and you go on to another question. The first debate was closer to a REAL debate as I have seen in the past, but the VP was a travesty, and this one was more like a BRAWL! I wasn’t for SURE if Obama spoke longer, but I felt like he was asked more questions than Romney and allowed more time to answer.
Romney must quickly publicly vet, expose and condemn Obama. It might be the last chance anyone has to do it. The accumulated open source evidence is massive and clearly shows Obama and his insurgents are the gravest threats to our national security and survival. From Obama’s commie mommie to his jihadi ring the evidence of his treachery is beyond any reasonable doubt. Obama and his gang must be in a maximum security lockup, not in public office. The “debates” are an utterly obscene and insane spectacle. Romney can act like a typical RINO and deny reality hoping to get elected, he can continue on as McCain II and give us the illusion of choice, or he can man up and call out Obama. Millions of lives are at stake. http://elect.ErnestHuberForCongress.com/
Two points on the debate from my perspective. I noted that Obama used a cut-off hand signal quite often, and secondly, even when the moderator was telling him his time was up, he just kept pushing for more time.
I found the actions and stubbornnes of Obama to be beyond civil.
The problem was….he may have talked more, for a longer period of time, but he didn’t say anything that was new…just the same old lies we have heard for five years or so (including his original campaign) and, therefore, he may have thought he “won” because he talked longer, but he didn’t…nothing new….nothing we care about…and nothing the biased “moderator” said or did, helped him either. Gov. Romney attempted to use his time and rebut politely, but was thwarted either by obama or the “moderator” interrupting him, or obama signaling the “moderator” to let him speak. I supposed the next debate will be the same…..I’m hoping not, but not too hopeful!!! We are so ready for NOVEMBER 6!!!!!!
Next debate:
Barry Soetoro (alias Barrrrrack Husein Obama II) vs. Michael Savage.
Barry would slither away in shame like the snake and coward that he is.