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For that handful of Americans who still think that a presidential debate is supposed to be a discussion about the future of America and what is best for us and future generations, and involve two proven leaders who place country over personal ambition, Tuesday’s debate had to be another disappointment. But let’s put that petty consideration aside and get on with a proper analysis of the Hunger Games.
Romney’s performance was strong in many respects, weak in some, but overall comparable to his first debate, which was widely praised. Obama is the person who is of most interest here.
Obama’s (Lack Of An) Answer To The Benghazi Question
First, I’m still amazed at what this guy gets away with. One question was, essentially: was our consulate in Benghazi denied additional security when requested and if so, why? For an answer Obama might as well have given his grandma’s recipe for corn muffins. The President never came close to even attempting an answer to the question asked. What he did say was that he appreciated all of our wonderful ambassadors around the world, which I’m sure was very heartening to everyone.
Neither Romney, nor moderator Candy Crowley, nor any of the commentators afterward were impolite enough to mention the lack of a response. It’s as if this kind of evasive gambit has come to be expected. And before I totally lose it, will someone point out in a debate that Obama’s entire economic position is based on a patently false assumption: that all we need to do is enact a few Obama spending cuts and tax the rich “a little more” and we can balance the budget and “invest “ more in education, green energy and infrastructure? And that his “millionaires and billionaires” include couples who make $125,000 each? If Obama’s fondest tax fantasies were passed, they would cover about 5% of the deficit. And was anyone else surprised to learn that he is now a big supporter of coal and oil drilling on federal land?
An Obama We Are Not Used To
Obama’s performance was more interesting for other reasons – reasons that say more about his campaign and his view of the American people. In a move that is the exact opposite of the image he used to catapult into the presidency, Obama decided to do his part in the coarsening of American culture. Thanks to the President, Americans can now look for the two people selected by their party to vie for the most powerful position in the world to act in such a way as to cause parents to make their children leave the room. When a barrier to boorish behavior is broken it is hard to go back. Especially when it is purposefully broken by the President of the United States.
- Fred Thompson
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