It certainly was more contentious than the first debate. Having them prowl the stage, almost circling each other like prizefighters in the ring, gave the evening a decidedly different vibe.
While Mitt held his own pretty well against the MEC's predictable disingenuousness, we saw much too much of the inclination toward Reasonable Gentleman Syndrome / centrist / me-too-ism that made me skittish about the guy during the primaries. "All-of-the-above" energy policy and revenue-neutral loophole closing that makes sure the rich still pay the lion's share of taxes, by golly.
How I longed for him to just look the MEC in the eye and say, "Nobody - rich, middle class or poor - needs to be paying one cent more in taxes. What needs to happen is that government spending needs to shrink - abruptly and drastically."
But that's just not Mitt's style.
The MEC's cynicism was on full display in his answer to the question about high gas prices. It was a stupid answer and he knows it, but he's counting on the transformation of the American populace into a herd of cattle to be sufficiently far along that we'll all just bob our heads and swallow it.
And then there's Candy Crowley, who wound up making an ass of herself trying to make Mitt look like he didn't know what he was talking about with regard to when the MEC decided to use thee word "terror" in conjunction with the Benghazi attack.
Mitt seems obsessed with showing our big stick to China. A portent of things to come? If he dumps delicate statecraft and drags us down Netanyahu's
ReplyDeletedemanded path there will be many cattle prodded into that dictatorial socialist pen called the US military with service selectively served because we are gonna need hoof soldiers for ground human. If we are so weak after 4 yrs of Obama he might want to delay action a bit beyond his 1st day in office which has to be one full slate given all the promises he is making for that 1st day on the job. Carp on...
This is a war for America's soul, and the pro-freedom side does not intend to be defeated.
ReplyDeleteYou never intend to be defeated. You just have been. So many times. Rage on...
ReplyDeleteEven McArthur conceded we'd never win a ground war with China. What a weakling!
ReplyDeleteWhy not start off the Romney admin. hoping for his failure then perhaps you rightie right, so-called on the side of freedom can get an acceptable candidate nominated. Romney wass what, vyour 4th or 5th choice? You lost again.
ReplyDeleteThe key is to also send a solidly conservative House and Senate to Washington come January, so that Romney will know his policy initiatives have to pass muster.
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