The debate was interesting and odd for Mitt Romney. The President Barack Obama criticized Mitt Romney and Romney decides to submit to some of the foreign policy positions. Each man wanted to fight, but they held back as a means to not offend or anger voters. The President was rather strong on foreign policy. Style-wise, Mitt Romney held his own with the President on economic issues. I don't agree with Romney on financial matters, but it is what it is. Still, Romney lied and said that the government can't create jobs when the government has created jobs for years. For example, the WPA during the Great Depression created jobs. Government funds and public investments helped to establish the Continental Railroad back in the 19th century. The late President Abraham Lincoln started that huge project. The Peace Corps and even Congress consist of governmental jobs. Yet, Romney was not too good on foreign issues. Romney tried to agree with the President on Iran, Syria, Libya, Israel, Afghanistan, drone attacks, and other matters. This debate doesn't change much in the scheme of polls, because supporters of each man will pick either Romney or Obama as the winner. President Barack Obama was specific and strong on foreign policy and economic matters. On foreign policy, both men tried to talk about how much they agree with each beyond the minuscule differences that they had. Mitt Romney blatantly denied some of his previous foreign policy positions. That tells me that he is desperate to win the Presidency. Mitt Romney used a lot of flexibility in his words as a political calculation to get votes. Both men are of course wrong on some of their positions of foreign policy. Both of them are wrong in believing that sanctions that harm Iranian civilians are morally just. They are wrong to assume that Iran could be some direct threat to American soil. They are wrong in ignoring the need for a real progressive peace agreement in the Middle East (that is favorable among the peace movements in Israel and Palestine). They are definitely wrong in trying to fall in love with drone attacks. In the final analysis, both men wanted to be extremely cautious throughout the debate. President Barack Obama has been consistent with his positions on foreign policy position while Mitt Romney expressed political schizophrenia on foreign policy matters. That means that he changes positions all of the time on matters of Afghanistan, Iraq, etc. Once, Romney opposed a timetable for withdraw from Afghanistan, but now he said that he advocates a total withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year 2014. They have debated on issues of China and economics as well. The President wanted tax cuts for the middle class and a slight tax increase on the super wealthy. Mitt Romney said that he wants across the board tax cuts and deductibles as a means to create millions of American jobs. Romney denied that the public sector can create jobs. History shows us that both the public and the private sector can create jobs with proper progressive policies and proper investments. Mitt Romney tried to justify his words on the auto bailout and wanted to have more jobs to be created. Another lie of Mitt Romney was about the apology tour. The truth is that the President didn't try to make an apology tour. He told the truth to the Muslim world that America made errors in its actions toward Muslims and that there should be a cultural reconciliation between the West and the Muslim world. That liar (who worked in the Winter Olympics) said that he can't be attacked in the debate, but the First Amendment cites the right of anyone to use free speech rights to criticize a man that believes in multiple positions on any given issue. I will mention what does Chris Matthews meant when he said to Joy wait you will have your turn in an angry tone (and he said to Michael Steele that you are like the Harlem Globetrotters). This shows that the liberal establishment can be just as patronizing and offensive as the conservative establishment.
In my personal opinion, the debate is that Barack Obama won most of the debate with a tie at the end of the debate. It was a slight win of the President. It wasn't a cake walk. Both men love many precepts of the audacity of Empire, which I reject.
By Timothy
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