Last night’s debate between the two men who are vying for a chance to occupy the Oval Office was about as close to a boxing match as we’ll see this campaign season.
President Obama was aggressive, apoplectic, hungry, and forceful. He was determined to show that he wasn’t the passive Commander-In-Chief he was portrayed to be in the first debate.
Well, ok, the flaccid character he portrayed himself as in the first debate.
So last night, he faced Mitt Romney, as well as the American people, and attempted to show and prove that he deserves another term as president.
Romney was steady, though. He didn’t seem as insistent as he was during the first debate because of Obama’s energy, but he did not lose any ground in showing that he’s up to the job of being president.
However, he did have a moment of weakness when the talk turned to national security. Romney attempted to pull Obama’s card on Libya, but it backfired. After Mr. Obama said that, he declared the attack in Libya to be an act of terror the day after the incident, Romney, in essence, tried to call the president a fraud.
After some back and forth, and the president calling for the transcript of his speech to be checked, debate moderator Candy Crowley did just that.
It showed that Mr. Obama did call the incident in Libya an act of terror, which turned into a brief moment of weakness for Governor Romney.
Both candidates had their flashes of strengths, but we want to hear about who actually told the truth.
Well, that is subjective and totally dependant upon which candidate you support. Let’s be honest, those on the left believe that Obama won and those on the right think that Romney held his own.
Now, let’s look at some of the facts.
The $5 trillion dollar tax cut argument that Obama has thrown in Romney’s direction is only half true. He would not enact a tax cut of $5 trillion; however, the impact of his tax modifications would total $5 trillion.
Where Obama is right is with Romney’s penchant for wanting to aid his wealthiest buddies. With Romney’s cut in taxes, he will slash the corporate income tax rate to 25 percent across the board. That is a $1 trillion tax cut for big business.
How does that help the working and middle class?
In regards to Mr. Obama, there was some talk of immigration reform. Romney directly called out the president’s failure to offer an immigration bill during his first year. To take it a little further, the Obama administration deported almost 400,000 people in 2011, a near record.
For one the largest voting bloc’s in the nation, should these two factors weigh on their decision to select Obama as president again?
We have one more presidential debate remaining and then its forward to Election Day.
The squared circle is waiting.
-JH
