They're saying Mitt won the first presidential debate, and I have to agree. He came across as stronger, more dynamic, and surprisingly non-robotic. We saw the highly-anticipated zingers, I guess, if you count "trickle-down government" and "where you put your money tells us about you." And he was better at bullying Jim Lehrer. But I think one of the keys to Romney's success was to say what he thinks we want to hear and gloss over the truth ... as usual.
"I like PBS, I like Big Bird, I actually like you too. But I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for." Buh-bye mom voters! Okay, that's kind of a giant leap there, borrowing from China to pay for Sesame Street. We're not actually doing that, and the amount the government actually contributes to public television is infinitesimal in the context of the big picture. But conservatives love to bash it anyway. I think this one is already biting Mitt in the ass thanks to the hilarious Twitter backlash. And have you seen Suzanne Murray's hilarious new Romney Sesame Street theme song?
"I like good schools ... I'm not going to cut education spending. I don't have a plan to cut education spending." Really? He told donors he does plan to cut education spending just this spring. Plus, the Romney-approved House budget drops 200,000 children from Head Start and other program, cuts 27,000 special ed teachers, and cuts 38,000 teachers and aides from underprivileged schools.
"We’re a nation that believes we’re all children of the same God." First of all, no we're not. America is increasingly diverse not only ethnically but also religiously. Many of us don't even believe in God! And those who do don't all believe in the same God ... exactly. I've said it before and I'll say it again. There may be significant values and beliefs shared by Mormons and other Christian sects, but the actual theology behind the godhead for each is radically different. Freedom of religion, anyone?
On Simpson-Bowles: "The President should have grabbed that." But when Lehrer asked Romney if he would support the deficit-cutting plan himself the answer was a very round-about "no." Okay ... so Obama should have supported the bill even though you wouldn't? That's So Romney!
Obamacare "puts in place an unelected board that's going to tell people ultimately what kind of treatments they can have." OMG, death panels, again?!? That's a straight-up lie. The Independent Payment Advisory Board explicitly does not have that power.
What did you think of these quotes by Romney?
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So where is your article of the "5 Dumb Things that Obama Said". At least you admitted he won the debate but had to claim he lied to do it. I'm not saying to take everything he said at face value, but where is the balance?
LOL Adriana. At least he said the dumb things then isn't it? You Obama lovers are saying some pretty stupid things today!!! Bahahahahahahahaha!!
I'm from Mass and I've seen what Romney is capable of. I want no part of it. I moved to NH to get away from it. I agree, he won the debate. He's good at talking. But that's about it. He was disrespectful to the moderator, talking over him and plowing through. And completely childish at one point when he said something like "Well, now, HE got to say so-and-so, I think I should get to .. " My 7 year old doesn't even act that way. It's a debate, not pre-k play time. I think he should know how it works by now - you both get your 2 minutes, you aren't promised the last word every time.
He kept insisting that he was going to keep all the good things, get rid of all the not-so-good things, and that he was making it his main goal to "make jobs, not put people out of work" ...He also insists he wasn't going to raise taxes. So how does he plan on making all of this magic happen? Oh, that's right, cut programs .... so ... what about the people who work for those programs? They get to keep their jobs? Awesome! What he's promising is not POSSIBLE. People need to wake up and smell the bullshit.
He said all the right things, but never once did he clarify HOW HE WAS MAKING ALL THIS STUFF HAPPEN. Because it's not going to happen. He cares more about winning the presidency than he does ACTING like a president.
And let me just say that I watched last night not to help me decide who to vote for (I'm confident in my choice), but because I know there's a chance MR could win and I wanted him to reassure me that he has a plan that we ALL, as a country, can feel alright with. He did NOT do that. I know what he wants to do in his fantasy world .. but even he doesn't know how he's going to pull off everything he's promising.
This is essentially a blog, it doesn't need to be balanced!
I am right there with RMT! i dont live there but ive only heard from people and she makes a clear point! he is all talk and hes good at it so of course he will win debates.