Romney Schools
Obama
It was time to
call the debate for Romney before it was halfway done. A weak President and poorly prepared
Barack Obama was unable to hold his own with challenger Mitt Romney in their
first debate. For the first time
in four years, the President was actually challenged and called on the carpet
for his failed policies and inept attempts to explain away Obama-ville. The Main Stream Media (MSM) pass and
Obama’s fear to give and take press conferences created the White House cocoon
effect. Simply put, the President
wasn’t ready for a prime time debate with a worth opponent. So exactly what
happened in the first of three Presidential debates?
Barack
Obama was faced with five factors that he either underestimated or
misunderstood. First, there
we no teleprompters to convey the answers or script to the President. He actually had to think and
respond for himself. And he
struggled with his responses.
Secondly, there were no friendly members of the press to lob softball
questions or cover for his weak answers. This wasn’t The View, where Obama characterized
himself as “eye candy”.
This was live fire; with Jim Lehrer delivering questions and follow up
with true journalistic rigor.
Thirdly, the President was not prepared for spirited debate and was
unable to defend his failed policies. When he tried for the third time to pin a $5
trillion dollar “supposed” tax cut on Mitt Romney, the GOP challenger restated
that the Obama spin was simply not true.
The fourth factor was that the President was unable to “walk out of the
press conference” when the heat was turned up with the hard questions from the
moderator. He had to stay at
the podium during the Presidential debate for a long hour and a half. Finally, the President had to face
reality, as compared to the mythical life and “media created” narrative that he
has lived for the past four years.
Your actions and decisions as President do matter. The US economy really isn’t firing
on all cylinders.
Truth is brighter than lies.
And Barack Obama was exposed by the reality of prepared opponent in Mitt
Romney that didn’t back down.
Meanwhile,
Mitt Romney came to the first debate well prepared. And he well schooled in the policy debate that
is before the America people.
He laid out his 5-point plan with clarity. He challenged the President on every point, indicating
his approach that is more citizen and private sector driven. He was able to pin “trickle
down government” on the President, whose every answer involved the government
spending more money (investments) or paying more of our fair share (raising
taxes). When the President
tried the “big oil” tax break spin, Romney fired back with Obama’s history of
committing multiple millions of US government monies spent on “green companies”
that have failed in the marketplace.
When the President tried to classify Donald Trump as a small business
person, Romney correctly explained what raising taxes on the “rich” actually
negatively impacts many small business owners as well. A weak President attempting to use
campaign and class warfare rhetoric was exposed. Mr. Romney was direct, concise and well organized in his
responses to questions and he successfully challenged the President. He looked the audience and the
President in the eye. All
that Obama could do was shuffle his feet, look down at his notes, and wish that
the debate was over.
Many
commentaries have been written about the first debate, and it is clear that
this was one of Romney’s finest moments in contrast with a fading Barack
Obama. The Democrat spin machine
struggled for traction, as Al Gore blamed the poor debate performance the
“altitude” in Denver. Really? What would have happened if the
debate was in Aspen, Colorado? Or
Telluride, CO? The president would
have passed out! The New York
Times (never a fan of someone from Chicago, as compared to Hillary Clinton who
hails as the Senator from New York) is running the “empty podium and chair”
cartoon on their front cover. It
shows Romney debating the empty chair, or empty suit as some have indicated. Essentially, Romney schooled Obama in
the first debate.
Well-known
conservative columnist Victor Davis Hansen summarized the debate this way: http://pjmedia.com/victordavishanson/anatomy-of-a-disastrous-debate-performance Debate number two is fast
approaching. Romney
will be well prepared. Who
knows if Obama will show up?
© 2012, Jasper
Welch, Four Corners Media www.jasperwelch.org
