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To: Bonefish who wrote (677059)	10/4/2012 10:12:10 AM
From: joseffy	3 Recommendations Respond to of 1584201

ROMNEY WINS DEBATE BY A MILE boblonsberry.com ^ \| 10/04/12 \| Bob Lonsberry It was a slaughter. Barack Obama was left in pieces on the stage, destroyed by a Mitt Romney who was smarter, bolder, better informed and more genial. It was the melt down of a presidency. If you watched it yourself. If you saw the debate yourself, if you heard what was being said, it was an amazing display of disparity. Seldom have two politicians been more mismatched. If you watched it yourself. But if you listened to the “reporters” after, or if the first you hear is on the “news” this morning, you will undoubtedly hear a different story. The commentary through the night, the first blogs and columns to move across the wire, have all been Obama propaganda. But the night was Romney’s. Obama had a pleasant opening statement. It was well done, but it was short lived. From the first words of Romney’s opening statement in response, the Obama jaw tightened and the Obama spirits flagged. While Romney marched. From beginning to end, Romney was in charge. He steered the discussion, he dominated the conversation, he came off as positive, knowledgeable and presidential. And the other guy was an idiot. An angry, glowering, scowling, staring-at-the ground, ticked-off idiot. It made him look arrogant, petulant and contemptuous. It made him look peevish and small. The president looked like he wasn’t prepared and he didn’t care. And as he was put back on his heels, instead of rising to the challenge, instead of thinking on his feet and fighting to reel his opponent in, he seemed to collapse further. He didn’t offer powerful arguments, he became almost listless, he repeated sound bites that didn’t work the first time he used them. At times the meandering ahs and ums were almost embarrassing. He looked like a man who would have given anything for a TelePrompTer. For a man repeatedly lauded for his oratory, he was a colossal rhetorical flop. And Mitt was on fire. It was the performance of a lifetime exactly when it was needed. Romney proved the master of every subject, with a steady stream of data and principle. His criticisms were specific, his suggestions were specific, his victory was clear. In my 30-plus years of watching presidential debates, I have never seen a more substantive or lopsided presidential debate. Jimmy Carter did better against Ronald Reagan than Barack Obama did against Mitt Romney. A lot was said, but it was virtually all said by Mitt Romney. Astoundingly, the leader of the Democratic Party was incapable of advancing or defending either the principles of his party or the actions of his administration. And the guy written off by the evening news was masterful, mature and clearly in charge. Romney didn’t stutter, he didn’t stumble, he didn’t get off message. And everything he said made Obama look small by comparison. Last night, the tide turned. The campaign changed. And a shock went through the Democratic Party. They are going to lose. And America is going to win. If Americans saw it themselves. If they use their own judgment, instead of swallow the lies of the press. It was a slaughter. Romney won, and Obama was a deer in the headlights.