A new poll conducted by Politico/GWU/Battleground finds that 76 percent of Americans favor “Cutting government spending across the board.”
Fifty-nine percent of Americans registered to vote strongly favor the “across the board” cuts and 17 percent “somewhat” favor the cuts. Only 13 percent strongly oppose “across the board” spending cuts, and 10 percent “somewhat” oppose the cuts. Two percent are unsure.
Ladies and gentlemen, imagine that. 76% of Americans actually want a smaller government.
In my opinion, Mr Romney made any number of statements regarding facts that Mr Obama simply did not refute. Obama obfuscated and changed topic.
Romney: “We know that the path we are taking is not working.”
Bingo.
Mr Romney proved that he has so much more experience than Mr Obama as to be ludicrous. As governor; as a businessman; as a meeter-of-budgets; as a job creator; as a private business owner; as a manager; as a LEADER.
In this first debate, I would give a serious nudge to Mitt Romney as a winner; Obama stood tall but he fell back on repeated statement with few facts. Both men withheld themselves. Obama emphasized he was a fighter for the Middle Class. But that was a massively hollow argument when his actions prove that he couldn’t quite care less about the Middle Class. The only thing about “class” Mr Obama understands is that of CLASS WARFARE.
A brief bit of Roaming Through History with presidential debates:
Clinton’s “debate moment” against GHW Bush:
Al Gore, in 2000, tries to physically intimidate George Bush during the debate by violating his personal space:
Here, Obama kicks John McCain to the curb (truly, not too terribly difficult, considering):
I repeat: Romney ahead. He kept composure and fought with facts. He came out more aggressively than I suspected he would — and good for him.
Obama, when confronted with actual FACTS — as I insisted Romney do — Mr Obama had little if any cogent retort. He seemed to be intensely scrutinizing his notes many times, head down.
I repeat: kill Obama with nothing more than FACTS.
First, the video from what was thought to be a private fundraiser in May of this year:
The DEM/MSM is taking this video from Mother Jones viral today, and every organ that can write, broadcast, bleat or whine is opining on its content. The DEM/MSM is saying that Mitt Romney kissed half of the electorate goodbye in the video.
Sadly, in my estimation and that of others, what Romney said tends to be the truth. The additional truth is that people don’t care to have their greed placed quite so bluntly on Front Street. Makes them uncomfortable, you see.
The truth is — again — that too many Americans on numerous levels simply want:
The DEM/MSM is going to ensure that Romney’s video is in the forefront 24/7 for at least the next week, minimum.
That said, since any campaign involves a war of words, historically, everything is up for grabs. If Romney’s words bear examination, I submit that Mr Obama’s words are also up for critical examination — in terms of “I actually believe in redistribution.”
This, of course, isn’t a fabrication on my part. I’m not nearly so technologically facile as those who know me realize.
And allow me to state the obvious with regard to “earned success,” which is to what Mr Romney refers. From Arthur Brooks of the American Enterprise Institute:
People take pride in success, in doing things for themselves. This is the foundational point of Conservatism. In three words: Free Cheese Corrupts.
Question: is this Romney’s proverbial “death knell”?
“Socialism always promises happiness, and delivers misery.” – Arthur Brooks
From The Weekly Standard:
