Gee. What a surprise. I didn’t watch last night’s debate because it served no purpose for me, but from everything I’ve read this morning, Mitt Romney shredded the incumbent in last night’s debate by every measure there is. Nonetheless, as far as I’m concerned I still don’t think the results matter very much. For me, all the positive chatter for Romney does is merely confirm that he’s been a far better candidate all along, and I’ve expected him to win in November for a very long time now.
Regardless of my own thoughts, however, I’m sure there are many pundits, political experts and talking heads who’ll use the debates as a defining reason for the incumbent’s coming election loss. But I think that his poor performance on stage is simply another nail in his metaphorical coffin. Because it’s the miserable job he’s done for the past four years that will sink him, not simply his failure at appearing or sounding competently presidential in verbal contests.
Along those same lines, I came across an article this morning by Ron Fournier of the National Journal on-line, among many similar entries by many other writers. In his column he gave, I believe, far too much credit to debate performance by writing that “The curse of incumbency struck George W. Bush in 2004, when John Kerry beat him in debates. Bush’s father, George H.W. Bush, was caught impatiently glancing at his watch in 1992. Jimmy Carter fell victim to the low expectations set for Ronald Reagan in 1980.”
However, the reality was that George W. Bush was a far better candidate all along than Kerry who was totally unqualified for the presidency. And that fact was proven every time Kerry opened his mouth, long before the debates ever took place. What’s more is that “W”ultimately served two terms in office and Kerry’s still nothing but a gigolo who’s worthless.
In the case of Bush senior, he didn’t lose office due to a few glances at his watch during a boring debate. His fate was sealed when he broke his promise of no new taxes and wouldn’t have been reelected had his debating demeanor been world class perfect.
Lastly, we have the hapless Jimmy Carter who ruined the economy to the extent that he would’ve been beaten in the election by any contender that showed up. In his case, in fact, there’s no one on the planet who knows less about running the nation effectively, or about foreign relations, than the incumbent who may very well wind up making Carter look good by comparison.
That’s it for today folks.
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