My Post Debate Analysis

Liberal's Bill Maher tweeted, "Obama made a lot of great points tonight. Unfortunately, most of them were for Romney." MSNBC host Ed Schultz said, Obama "created a problem for himself." Maryland Democratic Governor Martin O'Malley accidentally referred to Romney as "President" on live television. According to CNN polls, 67 percent of voters said Romney won while just 25 percent felt Obama won. 

The Weekly Standard said "Mitt Romney stood and delivered the best debate performance by a Republican presidential candidate in more than two decades." MSNBC host Joe Scarborough tweeted," Tonight's debate has changed the trajectory of this race." Republican National Committee Chairman said,” I think tonight will go down as one of the most historical lop-sided debates in history." The Weekly Standard wrote,” In a thoroughly dominating performance, Romney bested Barack Obama in both tone and substance. Obama often found himself at the end of a verbal cul-de-sac, seemingly unaware of how he'd ended up there."

As I watched the debate I paid close attention to the demeanors of the two men. Obama spent much of the time listening to Romney by looking down at his notes as if he was searching for some magical teleprompter to pop up because he did not appear to be on top of his game when speaking. Many times he stuttered and paused searching for the words to pitch for his reelection. When he did finally look Romney in the eye it usually ended with a smirk and a shake of the head. When Obama spoke he addressed the camera as if he was speaking to the American people. 

On the other hand, Romney looked Obama straight into the eye when he was speaking. He spoke strong and stern while making his points easy for the people to understand. When he listened to Obama speak he still kept his eyes fixed on him as if he was just waiting for him to stop speaking so he could straighten out the facts that Obama just tried to twist.

I felt Romney showed respect, dignity, and strength in the face of the President. And I believe that is what most Americans saw as they watched the debate. They saw a man that can be strong and lead when he wins the election.  The most critically clutch moment in the debate in my opinion was when Romney referenced the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence to describe what he feels is the role of the government: 

“The role of government is to promote and protect the principles of those documents. First, life and liberty. We have a responsibility to protect the lives and liberties of our people, and that means the military, second to none. I do not believe in cutting our military. I believe in maintaining the strength of America’s military.

Second, in that line that says, we are endowed by our Creator with our rights -- I believe we must maintain our commitment to religious tolerance and freedom in this country. That statement also says that we are endowed by our Creator with the right to pursue happiness as we choose. I interpret that as, one, making sure that those people who are less fortunate and can’t care for themselves are cared by -- by one another.

We’re a nation that believes we’re all children of the same God. And we care for those that have difficulties -- those that are elderly and have problems and challenges, those that disabled, we care for them. And we look for discovery and innovation, all these thing desired out of the American heart to provide the pursuit of happiness for our citizens.

But we also believe in maintaining for individuals the right to pursue their dreams, and not to have the government substitute itself for the rights of free individuals. And what we’re seeing right now is, in my view, a -- a trickle-down government approach which has government thinking it can do a better job than free people pursuing their dreams. And it’s not working.

And the proof of that is 23 million people out of work. The proof of that is one out of six people in poverty. The proof of that is we’ve gone from 32 million on food stamps to 47 million on food stamps. The proof of that is that 50 percent of college graduates this year can’t find work.”

It speaks for itself. Last nights debate may be the beginning of a turn around that will lead to Romney’s 2012 election. Next debate is on October 11^th between Vice President Joe Biden and Romney running mate Paul Ryan. Be sure to watch it!

Debates!

Tonight at 9PM ET the first Presidential debate will be taking place in Denver, CO. Be sure to tune in to FoxNews to watch the total debate and get good feedback on the issues discussed.

Don't under estimate the power of the debates! In 1980 Jimmy Carter held a strong 9% lead in every poll, much like Obama's lead over Romney in virtually every poll. Well after the debates and a strong showing by then Gov. Ronald Reagan, he won in a landslide election where he won 44 total states! History can repeat itself tonight and I hope you all get to be a part of it!

Most Critical Election in History

President Barack Obama has failed. Failed to do what he has promised and failed to fulfill his 2008 campaign push of change and hope. The only thing he has held true to is change. He has fundamentally changed the United States of America as he said he would. But it's not the changes we saw coming.

Bad changes:
-Passing of Socialistic Universal Health Care reform that stole 716 million dollars from Medicare for funding
-National debt has raised to 16 trillion dollars
-Unemployment rising to 8.1%
-Gas prices doubled
-46 million Americans are on food stamps
-Illegal immigration more rampant than ever
-DREAM Act was passed
-Extreme civil unrest in the Middle East
-Does not back Israel and has weakened the friendships between many allies and other world leaders
-Hundreds of thousands of top secret information has become public
-Average college tuition costs have increased
-General Motors is owned by the government
-Gay and lesbian rights are now endorsed by the Democratic Party
-Abortions will soon be government funded
-Contraception will soon be free
-There was a time period where military personnel were delayed pay checks for a while
-He has attended less than 50% of intelligence meetings over his term
-America has gone from the number one competitive country in the world to now number seven
-Religious freedoms are being taken away daily
-It is now frowned upon to speak your mind if it doesn't line up with everyone else's opinion
-Small business owners found out they didn't build their businesses
-Will raise taxes on the families that have in income of $250,000 or more. This will cause many small business owners to be unable to hire others or may even go out of business. Raising unemployment.
There are many more little things but I would keep you reading for hours.

Good changes:
-First African American as President of the United States
-Osama Bin Laden is dead
-War in Iraq is over
-His celebrity status has shot up
-The First Lady, Michelle Obama, became a good public speaker
-I have learned the need to have political awareness
-I've learned to love my country that he is destroying even more
(I'll let you know that I was able to easily rattle off negative but I've spent a long time staring at my walls to come up with these few positives.)
(I really am thinking extremely hard.)
Okay I give up!

So as you can see America is not better off than we were 4 years ago.

Now I'll address Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney

Good:
-Will preserve the institution of marriage between man and woman
-Pro-Life
-Saved the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, UT
-Was Governor of Massachusetts between 2002-2006 where he entered with a 3 billion dollar deficit but after cutting taxes, increasing fees, removing corporate tax loopholes

-Picked a cabinet based off managerial abilities rather than partisanship loyalties
-Started BainCapital which focused on venture capital opportunities
-While CEO at Bain, they started Staples Inc. and helped to restart companies that were going out of business such as: Sports Authority, Brookstone, Dominoes Pizza, Sealy Corporation, Accuride, and Artisan Entertainment. These companies were going out of business, but Bain invested money into these companies and they were able to become very successful in their markets.
-Offers an easy 5 step plan that will fix our economy and strengthen the middle class:
1. By 2020 to be energy independent by taking full advantage of coal, oil and nuclear energy that we posses.
2. Improve education and allow parents to choose the schools their children will attend.
3. Forge new trade treaties.
4. Cut deficit spending (decrease the size of the government).
5. "Champion small businesses". Allow small businesses to grow by cutting their taxes, simplifying regulations on them, and take away the penalties on them by removing and replacing Obamacare.

Bad:
-Prior to 2005 was Pro-choice and gave in to same sex marriage advocates to allow civil unions in Massachusetts but did not legalize gay marriage. But since 2005, he has had a change of heart and is now Pro-Life and supporting marriage between man and woman.
-Many question if he himself paid taxes or had off-shore bank accounts even though he has released his tax documents from the years in question
-Has a business like approach when addressing public where he can offend many people with his brutally honest assessments (in my opinion, this is what we need)

Electing Barack Obama again could cause many negative spirals in America. Foreign policy is already a very scary and risky situation and they are not going to just chill out any time soon. Also, the economy is not getting any better and these 4 years and statistics have proven that his policies have not worked. What will it be like in another 4 years after he has continued his policies? What will the unemployment numbers look like in 2016? These are scary thoughts that could become reality very soon if he is given the chance. So please look at the facts, look at the history. Romney has had success as a business man and as a Governor. Obama was a state Senator for 3 years before becoming president. That's no experience running operations and he has shown us his lack of ability to lead around the world and within our borders.

Thank you for reading.


Sources: FoxNews.com FoxNews Live Reports

I Wish I Was Alive During His Presidency

I had a feeling today that I wanted to post something about former President Ronald Reagan but then I saw this picture and it summed up the greatness of his handling of problems in the Middle East during his presidency. President Reagan dropped a bomb on the leaders house when they held Americans hostage and murdered others, Obama was on David Letterman. We need a true leader like him again. A true American hero.

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Further Middle Eastern Unrest

As talked about in my last post, embassies in Cairo and Benghazi were attacked and overthrown. Four were killed in the Benghazi embassy. Since those attacks further unrest has escalated involving Islamist mobs destroying embassies in Yemen and Tunisia. In Lebanon, a KFC and Hardees was attacked and destroyed. Also, an American and German embassy in Sudan was overthrown. All of which had the American flags torn to pieces or burned and then a black Islamist flag raised in its place. In total Anti-American protests have spread to at least 20 different countries.

Now as the President of the United States it is his job to handle foreign matters as much as it is to handle domestic matters. President Obama came out and said justice would be done. So he decided to send some Marine units over there and then also send two Navy warships off the coast. But as further unrest continues, he chooses not to hold the governments of those countries accountable. The leader of each individual country needs to protect our embassies and they need to control their civilians. 

What I would like to see President Obama do is be stern in the talks with the governments. He needs to tell them to get the situation under control or we will halt giving financial aid until it has been controlled and he needs to evacuate all our civilians to safe zones. But as we have seen throughout the past 4 years, President Obama is not always focused on the important issues at hand. This time his focus is on his reelection campaign in swing states. Last time I checked he is still the President and even if Gov. Mitt Romney wins the election Obama must continue to be President until January 1st. This president has continually shown that foreign affairs are not of any concern to him! 

This is not the first time we have seen extreme uprising like this in the Middle East just before election time. When former Jimmy Carter was pushing for reelection after one of the worst presidential tenures in our history, (sounds like our current one) the Middle East was having crazy uprisings and mobs like we see today. If Jimmy Carter didn't already have a difficult time getting votes for a second term, the handling of Middle Eastern relations hurt him dearly. 

In fact Carter and Obama sound eerily similar involving the Middle East. Carter had a stand by and watch policy as an embassy in Iran was captured and Americans were held hostage for 444 days, today Iran (a huge threat to ally Israel and Americans) is pushing for nuclear weapons while Obama just stands by and does try to neither stop nor support Israel in negotiations. Later in Carter's term, a British author wrote a book called "The Satanic Verses" depicting Islam as a religion of the devil. Iran's leader at the time, Ayatollah Khomeini, issued a fatwah calling for his murder and a 3 billion dollar bounty was placed on his head as well. Embassies in Britain were attacked and many riots were started destroying tons of public property. Carter stood by and then told the British and American people they should apologize and then justified the Islam attacks. On September 12, 2012 Obama issued statements apologizing to the Islamist mobs for hurting their feelings on behalf of the video that allegedly fed the riots. This stand by policy just fuels the fire in the Middle East. 

Sad news is, this man is our president and he has no backbone and no ability to lead our country. Good news is Ronald Reagan, who in my opinion was the best president of our time, beat Jimmy Carter. This time we need to elect Gov. Mitt Romney who is a proven leader. I hope that he can be today's version of Ronald Reagan. 

Thank you.

Benghazi & Cairo

On the 11 year anniversary of the tragic events that happened on September 11th, 2001, the US embassy in Cairo, Egypt was overthrown by an angry mob of Islamic protestors and the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya was raided by armed extremists. Coincidence? 

Let's run through the two situations,

In Libya, the armed extremists started firing on the building around 10 PM and within a matter of minutes had already gained access inside the building killing four Americans. The four deaths were the US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, Foreign Service Information Manager Officer Sean Smith, and 2 Marines. 

In Egypt, the Islamic mob overthrew the embassy, scaling the walls surrounding the building and tore down the American flag flying high in the yard. The mob then attempted to burn the flag but after failed attempts just ripped it to shreds. They then raised a black Islamic flag that is very similar to the flag used by Al Qaeda extremists.

Allegedly this was all done in retaliation to a video made by Israeli American Sam Bacile that paints Islam's Prophet Mohammed as a man who had many sexual relations with many women and being very unholy. This as you can imagine is a huge insult to the Islamic people. In my opinion, this is just a cover up for these attacks. I do not believe it was just some coincidence that the attacks happened on the anniversary of the 2001 terror attacks on US soil. There were many signs pointing toward the attack in Benghazi as being a planned effort. There are reports that the attack was too well conceived and professional to have been a spur of the moment act. Retaliation in this situation, in a way of quick reaction, does not seem likely. 

Then our magnificent President Barack Obama decided to wait to issue a statement the next day. He had the audacity to apologize to the angry mob in Cairo for the insulting video. Not condemning the mob and attackers but apologizing to them for a US citizen that made them upset. You don't see American citizens storming foreign embassies on our soil when we have a little controversy with someone in a foreign country. For a religion that pushes for a tolerance and understanding sure doesn't seem so tolerant when they are the ones being criticized. 

But later President Obama said, "Make no mistake. Justice will be done." And in an effort to establish order in the area, a Marine contingency unit has been sent to Libya and 2 war ships have been sent to the coast line. President Obama needs to see and learn that his foreign policy of talk and no action does not work. It gets people killed. We are America, we are the most powerful country in the world and we need to act like it. His lack of concern over the crisis in the Middle East makes us appear as a whole weak and scared. And we are feeling the effects when our ally Israel can not even depend on us in the tense crisis the Middle East is engulfed in.

We need someone in office that will do the necessary things to establish order around the world and show that America is still the country that you do not even think about messing with, and there will also be stiff consequences when you attempt to hurt our allies. We need a man who loves our country and will fight for it no matter what. That man is not Barack Obama. That man is Mitt Romney. Vote the man in who will stand up for us around the world. These are the realities that are slapping us right in the face. We need to return to our days of prosperity. 

Thank you.