I've just finished watching the last (thankfully) debate of this presidential campaign.
I just have a few thoughts. I felt that the president was mocking Governor Romney when he spoke about the size of the military saying that we had fewer ships than in years past, but we also have fewer horses. He also said that we have something called aircraft carriers where airplanes can land and take off. I felt that this was uncalled for. It's not necessary to speak down to, or mock, your opponent to get your point across.
After the first debate the president was criticized for not looking Romney in the eye. I think he overdid it this time, he just stared or at times, it seemed like he glared.
I am a little disappointed in Governor Romney. During the discussion about jobs being shipped to China, he should have mentioned that Jeffrey Imelt, the head of GE and also head of the president's jobs council, has sent one of GE's divisions' manufacturing jobs to China. I guess that's because he didn't ask my advice. I am glad though that he mentioned Solyndra and two car battery companies that received loans from us and are not producing. That was money wasted.
Now all we have to do is get through the next two weeks and while I would like to see our unemployment rate go down, I'd like to see it reported honestly by all states, not like the last time.
I wonder what the "October Surprise" will be.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Sunday, October 14, 2012
I admit that I am a "news junkie". I like to know what's going on, even though it is sometimes disturbing like the report I heard yesterday.
It seems that there has been a delay in some states in getting the absentee ballots to our military in the middle east and other places. In fact, our own department of justice is SUING the state of Ohio because Ohio wants to give our military an extra 3 days to vote. The pentagon has had over 3 years to set up offices in the middle east so that these absentee ballots can be collected and returned home for counting. They have not done so, resulting in some of our military to not have their vote counted.
This is so wrong. If anything, the votes of military personnel should be counted before those of civilians. They are out there working to preserve our way of life, including our right to vote and yet, they may lose their vote.
The military favors Gov. Romney by a wide margin. Could this be the reason for their not getting their ballots in time to make their vote count? I hate to think this may be true, but is there any other reason why our own justice department is suing Ohio because Ohio wants to give our military 3 extra days to vote? The way things are going, I'm tempted to believe this is true. What do you think?
It seems that there has been a delay in some states in getting the absentee ballots to our military in the middle east and other places. In fact, our own department of justice is SUING the state of Ohio because Ohio wants to give our military an extra 3 days to vote. The pentagon has had over 3 years to set up offices in the middle east so that these absentee ballots can be collected and returned home for counting. They have not done so, resulting in some of our military to not have their vote counted.
This is so wrong. If anything, the votes of military personnel should be counted before those of civilians. They are out there working to preserve our way of life, including our right to vote and yet, they may lose their vote.
The military favors Gov. Romney by a wide margin. Could this be the reason for their not getting their ballots in time to make their vote count? I hate to think this may be true, but is there any other reason why our own justice department is suing Ohio because Ohio wants to give our military 3 extra days to vote? The way things are going, I'm tempted to believe this is true. What do you think?
Friday, October 12, 2012
The Vice Presidential Debate
Last night I went out to dinner with some friends and so missed most of the debate. I've been listening to some of the comments on Fox News this morning and had get up to voice my comments.
I caught the last 15 minutes and was quite surprised by the childishness of Joe Biden after Paul Ryan gave his closing statement. Biden pointed out that he expected to get as much time as Paul Ryan.
Now to the comments on parts I missed. It has been said that Biden was smirking and laughing during Paul Ryan's time to speak. This should not surprise anyone. It seems to be a democrat response. I have seen this many times when Fox News is presenting both sides of a story. The democrat spokesperson laughs at the republican/conservative point of view. This is so offensive, and so common.
I am so looking forward to next week's presidential debate to see how the president will behave. Will he continue the childish behavior of the vice president? Or will he behave as a mature professional and stick to the facts? We'll find out soon.
I caught the last 15 minutes and was quite surprised by the childishness of Joe Biden after Paul Ryan gave his closing statement. Biden pointed out that he expected to get as much time as Paul Ryan.
Now to the comments on parts I missed. It has been said that Biden was smirking and laughing during Paul Ryan's time to speak. This should not surprise anyone. It seems to be a democrat response. I have seen this many times when Fox News is presenting both sides of a story. The democrat spokesperson laughs at the republican/conservative point of view. This is so offensive, and so common.
I am so looking forward to next week's presidential debate to see how the president will behave. Will he continue the childish behavior of the vice president? Or will he behave as a mature professional and stick to the facts? We'll find out soon.
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