Like a slick car salesman Romney knows
how to sell. He was poised, aggressive, well trained and relaxed
unlike the President who has been running the country and couldn't
take time out to get ready. Romney had volume and talked over
Lehrer and the President so often i was yelling at Lehrer to actually
do his job and moderate.
Although my view last night was that
Romney had more time to speak in fact President Obama had four
minutes extra but you would never know it. He was a gentleman extraordinaire and fortunately never
lowered himself to the mud pit Romney's gaffs were trying to eek out.
A lesser man may have succumbed to the temptation to correct him but
he chose to leave that up to the media. He was his same measured self he always is. Not one to loudly try and dominate the debate.
FactCheck and PolitiFact have been
working over time checking Romney's statements and if lies or half
truths are indicative of how he will govern we are in big trouble if
he actually wins.
More than one Fact checker has claimed
Romney's saying that he could pay for the 5Trillion tax cut that
he says his policies wouldn't trigger by giving a 20% marginal tax rate without raising
the deficit is impossible. And that lowering the rate to 20% would
give millionaires another tax break and raise middle class taxes by
$2,000 even though he claims it wouldn't.
Romney's $716 billion claim against the
President is half true. It doesn't take any money away from current
recipients of Medicare but does reduce payments to insurance
companies and drug manufacturers. And that unelected board can not
restrict benefits nor determine care for anyone in order to reduce
costs. The law specifically prohibits that.
But here is the big take away from last
night and it may have happened because Romney realized he had missed
out on a tax break others were getting. He said, “ You get a
deduction for getting a plant overseas? Look, I've been in business
for 25 years. I have no idea what you're talking about. I maybe need
to get a new accountant.”
That one statement reveals the real
Romney. He could care less about the rest of us and quickly thought
about firing his accountant for not informing him about this tax
deduction when offshoring jobs. He thought it didn't exist but it
does and he never got a chance to use it. In fact in July Republican
Senators voted to protect these giveaways by voting against the Bring
Jobs Home Act. This is the real Romney not the slick, well trained,
aggressive man you saw last night.
According to Think Progress Romney told
27 myths in 38 minutes. Go read them here
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