Tonight was the last presidential debate, and since it was "supposed to be" about foreign policy, I had a "stake" in this debate, being part of the 6.7 Billion people in the world NOT living in the United States. It's important for me to hear what mistakes the candidates are planning to make in US Foreign Policy which will impact the 95.5% of us who reside outside of US borders.
The thing is, they both started out saying the exact same thing, and both were disturbingly eager to bring the debate back to the domestic economy issues that they couldn't get into during the first two debates. This wasn't a debate when they were both saying the same thing, or avoiding answering the question.
If you've never seen 'Moon Over Parador' there is a scene somewhere in the middle where two lackadaisical drummers in the presidential military band are staring at a wall, discussing how they are going to vote in the upcoming presidential election:
Until a certain point in the debate, that was what I felt like.
Finally, Obama started to dominate and Romney fell apart. If it hadn't been for that shift, this really would have been a "Vote White" and "Vote Blue" situation.
Freedom of choice...
...Wish you were here.
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