Note the size of the flag pins. Flag pin size is critical to one’s ability to debate successfully.
Romney’s flag pin was bigger than Obama’s.
I’m certain that was a factor in his debate victory.
The debate last night was…predictable…like the worst sort of football game, complete with an ineffective ref, a goofy looking mascot (Big Bird? Really?), and horrible clock management. Last night’s Presidential debate was like the sort of football game even the most devoted fan turns off at half-time.
Romney was the clear victor, but it was as if he was playing against a second-string Obama, an Obama who wasn’t all that interested in the outcome of the game. Mitt Romney looked like a serious player who was enjoying the game, was glad to be a part of it, and was passionate about winning. The President looked like the New Orleans Saints: totally lost without Coach Teleprompter to call the right plays.
For reasons no one can explain, the referee, PBS’s Jim Lehrer, who was eerily reminiscent of the replacement refs that awarded the Seahawks that td in week three, just up and gave his whistle to Romney, who took it and ran up and down the field with it as though he was J. J. Watt, sacking Obama repeatedly, stripping away the ball, and running it into the end-zone seemingly at will.
Chris Matthews reacts to last night’s debate.
The fans reacted to the game with the frustration befitting the situation: I was seriously concerned for Chris Matthew’s health. That poor dude looked like he was gonna burst with frustration. He looked like any of a thousand Lion’s fans: heartbroken that his team, which has both talent and depth, just did not show up for the game. The other side even seemed frustrated: it’s cool to get a win, but everyone would rather beat an opponent at the top of his game than one who seemed more or less asleep.
The worst thing about last night’s debate is how it will further erode the American people’s already rapidly diminishing interest in politics. When even the players don’t seem interested in the game, and the officials have no control, and the plays are boring, and the winner keeps running up the score, the game just is depressing to watch, much less participate in. Americans deserve political players who love their team, believe in the game, and who are willing to give every play their all. And that’s tragic, because politics is not a game.
In the end, Romney’s victory was clear, but the game sucked.