I joined Gang in watching the second presidential debate tonight, when Obama finally realized that he couldn't play the humble card any more but fought back. This is the first time that I watched a presidential debate from the beginning to the end, and it's always a pleasure to see politicians being challenged by each other. Romney seemed unprepared - his only focus was to attack Obama's failure on economic issues, but didn't think through other policies, such as cultural issues, gender, foreign policy, etc. Therefore when he came across questions that he lacked interests, or the ones that the Republicans couldn't stand well with, he tried to switch the topics to the parts that were attractive to conservatives, and could be twisted to against Obama. The current president was obviously more familiar with his job, and therefore was able to address questions more directly. The coordinator tried to push Romney several times to answer questions instead of mumbo-jumbo. I was thinking, poor guy, he probably thought he already answered the question.
Politicians always lie, and it's interesting to see how they labeled each other as an liar while continuing hiding or making up facts. Romney talked about his big plan which was suspiciously not feasibly due to the lack of details, while blaming Obama for failing to carry out his commitments four years ago; while Obama tried to convince the audience that he has at least partly done his job, and in spite of his poor performance Romney could do worse considering his affiliation with Republics. Though it may not be fair to put all the blames on Obama, the President did fail to reach his original target; and since no new recovery policy had been raised, it is reasonable to remain suspicious of his performance in the next term should he elected. Romney equally lacked credit due to his empty big talks. Regardless who gets elected, the economy may recover in its own way. What we don't know is who can be lucky enough to take the chair when things are getting better.
The most impressive part of the debate tonight is the audience, who asks great tough questions, which can never happen in China as long as the CCP occupies the government; and the coordinator also did a good job, who (at least tried to) control the time and urge both candidates address questions during the entire debate. But we probably should also thank both candidates for the debates, which have brought so many joys to us already. Romney has a slippery tongue as usual and now binders full of women are posted everywhere on internet, almost as popular as the Big Bird last week. These presidential candidates, as well as their media and reporters, provide us tons of jokes because of their self-contradictory speeches and behaviors; and the money that barons throw on the election also create job opportunities for those suffering in the recession.
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