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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Daily Kos: NY Times slams Romney for final debate

Daily Kos: NY Times slams Romney for final debate:


NY Times slams Romney for final debate

in an editorial titled simply The Final Debate
Here's the first paragraph:
Mitt Romney has nothing really coherent or substantive to say about domestic policy, but at least he can sound energetic and confident about it. On foreign policy, the subject of Monday night’s final presidential debate, he had little coherent to say and often sounded completely lost. That’s because he has no original ideas of substance on most world issues, including Syria, Iran and Afghanistan.
little coherent to say  because he keeps changing positions?he has no original ideas of substance on most world issues - which might be why he kept agreeing with


I will be discussing debate on internet radio

on my show at BeeVocal.  The show is called  Politics with teacherken and tonight at 7 EDT I will be talking about the debate, the response to it, and the state of the Presidential race.  If as a listener you want to bring up a related topic, say control of the House or a specific Senate race, we can go there as well.
Below the fold I have provided instructions of how to participate.
It will not surprise anyone that my response to what happened last night is somewhat different than what a lot of talking heads are saying.
I invite you to participate.
Please keep going below the fold.



on horses and bayonets

which btw was the highest spike on the dials in the Fox News focus group
let's start with bayonets.  Yes, we still have them.  As a former US Marine I can tell you every Marine is trained to use a bayonet.   But bayonets are an infantry weapon and a decreasing percentage of our smaller military is infantry.
As for horses?  We still have them.  But consider this -
One important use for horses in the United States Army is to draw the caissons on which are carried the bodies for those to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
I think that is one of the most memorable lines in the debate, that and what followed - about aircraft carriers and