Throughout this campaign I continue to find myself being somewhat curious about the fact that contraception is constantly being portrayed as somehow being the single most important issue for women. Now I suppose, for some women it might be, but is it for the majority of them? Really? And by merely claiming such a thing don’t those making that claim realize just how shallow, and dare I say cheap, that it makes all women look? I really think, at least I hope, that there are important issues that women feel are much more urgent in they’re need to be addressed in this campaign than is the question of whether or not women can have sex without fear of getting pregnant. Let’s face it, there is a very simple way to avoid getting pregnant, and I’m pretty sure we are all aware of what that is. And it doesn’t cost a dime.
Those issues to which I refer to as in urgent need of being addressed are, of course, our failing economy and also our abysmal foreign policy, both of which that have been brought to us by Barry "Almighty" and his team of incompetents. The number one incompetent on the foreign policy front is, of course, Hitlery Clinton. There are now a number of political analysts who are of the opinion that, in fact, the election may no longer hinge on the bad economy, but rather on Barry’s ‘disastrous’ foreign policy which will, I hope, be brought to the forefront during Monday’s, possibly, climatic final debate. Because make no mistake, while Barry has succeeded in doing nothing more than to make the economy worse, he has also, through his obviously impotent style of diplomacy, succeeded in making the world a much more dangerous place.
And the fact that we are now living in a much more dangerous world is something that I would assume has not gone unnoticed by most ‘intelligent’ women, not many of which, apparently, are Democrats. "With foreign policy being this big issue right now I would think that that is an entirely different set of circumstances and it really helps Romney," so says pollster and debate expert Matt Towery. He noted that many Americans simply have not been paying attention to foreign policy matters thus far in the campaign. "Romney can go in there well equipped. He can also walk out of there with potentially the victory," predicted Towery, whose comments reflect a growing belief that Monday’s third and final debate in Boca Raton, Fla. is shaping up to be pivotal as the latest polls continue to show the candidates locked in a dead heat.
So what tonight’s debate may come down to is whether or not Romney is successful in his attempt to convince those watching, especially women, of just how dangerous things have become in the last four years. Republican strategist Bradley A. Blakeman pointed to the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, the bungled fast and furious gun-running operation and Saturday’s New York Times report that Barry’s administration has agreed in principle to one-on-one negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program. However, on the topic of talks with Iran Barry’s team has since subsequently denied such reports. "Foreign policy now for undecided and swing voters is a factor and I think primarily the reason is . . . they believe that the Obama administration is at least incompetent and at most deceptive," Blakeman asserted.
And inept manner of diplomacy undertaken for the last four years has made it increasingly difficult to argue with that assessment. People once again are having the opportunity to witness the fact that a policy based on nothing more than appeasement and apology simply doesn’t work. Mr. Towery, a former national debate champion himself, said that no one predicted that foreign policy would come to play such an important role, some would say crucial, in the campaign given the nation’s current economic condition with its persistent unemployment, rising gas prices, and still very unpopular Obamacare. He anticipates a "sense of desperation in this debate" where we are very likely to see both Romney and Barry essentially "swinging for the fence" to use a familiar baseball metaphor.
"With regard to Romney, it’s going to be his degree of expertise and knowledge about the minutiae of the various issues," he said. "It’s usually been very hard for challengers to have the knowledge of foreign policy that the incumbent president has." If Barry is uncomfortable, as he was in the first debate, look for him to maybe to stumble. "If you see him grasping for words, stammering, stumbling then you’ll know that’s a real problem for his election," Towery said. "If Romney, for whatever reason, appears to not know some detail that those who follow foreign policy would know instantaneously, well then he’ll appear to be ill equipped to be president." Personally, I think, Romney maybe under more pressure to make sure he has a good night. He needs come across as being familiar with the facts.
Towery believes, and I hope his is right, that Romney will revisit the controversial response that Barry gave in the second debate regarding Benghazi in which moderator Candy ‘I’m a Cow’ Crowley stepped in and appeared to correct the Republican. "That’s going to be their big issue," predicted Towery, who heads the InsiderAdvantage polling firm. "I think on the other side you’re going to have the Obama camp and president Obama really emphasizing the fact that they have basically reduced (or) eliminated two wars — and they’re going to play to the percentage of America who simply don’t want to be at war." Romney will counter that "we’re not out of trouble and the trouble has in fact been increasing not decreasing," he observed. And that, I think wold be a another opening to expose just how dangerous appeasement is.
Mr. Towery asks, "Will Barack Obama save his presidency by having a strong performance, or will Mitt Romney seize this moment and really take a president who I think is on the ropes now, and just shove him down to the ground by really boring in on some of these issues relating to foreign policy." From my perspective hopefully it will be Romney who will once again rise to the occasion and knock it out of the park. According to Mr. Towery, "If he makes that argument persuasively, well then Romney can carry the day in foreign policy." Adding, "And I would say that if the challenger carries the day in foreign policy, that challenger will win the election because it’s presumed that a president knows more about foreign policies." So there may be a bit more pressure on Gov. Romney tonight, lets all pray he’s up for it.
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