On Oct. 3, the Presidential nominees took the stage at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. President Barack Obama went up against former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. The event was judged by Jim Lehrer and is the first of three events.
I’ve got a few complaints about the event for the Republicans and the Democrats. In a typical politician-like manner, both of the candidates were very vague with their answers. It felt like when you ask a teacher a question, and they give you an even bigger answer, one that didn’t necessarily answer your question, but made it more complex.
On the Democratic side, Obama didn’t seem to live up to the public hype in his speaking. The American masses were expecting a speech relative to the one delivered when announcing the death of Osama Bin Laden, but that wasn’t the case. Some people complained that he overused filler words and wasn’t as fluent as he could have been.
Romney seemed to have forgotten his “professional training” in courtesy. Romney did well with presenting vague plans, like President Obama did. Romney also did really well with interrupting the President, when it was the President’s turn to speak. Romney forgot that he was three feet from the leader of the free world.
Even if he is trying to take the man’s job, he should show more respect for the man who stepped up to the plate, and chose to sacrifice everything to lead the country he loves. I applaud the President for remaining calm, collected, and professional throughout the debate; although I think, overall, Romney ‘won’ the event, but the fight is far from over.
The fight was also ever-present on Twitter. However ignorant or uninformed the tweets were about the debate, it makes me smile that students seem to be engaging in politics. It’s very important to tune in and to listen, non-objectively, and to chose whom you think is well equipped for leading the United States until 2016.