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Originally Posted by Minte
Romney looked and acted liked a president. Obama looked and acted like a smartass. His line about the aircraft carrier and submarine was something I would expect from a GFY'er.
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Romney looked out of his element. He knows zero about military engagement or foreign policy. That's not his fault, it's not something he has had to deal with as a venture capitalist. He stood to lose zero of the people planning to vote for him and had no chance to win any from Obama. Meanwhile Obama knew he could not get Romney voters to side with him based on foreign policy, so he used the time to rev up his base and get Obama supporters more motivated to actually show up on election day. Romney and Obama had the same amount of support before and after the debate, but Obama likely improved voter turnout for his side while Romney did not.
The smart ass lines were not intended to make you change your mind, they were intended to make apathetic supporters more likely to go vote... and they seem to have been executed very effectively.
