Was I watching the same debate as everyone else?
Really, I was there, sitting on the sofa with three other patients in the mental hospital, watching Obama and Romney, and watching the CNN voter reaction thing. We were talking about it the debate as it happened.
We didn't like Romney's demeanor. We thought he came off as condescending, even patronizing.
We caught him in a number of outright lies.
And we thought Obama did pretty good, and we noted that undecided Colorado voters judged the two candidates about even.
Then the debate ended, and the pundits started telling us Romney had scored a clear victory.
He didn't put Afghanistan in South America, or anything, but I don't think this was a victory of any kind.
Granted, most mental patients fall well within the boundaries of the 47% of Americans that Romney doesn't care about, so we may have some degree of bias. However, I don't think it can be said that Romney "won."
At least not the debate I was watching.
We also wondered how either of these guys can be trusted to run a country when they can't abide by agreed-upon rules and have no respect for the prestigious professional running the show.
"I had five seconds before you interrupted."
Shame on you, Mr. President.