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Grand Finale - The Third Presidential Debate.

Both men were well-informed and strong but Romney seemed more Presidential, Obama seemed ill-spirited and petty.

Al Qaeda now has more franchises than McDonald's!   What are the takeaways from the third and final presidential debate? Questions...lots of questions.  Bob Schieffer of CBS did an okay job as moderator and the format worked.

The President seemed irritable, grouchy, disrespectful and made petty  comments as if he were running for City Council.  Governor Romney seemed composed, well informed,  patient and more presidential than the President.

For all the fuss about the so-called 'women's vote', binders and President  Obama trying to legislate lady parts, the dirty little secret begins with the League of  Women Voters having been thrown under the bus.  The League of Women Voters had moderated the  Presidential Debates in 1976, 1980 and 1984.  No more...the League has been replaced by  "The Commission of Presidential Debates" (oddly enough, run by the Democratic and  Republican Parties). Libertarians now understand why there's no inclusion for a third or fourth party. In any case, women are strong and independent.  

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They are heads of households as well as  CEOs -- they don't need to have their rights legislated.  They have worked hard, fought their  way up and have crashed the infamous glass ceiling.  So thanks for the patronage, but no thanks.   We are managing well without a gender booster and dopey laws which will only make the job  creators think twice about hiring us for top-tier jobs. 'Nuff said? In one exchange between the men regarding the military, the President made  a belittling comment about how the military has changed and scoffed at the use of bayonets when the  Marines still use bayonets.

(Why is the United Nations monitoring our elections?  We Americans didn't  get the memo.  Did our Founding Fathers ever mention the goons from the United Nations?  When are they  preparing to implement their tax  on our free Internet?  Their Human Rights Council is run by Russia, China  and Cuba -- they invited Syria to join when they're finished with the geoncide of their own people they'll  consider the offer).

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Why is an incumbent President not campaigning on behalf of his party  -- supporting  Democratic members of the House or Senate? They call that "firing up the base" (isn't that a drug term?).  Is he greedily hogging all the money from his own campaign?

 Whatever happened to redistributing his wealth, paying his "FAIR SHARE" and playing  by the same rules? The New York Times seemed thrilled to announce that we might be arranging a  play date with  Iran.  Wow!  Can you imagine sitting down with Ahmadinejad over a cuppa joe  at Starbuck's. having a rational conversation about enriched uranium?  I can't.  

 (I  thought we didn't negotiate  with terrorists.)  The President denied there are any talks scheduled.

Since the dictators of all those middle eastern countries have left the  building, why is the entire region including parts of north Africa exploding in chaos?  Syria, Lebanon, Saudi  Arabia, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Tunisia, Turkey, Pah-kee-stahn, Iraq and Mali to name a few.  Both men  seemed to agree on strategies involving our future with these troubled countries.    

President Obama's evolving explanation of  BenghaziGate continues to  puzzle.  There are still too many  unanswered questions.  The President didn't offer anything new and Governor  Romney did not press for answers BTW, one always attaches "Gate" as a suffix to any scandal where the  perpetrators, body  count and damage are still unsure, "Quiddick" when they're definite. Why have so many 'green energy companies' who were given funds by the  government gone bankrupt?  Why don't energy providers put up their own capital like other  entrepreneurs do? The biggest problem with the President's foreign policy seems to be the  Arab Spring.

Yes, Joe, "Bin Laden is dead but Al Qaeda's alive!" How does the President reconcile a Nobel Peace Prize and remote-controlled  drones? The President was weakened by his record and his pettiness handing Governor  Romney a win.

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