There Is No Debate

Last night we were treated to the "foreign policy debate".  Well, that's what they called it anyway.  And, in between the accusations and finger-pointing and subject-changing, there were moments when some foreign policy was actually discussed.

And surprise!  Romney agrees with Obama on everything!  Even policies he'd disagreed with before, like Afghanistan.  Just recently, Mittens was on record opposing our withdrawal from that hell-hole, but last night argued he'd never said any such thing.  Wow!  Magic.

Since Romney acknowledged that Obama's foreign policies are correct, there was really no debate.  All the Glove could do was repeat, ad nauseum, a handful of obvious "no shit, Sherlock" platitudes:  We need strong allies, strong leadership, a peaceful planet, blah-blah-blah.  OK, fine.

Despite being generally agreeable, as is his custom Romney bullied the moderator and constantly abused his time limit.  ("Hang on, Bob, I haven't finished lying.")

When Mitt ventured into battleship-counting, he put one up on a tee for the President, who knocked it out of the park.  ("Yes, Governor, we have fewer ships than we once did.  We also have fewer horses and bayonets.")  The meme machinery shifted into overdrive.

But basically, Mittens said nothing specific.  Afterward, I heard a Republican pundit say that the Romney campaign had made the calculation that his "flexibility" on issues like Afghanistan won't hurt him.  I hope he's wrong.  Because Mitt's not being flexible, he's being himself -- ambitious, but vacuous, empty, and out of touch.