Same old lines. Same old lies. Same old underhanded tactics. Of course, "Past four years" is Mitt Romney's and the Republicans' catch phrase battle cry. Conservatives like to talk about the turbulent past four years as if they weren't intrinsically linked to them.
Like the first two presidential debates, Governor Mitt Romney in the third and final presidential debate Monday night may have put on a good show, but that's about it.
President Barack Obama was in control. He appeared informed, sincere and resolute. He looked like the president. Romney, on the other hand, didn't. The Governor simply came off as a poser -- a guy trying to attack and trip up the president in the same way the unprecedented House Republicans have made that their goal over the "past four years."
The more Romney harped about "peace" and "strength" for America Monday night, the more he sounded like George W. Bush in his first debate with John Kerry in the Fall of 2003 -- when Bush kept repeating how the presidency was "hard work."
To boot, Romney's persistent mention of peace in discussions of foreign policy matters seemed forced and hence, brought to mind another Bush moment in the spring of 2002 when the then president declared to the American people: "I have no war plans on my desk."
No, they were in the desk drawer. We later learned, thanks to the Downing Street Memo, that just two months later Bush had decided to invade Iraq. The only hitch was -- he needed a good reason.
But, more than any barbs over foreign or domestic policy, what was most revealing Monday night, and what really spoke volumes, was the clear difference between Romney's and the president's presence, if you will. Obama simply looked like the real commander in chief.
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