Lowlights & Highlights: October 27, 2012

A pregnancy from rape is "a gift from God." Seriously, a guy running for a U.S. Senate seat (Richard Mourdock-GOP) said that in a debate. Normally, few people outside of this state (Indiana) would pay attention to this debate. With this statement, however, the entire nation turned towards Indiana in complete and utter shock.

I have no idea how anyone could think that saying this would be a good idea. It is obvious with this statement that Mourdock has little to no empathy for the physical and emotional trauma experienced by a rape victim. Why is it that whenever a Republican says something about rape, they show a complete lack of empathy, knowledge, and compassion? First Rep Todd Akin (R-MO) and his "legitimate rape" comment, now this? They are really just better off keeping their mouths shut on this issue since they clearly have no actual knowledge on the subject.

Before another Republican says anything about rape, they need to talk to a rape victim before uttering a word.

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The foreign policy debate was pretty much a role-reversal from the first debate. Whereas in the first debate it was President Obama who seemed submissive and Mitt Romney was on the attack, Romney was the one who seemed to have his tail tucked between his legs. Not only that, but it seemed like Romney agreed with much of what the Obama Administration had done in the foreign policy arena, or at least that is the Mitt Romney that showed up at this debate. Of course on the campaign trail he keeps decrying Obama's foreign policy. Then again, Romney is a serial-panderer.

A statement of Romney's that I found particularly inane was when he said that Iran was four years closer to having a nuclear bomb than when Obama took office...which was about four years ago. In essence, Romney merely acknowledged that four years had passed in the last four years. I don't think anyone needed him to do that.

President Obama pointed out (correctly) that Romney has the foreign policy of the 1980's, social policy from the 1950's, and economic policy from the 1920's.

And of course, there was the "horses and bayonets" statement.

Both in terms of substance and performance, President Obama was on point.