Just like in Rand's works of romantic realism, we finally saw the American president as he ought to be - a wise, understanding, and trustworthy father figure, who knows what he is doing and is willing to take charge, doesn't fear the responsibility, says what he believes, and does what he says.

Next to him, the current "president" Obama appeared like a failing student before a finger-wagging disciplinarian grownup. Early in the debate Romney established his dominance by patiently reminding Obama that, having raised five boys, he could recognize juvenile debate methods: repeating a lie hoping it would pass for the truth was one of them. Blaming Bush was another, one might add.

It didn't help that the moderator Jim Lehrer sometimes debated Romney on Obama's behalf while Obama gave out big smiles. Nor did it help that the news networks had been working as Obama's propaganda machine.

Having someone else in the national media to act as his mouthpiece, frame his debate, never challenge his actions, skew the polls, and build the consensus in his favor, must have dulled his instincts and made him unfit for the struggle of political survival. In the end, Obama's own "you didn't built that, someone else made that happen" approach became his undoing and effectively made him a poster boy for exactly why no one should follow this philosophy in real life.

Obama's philosophy of government was also a failure on every level.

When asked a trivia-style question about the role of government, he guessed correctly: to keep the people safe. The problem is, he himself didn't believe in it - which was obvious in the way he said it, as well as in the way he had sacrificed America's national security to political correctness.
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In the next debate, Romney may very well turn Obama over his knee, and give him his first spanking!!!