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Full-Time Worker vs. The Inherited Rich: The 1st Debate

10/4/2012

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I was about 5 minutes late tuning into the debate, but when I did the first thing that struck me was how exhausted the President looked.   
I was used to my  (excuse me, Mr. President)  my cutie as being bright- eyed and ready to spar, but last night he didn’t look that way.   Though it’s somewhat nderstandable when you consider that President Obama HAS A FULL-TIME JOB (more than full-time, actually) AND he’s running an election.  It’s like I tweeted last night: “President looks a bit tired. But then, he's juggling BEING PRESIDENT and running in an election. THAT'S A LOT OF WORK.--  unlike Romney.  HOWEVER, looking through all of the FACT-CHECKS this morning, it all comes off as this:  A lot of the important points Romney made SIMPLY DOESN’T ADD UP.  And to add to that, Romney did some back-pedaling, something the President didn’t do…  For the next two debates I’m making this suggestion to President Obama:  Let Hilary and Joe handle things while you rest up.  BTW, here is the link to the fact-checkers:  http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/10/03/162263539/romney-goes-on-offense-pays-for-it-in-first-wave-of-fact-checks


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    Doug Cooper Spencer is a novelist, short fiction writer, and essayist living in New York City. Doug is the author of four novels: 'This Place of Men' (1999), 'People Like Us' (2008),  'Leaving Gomorrah' (2011) (which are books in a trilogy), and 'Ella Pruitt' (2015), as well as a book written as an epistle 'A Letter to a Friend' (2007).  He has also written numerous essays, short stories and autobiographical memoirs which he calls ‘memory pieces’.
       
        In 2016 Doug's novel 'Ella Pruitt' was named as 'one of the best works of fiction for 2016' by The Phillis Wheatley Book Awards.
        Currently Doug is at work on his sixth book (his fifth novel), a collection of short stories and memory pieces, in addition to a screenplay.

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