THE Debate

The arduous debate between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama was arduous. 

Their use of rhetoric was extremely strong. People had already unconsciously selected and graded from one to ten certain things the moment the candidates walked in, the moment the stage was visible, the moment they shook their hands, and so on. 

Let's start off by saying that Romney is a candidate that has not been constant with his opinions and decisions, a big problem for the president of the United States to handle. Yes, Obama is the president so we could say he has more practice, preparation and knowledge. That is an advantage that has shown to be a significantly large one. On the other hand, he has much bigger flaws to point at. So what Romney can do (or does) with those flaws is paraphrase and promise he will change that. He will make America strong again. 

There are certain words or common informal frases that shouldn't be used in these type of formal debates, because since they are talking about a whole country, they can't talk about certain groups in a degrading way. I felt Romney went too off track with that guideline. He talked about "the poor" and said "kill" to many times. The spontaneousness and randomness of these words in a sentence was sometimes shocking for our ears to listen to because of the context it was in. We take a place as expectators. We want something good or bad to happen because we are conscious that these candidates are being watched by a large portion of the world and the pressure they behold. Based on that, we automatically decide what they should or shouldn't do. When a candidate does or says something we think may affect him, we feel worried or uncomfortable. That is the type of pathos Mitt Romney transmitted. I don't love him but I felt awkward when he said things that were supposed to appeal the the public but didn't go along with the context they were supposed to go into. 

Obama, on the other side, was really defensive. I was worried that wasn't going to work out for him because it showed him a little too desperate to topple Romney. Obama transmitted much more ethos than Romney did, and made some jokes now and then trying not to lose his "swag." That is what Obama has, it's swag. He already has a certain trait that when he says something with a ceremonial register, everyone gets up and aplaudes. Romney doesn't have that. There is no spirit with what he is saying, maximizing his stereotype extreme-republican side.

And let's not forget, it's not the rest of the world that's voting. It's only the United States.