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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/9528136/US-Election-2012-Mitt-Romney-and-Barack-Obama-the-upside-down-election.html

Katyia8 September 2012 2:17PM

And that was the odd thing about this two-week American political convention season: the parties? core messages are the same as ever, but their roles are now strangely reversed. Former vice-president Dick Cheney was presumably off duck hunting.
By contrast, the Democrats ? historically the party with less interest and less talent for foreign matters ? gave speech after speech at their convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, about foreign policy. Joe Biden and John Kerry talked at length about the outside world. Michelle Obama and Jill Biden talked about their work with military families. When the president finally got up to speak, he actually boasted about his achievements. ?Four years ago,? President Obama declared, ?I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11. We have. We?ve blunted the Taliban?s momentum in Afghanistan, and in 2014, our longest war will be over. A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al-Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead.?

sounds impressive except the bit at the end is a bit bloodthirsty for a leftie ?

Far from avoiding all social issues, neither the president nor anyone else in Charlotte was especially secretive about the Democrats? policies on legal abortion or homosexuality. In his speech, Obama clearly alluded to his more lenient policy on homosexuals in the armed forces, declaring that ?selfless soldiers won?t be kicked out of the military because of who they are or who they love?. ?women are more than capable of making our own choices about our bodies and our health care? that?s what my husband stands for?.

women have been making choices about their bodies for some decades now. Hopefully ?

Indeed, now that both conventions have ended, it?s become clear that we are watching a double gamble: both major American political parties have decided to re-invent themselves, at least for the purposes of this election

so that was interesting the Republicans are keeping their cards close to their chest and playing on the negative picture of the opposition ? rather than there is so much more they could be learning if they were not so proud and stubborn I could write better scripts for them actually if I wanted to ? I told yous Obama has the up to the minute rhetoric ?