Open Thread: Oct 3 Debates
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talkpoliticsIntroducing first, fighting out of the blue corner, he's the first black president of Harvard Law Review, and also the first black president of this little thing you might've heard of called these United States. The Ass-Kicking Kenyan (but only genetically, not legally), the Community Organizer in Chief, the Stimulator Supreme, BARRACK. HUSSEIN. OBAMA!
And in the challenger's red corner, he's a renowned businessman, dog-transport innovator, and hair model for Fulmer Helmets Inc. The Champion of 53% of America, The Magnificent Mormon, WILLARD. Wait am I reading that right? Seriously? God I see why he puts up with "Mittens" now. MITT. ROMNEY!
To all the thousands of partisan hacks here in the arena tonight, and the millions watching at home hoping their candidate doesn't drop the ball...
ETA: Live fact-checking from PolitiFact.
And in the challenger's red corner, he's a renowned businessman, dog-transport innovator, and hair model for Fulmer Helmets Inc. The Champion of 53% of America, The Magnificent Mormon, WILLARD. Wait am I reading that right? Seriously? God I see why he puts up with "Mittens" now. MITT. ROMNEY!
To all the thousands of partisan hacks here in the arena tonight, and the millions watching at home hoping their candidate doesn't drop the ball...
ETA: Live fact-checking from PolitiFact.
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Date: 4/10/12 01:23 (UTC)ONE MORE TIME
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Date: 4/10/12 15:57 (UTC)It's competing to win.
O uh O forgot his teleprompter.
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Date: 4/10/12 04:08 (UTC)Then again, I was listening to it on the radio.
Then halfway through I switched to seeing it in person. Twas dull.
And not much was really debated, IMO. boo everyone involved.
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Date: 4/10/12 11:15 (UTC)Also, Romney would make an assertion (Most memorably the one about the billions being "cut" from Medicare and the reduction in military spending) and Obama would clearly and calmly explain how that's BS, and that they were not cuts but savings... and Romney would continue to bang on about those "cuts" as though they were real cuts that Obama had not just debunked.
Polls have Obama doing rather well, and Romney is stumbling regularly in his campaign. If Obama can get to the finish line without the egg falling off his spoon, he wins. If Romney's poll results improve alarmingly due to this debate, Obama's team might decide that he needs to go in harder in future debates.
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