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Everybody ready? Popcorn all popped, glasses full, internet rage on full-auto?

Then let's go ahead and dedicate a 1st Debate Thread, we can talk about it if you are watching and share our thoughts. We can copy-paste our favorite pundits telling us why we should rage. Or we could not care.

I will be working tonight, so I might catch it on the TV in patients rooms as I am doing my job. Will probably see if it is on YouTube later tonight.

Meanwhile, for those fortunate enough not to work:

OP is trying to get me to miss work tomorrow.

for romney add redistribution of wealth and entitlements. Take out the part of the troops. he didn't mention them during his RNC speach, I doubt he'll acknowledge them now.

for obama add bane capital.

I need to get more beer for this one

 daedalus wrote:
OP is trying to get me to miss work tomorrow.

Yeah...no kidding D...

I'll be one of your patients after the debate....

Just walked into a room and heard "raising taxes on the middle class", don't have a beer at work.


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From the little I have seen it seems like a very interesting debate format. Seems pretty organic.

And Romney held his sons up as examples of liars.

I chuckled.

Romney needs to knock this out of the park, but I'm not seeing him do that.

I imagine the moderator will get blamed for it.

He's really not doing a good job being forceful at shutting them down, but to be fair...

He's letting Obama put it to that smirking git. I'm fine with that.

Especially given that Romney is still trying to play the "Look over there! What were we discussing?" card. And the "I like ____" card as well, anytime he gets called on his bollocks.

I like it so far, it's not adversarial but it is competitive.


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But these two guys are running amok on the moderator.

Asked about Medicare, answered about Medicaid. Classic pivot, but poorly executed and very noticeable.

Moderator seems to let them play pretty loose as well though. No sure if he is trying very hard to reign them in.

Would love to see them both get angry during this exchange and slip.

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT. Come on somebody punch somebody. Oh ccrap now we're talking about Obama's grandmother. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

They are both pivoting and blocking; it's like Warlords on Atari.

Romney, what a joke.

Mr small government wants to put back that 715 billion obama cut from medicare.

who bumped the etch a sketch?

Get them up to the moderator table and make them arm wrestle!

 d-usa wrote:

Would love to see them both get angry during this exchange and slip.

Romney already got pretty pissed at one point and let his smirk slip.

Plus, Romney hates Big Bird. Wants to mess with my PBS?

Oh hell no.

 d-usa wrote:
Get them up to the moderator table and make them arm wrestle!

Yes!

and on CNN Romney's tie is way too red.

He was going moderate red, but his advisers told him to switch to "Democratic blood" red. They compromised on tea party red.

And did Romney just say regulation was good and essential?

He did.

I'm kinda scared now.

Also:
I love that Romney just alluded to death panels.

It didn't work when Palin did it, Mittens.

I think Romney is forgetting what color his tie is. Should have gone with a brighter red.

And he alluded to Death Panels again!

Each time he's been talking about "an unelected board of people who will decide what treatments you get".

God I love this debate.

Reagan would be eating both these guys like cheap candy. So would Clinton. Frazzled sad.

We need another poor relative reference...stat!

A standard $50,000 deduction for everybody?

Rich guy slip up? How many people make that much?

Ok, we're quoting Lincoln now.

 d-usa wrote:
A standard $50,000 deduction for everybody?

Rich guy slip up? How many people make that much?

well you know in romney's mind every time he says middle class, he means those making 200k and up.

I think Jim Lehrer needs a break for a hard candy.

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 d-usa wrote:
A standard $50,000 deduction for everybody?

Rich guy slip up? How many people make that much?

well you know in romney's mind every time he says middle class, he means those making 200k and up.

53%, that is the percentile of people making $50,000 or less. He just added a few more people to the 47%!

Oh and look, he brings up "religious tolerance and freedoms".

Yet he refused to condemn--or even chastise-- the douchenozzle who created the Mohammed film so very recently.

 d-usa wrote:
Get them up to the moderator table and make them arm wrestle!

Forget that, I want to see a chainsaw deathmatch for a debate. That might actually be interesting enough to watch.


But seriously, is anyone really expecting anything of substance to happen here? We all know their positions and honestly at this point if you're still undecided you're probably too stupid to figure out how to vote anyway. Is there really any point to these debates besides hopefully giving the comedians something to laugh at?

 Peregrine wrote:
[We all know their positions and honestly at this point if you're still undecided you're probably too stupid to figure out how to vote anyway. Is there really any point to these debates besides hopefully giving the comedians something to laugh at?

Well, Romney was anti regulation until about 10 minutes ago it appears. So I don't know his position


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Sounds like Romney only has the same 3 attacks over and over again.

"We are talking about education? You gave money to green jobs!"

I'm watchin' now.

- on Healthcare and Social Security debate. I'd say that Romney is more convincing that Obama does. Obama did arrogantly defense his 'Obamacare' and simply bluffed that 'Romney can't do that!' . Romney has been a man of action YEARS before Obama enters politics.
- on Federal business regulations thing. Obama simply attacked Romney as 'a greedy baron trying to alter business regulations in its own favor'. Romney's response does not quite convincing either. except that "Wall Street has regulations and i'm not working against it"

A night earlier. Modernine evening news anchor (a la femme) doesn't conduct a proper pre-news research on to the U.S. .She cited that 'Detroit is in Ohio' !!! :lol: :lol: :lol: very hillarious! Ohio is next to Erie lake yes! but Detroit is in Michigan, which also next to Erie lake.

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