yo is it true obama got zinged by a white guy after a debate beef? - The 2012 First US Presidential Debate Thread

Let's do this

What % of the country will Romney insult tomorrow?

Somewhere between 30 and 47%

http://www.tnr.com/blog/plank/107696/romneys-miserable-campaign-has-one-last-chance
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/329137/what-debates-can-and-cant-do-romney-ramesh-ponnuru

do you guys know if there'll be an easy way to watch this online from abroad ? like is there gonna be a stream on i dunno smth like youtube for ex?

Youtube is reportedly going to stream all three presidential debates and the one vice presidential debate. I'd assume that means worldwide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1jXLzNto70

How many times will Mitt say "Golly!"

great thx johnny fever !

So what's the drinking game for this one?

the whole prospect of "romney zingers" has my stomach twisted into a knot of secondhand embarrassment. i half-wonder if he won't actually use them, in the hopes that the post-debate narrative will be about him choosing to be serious and "presidential."

http://politicalastrologyblog.com/2012/10/02/the-astrology-of-the-presidential-debates/

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Tim Pawlenty Uranus

So what's the drinking game for this one?

1. "for Pete's sake"
2. "Rafalca"
3. chastened retort from Obama

4. "MADRASSA!"

whoa, they're getting off to an early start, catching the nation off guard!

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sorry, just posted this on the election thread but it's probably better here:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/10/02/us/politics/what-romney-and-obamas-body-language-says-to-voters.html?hp

Obama's Gestures
Mr. Obama uses a more controlled style than Mr. Romney does. While the force of his movements can prompt the viewer to support the argument put forth, controlled movements can also make the viewer feel that the path suggested would not be easy.

Waving a Ball - In this movement, the president moves his forearm in an arc from the elbow with his palm open, fingers slightly rounded, as if he were holding a baseball. He often uses this gesture when trying to pass along a belief that he wants the viewer to embrace.

Cutting - Mr. Obama often makes a downward chopping motion to place emphasis on an action verb. He has used this to convey a task that he or the viewer might undertake, as well as to sarcastically suggest something his opponent might do.

Pointer - This may be Mr. Obama’s most frequent gesture. Holding his hand in a fist with his thumb overlapping the first joint of the forefinger as if he were operating a remote control, he moves his forearm in an arc from the elbow, with emphasis on the downward motion.

Romney's Gestures
Mr. Romney’s body language is generally more free-flowing than Mr. Obama’s. Such movements can be infectious, encouraging the viewer to join with the speaker.

Pointer - This gesture is similar to Mr. Obama’s pointer movement, with the hand in a loose fist, except that Mr. Romney holds his thumb to the palm side of his forefinger. Mr. Romney also swings his forearm more freely than Mr. Obama does, a gesture that emphasizes strength of conviction.

Embrace - In this movement, Mr. Romney has both hands open, fingers loose, suggesting an imminent embrace. Both arms move up and down repeatedly in a motion that is both free-flowing and direct, conveying the idea that his logic is obvious to all.

Tilt and Nod - Mr. Romney often uses two head movements to punctuate an idea. In the first, Mr. Romney tilts his head to one side, with eyes open wide, as if to ask, “Don’t you agree with me?” In the second, he nods his head, a gesture that suggests, “Of course we agree.”

poll

'the poll'

romney tosses his head and flings his arms around wildly, scrabbling for purchase as if he had just heard the results of the latest opinion poll

thought about it, but the only possible answer is tilt and nod

The signature Romney move for me is that look of his that falls somewhere between sad, pained, and bemused when he's listening:

http://newshour.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/2011/09/08/124007529_blog_main_horizontal.jpg

Not ever having had to stand beside Rick Perry and feign attentiveness, I do empathize in this instance.

The "I feel your pain"

was not ready for the acid trails gif on nyt this morning

Prediction: Romney will wear Tommy Bahama tonight to project warmer, of-the-people image.

Prediction: The President will enter on a horse. Return of the hat.

http://www.salem-news.com/stimg/march212010/obama-cowboy.jpg

Prediction: Romney will wear Tommy Bahama tonight to project warmer, of-the-people image.

― Norah Jones Protest Vote (Eazy), Wednesday, October 3, 2012 10:42 AM Bookmark

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l-r Ryan, Romney, debate moderator Jim Lehrer

Democracy Now! will be 'pausing' the debate to let Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson give answers.

http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2012/9/28/third_party_candidates_to_join_in_real_time_on_democracy_now_s_live_coverage_of_first_pres_debate

Romney even left behind a $1.75 tip on an $18.25 tab

Wow, 9.5%. Noblesse oblige, dude.

in fairness, tipping at Chipotle would never, ever, ever occur to me

It would if you were running for president and had a reputation for being C. Montgomery Burns.

Mitt dramatizes his tipping philosophy:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RJDz2NDosNQ/UCxUo7atZkI/AAAAAAAAF10/g-c4HHr-27g/s1600/Steve+Buscemi+Reservoir+Dogs.png

Now I wish Buscemi was running for president.

He was treasurer of Atlantic City – who needs him as president?

tipping in the politics thread we r now approaching the ilx singularity

"As the Romney entourage departed, Creedence Clearwater Revival could be heard blasting from the SUV."

"Fortunate Son," most likely.

On the way home I was wishing this thread was called "Yo is it true Obama got zinged by a white guy after a presidential debate beef?"

lol i wonder what romney's A++ beyond his wildest imagination success looks like after this debate? "oh shit romney is actually cool and funny and totally not an emotionless automaton at all!"

Just posted by humorous Twitter feed @FakeAPStylebook: "@FakeAPStylebook: Just write 'Obama made the jerk-off motion and rolled his eyes several times.' You don't have to document every instance."

"Yo is it true Obama got zinged by a white guy after a presidential debate beef?"

this needs to happen

I remember some pundit's benchmark for Reagan success in '84 was "doesn't drool"

phil d. on a roll tonite

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B. HUSS aka the deestroyer

No wonder I couldn't find this damn thread

extremely guilty lol @ obamurkle

Mitt Romney-Official Site
Help Romney Get America Back to Work. Donate $5 Now!
www.MittRomney.com

Obama should do Urkel for Halloween just to show 'em.

With Michelle as Nicki Minaj.

this 90s nostalgia bullshit has gone too far.

Mitt Romney-Official Site
Help Romney Get Mitt Romney Back to Work. Donate $5 Now!
www.MittRomney.com

just think, if 100,000 people saw that and donated $5 tonight, MittRomney.com would gain...$500,000. Gamechanger

The "Spin On My Dick" - In this movement, the president moves his forearm in an arc from the elbow with his palm open, fingers slightly rounded, as if he were holding a baseball. He often uses this gesture when trying to pass along a belief that he wants the viewer to embrace.

jimgeraghty RT @JesseRodriguez: NBC: VP Biden will watch the debate tonight from his residence at the Naval Observatory. | If he can find the remote.

something about "naval observatory" made me think of a lighthouse, leading me to picture joe biden glumly consigned to a lighthouse during the debates so he can't mess anything up.

with O'Douls and cashews

lol schlump

I guess I shouldnt be surprised that Romney masks already exist

if I carry around a Romney mask in a dish filled with blood will people get the joke

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ie

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Democracy Now! will be 'pausing' the debate to let Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson give answers.

http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2012/9/28/third_party_candidates_to_join_in_real_time_on_democracy_now_s_live_coverage_of_first_pres_debate

― kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, October 3, 2012 11:40 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is v creative!

1 hour, 37 minutes

ZINGS! ZINGS! ZINGS!

Haha

Where is the link for the youtube stream? Might watch part of this tonight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1jXLzNto70

Democracy Now! will be 'pausing' the debate to let Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson give answers.

I hope at some point, Obama randomly turns to the camera and says, "I heard that, Jill Stein!" and then goes on with his answer.

on the street i walked past a woman on her phone saying 'i'm gonna be watching that presidential debate. everybody's watching that shit.'

http://images.businessweek.com/cms/2012-10-03/1003_bentsen_quayle_630x420.jpg

No, no, that one happens next week.

Worth watching again for Bentsen's triumphant smugness. This is a zing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-7gpgXNWYI

Kerry momentarily regained my respect for how well he got Bush:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrXXa1_oArM&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAUcyfKESts

this one makes me want to have a beer w/bush

TELL TONY BLAIR!
YOU CALL UP MY FRIEND TONY AND SAY IT TO HIS FACE

TONYS GONNA BE SOOOO MAD

The second debate thread officially has to be subtitled " everybody's watching that shit."

the only problem w/ Bentsen is that Jack Kennedy was kind of an asshole

I'll be watching that important beisbol shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJFPpCZEs_8

miss u boo

the only problem w/ Bentsen is that Jack Kennedy was kind of an asshole

― kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, October 3, 2012

and Bentsen was the worst sort of Texas plutocrat. THEE-AH-TER, my friend.

DINGELL-NORWOOD
DINGELL-NORWOOD

Uma, Oprah...

i will tune in for Sotosyn-clemenza THEE-AH-TER review at midnight

@tbogg: According to rules agreed upon by both campaigns, Jim Lehrer must deliver all questions in a "black dialect" and with "attitude".

http://www.salon.com/2012/10/03/political_must_reads_salons_twitter_50/

political hack logorrhea

If you're not following these Twitter feeds this year, you're not following the 2012 elections

shit

i will tune in for Sotosyn-clemenza THEE-AH-TER review at midnight

I don't review debates: that's your purview.

when you read 50 political operatives make the same joke 50 times w/ slightly different syntax + vocabulary it is like looking into the empty void at the heart of american cultural + political life

I was so stunned when I saw that film of Bentsen advocating the use of nukes in the Korean war.

I've never seen an actual debate since maybe GG Liddy vs Tim Leary at NYU

haha

I'm doing a live theremin soundtrack, and plan on putting it on youtube.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/biden-implores-obama-to-rub-one-out-before-debate,29785/

Biden Implores Obama To 'Rub One Out' Before Debate
http://o.onionstatic.com/images/18/18296/16x9/635.jpg?8599
'Don't Want Pussy On The Mind Out There,' Reports Vice President

when i was younger i used to watch the debates on CSPAN bc it made me feel above the partisan fray. now i watch debates on FOX news bc i realize it's all nihilistic bullshit and if you're going to participate you might as well be honest and watch the most nihilistic bullshit available.

that's your purview.

My 'purview'? Where do you think you are, some fucking regency costume drama? This is a government department, not some fucking Jane fucking Austen novel! Allow me to pop a jaunty little bonnet on your purview and ram it up your shitter with a lubricated horse cock!

http://www.theonion.com/articles/nation-demands-more-predebate-news-stories-about-b,29783/

zing! xp

morbs really using this no more sb thing to scale new heights

Let it be known that horsecocks made their appearance on this thread a full twenty minutes before the show even started

and using the time away to know what kind of shitters and lube Jane Austen heroines used on horse cocks

i try to get as inebriated as possible before a debate so that i can evaluate the candidates' personalities on purely primitive level.

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regular size jenga my friend

thank u lag∞n

we all remember last time.

lol @ diet coke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isw83h_-dks

uh oh better be caffeine free mitt bro

caffeine is ok in coca cola products

and horse lube

like a month ago at work I convinced some coworkers that my little brother died in a jenga accident

frankly you shd watch In the Loop in its entirety for more Capaldi rants instead of this diseased dumbshow.

of deliriously dipshitty dimensions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOYsN7G8p0E

Morbs are you watching the new season of Thick of It?

morbs was quoting the thick of it

preview on cnbc is lolz, titled Your MONEY Your VOTE, and basically ceo after ceo hoping romney "doesn't do something really weird" (actual quote from one) but hey union dude richard trumka just showed up

That onion story is lulz

Youtube debate coverage has some internet babe on she looks kinda like Chloe Sevigny.

sorry, in the loop! xps

I have never seen any of The Thick of It, just the movie spinoff

"he really likes jenga?" polling at #1 in list of things the public knows about mitt romney the human being

i watched the early seasons of prime suspect and could not process that it was capaldi as the drag queen in the 2nd one. watched the whole thing, thought, 'man that guy was great', looked up the cast, thought 'huh, who was peter capaldi in that? one of the cops?'

I have never seen any of The Thick of It,

you're gay and know of horses c'mon

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#portland

Gearing up for my "fake liveblog of the debate" article over here

I'm actually heartened by interest groups snatching up airtime and being like "fuck a candidate, our issue is CRUCIAL"

I have seen a horsefuck in a Carlos Reygadas film

(very sim to what the reactionary Dems are goin to give all of you in 2013)

Here we go

i'm currently watching the awesome PBS stream (pbs.org), with Jim Lehrer sitting all by himself

gun control commercial spokesperson unfortunately meek looking

internet newscasters are not quite real newscasters, huh. they're like cartoons, with cartoon serious voices.

was morbz banned during the conventions? i'm remembering it's been awhile since we did a big political event thread w/ his participation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EcjWd-O4jI

Jim Lehrer now looking like Cotton Hill

I've flipped pancakes with less flour than Lehrer's makeup.

psyched for 'the role of government'

mitt romney looks like a motherfucker with some dark secrets?

I think I'm just gonna follow this thread whilst watching Sons of Anarchy on Netflix

trust u guys to cover high points

really psyched to see some horse cock here

zingers I mean

question is actually the question the guy just asked

zinger cock bonnet

romney already got one more lulz from me than obama did

ZINGER i'm voting mitt

'so romantic being here with me! so congratulations!'

US flagpins are lol. ppl are still doing this huh

CHINA CHEATS

whatever else happens tonight, guys, I'm glad I got Morbs miffed.

CHINA CRISIS

both these dudes hella nervous

"small business people"

does romney's flag have a little cross on it?

are any networks running those things that graph how average americans feel about what is being said?

word. you can hear their dry mouths. while pronouncing "trickle down".

Trickle-down government are you kidding me gtfo

does romney's flag have a little cross on it?

― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 22:08 (40 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the cross is shrouded in flames

i don't know if i can watch this. it sounds to me like they're both saying the exact same nonsense in the exact same way.

i think the pin is a big circle in the middle of it, gr8 design. much bigger than the other guy's tho, he loves america more

and this fool isn't answering the question

"here's my plan. part one. we've got to fix education. part two. we need to become energy independent. part three. we need to increase trade with other countries."

also it is pretty boring
xxp

part four was 'balance the budget', QUICK NOTHING TO SEE HERE ONTO POINT FIVE

I'm gonna see how long I can stand this

I DON'T HAVE A TAX CUT of the scale you're talking about

anyone going to mention the poor tonite?

when I turned the TV on I learned that "Jim Thome" is pronounced "Jim TOE-mee" and not "Jim Thome"

haha the economy tax

is 'become energy independent' as wacky as it sounds or do people actually believe that is a thing that might feasibly happen

maybe if we push nuclear real hard, also electric cars

I give up

'economy tax' can go down as failed mitt soundbite #1.

These fuckin assholes and gas prices, counting on people being economically illiterate.

workers creating their own pathways

kinda feel bad for our peeps required to 'liveblog' this for lols

what a world

oh look the Orioles are losing

this is a question he's asking of obama?

lol

the guardian liveblog seemed so totally idiotic i am impossible of feeling bad for its author on any level so

mitt is doing pretty okay?, like given that barack is just gonna be boring & talk about tax scales in a boring voice i feel like his counting-things-off-his-fingers is gonna work okay, unless he like wipes his nose with a $100 bill or something

this just in, Mitt likes coal

this thing is 90 minutes and will boil down to like 3 moments so who the hell knows how this is going

CLEAN COAL FUCK YOU

JonahNRO Hint of new foreign policy. RT @DanFosterNRO Romney not running for president of "North America", but used the phrase twice. Cut it out.

will boil down to the couple of seconds where we see mitt quickly ducking his head down to bite on the microphone cord and feed from the power of its wires

lol obama talking over the moderator

RichLowry scattershot answer from mitt. wld have been better to focus exclusively on taxes and spending

@normmacdonald: WHAT ABOUT MIDDLE-CLASS WOLFMANS???????

@FilthyRichmond Romney: "To the window. To the wall. To the jobs trickle down my balls"

MY BOYS ZINGER

Mitt Romney campaigning for O.N.A.N. president

romney is used to ppl lying to him and trying to convince him of things that aren't true

That 5 trillion tax tautology mitt just stated just made every logician in America howl in rage

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Does "never mind" count as a zinger?

Obama zing w/"never mind"

Haha xp

matharithmetic

obama is reminding me of the way i feel in job interviews when i am worried i am literally about to stop talking & just hear the cyclical howl of a linguistic void in my head

BOOM

Haha, dude's pissing off Trump.

horribly formed donald trumpism
xp lol

obama is reminding me of the way i feel in job interviews when i am worried i am literally about to stop talking & just hear the cyclical howl of a linguistic void in my head

omigod this happens in a classroom too

Nice Trump zing, Obama.

Lehrer needs to smack Romney.

just the dry sound of the last thing you head & an utter deconstruction of whatever it was you were asked to its constituent morphemes and inflections

this happened to me today. it's the very worst when you're trying to read off a sheet of paper, and you start hearing the echo of your own voice bounce back at you at you bounce back back

last ting you heard*

Finally obama makes the distinction about the difference between romneys definition of small business and what it actually means.

is it too much to hope for obama to just talk about tax rates under republican supergod reagan?

also gonna say that romney sounds pretty presidential here, even if still an idjit

wtf mitt too many numbers

hope mitt pulls out a "homosocialist" zing

Romney deliberately mixing shit like sales tax into small business rates

Also romneys coaches obv told him to dodge questions w/noxious tautologies, this is insane.

kathrynlopez isnt the being over thing the moderator's responsibilty? like the president complaining about the burdens of being potus? #debate2012

hey btw the youtube stream has SPLITSCREEN, which the pbs stream doesn't. means you can see mitt staring/O sleeping while the other talks

mitt has some shit up his sleeve look at him

little bit shook

he looks like a guy who is about to say your kid is in my trunk so i think i'll park where i like

"Those 3% that you do not call small businesses employ 50% of small business employees"

Uh wait what

romney hand gestures sorta robotic and he always looks a tad defensive, obama seems pretty cool and on his game

idk. when obama talks it doesn't seem like romney is really listening

wow, romney does NOT getting questioned.

Mitt looking like a flailing bully somehow here

watching this without really being able to hear because something else is louder is the way to go, they just look ridiculous with their boring suits and ties

Gee, do you get the idea Mitt doesn't like being told he has to operate under someone else's rules?

"my plan for tonight is to embroider, stretch, confuse, and occasionally simply invent the truth. also, go fuck yourself."

Jim Lehrer not going to keep it in for the rest of the show

is a tax segment in which obama didn't mention mitt's evasions at all significant?, or is that just for later/a contingency plan/being civil unless it is more beneficial to do otherwise

I LOVE BIG BIRD.

in b4 9/11 invoked

lol

i like big bird

good circle gesture mitt

Jim Lehrer should whip out Gwen Ifill and let her have a go at Romney

haha Big Bird

I have this feeling that Lehrer's gonna say FUCK THIS and walk across the street for a Jim Beam and Coke.

"i would return this podium to its manufacturer"

big bird first memorable line so far

obama's downward look makes him look like a guy in some serene meditative state

DEFUND BIG BIRD

okay I thought Romney was doing great and really winning this thing until "fuck it I'm killing big bird"

SELF DEPORT BIG BIRD

In all fairness, Big Bird is just the right height.

I would vote for big bird

loling hard at "fuck it I'm killing big bird"

http://www.whiteeyebrows.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/cj_and_big_bird.JPG

Mitt would probably never appear on Sesame Street because it has promoted homosexuality and black people

GO AHEAD AND GRAB IT

red states don't let their kids watch sesame street?

PBS funding = 0.35% of the federal budget. God, this fucking guy.

why is mitt going to make a comment about getting rid of a PBS subsidy anyways? that's like a beyond miniscule amount of money in context, that's kind of insulting - is this really the time and place to throw out a conservative talking point that in reality would have little/no effect on the nation's finances but would in fact probably upset a lot of people who appreciate their programming. it would be a lose-lose for a POTUS to cut PBS in reality!

Big Bird killed taxes

pbs is a right-wing bete noir

i don't wanna kill jobs, just big bird

"you never balance the budget by raising taxes" oh ok then

"Jim Morrison ... died at 27. Jimi Hendrix ... DIED AT 27"

Mitt's expression is so hard to take

Need some confirmation here: is Romney imploding?

not really

man so much wincing from romney here

happy that "corporate welfare" is actually mentioned

Mitt looks like he's taking notes but he's just scribbling "niggerniggerniggerniggernigger"

he's def not imploding. arguably doing well enough that NRO will claim victory

i'm watching it with some romney-sympathetic folks and ... he's connecting with his base, to say the least

http://gaming.stuartthompson.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/mortal-kombat-1-test-your-might.png

he keeps looking down at his words with friends

"I don't wanna go down the path to Spain"
I do, assuming I'm as rich as he is.

Also could Romney look more pained?! No.

romney's pwning so far

whoa that sounds hot

Romney didn't get any sleep last night, so he's probably pinching himself under the podium to stay awake.

mitt doing v well fwiw
mitt looks psyched!, you know he is p satisfied w/his fallbacks like "why haven't you done it yet", &c

feel like obama should have had big bird's back a little. would have been a capt. sully moment.

idk man, i am surprised at how much romney is flailing here, i was sorta worried for the first 5 minutes but hes breaking down pretty bad every time he opens his mouth now xpost

he's really good at dissembling

"time to end it" is p good, obama should chip in more it freaks mitt out

O looks ten years older than he did four years ago

just grin & spit some sass at the guy

ya obama def shoulda mentioned big bird

was thinking he looked oddly handsome tonight

Obama started somnolent but is picking up speed whereas Romney is throwing PBS SOLYNDRA CHINA to convince the base that he's cool

guys i've been watching baseball has mitt chimed in on big bird yet

yeah, the sound clips of obama defending big bird would really do wonders with undecided voters

obama is a pretty intense guy

lol zach

also are those life lines on the bottom of the screen, will one of them die if it hits the bottom

the hole or spot on mitts flag is buggin me out

Romney's pauses are predictable, he's allowed Obama to get in some very brief contradictions during his time.

so much disdain in mitt's voice when he said 'your poor'.

zach, what channel has the lifelines???

would like to see Mitt and O compete at high school policy debate, O would be way better at speed reading, Mitt better at ludicrous tactics like asserting that the opponent's policy would result in the destruction of the earth

i never noticed before how poor mitt's enunciation is

at least poor folks got mentioned tonight, at least only in passing

xp CNN, isn't this only on CNN?

Going with "let states decide how best to do X" is pretty fucking ballsy for Mittens considering that shit he pulled with the welfare ads.

Obama sounding more confident now but he's the guy who loves using ENTITLEMENTS so

haha, this is on every channel on the televisions

oh lol why am i watching CNN

I figured it was on like 20 channels, and Youtube, it's not a primary debate.

ha, todd barry tweets onscreen on abc

i am a sucker for this like personal-history entitlement-defence move

Romney says he's never heard of a tax break for taking a jet overseas, "maybe I need to get a new accountant"

wait is that really what he said?

i thought it was like the playoffs and different news channels get different debates, i need to sort out my mind

WSJ has it online w/o commentary and shitty lower thirds

wonder if O will take a law school gig post-presidency or do the normal boring speaker circuit thing

he said maybe YOU need to get a new accountant, speaking to Obama

i wanna know if one of them's gonna die tho

sorry i'm such an american plebe

both these guys are nervous as hell

the loser is killed, yes

obama needs to return some more stares. like glares shot across a high school classroom. i need to feel the simmer.

no he said *I* because he'd never heard of the break

ha

i feel like just watching people coil up & wait to respond is just fascinating, such internal drama etched across their faces

OK, maybe I misheard.

mitt getting his asshole-smirk on, he kinda had an alternative, gentler smile for the first while

I think the average american voter has been sleeping through everything but the big bird shoutout

pro tip: nbc is running this without any tweetstreams or idiot undecided paddle flippers or any of that bullshit cluttering up your screen

'if you're 54, or 55, you might wanna listen.'

zach it's a sample pool of voters who hold down a button for approval in real-time. dumb imo

big bird shot a senior

And everyone knows you *normally* have a high opinion of the average American voter. cps

"If you're 54 or 55, you might wanna listen"

Romney left that door wide open

xposts!

Smirking Romney reminds me of Charles Grodin in Real Life when he killed that horse.

this is going to get called for romney

taking seniors out cuts the 47% to what, 30%

Obama's owning of "Obamacare" is so, so funny and great

i have not seen that but yeah that looks like what he's doing. it's getting out of hand, he looks like he has his face through a door with shelley duvall on the other side.

zach it's a sample pool of voters who hold down a button for approval in real-time. dumb imo

― zvookster, Wednesday, October 3, 2012 9:45 PM (19 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

CNN exec: what do these debates need to--
wolf blitzer: CONSTANT FOCUS TESTING

the cnn roller is actually specifically colorado undecided voters, which is to say the stupidest people on the planet, or at least the dumbest ones in colorado

romney needed a much bigger win than the contested one he'll have coming out of tnite

Obama's owning of "Obamacare" is so, so funny and great

― Inconceivable (to the entire world) (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 22:47 (17 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

every multiply air-quoted sanctimonious mention of ""obamacare"" should be an opportunity for obama to rep for a really big ass health programme imo

no I think we can say planet xp

this is going to get called for romney

― it's smdh time in America (will), Thursday, October 4, 2012 1:47 AM (1 minute ago)

i dont think so

Colorado ppl should vote for the guy who doesn't probably want to bulldoze their mountains

Romney just can't win health care arguments

What the fuck, shouldn't Lehrer be able to cut their mikes?

Mitt is so fucking desperate

obama dissected the vouchers v. well, romney shoulda just let it be

If you can't win talk over your opponent

jim is druuuuuuuunk

Could Romney have won the primaries if he had owned up to Romneycare?

god i really really hate mitt romney

Romney is really blurring his words.

I thought this was a new format where Lehrer can let them run long, I think they should talk over him.

you can't have people opening up banks in their garage

"why precisely should you of all people be president" a good question to direct to Mitt

"how dare you."

"You hafta have regulation!"

mitt looks so defensive so often even when he's got the floor

god i really really hate mitt romney

― Clay, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 22:51 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha

barack obama: he supports the failed garage model of banking

Mitt is CRANKED UP

mitt getting all cranked up & obama being all laid back is a winning dynamic i think, it's mitt's weird side

LOL Lehrer! "No, let's not, let's let him respond."

O's vibe is WAY more controlled and R's is twitching, but not to Dubya/McCain levels

xp ha

mitt is one step from flopsweat here imo and looking pretty rude, and rude doesnt get you elected or look presidential

Romney actually criticized Wall Street implicitly. JUJITSU

romney is doing a lot of blinking

O doing the macarena

middle america doesn't like blinkers

yeah romney might be 'winning the debate' but he's not looking v appealing on a personal level

mitt does seem rude. but obama seems a little like he's tripping over his own words? like his flow is choppy or something.

@mattyglesias Watch Jim Lehrer then imagine a bunch of doddering elderly people shopping around for an optimal insurance package.

Sharpest thing yglesias has ever said probably.

R on adderall? would be kinda cool

was that laughter there, sorry is there an audience? i missed the intro. i'm in dumb Brit mode here.

lotsa talking about bank bailouts without mentioned who's Admin was in charge then

romney wants to let big banks fail? eh?

there's usually an audience but they aren't miked directly xp

Obama should have a scotch right before the next debate. Romney of all people seems more fluid in comparison.

audience were told not to react audibly

Ezra Koenig bi-partisan support 4 baggy suit pants - the nation has finally united against "skinny," new decade has officially begun

audience were told not to react audibly

― zvookster, Wednesday, October 3, 2012 9:56 PM (30 seconds ago)

Applaud via smell

mitt does seem rude. but obama seems a little like he's tripping over his own words? like his flow is choppy or something.

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 22:54 (17 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he should just say less. who even cares about arguments. the best moments are him zoning out or politely smiling while mitt affects caring human emotions. just like laugh, flash a grin, yield your time to mitt. straight up walk off the stage, leave everyone just amazed, wondering where you've gone, just shocked, then come back on dragging a chair behind you. sit & gesture for mitt to continue.

romney got my vote

DEATH PANELS

obscene hand gestures were specifically ok-ed

whatever just happened facially after "fourth?" needs to be gif'd

"Expensive things hurt families." - Mitt Romney.

jahbs?

lol at an email that Sullivan posted:

It's 9:46, and you're becoming hysterical. Romney is so aggressive he's frightening. He's lying so quickly and changing positions so radically that no one could keep up with it. Take it easy. Obama seems like a normal person. Romney seems like he's been drinking Red Bull for 72 hours straight. It is not attractive.

has this ... been going on for an hour

jerbs!

methy America is where Romney does best

mitt wants to send big bird to the death panels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C4ayBHTES0

I'm waiting for Obama to mention Romney's Mass plan.

think O made a comeback, more comfortable on regulation vs R lookin kind of wild and panicky

Fuck I'm not even watching this but I'm terrified now

Is romney winning?

this is a stuttery breakdown, obamacare should flow like sweet music

TEH PRESIDETN JUST SAID "JERK YOU AROUND" ON TV

ha ha ha

there it is

fortunately winning the debate doesn't get you bonus EVs

THERE's the Massachusetts mention.

Mitt gonna end this by trying to eat O's face

"i think i had 5 seconds before you interrupted me" i lol'd

"....I had 5 seconds before you interrupted me."

MASSACHUSETTS ROMNEY

seriously feed obama a scotch- nervous gui relax buddy

o's doing a weird elidey-stammery thing, like ice skating over a cobblestone road

romney still has that 'i can make nothing but empty promises and not have to defend myself' glow and confidence, obama's sort of weary compared to where he was in 08

this is the only thing that matters

omg i hate you romney

's doing a weird elidey-stammery thing, like ice skating over a cobblestone road

― cherry (soda), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 23:01 (9 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

please more debate descriptions that sound like japanese poems

this is depressing.

Obama going to order death panel to execute Romney

m@tt i dont think so at all, if that helps

Honestly the problem with this debate from an entertainment standpoint is that it's kinda substantive.

lol @ "republican plan"

I mean, not SUPER substantive, but enough to make it boring.

republican scheme?

tipsy otm.

Doctors Etc!

"you, nancy pelosi and harry reid pushed through, toil and trouble, medicare brew and pbs bubble"

this is a real good answer imo

Welp, someone at KitchenAid just got themselves fired:

@Mike_FTW: They’ve deleted it, but here it is: @KitchenAidUSA: Obamas gma even knew it was going 2 b bad! ‘She died 3 days b4 he became president’.

i bet he's wearing magic underwear right now

obama is thinking about it, getting all stammers

man mitt is really twitchy right now. yikes.

He loves saying Obamacare

way to go, social media manager

who the fuck is following kitchenaid on twitter and also why

we are the same on social security + "this was a republican idea"

can't wait for foreign policy debate where the real differences are, errrr

mitt straight up lying about pre-existing conditions

'free people'

he is just nonstop lying right now

"already exists in the marketplace"

this is just what republicans do in debates iirc

really feel like obama's spock-discipline is not serving him as well as a worf-style "waitaminit asshole, you think what we ended up getting passed was what we wanted? i'll strike you dead where you stand."

"i will be responsible for only 20,000 deaths over the next four years. under my colleague's plan we are looking at 40,000 to 60,000 deaths over just the next year alone."

i can't even look at his giant lying redface

Sesame Street, not Wall Street

lotta funny misspellings on the Kitchenaid twitter feed

mitt straight up lying about pre-existing conditions

― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 23:07 (19 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the gop 'health plans' are the most demonstrably awful phoned in attempts at participation ever, so terrible

that big boom in the background there = about 100 secret service dudes nearly shooting somebody there i bet

They used the #nbcpolitics hashtag so a bunch of people saw it. Xxxxxp

lol "the largest expansion of private insurance" AND THAT'S MY PLAN TOO NOT A GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER

Obama nicely tying up the knots here

obama managing to overstep his time way more delicately than romney does, yelping a lot less

yeah

Lehrer just gave up trying to change questions there

are debates like football games? controlling the clock generally indicates a more robust offense?

REAGAN REAGAN REAGAN

andrew sullivan thinks obama is losing = obama is winning

http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/10/live-blogging-the-first-presidential-debate-2012.html

Leher needs to sack up and tell Romney to fuckin chill

TIP O TIP O TIP O

obama allowing himself to warm up a bit here.

lehrer in HD.... *shudder*

STATES RIGHTS

Yeeeeehaw

i hope this concludes w/lehrer crying and slamming a door

I love the timid little "uh" "excus-" under the talking when they go overtime

"obama managing to overstep his time way more delicately" = I think this will come across to some people as different standards though, bet Republicans really go after Lehrer for bias after tonight

are any of the moderators of these debates women? i feel like this was an issue last time (& presumably forevermore before that), this guy is such a sleepy suppertime pete

Obama is winning this thing, even with all the stammering

first Lincoln ref, get some Daniel Day Lewis is here

He just seems exhausted, which he probably is

"and now your question, mister romney"
(awkwardly gnaws at thick slice of gammon with knife & fork)

"Obama is winning this thing,"

def not what's going to be said tomorrow

romney is simply showing his dedication to deregulation by deregulating the debate itself

can we get that stammer under control or

there never is a consensus on a winner in these debates unless one of them starts crying

in a second hes going to go run out and start drilling for oil under lehrers desk

i love great schools

honest headlines tmmrw: "NOTHING HAPPENED HUG YOUR CHILDREN"

haha

omg this is boring

oh man imagine if Romney started crying

there never is a consensus on a winner in these debates unless one of them starts crying

― Evan, Thursday, October 4, 2012 2:15 AM (24 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the media always ignores the polls about the debates too

romney is simply showing his dedication to deregulation by deregulating the debate itself

― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Wednesday, October 3, 2012 10:15 PM

lol

oh HELL yeah, "religious tolerance" lets get some dog whistles in here

um children of the same god, eh?

is mitt romney talking about government caring for the unfortunate?

o fuck here we go "God"

i thought maybe when he mentioned reagan
xp, re: soft romney tears

did he just say "we are all children of the same god"

what is this romneys 10th grade civics presentation on the constitution shut your fucking mouth

@MPenn: Obama's not doing great because it's a much harder job to discuss disparate and complex reality than it is to run a memorized scam

(That's musician Michael Penn, not asshole Mark Penn.)

oh man imagine if Romney started crying

― set me on fire RAAAAH (DJP), Wednesday, October 3, 2012 10:17 PM (16 seconds ago)

I'm counting on a nosebleed

"i'm sorry folks, i did a tremendous amount of blow earlier this evening"

lol @ "trickle down government"

just kidding no lols i hate you romney

(That's musician Michael Penn, not asshole Mark Penn.)

that's asshole musician Michael Penn

did he just say "we are all children of the same god"

just IMAGINE if he named a god we had never heard of
in an ancient tongue

did he really repeat trickle down govt?

we are all children of χθόνιος

"Poor kids - I mean, 'lower income' kids..."

keep safe-search on if you google "trickle down"

Penn OTM

Yog-Sotthoth

i've got to assume that the "trickle-down government" phrase is an attempted bait for something better? obama's not biting.

"It wasn't very detailed(this seems to be a trend)"

im pretty sure that romney corrected "poor children" to "lower income children" during his education response because he may not be aware that poor children are still allowed to go to school

we are all children of χθόνιος

― Mordy, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 23:19 (1 second ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

me and my opponent may argue over taxes - we may have differences over obamacare - but i never doubt that we are both children of χθόνιος, a loving and merciful god

did he just say "we are all children of the same god"

just IMAGINE if he named a god we had never heard of
in an ancient tongue

― unprotectable tweetz (schlump), Wednesday, October 3, 2012 10:19 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

debate's almost over, not one mention of kolob

obama seems so tired

also when he said lower income children i imagine an internal monologue of "dont say urchins! dont say urchins!"

omg @ "costly pussy riot"

praise be to χθόνιος

house / airplane first real zinger?

I can't believe I made myself sit through this thing

bet Mitt was very proud of his entitled to his own facts line

the president is entitled to his own house. zing!

oh was that one of his zingers?

omg @ the idea mitt had said "costly pussy riot" & i missed it

'not entitled to your own facts' GTFO Romney

He's tired? I'm tired

teachers? i thought that was a state issue

i guess that was one of the practiced zings

On dude do not pretend like you would hire more teachers jesus

house/airplane/FACTS! so awful

I think 'you've put 90 billion dollars into green jobs' is not the kinda zing romney thinks it is

did he build that zing?

I've only caught like one Romney zinger and it was way early

there never is a consensus on a winner in these debates unless one of them starts crying

iirc, even Reagan's handlers didn't try to claim that Reagan won the first debate in '84.

the best health records in the world????

oh here we go

Romney trying to get in prepared shots like dumping on the green jobs/contributors thing

obama slowly pivoted away from romney over the debate, he is straight up looking the other way now

needy jim

Soylent Green Jobs

holy shit grade the schools so parents can take their kids elsewhere you asssssshole

iirc, even Reagan's handlers didn't try to claim that Reagan won the first debate in '84.

or Dubya's.

We lost a pod?

dude what the fuck did you do to this debate does your dinner burn in the oven every night

this is lehrer's spot for a feeny-esque lecture on speaking time

i could crush the future generations

'of real...concern'

Romney is unburdened by substance. He is content-free.

mister lehrer tear down this president

"the reason i am in this race is because people are hurting in america" o really why were you in the last race then

someone on facebook just statused "Will McAvoy for debate anchor!" and i want to die

χθόνιος

http://www.acpgems.com/images/250_Ancient-god-_Converted_.gif

Best zing of the night from Obama there re: "You're going to have a busy first day!"

Karl Rove ✔ @KarlRove
Hahahaha! Own plane, own house, not own facts. 90 bill on green energy = 2 mil teachers!! Zingers!!

Fuck it seems like ppl are saying mitt won which means mitt won which means he gets elected president tomorrow & everything is fucked I can't fucking take this election anymore and I knew this little shangri-la of sunny 538 blog posts just couldn't last....I hate all this so much and I didn't watch one second

whoa sit down slow breaths

holy shit grade the schools so parents can take their kids elsewhere you asssssshole

― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Wednesday, October 3, 2012

goes along with "let the money follow the child" = gut the schools for the benefit of private education + homeschoolers

So glad to hear O. own conflict.

hey, a Don't Ask Don't Tell mention!

this wasn't nixon jfk, carter reagan or clinton bush. no one "won." nothing happened. ppl just have really low expectations of romney that he surpassed.

didn't people think that Reagan was very obviously beating Carter in the debate, as it was happening in 1980?

hey m@tt, what'd you think of tokyo jungle?

anecdotally invoking inspirational Normals (ugh, sorry, but that's what it is!) is so dry

@chrisrockoz: CNN: Reports that Obama will end the debate by holding up Bin Laden's head w/ his birth certificate in Bin Laden's mouth #debate #debate2012

So glad to hear O. own conflict.

very weird rhetorical thing for obama to do - 'we fought the republicans on these things because they mattered' - better to make it sound like you chose to pick a fight over principles rather than you were sucked into one because the other guy just didn't like you, i guess

also that was a better closing statement than his closing statement

legit lmao at anyone who thinks that mitt romney has a chance of winning this election

'all those who are striving to get into the middle class'

j0rdan otm

literally only one debate in the history of this country has mattered and it was the one where richard nixon didn't know that you can see sweat on television

i feel like obama didn't answer the first question, because he was expecting to deliver an opening statement; & then delivered his closing statement before he got asked for one because it sounded like it was the last question

Sulky: "10.29 pm. How is Obama's closing statement so fucking sad, confused and lame? He choked. He lost. He may even have lost the election tonight."

Obama has THE BEST comic timing of any prez ever.

obama lost. i'm voting romeny

jill stein & gary johnson totally gaffe-free on that stage tonite

the electoral college is bullshit but it cuts both ways, Mitt isn't pulling this out

Also someone started @SilentJimLehrer twitter feed.

@SilentJimLehrer: ...but so...excuse me...

@SilentJimLehrer: ...the...um...

meh it's not like this debate is going to change anyone's fundamental impressions of either candidate, no one fucked up real bad or totally dominated, i wouldn't worry too much. everyone in NRO-land will keep telling each other that Romney turned things around, but i'd be surprised if there's a major jump in the polls.

can't think of a single first debate in my lifetime other than Clinton's in '96 (in which he merely had to look as if he could stand without an IV) where the incumbent didn't look defensive, so I can't imagine how President Romney will be sitting down with Harry Reid and Pelosi in January 2013.

RIP Big Bird

that was super boring
screw you jim lehrer

"iterally only one debate in the history of this country" - isn't there a whole thread dedicated to your pre-1997 musical education?

school me, boxall

nocturnal jim

vp debate might be the only non boring one

romney: I'M NOT A MONSTER I'M NOT A MONSTER
obama: hey guys i'm basically a republican chill out

literally only one debate in the history of this country has mattered and it was the one where richard nixon didn't know that you can see sweat on television

― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Thursday, October 4, 2012 2:30 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

did the Clinton-Bush-Perot debate matter? The one where he talked to that lady in the crowd.

obama is capable of doing better. today he was going over every talking point instead of focusing on his best ones. romney was contrarian instead of offering his own vision.

Nixon had an infected knee from a car-door accident, J0rd. Whatcha think of Lincoln-Douglas?

You'll noticed, Mordy, I absented myself from the actual "big political event" cuz this wasn't one.

Instead I listened to the Andy Breckman-Ken Freedman debate from earlier tonight, in which the great soundbite was "If we can go to the moon, if we can kill the Kennedys, we can do anything."

I was happy with the President's performance tonight, in that he had to deal with hyper-bollocks getting slung constantly and didn't flinch when the other would have.

lol mitt just became a beauty contest winner for a minute

romney successfully appeared "human" republicans and χθόνιοςians rejoice

all i can think about is this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tsVr5B0P4A

president romney

big bird

"if we can kill the Kennedys, we can do anything"

it WAS you and me after all

big bird only potential meme from tnite i think

I've never noticed this before but yo, david brooks got some fucked up teef

oh big bird already has a twitter from this the meme is alive

that was super boring
screw you jim lehrer

haha

but hey at least it wasn't jim fucking cramer or goddamn wolf blitzer

all i can think about is this song

OTMFM. Best heavy-metal soul record ever.

http://bobcargill.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/img_0546.jpg

The talking point from this thing is Beltway types marveling at how this debate was "substantive," "specific," and "about the issues."

@ChuckGrassley: Romney wis debate

J0rdan I hope you lyao @ me for 4 more years, really

I just get wound up and I don't really follow politics & act like I don't care cause it's to depressing

hey m@tt, what'd you think of tokyo jungle?

― Fiendish Doctor Wu (kingfish), Wednesday, October 3, 2012 9:29 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha I didn't review it, messed w it a bit....seems like it's maybe more fun to think about than play?

Chris Matthews is PISSED

carville on cnn: "obama gave the impression that the whole thing was a lotta trouble"

oh shit things are over now that the grasster has weighed in

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/27794759.jpg

fox news ppl all saying romney was 'aggressive but friendly'

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbckvqtsDf1qzb8z0o1_400.png

getting worried

my god that was tedious, where were the zingers i ask you my fellow americans, all the chuckleheads on tv saying romney won via being more animated, but obama won by keeping it boring and preserving the status quo

not going for the big bird zinger is something I can never forgive obama for

Not a single word said about civil rights or reproductive rights. Don't know if that's good or bad.

Just switched to Fox News, tone is somewhat less jubilant than I expected. They're calling it for Romney, but even Pat Buchanan is all "Obama didn't make any grave mistakes."

I've never noticed this before but yo, david brooks got some fucked up teef

― Fiendish Doctor Wu (kingfish), Wednesday, October 3, 2012 10:37 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

das why hes only allowed on pbs

buchanan said he didn't think romney could have possibly done a better job

Sullivan's suicidal for some reason.

Daddy let him down

xpost that seems plausible, he had to both go aggressively after president and show he's not a monster and he probably did that well enough. i do wonder if this could be like 2000 where talking heads agree one way and then snl gives a different take and that take becomes cw. i'm guessing they're more likely to go after lehrer then play up aggressive romney.

romney threw a kitchen sink worth of bs, obama responded weakly. lot's of "seems to..." and "he would" type of shit. be declarative. speak it.

Yo, this is what Ari Shapiro looks like?! Jesus Christ.

I genuinely believe that snl is about as important as fox news w/ these things

who are these dweebs on abc? they're terrible. did they win a contest?

also when romney throws "your own plane" at you, you explain that's the people's plane, but romney can have his own car elevator in malibu. or his own dancing horse. or his own family olympics that are apparently better than the real olympics in london.

Press hated Al Gore from the start though.

Not a single word said about civil rights or reproductive rights. Don't know if that's good or bad.

― a shark with a rippling six pack (Phil D.), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 23:45 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

other than romney leaving LIFE hanging in the air there were no social issues, can't really imagine these fitting into the sorta wonky economic policy debate?, though obv it would be nice if they were part of it

i'm unclear - was this specifically the 'economy/budget' debate? foreign policy is next right? is third where women's reproductive rights could come in?

(Gallup video) Election Matters: Why the Debates Could Make a Difference

M@tt, you should try it, it really looks like some awesome japanese weirdness. I don't have a ps3, or I could speak more authoritatively on this

in related news, I got Red Dead Revolver working on a PS2 emulator on my desktop, which justifies my $1 purchase of it from a hott ginger chick at a yard sale two months ago

yeah i agree iatee re:snl, just remembering that they did somehow get into gore's head and change his approach from debate to debate

i can't believe network news people STILL chuckle at references to the internet and twitter in 2012.

This was Ike vs Stevenson

Ari Shapiro looks exceedingly healthy.

msnbc wants obama to be v confrontational like they are on msnbc, which is prob not going to help any with the small % of undecided voters!

sullivan is uh prone to making v emotional snap judgments it seems?

abc people even mentioned that we will know who won the debate when we see snl.

in related news miguel cabrera won the triple crown, fucking amazing

if that was a decisive debate for you, lord help you

sullivan is uh prone to making v emotional snap judgments it seems?

Hahah understatement of the century.

Shields all in a huff over Obama's rope-a-dope.

i'm unclear - was this specifically the 'economy/budget' debate? foreign policy is next right? is third where women's reproductive rights could come in?

― balls, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 23:50 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i guess so?
i mean it's pretty fluid, what w/the sleepy ass moderators & how the candidates just try to jam all their talking points in anyway. iirc last time they kept changing the topic to the economy on account of its salience in the news. maybe a big takehome from this is that if this debate is the one most focused on the economy, & obama did fine, then he's pretty well set for the others, it easily being his biggest achilles heel? he's on p steady ground with a lot of other shit, cf foreign policy

Everyone on twitter seems to be freaking out what do you guys think, did Obama blow this hugely or is this nbd

- A Concerned Canadian

nbd

i can't believe network news people STILL chuckle at references to the internet and twitter in 2012.

well, they HAVE ruined everything.

nbd

Hyperbullshitic level just went asymptotic. Event horizon will be reached during foreign policy debate.

nbd heh xposts

there was absolutely nothing that happened tonight that will be remembered in 10 years

if that was a decisive debate for you, lord help you

lord help us all i guess

Ppl seem really freaked out but maybe I should just stop following ppl who RT Andrew Sullivan?

-ACC

that is a mantra for life IMO

if I were you I would also unfollow anyone who is following someone who is following andrew sullivan, just in case

max rt'd Sullivan everyone unfollow max

i think theres a bunch of hysterics because romney was an effective blowhard but step 2 is do people like assholes and step 3 is the rollout of factual analysis where romney is going to get boned for mouthloading a bunch of lies and a bunch of nothingness

I only followed it on twitter because I was on my way from one place in Toronto to another and I was getting worried

-ACC

there was absolutely nothing that happened tonight that will be remembered in 10 years minutes

this fucking guy

10.30 pm. But Romney's closing statement - very, very vague and highly deceptive. And is it me, or does he even SOUND like Reagan?

except for big bird i already can't remember anything that happened

Also, I won at debate bingo tonight, and the inebriated bar owner gave me a $10 card for doing so, so the night's booze expenditures were slightly offset.

like idk i dont think tht the mushbrained undecideds are going to roll over for the rude guy that kept picking on that poor confused old man. also, if the narrative is that this didnt go well for o it will actually mobilize the base somewhat out of sheer romney related panic

odds that big bird will referenced in the snl sketch?

romney does not sound like reagan

what is the highest percentage there is again? xpost

in related news miguel cabrera won the triple crown, fucking amazing

― balls, Wednesday, October 3, 2012 10:51 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

sick

haha atlas shrugged commercial 2 on fox news

tonite was
The Economy - I
The Economy - II
The Economy - III
Health Care
The Role of Government
Governing

but we "lost a pod", governing

next is town hall format, Qs on anything

VPs, Qs on anything

last is foreign policy

I wasn't miffed at your alarm-bell use of "purview," Soto, I'm just staring vacantly into space while a distant voice in the back of my head goes, "Oh, shit!" like a car alarm in the middle of the night.

Thank you for calming me down

Can you reassure me about Canadian politics too

-ACC