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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
You want to get in defense now?
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Im going to admit, Biden may need to stop smiling.
edited 11th Oct '12 6:55:46 PM by GearLeader
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXkI1sTDoEgThis tweet seems to be relevant.
Not watching it this time, but it looks like people are being more humorous about it during the actual debate. (After it, it degraded into Big Bird jokes.)
Double Standard could be in full force by tomorrow... sigh.
You mean the political war you have been losing since about 06 thanks to the Afghan government being more corrupt than the Taliban in a lot of cases? That conflict is helpless in the long run; you can't win an irregular war by purely military means, Ryan.
edited 11th Oct '12 6:59:53 PM by Rationalinsanity
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
No kidding lol
He wasn't bout to get called out on the Military.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXkI1sTDoEgIf people (Fox in particular) attack Biden for being disrespectful I'm just going to pull footage from the last debate. Also Biden was disrespected by the whipper snapper Paul Ryan. lol @ anyone who said Biden lost this debate. Biden fought a child tonight. Not a man, a little boy who lies through his teeth.
"I don't give a rat's ass about going to hell. I guess it's because I feel like I'm already there." -MugenI think Biden is as animated as a lot of people wanted Obama to be last week.
Now, granted, I haven't seen Biden speak publicly a lot, but he seems to be doing well here. He's pretty good at rebutting Ryan's comments, and stays on topic. And knows how to make himself heard.
Also seems like this moderator has more control over the debate than Lehrer did last week.
@Grizzly: It's still going. I missed some of it due to napping, but you can still catch the end if you're interested.
edited 11th Oct '12 7:00:13 PM by AceofSpades

Was that audience laughter I just heard? Feisty, this debate is.
Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.