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#32076: Oct 11th 2012 at 8:19:40 PM

I felt that Biden hit the abortion question out of the park myself.

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TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#32077: Oct 11th 2012 at 8:21:18 PM

So, Biden shows us how it's done?

Well let's hope the Dems recover a bit in the polls then.

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#32078: Oct 11th 2012 at 8:22:17 PM

He did good on that. His opinion is similar to mine, but I'm a bit stronger in my belief that it is wrong. Can't force it on people though.

EDIT- don't hate me, but I was curious as to how a certain image board responded. Ignoring some disturbing crap, I found this. [lol]

edited 11th Oct '12 8:29:47 PM by Joesolo

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vanthebaron Mystical Monkey Master from Carlyle, Il Since: Sep, 2010
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#32079: Oct 11th 2012 at 8:28:59 PM

Fuck you CNN Joe kicked Ryan's ass.

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#32080: Oct 11th 2012 at 8:32:38 PM

[up][up]This got a laugh out of me.

edited 11th Oct '12 8:33:02 PM by nightwyrm_zero

TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#32081: Oct 11th 2012 at 8:37:12 PM

C'mon Biden, everyone knows you can't control the spirit bomb while SSJ

LooseCannon The Groose Is Loose from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jun, 2012
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#32082: Oct 11th 2012 at 8:38:29 PM

He's going Super Biden.

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drunkscriblerian Street Writing Man from Castle Geekhaven Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: In season
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#32083: Oct 11th 2012 at 8:38:50 PM

At this point, the debates are just theater. Everyone who is planning to vote already knows who they are going to vote for and why. After this debate (just like the last one), everyone's bias is going to be re-affirmed.

Tv Tropes is a liberal-friendly site; we all think that Biden "won" because he said stuff that appeals to us. The opponents are going to say that he lost because he said stuff that they don't like, and Ryan said stuff they did like.

Really, there are no swing voters *

left. Everyone's already made up their minds. So let us all give up the fiction that these debates are going to change a damn thing.

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DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#32084: Oct 11th 2012 at 8:41:59 PM

" So let us all give up the fiction that these debates are going to change a damn thing."

[up]

That's kinda what we did right before the Obama - Romney debate.

And look what happened.

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vanthebaron Mystical Monkey Master from Carlyle, Il Since: Sep, 2010
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#32085: Oct 11th 2012 at 8:44:36 PM

Joe bought facts with him and beat Paul's ass with them. If the base of your plan is mathematically impossible and you still support it, you are an idiot :

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Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#32086: Oct 11th 2012 at 8:44:51 PM

I missed it. What happened? Other than Biden apparently rocking.

But let me guess.

CNN: Tie

MSNBC: Biden

Fox: Ryan

edited 11th Oct '12 8:45:11 PM by Thorn14

terlwyth Since: Oct, 2010
#32087: Oct 11th 2012 at 8:45:46 PM

[up]Exactly

Voters are fickle,tone and image are nearly everything at times like these

Ryan used the exact same strategy as Romney,and that worked the first time no? I specifically said that Ryan probably won even if personally I don't think so and it doesn't make sense.

If people have really made up their minds,we wouldn't have so much swinging,every state would stay solid blue or solid red.

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#32088: Oct 11th 2012 at 8:46:35 PM

@Drunk: No, they'll change it alright. The idea is, this is an election that depends almost entirely on base turnout. Biden needed to re-energize the Democratic base in this debate, and he most certainly did.

As an aside, "Instant polls" are utter nonsense and should be laughed out of popular discourse. The sample size isn't anywhere near large enough to fall into statistical significance. Also, as far as I know, pollsters operate on a bit of a lag, so we'll have to wait and examine polls that pertain to the days immediately after the debate to see if there are any changes in the numbers - not the polls released in the days immediately after, mind you, since they're the surveys taken in the days leading up to and on the day of the debate.

edited 11th Oct '12 8:51:59 PM by darksidevoid

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#32089: Oct 11th 2012 at 8:47:07 PM

Yeah, but Biden played offense a lot more than Obama did. Slight victory to Biden on this one.

Except for 4/1/2011. That day lingers in my memory like...metaphor here...I should go.
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#32090: Oct 11th 2012 at 8:47:08 PM

Drunk: I assumed the same thing about the first debates, but then I was ruflwrong. On the flip side, the incumbent president basically always loses the first debate.

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
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#32091: Oct 11th 2012 at 8:47:34 PM

CBS is saying Biden won by a large margin.

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Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#32092: Oct 11th 2012 at 8:47:52 PM

[up][up]Maybe thats why Obama decided to take a nap.

So what were some stand out points?

[up]

Liberal rag.

Remember. If a non fox poll favors republicans in whatever, its the truth and the republicans scored a victory. But if Democrats get the favor, its a liberal media conspiracy.

edited 11th Oct '12 8:48:44 PM by Thorn14

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#32093: Oct 11th 2012 at 8:49:47 PM

To me, the defining moment of the debate is the final question. The moderator asked "How do you feel about this negative campaign?"

Biden and Ryan attacked each other during their speeches, and completely failed to answer the question.

Except for 4/1/2011. That day lingers in my memory like...metaphor here...I should go.
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#32094: Oct 11th 2012 at 8:51:40 PM

Biden's seized the momentum for Obama. Now, the President has to capitalize on it if he has a shot at winning the swing states.

The next debate (on the 16th) is make it or break it for Obama.

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DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
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#32095: Oct 11th 2012 at 8:52:05 PM

[up][up]

Clearly they are both for it.

edited 11th Oct '12 8:54:19 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#32096: Oct 11th 2012 at 8:54:26 PM

How so Yellow?

"Oh now you're Jack Kennedy?"

Bwahahaha

edited 11th Oct '12 8:56:54 PM by Thorn14

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#32097: Oct 11th 2012 at 8:58:22 PM

My goodness, was Biden annoying with the interrupting and laughing. Ryan gets a couple points just for having to deal with that.

Favorite comment I saw on Twitter: "Is someone tickling Biden under the table or something?"

Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#32098: Oct 11th 2012 at 8:59:43 PM

He's probably laughing at how much bullshit Ryan is spewing.

Also thats a key conservative debate tactic on news networks.

edited 11th Oct '12 9:00:14 PM by Thorn14

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#32099: Oct 11th 2012 at 9:01:27 PM

[up]

That's a key tactic in Politics

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HilarityEnsues Since: Sep, 2009
#32100: Oct 11th 2012 at 9:03:30 PM

Well, that was entertaining. I'd say Biden clearly won but I don't actually care.

Will this change the polls significantly? Well, maybe in terms of the electoral vote. And if Romney does win? Quite frankly, maybe we deserve it. Maybe Republicans will begin to understand that voting against someone rather than for them can have damning consequences and Democrats will take a more principled stance on key human rights issues once Obama is out of office.

Or we'll get distracted by the latest stupid thing Romney said.


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