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GearLeader from Dota Hell Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Married to the job
#33001: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:11:02 PM

Obama, call him out some more buddy

He was dead serious there.

edited 16th Oct '12 7:11:35 PM by GearLeader

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXkI1sTDoEg
Butterfinger Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Sinking with my ship
#33002: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:12:16 PM

I think an important thing about this debate is that the audience seem to be with Obama. They were laughing at the joke about Romney's pension, which means that they were laughing at Romney himself.

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Nettacki Since: Jan, 2010
#33003: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:12:41 PM

So the whole thing about Hillary Clinton taking responsibility was all for naught?

edited 16th Oct '12 7:12:51 PM by Nettacki

johnnyfog Actual Wrestling Legend from the Zocalo Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
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#33004: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:13:12 PM

Romney: Obama was shooting craps in godless Las Vegas while an ambassador was being murdered.

I'm a skeptical squirrel
GearLeader from Dota Hell Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Married to the job
#33005: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:13:26 PM

[up][up]Yup, he is saying that it was all his fault in the end.

edited 16th Oct '12 7:13:38 PM by GearLeader

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXkI1sTDoEg
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#33006: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:14:36 PM

Butterfinger: wild mass guessClearly the Democrats have packed the audience with pro-Obama plants!wild mass guess

edited 16th Oct '12 7:14:49 PM by Kostya

Couchpotato20 Will kill you from Hell Since: Apr, 2011
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#33007: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:14:50 PM

Holy shit we're going about the Benghazi thing. And like the answer "She works me. I'm the president."

"I don't give a rat's ass about going to hell. I guess it's because I feel like I'm already there." -Mugen
johnnyfog Actual Wrestling Legend from the Zocalo Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
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#33008: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:15:31 PM

Obama has failed to utilize his laser eye-beams to stop incoming terrorist bullets. This calls into question his entire foreign policy.

I'm a skeptical squirrel
GearLeader from Dota Hell Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Married to the job
#33009: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:15:55 PM

Obama is going to shove his oxford up your arse in a bit Mitt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXkI1sTDoEg
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johnnyfog Actual Wrestling Legend from the Zocalo Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
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#33011: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:17:00 PM

The President just mentally moonwalked across the stage and back to his chair.

I'm a skeptical squirrel
Couchpotato20 Will kill you from Hell Since: Apr, 2011
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#33012: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:17:28 PM

Mittens you're sucking and the Benghazi incident is something that Obama could handle better than you.

"I don't give a rat's ass about going to hell. I guess it's because I feel like I'm already there." -Mugen
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#33013: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:17:36 PM

Less than a quarter of an hour. Nice to hear that Obama apparently won. Sadly I doubt it will matter too much.

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#33015: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:18:46 PM

Oh, yeah. Obama's calmer, more comfortable than the previous debate, while Romney is nervous and stuttering while trying to talk faster.

Complete opposite demeanor than Biden, but no less effective.

edited 16th Oct '12 7:19:08 PM by Serocco

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RadicalTaoist scratching at .8, just hopin' from the #GUniverse Since: Jan, 2001
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#33016: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:19:54 PM

Kinda curious if Obama will take the chance to make both the NRA and Mittens look ridiculous.

Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.
johnnyfog Actual Wrestling Legend from the Zocalo Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
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#33017: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:20:00 PM

You can actually hear them straining to maintain "golf clap" and not cross into full-blown ovation, here.

I'm a skeptical squirrel
Couchpotato20 Will kill you from Hell Since: Apr, 2011
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#33018: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:20:10 PM

Holy shit gun laws. 0.0

And not so surprisingly Obama is owning and roasting Romney's dull-witted ass self.

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#33019: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:20:32 PM

Romney's big weakness is coming up; if he starts losing he gets visibly agitated and it impacts his performance.

I think tonight will at least stabilize the polls in Obama's favor; if not give him a bit of a bump.

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#33020: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:20:34 PM

Romney got mega told by Obama so badly the crowd actually clapped.

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#33022: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:21:48 PM

Having 2 parents keeps you out of poverty? Fucking what?

johnnyfog Actual Wrestling Legend from the Zocalo Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
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#33023: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:22:01 PM

Another black hole. Neither candidate will crack down on guns. Weak end to the debate.

I'm a skeptical squirrel
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#33024: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:22:07 PM

The crowd clapped for Obama? Wow. That's really surprising.

wild mass guessLiberal bias!wild mass guess

[up][up]What? What! I could understand if he meant they were both working but that's still ridiculous. Also being out of poverty doesn't mean a damn thing since you could still have shit living conditions and be middle class.

edited 16th Oct '12 7:23:00 PM by Kostya

Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#33025: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:22:23 PM

What does Fast and Furious have to do with gun control?


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