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Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
Gunpla is amazing!
#33076: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:38:27 PM

Saving the 47% part for last.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#33077: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:38:29 PM

[up][up][up]How does that benefit him at all?

edited 16th Oct '12 7:38:34 PM by Kostya

terlwyth Since: Oct, 2010
#33078: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:38:49 PM

Tell that to all the cops and FBI agents who get paid by the Government

Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#33079: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:39:17 PM

Wow, Obama went in full speech mode there.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#33080: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:39:27 PM

[up][up]Along with the teachers and firefighters. Those totally aren't jobs that matter and are funded by the government.[lol]

edited 16th Oct '12 7:39:33 PM by Kostya

GearLeader from Dota Hell Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Married to the job
#33081: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:39:35 PM

Short, sweet, and to the point.

AND THATS A WRAP!

Did they shake hands?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXkI1sTDoEg
Butterfinger Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Sinking with my ship
#33082: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:39:52 PM

That was an amazing last speech on Obama's part.

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Couchpotato20 Will kill you from Hell Since: Apr, 2011
Will kill you
#33083: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:40:19 PM

DAMN!

GAME and set

Obama brought up 47% and how he oversees his family before his obligated job as a politician. You lost Romney. Sit down.

"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
Arkasas (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#33084: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:40:43 PM

Obama victory. Any objections?

Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#33085: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:40:53 PM

So MSNBC will say Obama won. Fox will say Romney won. CNN will fart in the wind.

johnnyfog Actual Wrestling Legend from the Zocalo Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
Actual Wrestling Legend
#33086: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:41:13 PM

What is the meaning of life?

47.

I'm a skeptical squirrel
tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#33087: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:41:21 PM

[up][up][up] Conservatives maywill.

edited 16th Oct '12 7:42:56 PM by tclittle

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
vanthebaron Mystical Monkey Master from Carlyle, Il Since: Sep, 2010
Mystical Monkey Master
#33088: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:41:30 PM

"My state was #1 in school..." AND 47th IN JOB CREATION

Untitled Power Rangers Story
Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#33089: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:41:48 PM

That Benghazi part was fucking HILARIOUS.

Nettacki Since: Jan, 2010
#33090: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:42:00 PM

Apparently, everyone here in TV Tropes is a liberal.

GearLeader from Dota Hell Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Married to the job
#33091: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:42:09 PM

Well, Im voting Obama for sure.

[up]Yes, most of us are

edited 16th Oct '12 7:42:29 PM by GearLeader

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXkI1sTDoEg
Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
Gunpla is amazing!
#33092: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:43:10 PM

You're just learning that?

Also I just can't stop laughing over how told Romney got over the "act of terror" fumble.

edited 16th Oct '12 7:43:33 PM by Thorn14

johnnyfog Actual Wrestling Legend from the Zocalo Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
Actual Wrestling Legend
#33093: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:43:11 PM

Twitter and this site are the only reasons I watch debates any more.

I'm a skeptical squirrel
Erock Proud Canadian from Toronto Since: Jul, 2009
Proud Canadian
#33094: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:44:08 PM

[up][up]Young people.

I think the finish for Obama was perfect. Mitt did have a good story but he didn't dispel the right aspects.

If you don't like a single Frank Ocean song, you have no soul.
storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#33095: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:44:20 PM

So did anything interesting happen?

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Arkasas (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#33096: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:44:47 PM

CNN is giving the debate to Obama.

Mind you, I don't actually watch the post-debate analysis.

Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#33097: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:45:14 PM

Yeah story. Romney thought he caught Obama in a "Gotcha" moment about Obama never saying 'acts of terror' and was acting all smug, and the moderator went "Actually Obama DID use that." and Obama smirks and the crowd cheers.

johnnyfog Actual Wrestling Legend from the Zocalo Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
Actual Wrestling Legend
#33098: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:46:08 PM

Young people.

We'll all be hard right reactionaries when we're eighty, overshadowed by VR Tropes.

I'm a skeptical squirrel
Couchpotato20 Will kill you from Hell Since: Apr, 2011
Will kill you
#33099: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:46:21 PM

Obama went all dempsy rolling with the final wrap up statement by using 47% thing.

"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
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