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Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
Gunpla is amazing!
#33101: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:46:58 PM

What? MSNBC said Obama won. 2 said it was the best performance of Obama in a debate yet.

Also Romney broke debate rules by constantly asking Obama "Did you? Did you? Did you?"

edited 16th Oct '12 7:48:36 PM by Thorn14

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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#33102: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:48:38 PM

Do we really need these lousy pundits to tell us whether someone performed well in a debate? Does it need Cliff Notes?

I'm a skeptical squirrel
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#33103: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:48:45 PM

@Thorn, trust me, no one (least of all the public) will care about that. Regulation and decorum have no support anymore.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#33104: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:50:12 PM

It still seemed VERY rude for him to get in Obama's face and interrupt him and not let him answer with what I call "Bill o'reilly debate tactics"

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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#33105: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:51:19 PM

This tweet.

I'm a skeptical squirrel
Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#33106: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:52:29 PM

Twitter must be on fire right now.

DrTentacles Cephalopod Lothario from Land of the Deep Ones Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#33107: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:53:18 PM

As to the "Most people on TV tropes are young liberals"

Well, most of us are. However it's more like "almost everyone on the on-topic forums are reasonably well informed" There are some conservatives, it's just that they tend to be more left-wing conservatives than American regressionists. In short, we're sane. ish. We tend to actually look at facts, and likely, have more access to information and hard data, and reality has a liberal bias. About the only thing we can argue about are things like abortion, which are...fuzzy.

edited 16th Oct '12 7:56:46 PM by DrTentacles

Couchpotato20 Will kill you from Hell Since: Apr, 2011
Will kill you
#33108: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:53:37 PM

Obama nailed the shit out of this

ABC-For Obama (I think)

CNN- In the middle

MSNBC- Obama

"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
Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#33109: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:53:57 PM

Its pretty obvious that Obama was not the tired one like before.

edited 16th Oct '12 7:55:04 PM by Thorn14

Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#33111: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:55:08 PM

From the great Ann Coulter. "Obama (and Candy) lied, our ambassador died: No, Obama Didn’t Call Benghazi “Act of Terror” in Speech "

cough

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/09/12/remarks-president-deaths-us-embassy-staff-libya

edited 16th Oct '12 7:55:15 PM by Thorn14

storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#33112: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:55:55 PM

It sounds like everything went well. Hopefully this will reverse some of his decline after the first debate.

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Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#33113: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:56:27 PM

lol fox news.

"Romney Destroys Obama For Benghazi-Gate: 'Then He Flew To Las Vegas For a Fundraiser'"

rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#33114: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:58:23 PM

Jindal said Romney won. [lol]

edited 16th Oct '12 7:58:40 PM by rmctagg09

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Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#33115: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:59:16 PM

Shocking.

And wow, conservatives are going "Obama SAID act of terror, but did not CALL it an act of terror, Candy is an obama stooge!"

terlwyth Since: Oct, 2010
#33116: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:59:32 PM

And it wasn't his anniversary and he didn't just fly in that day.

Glad to see Obama isn't out yet

Yeah I am a liberal,but more of the Religious Left,...but by politics anywhere else I'd probably be conservative or center right.

SnowyFoxes Drummer Boy from Club Room Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I know
Drummer Boy
#33117: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:59:37 PM

I'm wondering how many other liberals like me watched that debate and thought, "Well, I'm not too psyched about Obama, but Romney would suck way harder so I guess I support Obama by default."

In other words, how many other people see this as a lesser-of-two-evils deal.

The last battle's curtains will open on stage!
Skatepunk Since: Feb, 2011
#33118: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:59:38 PM

My mom (pro-Romney) thinks it was a tie.

I think Obama did great this time.

Joesolo Indiana Solo Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Indiana Solo
#33119: Oct 16th 2012 at 7:59:40 PM

Ah fox news. they never will grow a brain.

edited 16th Oct '12 8:00:07 PM by Joesolo

I'm baaaaaaack
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#33120: Oct 16th 2012 at 8:00:17 PM

I think its safe to say that Obama has at least kept himself alive until the next debate.

@Foxes; that's been the default feeling for a good portion since the start.

edited 16th Oct '12 8:00:59 PM by Rationalinsanity

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#33121: Oct 16th 2012 at 8:00:57 PM

@Nettacki

Occasionally Grizzly (who's a Republican) swings by these parts.

We also have some Libertarians and Socialists.

edited 16th Oct '12 8:01:37 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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Aqueos Nova here from Los Angeles Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Californicating
#33122: Oct 16th 2012 at 8:01:06 PM

Well he definitely did better than last time. He kept everything from falling apart at least.

Bet you didn't see that coming
Nettacki Since: Jan, 2010
#33123: Oct 16th 2012 at 8:01:37 PM

@Snowy Foxes: Why choose only between two candidates? Third-parties exist for a reason.

edited 16th Oct '12 8:02:37 PM by Nettacki

Couchpotato20 Will kill you from Hell Since: Apr, 2011
Will kill you
#33124: Oct 16th 2012 at 8:01:53 PM

Where the fuck is your brain Faux? [lol]

"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
storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#33125: Oct 16th 2012 at 8:02:45 PM

Well I just got the report from my Republican friend.

"I didn't watch the debate but I heard it was basically a boxing match."

Whatever that means.

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