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GearLeader from Dota Hell Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Married to the job
#34551: Oct 22nd 2012 at 7:07:47 PM

Putin may be the Puppetmaster, and i wouldn't be surprised tongue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXkI1sTDoEg
Couchpotato20 Will kill you from Hell Since: Apr, 2011
Will kill you
#34552: Oct 22nd 2012 at 7:07:47 PM

Obama pointing out his policies + Romney's flip flops= Massive badass combo breaker

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Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#34553: Oct 22nd 2012 at 7:08:38 PM

Just when I first heard about Tunisia doing stuff to their government and starting the Arab Spring, I once joked that the crazy conservatives would come up with a conspiracy theory that all liberals came from Libya, just because of the "Lib" thing being in it.

In RWBY, every girl is Best Girl.
LostAnarchist Violence Is Necessary! from Neo Arcadia Itself Since: Sep, 2011
Violence Is Necessary!
#34554: Oct 22nd 2012 at 7:08:40 PM

So Obama is winning then, right?[up][up]

edited 22nd Oct '12 7:08:48 PM by LostAnarchist

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Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#34555: Oct 22nd 2012 at 7:08:50 PM

How'd we get into veterans' care, again...?

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
Pykrete NOT THE BEES from Viridian Forest Since: Sep, 2009
NOT THE BEES
#34556: Oct 22nd 2012 at 7:09:00 PM

"We're four years closer to a nuclear Iran."

On a related note, we're also four years closer than we were four years ago to jetpacks, a new car that doesn't smell funny, the adoption of Esperanto as a world language, next Wednesday, the birth of Michael Phelps's Olympic lizardman spawn, a good CGI reboot of old 80's cartoons, the revelation that 1=0, and the time of this post.

RadicalTaoist scratching at .8, just hopin' from the #GUniverse Since: Jan, 2001
scratching at .8, just hopin'
#34557: Oct 22nd 2012 at 7:09:16 PM

To the people who want 3rd party presidents: the President is not the office in which you want third-party candidates. President Jill Stein would enjoy a long, aggravating 4 years of Congress telling her "No", assuming they didn't find some BS reason to impeach her, and also assuming that her spirit doesn't break leading to her selling out.

Put 3rd party candidates in the House and Senate. See Bernie Sanders? That's your role model. I don't want a Green president, I want a Democratic president forced to cooperate with a Green majority House.

Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.
GearLeader from Dota Hell Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Married to the job
#34558: Oct 22nd 2012 at 7:09:22 PM

Oh here we go Pakistan.

Lawl, really Bob?

edited 22nd Oct '12 7:09:34 PM by GearLeader

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXkI1sTDoEg
darksidevoid Anti-Gnosis Weapon from The Frontiers (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Robosexual
Anti-Gnosis Weapon
#34559: Oct 22nd 2012 at 7:09:23 PM

Anyone else trying to keep track of the time? I'm wondering who's been talking more, but I'm willing to bet they've both gone over two minutes nearly every time.

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LostAnarchist Violence Is Necessary! from Neo Arcadia Itself Since: Sep, 2011
Violence Is Necessary!
#34560: Oct 22nd 2012 at 7:09:37 PM

Good one, sir/ma'am. @Pykrete, BTW.

edited 22nd Oct '12 7:10:37 PM by LostAnarchist

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chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#34561: Oct 22nd 2012 at 7:09:39 PM

@Pykrete: Can you support that?

johnnyfog Actual Wrestling Legend from the Zocalo Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
Actual Wrestling Legend
#34562: Oct 22nd 2012 at 7:09:40 PM

I'm now perfectly convinced that Romney was drilled in "scary words" and is pelting us with them.

I'm a skeptical squirrel
Joesolo Indiana Solo Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Indiana Solo
#34563: Oct 22nd 2012 at 7:09:41 PM

@pycrkete Hey! Thats a good smell! tongue

edited 22nd Oct '12 7:10:02 PM by Joesolo

I'm baaaaaaack
DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#34564: Oct 22nd 2012 at 7:09:43 PM

@Anarchist

Meh. I say Obama has a small lead.

edited 22nd Oct '12 7:10:10 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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GearLeader from Dota Hell Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#34566: Oct 22nd 2012 at 7:10:26 PM

Hopefully this will give him a boost in the polls. I can't see it hurting him that much.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#34567: Oct 22nd 2012 at 7:10:50 PM

If you ask me, Obama's scoring on substance and points. He's calling out Romney eevn more than before, and Romney's looking like a Motor Mouth that's rehearsing his talking points.

I think Obama's winning the debate. I think he won the debate as soon as Schiefer said "You've talked enough" to Romney.

edited 22nd Oct '12 7:11:16 PM by Serocco

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Watashiwa Since: Dec, 2009
#34568: Oct 22nd 2012 at 7:11:03 PM

Technically an ally. Oh lord Romney.

darksidevoid Anti-Gnosis Weapon from The Frontiers (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Robosexual
Anti-Gnosis Weapon
#34569: Oct 22nd 2012 at 7:11:13 PM

[up][up]Pretty much, yeah.

edited 22nd Oct '12 7:11:19 PM by darksidevoid

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LostAnarchist Violence Is Necessary! from Neo Arcadia Itself Since: Sep, 2011
Violence Is Necessary!
#34570: Oct 22nd 2012 at 7:11:17 PM

Thats what I thought, Deviant. Thanks for that.

Keep it up, Mr.President...

edited 22nd Oct '12 7:11:51 PM by LostAnarchist

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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.
Actual Wrestling Legend
#34572: Oct 22nd 2012 at 7:11:40 PM

Romney is now thinking of all those rich donors who currently have scissors positioned over his unmentionables, should he lose this election.

edited 22nd Oct '12 7:11:54 PM by johnnyfog

I'm a skeptical squirrel
Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#34573: Oct 22nd 2012 at 7:12:18 PM

Romney: "America don't dictate countries."

Fact check - previous American governments supported dictatorships in Egypt and Pakistan.

In RWBY, every girl is Best Girl.
GearLeader from Dota Hell Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Married to the job
#34574: Oct 22nd 2012 at 7:12:24 PM

[up][up]Hes going to be a very neutered dog at the end of this.

edited 22nd Oct '12 7:12:35 PM by GearLeader

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXkI1sTDoEg
Couchpotato20 Will kill you from Hell Since: Apr, 2011
Will kill you
#34575: Oct 22nd 2012 at 7:12:37 PM

So from saying how Obama went about getting Osama to complimenting his usage of drones. Massive flip flopping

"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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