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79 comments:
Here I am about fifteen minutes late but it seemed like we weren't far behind. Obama is just answering the first question
Anyone? Bueller?
He "took them bankrupt"?
Just got here myself
Yeah the "took them bankrupt" bothered me.
I think Romney was coached to be defensive to what he expects to be a much much more aggressive Obama.
Obama didn't thank the moderator, audience, or the university for hosting the debate. How will the Republicans use this slight against him?
Migratory birds noooooooooooooooooooo!
way to keep flip flopping romney!
The deduction reductions just sound scary all around. Reconfiguring stuff may be necessary, but I feel like taking the axe to deductions seems scary
Romney talking about energy makes me want to throw my TV through the wall.
Romney got a little too interupty before this most recent deduction question. Candy! CANDY! Can-can-Candy!
Listening to Romney talk about energy makes me want to throw my TV through the wall.
I'm worried he just set himself up for a rebuttal about tax cuts, since he did have a democratic congress and didn't pass the tax cuts
Did you read today that apparently according to the pre-debate agreement both sides signed onto the visual that they have on CNN is against the rules - with Romney talking, they should be trained entirely on him.
Yes I read that. I do notice that they don't have the full split-screen they had during the last two debates.
Pretty much all the debate rules have been broken already. Candidates asking each other questions, interrupting each other, walking over to each other, follow-up questions from Candy, etc.
I agree - ANYTHING GOES!
That line, "You wouldn't take that kinda sketchy deal, Governor, and America, neither should you" is good.
Or as someone just said on Facebook, "I'm Mitt Romney, and I'm a Mathemagician."
Based on your comments and the things I'm seeing on Facebook, I must be several minutes behind.
Rut roh! Does Alabama have a different special time-delay?
yay Lily Ledbetter!
Are my comments showing up?
It's called baby time.
Whoa! I see Scott and Julia's comments!
Just discovered I was unintentionally sitting on comments! SORRY GUYS!
Obama is hitting all women's issues out of the park! Perhaps my previous comments on Ryan making an excellent pope also apply to Romney
Damn the Arabs, Romney don't need you or your oily oil!!!!
Wow. Interruptathon.
I would love to know how Obamacare keeps small businesses from hiring people!
Mr. Romney, I think the folks you're asking about Obamacare are mostly at Republican rallies, so it doesn't surprise me that they say that policy is going to make them not hire... they hate Obama, so anything he champions is probably something they're gonna say will kill jobs.
Crap, that probably wasn't fair of me... well... oh well.
TV! Wall!
wow didn't see that bush comparison coming@
Uh, I mean: imagine if this Obama showed up for the last debate. I I so hope people are tuning in.
Yeah, Scott, his performance tonight does actually make me more disappointed in the 10/3 debate, for sure.
I love town hall debates for all the facial expressions you get to see in the background.
There is an old lady who REFUSES to look at Romney!
This response is making me depressed. Romney, playing Debby Downer is not a recipe for success.
There's a man with a mustacio behind Romney's right shoulder who seems to be gazing off into the distance, perhaps daydreaming about adventures he will take with his gallant facial hair.
There is some stellar facial hair in the crowd, no doubt.
Tune into TBWTHAGIDITHL for all your facial hair related political commentary.
Do Presidents file bills? Can someone contact Schoolhouse Rocks for me and check on this important legislative issue???
Oh wait, no... I am pretty sure that really isn't at all how our government works.
I like seeing what the timers look like! OOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO lime green screen with serif font black large-numbered countdowns!
Self-deportation, the masturbation of immigration reform... only masturbation is fun and um... crap, what the heck was I talking about?
so self-deportation means that illegal immigrants should leave if they want to. Obviously if they wanted to leave they would!
John are you taking shots?
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh too much stuttering!
Julia, yes, you have it in a nutshell. Scott, no comment.
A friend just suggested there should be repercussions for blatant lies told in these debates - I propose a fact-checking taser. Plus, I think more people would tune in for the entertainment value.
Shots shots shots shots shots shots
If you are participating in the drinking game, please note "middle income" = "middle class"
so drink up!
ooh Candy is playing fact-checker as well as moderator, I like!
love the fact check taser!
can somebody explain the cnn ticker, what's the plus and minus?
OOoooooh yeah, I can - CNN ticker +/- is they've got some room full of "undecided" men and women with little boxes and they hit + when they're feeling positive about what's being said, - when feeling negative. The green line is the men, yellow women... and um... that's the best orientation I can give.
Trade in your AK-47 for a free wife and baby!!!!!!! Wait, did I misunderstand what he was just saying?
Mitt: "Just say no"
I wish Venice was here so we could hear about whether he is feeling that Romney has more support in his neck of the woods these days after that first debate. He was pretty down on Romney up until that night.
Great comment from my friend Doug on Facebook: "Anyone else find it weird that dudes named 'Mitt' and 'Barack' are having issues pronouncing names like 'Lorraine' and 'Kerry?'"
Oh god, I here's mitt the centrist again.
Yeah, I'm curious about the folks in New Hamster too.
That Kerry audience guy was a secret Republican plant. He plugged his company for gosh sakes. :)
"Trickle-down government has never worked here, has never worked anywhere," because that, Governor, is a weird muddled idea that you made up and isn't really a thing.
currency manipulator!
Yeah, I agree on Kerry, Scott... I have a feeling that the only undecided thing about Kerry was whether to start his daily news intake with Drudge, Fox or Rush.
If I had been on this live blog when the debate started, I would have immediately labeled all of you CURRENCY MANIPULATORS! HA! Now stop manipulating your currencies, mmmm'kay?
so at the beginning of the debate, romney said he would create 12 million jobs and just said that government doesn't create jobs wtf?
From Alexandra on Facebook: "The audience of this debate looks like The Walking Dead sat down to watch filming of an infomercial for juicers. You're telling me all normal looking people were busy tonight???"
Just... so... damn... funny. Guy who asked last question, totally fits into that oddball dynamic.
Romney was a zombie while Governor.
Created less than an hour ago and already has 36,000 likes on Facebook: Binders full of women as in, "Women. Bring me binders full of them." -- Mitt Romney, paraphrase
Romney was a zombie, Scott, you're a poet and you didn't even know it!
("I've been in industry all my life." ok... Maybe a stretch.)
Play a game with me. Who in the front row is actually a Secret Service Agent?
YES! I saw the last question guy winding his disposable camera in the background behind Tag or Hug of Flick or one of the Romney sons.
Consider my enthusiasm gap closed. Now, being in a deep red state, what can I do next?
The lines at the bottom were "undecideds" in Ohio, Julia!
Thanks everyone for your wonderful participation... sorry for the early glitches! I'll throw up one of these for debate #3 and I'll make sure to keep off comment moderation for that.
thanks, I wasn't sure about what teh + and - meants, obvoiusly I overthought.
Oh, I just got excited at the end, because Wolfie Blitzerpants actually mentioned where the mysterious room of undecided voters was located... thought it was one more fun fact to share. :)
Just finally finished. Both guys were pretty strong. It was fun folks!
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