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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOk I did miss the debate tonight so can someone sum up in a nutshell how it went
I had to work a Blues Traveler concert. Even met John Popper afterwards!
But I hope the debate went well!
ejbr
(5,856 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)yourout
(7,534 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)lalalu
(1,663 posts)Sounds like you had a great time.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)My friend wanted to grab a drink afterwards and were excited to see John Popper role in. He still got it. And he said he hoped Obama kicked ass tonight too!
lalalu
(1,663 posts)GOTV
(3,759 posts)nmbluesky
(2,561 posts)Obama did well and 47% too
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)...down for the count on that one...his whole attitude changed...I thought, Like Ryan, Mitt was going to cry
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,719 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)nolabear
(41,991 posts)The Magistrate
(95,255 posts)Romney looked like a cheap suit by the end of it....
"Romney loves America like a tick loves a dog."
Terra Alta
(5,158 posts)and cleaned it real good.. I'm so proud of Obama tonight.
0rganism
(23,971 posts)so we all know Obama kicked Rmoney's ass
reformist2
(9,841 posts)But the real low points for Romney were his answers on women's issues, which were dreadfully bad.
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)Where Wiley Coyote's boobytrap backfires and he falls into the canyon....
begin_within
(21,551 posts)But Obama was confident, lucid, convincing and easily won, in my opinion. Great from beginning to end.
Romney seemed panicky and bullying for the first half, then calmed down and improved later on.
Obama did not mention the Sensata issue but did say, "When
he talks about getting tough on China, keep in mind that Governor
Romney invested in companies that were pioneers of outsourcing to
China, and is currently investing in countries - in companies that
are building surveillance equipment for China to spy on its own folks."
DJ13
(23,671 posts)PD Turk
(1,289 posts)Historic NY
(37,453 posts)Whisp
(24,096 posts)and Candy Crowley was almost tolerable, that was my biggest surprise for tonight. I knew Obama would nail gun Mitt's shorts to his ass.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Just saying!
MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)or when the President beats your ass in a media driven debate. Your choice. But hey, you only have 2 minutes to make up your mind.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)He was called out on his lie about Obama's response on Libya. He was called out on his lies about his tax plan. He essentially agreed with the President and tried to attack him from the left a few times and failed. He gave a non-response answer to the question on equal pay for women, something about putting women in binders then putting them in his cabinet, it was creepy, but didn't answer to what he would do policy wise for women. Then something about if women would get married before having kids then AK47s wouldn't be so dangerous or some chit. Then he said he was for 100% of Americans even though he had a blind trust that did all those bad outsourcing things. He really lost it tonight, read up on the threads here, victory is ours.
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)both Mormon Taberlackle's simply shriveled up, and Candy Crowley looked fair!
Sleep well and watch the YouTUbes tomorrow!
Uncle Joe
(58,426 posts)called on one of his lies by Candy Crowley.
Obama had a great debate and adroitly hit Romney with the 47% on his last statement.
Thanks for the thread, LynneSin
trailmonkee
(2,681 posts)That's pretty much what happened to Romney
klook
(12,170 posts)and they're full of women. It's ... hard to explain. But you'll be reading a lot about that.
Romney has a special kind of math that makes money grow on trees, even while those trees are shrunk via bonsai and drowned in the bathtub.
Obama LIHOP in Libya, says Romney. ("Offensive," says Obama, and way more than 47% of viewers agree.)
Speaking of 47%, we heard about them, too. Also self-deportation. It seems Romney's Republican primary skeletons weren't stashed deep enough in the closet. We also heard about flips and flops on assault weapons, women's reproductive rights, tax policy, and more. The American people also heard (probably for the first time in many cases) that there is a Congress that is working night and day to thwart the president's every aim.
Despite all that, poor Romney may need the Obamacare that he wants to kill, because he sure looked like he had hemorrhoids most of the night.
The president learned from Joe Biden how to defeat the Gish Gallop -- call bullshit early and often.
It was fun. Watch the replay.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)Romney hitting the floor.....
struggle4progress
(118,356 posts)will solve almost any problems you might have with gang-bangers and AK-47s"
That's what I got from the debate. YMMV.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Because I am
BumRushDaShow
(129,543 posts)LynneSin
(95,337 posts)struggle4progress
(118,356 posts)Romneys binders full of women story not true
By Arturo Garcia
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 9:18 EDT
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/10/17/report-romneys-binders-full-of-women-story-not-true/
Tue Oct 16, 2012 at 10:12 PM PDT
Romney:Women need to cook dinner
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/17/1145576/-Romney-Women-need-to-cook-dinner
Romney claims getting married will prevent gun violence
http://thinkprogress.org/lbupdate/1028881/while-answering-a-question-about-guns/
ananda
(28,877 posts)For our side!
Nightjock
(1,408 posts)LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Johonny
(20,890 posts)and has no clue what happened in Libya but thinks the president bad a lot of mistakes there. Oh and he's cutting your taxes on all the interest you get from your bank account.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)I'm rich!!!!!