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stevenleser

(32,886 posts) Sun Oct 21, 2012, 07:43 PM Oct 2012

2nd part of 2 part debate contest. How many lies will team Ryan/Romney end up with in all 4 debates

In part two of the contest, Romney and Ryan are up to 82 lies:

- 1st Presidential debate, Romney told 27 lies
- Vice Presidential debate, Ryan told 24 lies
- 2nd Presidential debate, Romney told 31 lies

How many lies will the team of Romney and Ryan end this debate season with.

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	Between 95-99 (Romney tells 13-17 lies in final debate)
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	Between 100-104 (Romney tells 18-22 lies in final debate)
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	Between 105-109 (Romney tells 23-27 lies in final debate)
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	Between 110-114 (Romney tells 28-32 lies in final debate)
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	Between 115-119 (Romney tells 33-37 lies in final debate)
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	120 or more lies (Romney tells 38 or more lies in the final debate)
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2nd part of 2 part debate contest. How many lies will team Ryan/Romney end up with in all 4 debates (Original Post) stevenleser Oct 2012 OP

I'm in at ending up at 115 lies meaning Romney will lie 33 times in the final debate. stevenleser Oct 2012 #1

Seperate unique lies or repeated lies? yourout Oct 2012 #2

Unique lies in the debate. Recycling lies from prior debates dont count. stevenleser Oct 2012 #3

Then I am guessing 8 or 9 new lies and 25-30 repeats. yourout Oct 2012 #4

OK, and if you had to narrow the 25-30 down to a single number... nt stevenleser Oct 2012 #5

29 yourout Oct 2012 #6

If they really stay on foreign policy, there just isn't that much to lie about BlueStreak Oct 2012 #10

FYI, all, on twitter, I'm referring to these as my 2 part #Romnesia contest stevenleser Oct 2012 #7

112. HooptieWagon Oct 2012 #8

I tried to calculate them with my PC ... it crashed ... zbdent Oct 2012 #9

I will announce the winner first on the air during my new blogtalk radio show stevenleser Oct 2012 #11

Monday (debate) morning #Romnesia kick nt stevenleser Oct 2012 #12

Final Pre-Debate Kick nt stevenleser Oct 2012 #13

And the winner is... no one! 24 additional lies + 82 = 106 stevenleser Oct 2012 #14

If enough people H2O Man Oct 2012 #15

I'm tweeting it to the entire world as I type! stevenleser Oct 2012 #16

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)

1. I'm in at ending up at 115 lies meaning Romney will lie 33 times in the final debate.

Reply to stevenleser (Original post)

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 07:45 PM

Oct 2012

Looking forward to hearing other guesses.

yourout

(7,534 posts)

2. Seperate unique lies or repeated lies?

Reply to stevenleser (Original post)

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 07:46 PM

Oct 2012

They do recycle lies at about a 3 to 1 margain.
In other words 3 repeat lies to 1 new lie.

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)

3. Unique lies in the debate. Recycling lies from prior debates dont count.

Reply to yourout (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 07:49 PM

Oct 2012

At least I think thats the way that THinkprogress.org has been counting them.

yourout

(7,534 posts)

4. Then I am guessing 8 or 9 new lies and 25-30 repeats.

Reply to stevenleser (Reply #3)

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 07:54 PM

Oct 2012

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)

5. OK, and if you had to narrow the 25-30 down to a single number... nt

Reply to yourout (Reply #4)

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 08:04 PM

Oct 2012

yourout

(7,534 posts)

6. 29

Reply to stevenleser (Reply #5)

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 08:07 PM

Oct 2012

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)

10. If they really stay on foreign policy, there just isn't that much to lie about

Reply to yourout (Reply #4)

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 09:14 PM

Oct 2012

Last edited Sun Oct 21, 2012, 09:48 PM - Edit history (1)

I am probably giving Romney way too much credit, as he has proven to be a formidable liar, but he just doesn't know much about foreign policy.

I guess he could say that President Obama had nothing to do with erasing OBL.
He could repeat the Benghazi lies.
He could say that Iran already has nuclear weapons about ready to launch.

He could repeat that Russia is our biggest geo-political foe. That is less a lie and just plain ignorant.

That's my point. He will probably say a lot of ignorant, overly-simplistic stuff. But outright lies? I just don't think he is knowledgeable enough invent lies at the previous Gish Galop pace.