Presidential Debate Obama VS Romney Round 1

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Who won the debate?

Poll ended at 2012-10-07 11:32pm

Obama
11
14%
Romney
24
32%
Neither/Castrate Lehrer
41
54%
 
Total votes: 76

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Am I completely in the wrong for being annoyed at all the stuttering, pauses and multiple instance of "uh"?
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If it's a private plan that's paid for the government, isn't it really just socialism mittens? You sound like you don't know what you're talking about.
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Mr Bean wrote:Why the fuck did Obama not mention the 716 in cost savings was in the Ryan-Romney plan.
IIRC, its only in Ryan's plan - Romney hasn't really presented his own plan with regards to that.
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In other words, Mittens —vouchers.
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Mitt Romney just talked right through Jim Lehrer.
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I'm enjoying Obama's main point against Romney is people being at the "mercy" of private companies.

...and for chrsit sake Lehrer. Put your foot down and make these dueling egos stay on topic.
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Lehrer just gave up on staying in the two minutes system. He's just letting them free-style until they get to health care.
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The drinks are catching up with me I just did a header into the wall. Godamn vodka and rum shots inside of five minutes.

Also Lehr is still a weak moderator.
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This might be the only thing I agree with Romney on, Dodd Frank does need to be fixed.
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Jim Lehrer moderated! Wow.
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Block wrote:This might be the only thing I agree with Romney on, Dodd Frank does need to be fixed.
I agree, it needs teeth. Romney wants to do away with it altogether.
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Thank god for NPR. I won't have to miss 30 minutes of this on the way home from work.

Once again, Obama seizes control of the debate. Good for him!
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We need regulation... but regulation hurts the economy blah blah blah...
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...I'm going to take a gulp of Sam Adams every time I hear "by the way." I wonder how long I'll last.
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Considering that I view myself lucky for being too young to drink...probably not very long. I think that my more *ahem* liberal (not in the political sense) friends have already reached their limit...
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"Does anybody think that our problem was too much oversight and regulation of Wall St?" Good shot.
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Flagg wrote:
Block wrote:This might be the only thing I agree with Romney on, Dodd Frank does need to be fixed.
I agree, it needs teeth. Romney wants to do away with it altogether.
Yeah, the whole too big to fail thing makes me really uncomfortable, and it does need teeth. There are specific points that a guy like Romney would be great at fixing, it's too bad he's such a slimy jackass overall with mostly terrible policies.
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See I couldn't play any of these drinking games, my ass would have either broken my keyboard with my head by now, or with the drool coming out of my mouth while I'm passed out on it.
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Romney Zinger Activated: Double Edition! 716 billion from Medicare, Death Panels.
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And Mittens just went off on Medicare and jobs. And really, Mitt? Unelected panel? Pot meet kettle.
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Don't chose Tequila as your drinking game shot of choice when your at the 50% mark and already twelve shots in. Poor Joanna, she's just giggling at this point.
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DEATH PANELS make a comeback. What a fucking clown.
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Mittens just can't let go of the death panel mythology, can he? Of course not.
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I'm waiting for Mittens 9k to ask about the President's birth certificate.
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