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FifthSurprise said on October 16th, 2012 at 8:59 pm

It’s a shame no one will be asking the hard questions. Like will the President apply pressure upon Egypt to not withdraw from the XCOM project? And where will they stand on the Thin Man immigration question?

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Jilliterate said on October 16th, 2012 at 9:07 pm

Did Romney seriously just answer that student’s question about post-university employment with just saying “I want you to have a job” over and over again? And then followed that up by committing a spoonerism and saying he wanted “more debt and less jobs”? This thing is off to a fantastic start.

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Kate the Short said on October 16th, 2012 at 9:16 pm

Yes, yes he did. Superficially, he looks and sounds presidential. But all he did is just say, “I know how to create jobs; I have a 5-point plan.” Obama doesn’t look quite as “on” [I didn’t see the first debate, btw.] But he listed three very clear points.

I like her asking the follow-up questions.

Annnnd neither directly answered the “energy dept gas prices question.” The answer to which should be NO because the department needs to do lots of things in addition to gas.

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Kate the Short said on October 16th, 2012 at 9:20 pm

oooooh, getting all up in each other’s faces!

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Jeez, whenever Romney speaks his lines drop faster than Felix Baumgartner when he broke the sound barrier.

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FifthSurprise said on October 16th, 2012 at 9:42 pm

…Did Romney just claim his cabinet was staffed with more women than anyone else because he was affirmative action on women in his office? I mean when you say “Hey, why can’t we find some women” it sounds like that…

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Kate the Short said on October 16th, 2012 at 9:43 pm

We were proud to be flexible so the woman in my cabinet who had two kids in school could be able to not stay until 7 or 8 pm but could go home and be with her kids and make dinner!

Um. Um? *headdesk*

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Mitt Romney talking about his five point plan reminds me of Ron Donald and his Ron Donald Dos and Don’ts

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@Fifth Surprise

*Internet High Five*

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squishydish said on October 16th, 2012 at 9:50 pm

Oh, I wish we had this version of Obama in the debate two weeks ago, when 70 million Americans were watching. I’m afraid that far fewer will see this.

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DistantFred said on October 16th, 2012 at 9:52 pm

Does America even have enough wizards to create enough magic to break all rules of logic and physics that Mitt’s policies would need?

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“President Obama said he’d defeat the Superman, yet he has cut kryptonite research! Luthor 2012!”

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FifthSurprise said on October 16th, 2012 at 9:58 pm

They choose the green and yellow lines because blue and red would send the wrong color but I keep thinking “Man the limes are responding well to this” or “The lemons don’t seem to respond well to that.” This debate is so tropical!

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FifthSurprise said on October 16th, 2012 at 9:58 pm

And by wrong color I mean wrong message. Whoops.

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Jilliterate said on October 16th, 2012 at 10:01 pm

An illegal immigrant takes the place of a legal immigrant? What the hell is he talking about? There isn’t an internal regulator that’s keeping track of all immigrants, legal or otherwise, and a magic gate that closes once the quota is hit.

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Kate the Short said on October 16th, 2012 at 10:01 pm

Those who come here illegally shouldn’t get amnesty. Their kids should get a pathway to citizenship! Yeah, okay, so what do you do with the kids who came here when they were two years old? Give them a path or kick them out?

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FifthSurprise said on October 16th, 2012 at 10:02 pm

The worst is when you get an illegal immigrant together with a legal immigrant. This creates a nuclearmigrant explosion.

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Holy shit, is Romney seriously standing by the “self-deportation” stuff?

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Oh no, Mitt Romney’s memory cells are melting. He forgot that Obama called the Benghazi attack an act of terror. Everybody Run, RUN, RomneyTron is going to self-destruct!

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I’ve got to say now, when I thought about this debate, my first thought was “Turn on debate, check mightygodking.” This is great, brother.

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Jilliterate said on October 16th, 2012 at 10:24 pm

Gun violence is caused by people having children out of wedlock? I’m genuinely stunned by how much Romney has revealed the crazy tonight.

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Mitt’s promising to do a heck of a lot on his first day. He does realize that a day consists of 24 hours and not, in fact, the 3000 he seems to indicate there are right?

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FifthSurprise said on October 16th, 2012 at 10:32 pm

@JCHandsom: Math is not necessarily involved here.

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Romney talking about Canada makes me realize that him meeting with Stephen Harper would be the most awkward white person thing ever.

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Um, wait, Mitt. If Government doesn’t create jobs, then Obama isn’t responsible for the massive unemployment you’ve been howling about.

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DistantFred said on October 16th, 2012 at 10:45 pm

No Burke, see, the wonderful thing about the Republican position: If there’s a lot of unemployment, it’s the Government’s fault because they are making it impossible for there to be more jobs; If there’s less unemployment, it’s DESPITE government and we still need to reduce regulations because GOVERNMENT IS BAD.

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“Please proceed, Governor.” A mighty death glare indeed.

Ohh, Mittens, you came off like a total crank.

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Sean D. Martin said on October 17th, 2012 at 12:00 pm

and maybe it is not wise to suggest a black man should be called Mr. Coal,

We have to treat black people more gently?

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@Sean D. Martin: yes. if you turn up the heat and apply too much pressure he’ll become Mr. Diamond, and THEN where will we be?

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Sean D. Martin said on October 17th, 2012 at 12:22 pm

@Jacob: Thanks for the early morning giggle.

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I have to ask, because I read your commentaries before watching the actual debates: binder full of women? That didn’t resonate with anyone outside the U.S.? That sounds like the 47% comment, but aimed at an entire gender. Way to succeed there, GOP.

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if you turn up the heat and apply too much pressure he’ll become Mr. Diamond, and THEN where will we be?

OH MAN THEY WANT TO MAKE OBAMA INTO THE KING OF TROLLS

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Mhmm.

I’m not saying I’m being rational here, and I’m sorry, but I can’t get past that vice presidential debate. Let me get this straight, THAT was a tie? Most of the media seems to be saying last night’s debate was a slight Obama win. They seemed to also say that Romney won the first debate. I don’t necessarily agree, but I can absolutely see where they’re coming from. But Biden/Ryan was a tie? Biden humiliated Ryan! He was fact-checking him INSTANTLY. Ryan was cowering! How in the hell could that be a tie?

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The Unstoppable Gravy Express said on October 18th, 2012 at 10:30 am

binder full of women? That didn’t resonate with anyone outside the U.S.?

FWIW the Canadian media is all over that too.

I think there’s not enough scrutiny on “IF we’re going to have women in the workplace…” but of course that quote doesn’t conjure strange images of Mitt’s depraved Saw-grotto, so I guess I understand.

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Dio: Because if the race isn’t neck and neck, there’s no story. So it has to be one win for Romeny, one win for Obama, and a tie for the veeps going into the last debate.

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Actually being born out of wedlock is a major factor. The murder rate for african americans is much higher then for other ethnicity groups but if you compare rates between children of married parents black and white they are near identical.

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@Briareos

And likewise for the children of unmarried parents (black or white), depending on area.

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