2012 Presidential Debate Master Thread

[Kat Kid]

Also this moderator is much better than Leher.

[sys]

hope the o's can pitch out of this, but it looks tough.  also hope the debate's on a vid somewhere when the game's over.

[john "teach me how to" dougie]

I think she's been fair.

The media is oing to say Joe won, but I think it was fairly even, I don't think either really stood out overall. Joe was much more emotional, which is what he does, and Ryan is the numbers guy, which is what he does.

[sys]

hope the o's can pitch out of this.

 

[john "teach me how to" dougie]

Ryan finished strong, good debate overall.

[wetwillie]

Ryan is itching to bomb Iran, I tuned out after that. 

[0.42]

Dems are celebrating, 'Pubs are saying it's a tie and/or Biden was TOO MEAN. It's the same dynamic as last week, but the parties are switched. Call this one for Biden. (Yes, Biden was more sarcastic/demeaning than Romney was. Doesn't matter.)

[john "teach me how to" dougie]

Dems are celebrating, 'Pubs are saying it's a tie and/or Biden was TOO MEAN. It's the same dynamic as last week, but the parties are switched. Call this one for Biden. (Yes, Biden was more sarcastic/demeaning than Romney was. Doesn't matter.)

There was no standout in this debate, unlike the presidential debate. Don't be delusional.

[0.42]

Dems are celebrating, 'Pubs are saying it's a tie and/or Biden was TOO MEAN. It's the same dynamic as last week, but the parties are switched. Call this one for Biden. (Yes, Biden was more sarcastic/demeaning than Romney was. Doesn't matter.)

There was no standout in this debate, unlike the presidential debate. Don't be delusional.

Biden stood out while being a hilarious douche, Ryan was just a douche who looked bad. It's the veep debate so it won't move the meter that much, but it was some pretty fantastic entertainment.

[Panjandrum]

Dems are celebrating, 'Pubs are saying it's a tie and/or Biden was TOO MEAN. It's the same dynamic as last week, but the parties are switched. Call this one for Biden. (Yes, Biden was more sarcastic/demeaning than Romney was. Doesn't matter.)

There was no standout in this debate, unlike the presidential debate. Don't be delusional.

This really bothers me because when half of what you say is made up, you don't get to say you were a "standout" that "won".

[0.42]

Dems are celebrating, 'Pubs are saying it's a tie and/or Biden was TOO MEAN. It's the same dynamic as last week, but the parties are switched. Call this one for Biden. (Yes, Biden was more sarcastic/demeaning than Romney was. Doesn't matter.)

There was no standout in this debate, unlike the presidential debate. Don't be delusional.

This really bothers me because when half of what you say is made up, you don't get to say you were a "standout" that "won".

Oh, I agree it shouldn't be that way. But that's how things are and always have been to an extent. Debates have always been style over substance, it's just more pronounced now.

[john "teach me how to" dougie]

Dems are celebrating, 'Pubs are saying it's a tie and/or Biden was TOO MEAN. It's the same dynamic as last week, but the parties are switched. Call this one for Biden. (Yes, Biden was more sarcastic/demeaning than Romney was. Doesn't matter.)

There was no standout in this debate, unlike the presidential debate. Don't be delusional.

This really bothers me because when half of what you say is made up, you don't get to say you were a "standout" that "won".

I assume you are talking about the Benghazi coverup, but you can't blame Biden for trying to hold the story line.

[Dugout DickStone]

Ryan's fake religious moment sealed it for Biden

[Dr Rick Daris]

biden did everything but give him a swirlie. biden won. also, the other guy sounded kind of dumb when talking about troops overseas and defense spending.

[TheHamburglar]

Joe is floundering here.

Which debate are you watching, Joe killed Ryan on taxes and particularly on his inability to explain how they can possibly pay for what they say they are paying for.

Pro-tip: neither can come close to paying for what they say they want to spend.  They know this, but don't care because all they are doing is buying votes. None of the four participating in the debates actually gives 2 shits about America's citizens or it's future.

[Dugout DickStone]

I think the worse pandering is to military.  It needs to be cut. 

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

Only a mouth breathing yokel could possibly think "joe" won that debate. At best he sounded like an msnbc pundit, realistically he sounded like a drunk guy arguing politics at a bar in coffeyville, ks.  He looked like the baffoon we all knew he already was.  The fact that Ryan absolutely clowned him on foreign policy, Joe's strong suit, tells you all you really need to know.

Hilarious that the libs we all up in arms about style over substance a week ago, now their fawning over a braggadocios inappropriate loud mouth regurgitating boring blogotalking points.

Also, that Martha lady creeps me out a bit.

[Cire]

Ryan looked like a complete rube

[kim carnes]

biden did everything but give him a swirlie. biden won. also, the other guy sounded kind of dumb when talking about troops overseas and defense spending.

whatever you say rick "democrat" daris

[sys]

obama, a president and presidential candidate turned in one of the worst debating performances of the last quarter century, in front of a huge audience, and it appears to have made about a (likely temporary) 3% difference among likely voters.

this debate had neither of the above two factors.  it isn't going to make a 0.1% difference by the time the elections roll around.  and it wouldn't have even if one of the two had been embarrassing.

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

Sys still wears a Nixon-Cabot button to work on Friday.

[sys]

Sys still wears a Nixon-Cabot button to work on Friday.

i have no idea what that means, which i suppose is a victory for you.  enjoy.

[Dugout DickStone]

Ryan comes off so badly.  He should as to do the next debate on the radio.

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

Ryan comes off so badly.  He should as to do the next debate on the radio.

You debates are on the radio, tard.

[Dr Rick Daris]

I think the worse pandering is to military.  It needs to be cut.

obama is right in the middle of cutting the absolute crap out of it. no more free handouts for the three million DoD employees and active duty military if he's the president. romney would continue and increase the handouts and subsidizing though.