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oooh youtube. cutoff romney's closing statement.
 
I wonder how the D's are going to spin this (another thing I hate about debates, spins)
 
julius said:
I wonder how the D's are going to spin this (another thing I hate about debates, spins)
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The spin is Obama was out raising money while Romney was practicing his closing speech.
 
"Best GOP presidential debate performance since Reagan"

- somebody I just heard on MSNBC
 
Like I said in the RNC thread. Romney is going to have an easy time at the debates because Obama has to spend his time defending himself for his abysmal performance.
 
Romney did well. Don't know if he shook off the image of being for the rich and big corporations, but he didn't come across like the big dick the democrats are making him out to be. Obama was Obama . . . wasn't wowed by him, but he comes across confident and competent.

I actually feel a little better about the candidates we have this year . . . little better.
 
MSNBC having difficulty with Obama's performance. But they're returning to their 24/7 theme of attacking Romney.

"Romney at his best tonight, but his best is not good enough."
 
I think Romney did great. He did not convince me, in the least, to vote for him.

He's for regulation (boo). He's for big govt.

No thanks.
 
Obama came out soft, and weak.
 
EL PRESIDENTE said:
He's just a bunch of catch phrases and prepared speeches. He has no substance to him and it was made painfully obvious.
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yep, and on top of that he didn't have any spunk in his voice.

In a sporting cliche, instead of playing to win, he played not to lose.
 
the governor of Maryland tweeted Mitt Romey claiming they have had the best schools for the past 4 years. lol true?
 
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ehizzy3 said:
the governor of Maryland tweeted Mitt Romey claiming they have had the the best schools for the past 4 years. lol true?
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well, they both start with the letter M
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Neil deGrasse Tyson ‏@neiltyson Cutting PBS support (0.012% of budget) to help balance the Federal budget is like deleting text files to make room on your 500Gig hard drive
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Taxing those making $1 million and up 100% does nothing to reduce the federal debt, either, and it reduces money cycling through the economy.

Obama had better start with the Romney smears right now, because his approach to governance doesn't hold up when he must defend it.

Barry got his ass kicked tonight and doesn't understand basic economics. He needs to swing for the fences from now on, because even the media is turning on him tonight after his "uhh...ummm...my grandma...umm" disaster. I actually was cringing for the guy, because he was completely out of his league in terms of understanding domestic policy.
 
I'm convinced, SlyPokerDog is a groupie's groupie! :smiley-calista:
 
PapaG said:
Taxing those making $1 million and up 100% does nothing to reduce the federal debt, either, and it reduces money cycling through the economy.
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cept that history says otherwise...

Obama had better start with the Romney smears right now, because his approach to governance doesn't hold up when he must defend it.

Barry got his ass kicked tonight and doesn't understand basic economics. He needs to swing for the fences from now on, because even the media is turning on him tonight after his "uhh...ummm...my grandma...umm" disaster. I actually was cringing for the guy, because he was completely out of his league in terms of understanding domestic policy.
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well, for starters, saying that you're going to lower taxes by 20% does equal about 5 trillion. Hate to break that to him. And just saying "no, I'm not going to cut taxes" doesn't make it true.

Secondly, the election won't solely be decided on the economic debate.

But remember, Kerry 'won' the 1st debate in 2004 too. Look how well that worked out for him.

side note: It's interesting to think about how Romney didn't really embrace the right wing of the party, yet because of the blind drive to not have Obama in office, they don't seem to mind.

I don't necessarily think Romney had a great debate, I just think by comparison he had a great debate. Obama dropped the ball a TON, was passive and allowed Romney to run the debate. He didn't call him on any lies he made, and basically he sat there and took it.
 
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EL PRESIDENTE said:
He's just a bunch of catch phrases and prepared speeches. He has no substance to him and it was made painfully obvious.
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Except I didn't hear very much substance from Romney either. It's pretty easy to just say the guy in charge sucks at his job and you've got a better strategy. But when you say you're going to cut 5 trillion in taxes for the wealthy and not add to the deficit, you can't just say I'll cut loopholes and reduce deductions to counter a $5 trillion tax cut. Tell me what loopholes and what deductions please. If Romney has a plan that would actually accomplish this I would think he'd be giving specifics 24/7, because that would make independents like me vote for him. I'm looking for a reason to vote for him but I need more than empty rhetoric.

Obama looked flat and like he didn't want to be there, and Romney looked like a man who'd say anything to get elected.

Tonight really cemented to me the fact that we don't have a good choice between the two.
 
One would hope an incumbent President would be well into specifics going into his second term...

this debate was a complete disaster for an incumbent President.
 
PapaG said:
One would hope an incumbent President would be well into specifics going into his second term...

this debate was a complete disaster for an incumbent President.
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He has the same ideas from 08 he didn't accomplish.
 
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