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Live-blogging the Second Presidential Debate
Live from Safety School University!
But first…
“Tonight’s first question comes to us from a man who calls himself Violentacrez. Go ahead, Mr. Violentacrez.” #debate
Bwahahahahaha.
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OBAMASATDOWNFIRSTHELOST — inside Hannity’s brain right now.#debate
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9:05
“I want you to be able to get a job.” Yeah, so you can fire me from it.
9:15
I think Romney just admitted to not caring about birds dying. Big Bird is crying.
Now he wants to kill Little Bird.
9:20
Once again a moderator is failing to move on.
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The New York Times op-ed, November 18, 2008:
by Mitt Romney
^not The Onion
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9:30
I’m so bored of talking about jobs. Go back to talking about killing birds.
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Obama starts explaining economic theory. Romney makes fart noises and monkey sounds in the background. #fakedebate
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9:39
”I put women in my cabinet.” ~Romney misquote
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“I hired lots of women.” = “Some of my best friends are black.”
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9:51
Wow, invocation of the G.W. We should start asking: Is our children learning from this debate?
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This guy’s on fire. Hold on- how do we know it isn’t Joe Biden wearing his Obama costume a few weeks early? #debates
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“I CAN SEE SYRIA FROM MY INVESTMENTS!” – Mitt Romney#MocktheVote
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What took so long? http://bindersfullofwomen.tumblr.com/ #debates
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10:25
Now that we all understand each other, group hug?
10:27
Nothing like talk to currency manipulation to rally up the masses.
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Mitt Romney: “I want to make America the most attractive place in the world for my binder.”
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”Barry, I’ll pretend your question was worthy of a presidential debate, not a centerfold interview: truncated stump speech and stuff.”
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Complete transcript:
(Pro-tip: when you get there: Ctrl-F “gang bangers.”)
VP Debate Reax Pt 2: Joe Biden Gives Zero Fucks
Ze Frank summarizes the facts of the debate:
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Paul Ryan’s hair does look like an accordion. Although I think the comparison to the slow loris is unfounded. The slow loris is much cuter than Paul Ryan, although I’m sure Paul Ryan has nicer abs than the slow loris.
Just look at it… it’s clearly part of the 47%.
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There weren’t any terribly egregious errors. Mostly normal fact check problems on both sides like rounding numbers like 264 to 300 and using studies that are wrong.
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I made a comment during the debate that Biden says they are “friends” like they go flyfishing every second Tuesday month and then go to the titty bar.
Now I have a mental image of Joe Biden saying “titty bar” and it’s hilarious.
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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff
Tom Junod @TomJunod
Chuck Wendig @ChuckWendig
Indecision @indecision
Nina Bargiel @slackmistress
Alex Halperin @alexhalperin
Romney’s Binder @Romneys_Binder


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