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Live-blogging the 10/3/12 Presidential Debate
Presidential Bro Hug
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Pre-game:
The Obion: Biden Implores Obama To ‘Rub One Out’ Before Debate
‘Don’t Want Pussy On The Mind Out There,’ Reports Vice President
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9:07
Mitt Romney invokes a story involving a baby.
Lizz Winstead Romney bored that unemployed person to death. #MockTheVote #Debates
9:11
Obama talks about specific tax cut numbers and the moderator sounds old and confused.
9:13
Mitt Romney: “I like coal.”
Me too, as long as I’m not getting trapped in a Chilean mine, mining it.
9:20
My Internet stream keeps buffering and I don’t care, because everyone is so boring.
9:23
Boring point-in-case, Obama just talked about “math.”
Good thing they keep talking about math. Nothing gets America fired up more than math. #debates
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9:28
“I like Big Bird.”
This debate reminds me of…
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9:38
Matt Yglesias I think Obama should have practiced some zingers.
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9:40
Andrew Sullivan First unforced Romney error: “I may need a new accountant.”http://thebea.st/RdXvE9
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9:50
Indecision This campaign to re-elect Bill Clinton is going really well.#debates
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9:52
I think Obama’s boring is rubbing off on Romney. R-Money just mentioned “leverage limits.”
9:55
What if Jim Lehrer had a heart attack right now? His resuscitation could be funded by viewers like you!
9:57
Newsflash! Nobody has actually read Dodd-Frank.
Dodd Frank: Was that the girl in the attic? #MockTheVote #Debates
Wil Wheaton Okay, so I think this show needs a whacky neighbor to really spice things up. Maybe a talking baby, or a dog. OMG MAKE THIS FAMILY GUY!
Candice Hall @wilw Pot-smoking Koala? It could be American Dad.
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10:09
Obama should just curl up in the fetal position and scream health care statistics for the rest of the debate.
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10:10
ThinkProgress Romney says he didn’t raise taxes to pay for Romneycare. That’s because it was subsidized heavily by the federal gov’t
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10:12
Brooklyn Bitch When can we talk about vaginas and anal sex? #debates #priorities
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10:15
Man, I wish Big Bird was moderating this debate. Big Bird or a corpse would be doing a better job at creating structure than this guy.
10:24
Silent Jim Lehrer …um…I…
10:25
There’s bars out there serving drinks called “zingers” right now, right?
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10:33
Well, my dream of Obama screaming, “You tied your dog to a car!” have been crushed.
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Joëlle Jesus tap dancing Christ! I’d rather hear about bitches, zombies, the apocalypse, sandwiches or anal before any more political tweets. Fuck!
KimJongNumberUn North Koreans should be grateful tonight that Dad banned television.#debate
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Good night and good luck.
Liveblogging the CNN Tea Party Republican Primary Debate
This is a spontaneous endeavor, so bear with me. Popping my liveblogging cherry!
8:03 I haven’t watched many debate openings, but is that how networks normally present them? “Rick Santorum – The Fighter?” Isn’t “the guy who needs to quit now or will go broke” a more appropriate epithet? I love how they later referred to Herman Cain as the “pizza guy.” Is this a debate or a reality TV Show? I guess both.
8:10 Wolf Blitzer indeed has a glorious beard.
8:13 Nice of you to talk to Michelle Bachmann first, unlike MSNBC’s snubbing of her last time. Her answer was still terrible though.
8:18 “We’re having a conversation, right now.” Mitt Romney to Rick Perry. The moderators are letting some bickering go on. The crowd loves it. The “ooh ooh ooh ohh!” coming from the crowd is deserving of some fist-pumping.
8:30 I wasn’t really paying attention to Mitt Romney’s talk about growing the private sector, because I was busy admiring at his gorgeous salt and peppered coiffure.
8:39 “[The stimulus] created zero jobs.” Rick Perry blatantly lies.
[The Indecision Live-blog says, “Does Ron Paul for serious think that we’d ever elect a person who wears a plaid tie?”]
[Andrew Sullivan says Rick Perry has a “smug teflon smirk that this crowd is lapping up… As he strutted onto the stage he looked like a rooster in an Italian suit.” Accurate analysis.]
8:49 Finally a Ronald Reagan reference. Thanks Newt!
8:58 Michelle Bachman talking about leashes. Fiscal… Discipline!
9:07 If this was a slow talking contest, Rick Perry would win. He’s so ashamed of his Gardasil stint.
9:09 Still, I get the impression Rick Perry is really afraid of dying of cervical cancer.
9:20 Ron Paul wants to legalize “alternative” medicine. That’s the cure for rising health care costs. Leeches for everyone!
9:25 “I’m Wolf Blitzer, now back to the… psych! Back to commercials.” What was the point of that? Thanks for letting me know your name, Wolf Blitzer.
9:31 Ooh, Rick Perry got his first boos. I’m glad the mods and other candidates are calling out RP on his hypocrisy.
9:38 My immigration attorney boyfriend got Jon Huntsman’s H1-B reference. He’s the only one.
9:46 What would you bring the White House if you moved in? A Bible. A Bible. Another Bible. An army of unvaccinated foster children. And not Mexicans.
9:50 There’s nothing I want more than a creepy bust of Winston Church in my house.
That’s a wrap! All that happened tonight is that we’re reminded that Michelle Bachmann is against the violation of little girls, Rick Perry regrets violating little girls, and Tea Partiers will boo at anything that doesn’t involve wrapping themselves in the copies of the Constitution to ward off the terrorists (and the Mexicans).
Click here to read to my annotated transcript of the Sept. 7 Politico-sponsored bitch-fest.
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