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In reply to the discussion: ****OFFICIAL DEBATE THREAD #3***** [View all]Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)16. Obama keeps patiently explaining TEH MATHS n/t
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I wish Obama would step up and say, this is my time. I will let you know when I am done speaking.
GreenPartyVoter
Oct 2012
#102
Ouch. Obama's off his game. He's gotten in some good points, tho. Still...... nt
Honeycombe8
Oct 2012
#3
Unfortunately, that's right - Americans will perceive aggressive and wrong as "winning"
GaYellowDawg
Oct 2012
#116
No one knows a statement is wrong if the other debater doesn't tell them so. nt
Honeycombe8
Oct 2012
#187
Totally, Romney looks like a social path... this is not going to play well with people n/t
budkin
Oct 2012
#11
Sure. Ins. cos. are lining up to insure 80 year olds. Not.That's why there's Medicare to begin with!
Honeycombe8
Oct 2012
#52
Romney isn't setting or controlling the debate he's interrupting the debate
DisabledAmerican
Oct 2012
#31
Romney is the aggressor, and will be, however reality-based or not, declared "winner."
WinkyDink
Oct 2012
#50
I don't think he is. He seems desperate and weird and Obama seems uncomfortable IMO.
D23MIURG23
Oct 2012
#93
O's on solid ground with his Medicare points. He feels deeply about it. Oh, Romney's interrupting
Honeycombe8
Oct 2012
#21
You can smell his superiority complex. The rules don't apply to him, he owns them. n/t
D23MIURG23
Oct 2012
#107
I don't think he's even trying, he ask questions and doesn't get clear answers as if he was on talk
uponit7771
Oct 2012
#75
Oh, Romney's interrupting again. He has to "instruct" Obama on the facts. nt
Honeycombe8
Oct 2012
#59
AGAIN, Lehrer (and O.) allows Romney TO INTERRUPT!!!!!!!! "All right, All right"--Lehrer the WEAK.
WinkyDink
Oct 2012
#63
I don't know what debate you all are watching, Obama is absolutely kicking ass!
1-Old-Man
Oct 2012
#70
This is TV. Appeals to emotion resonate. E.g., Mitt's "I just met..." Obama: "I had those same
WinkyDink
Oct 2012
#91
I feel like standing up and cheering Obama right now -- C'mon, c'mon, hit this one out of the park!!
Sparkly
Oct 2012
#74
Obama should have schooled Romney on why Medicare was put in in the first place.
antigop
Oct 2012
#80
Romney is incapable of sincerity. It is no wonder that people don't like him.
desertduck
Oct 2012
#124
So Republicans in MA voted for something that Republicans in DC wouldn't vote for
high density
Oct 2012
#97
ZING! "Democrats in Mass could have given the Republicans in congress some advice
BarackTheVote
Oct 2012
#112
"Since When?" is what O should say when M says his plan has stuff it didn't have last week.
kerouac2
Oct 2012
#125
I wish Big Dawg Bill were facing Mitt. Mitt would be CRYING for MERCY about now.
WinkyDink
Oct 2012
#117
"Not a secret, but there are alternatives... and then other alternatives... and, alternatives..."
Sparkly
Oct 2012
#146
Bets on Rmoney's use of "socialist," "redistribution," "Europe" (or specific European countries)...?
Sparkly
Oct 2012
#151
I'm afraid i agree with 1-post guy. For the average person, Rmoney's looking better.
JudyM
Oct 2012
#176
R-money met every Monday in Mass -- because his door was locked the rest of the time
sfpcjock
Oct 2012
#183