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mac56

(17,824 posts) Thu Oct 11, 2012, 06:19 PM Oct 2012

I listened to the last debate on the radio. My sister-in-law watched it on PBS. [View all]

She thought Romney had won. To her dismay, as she's a lifelong Dem.

I thought Obama had won, and that Romney sounded manic and petulant and repetitive.

Reminded me of the Kennedy-Nixon debate in 1960, where the radio listeners thought Nixon won and the viewers thought Kennedy won.

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I listened to the last debate on the radio. My sister-in-law watched it on PBS. [View all] mac56 Oct 2012 OP

I honestly thought Obama won too. Chiquitita Oct 2012 #1

Romney probably did win if one can forget the fact that nearly everything he said was a lye. teddy51 Oct 2012 #2

Thanks for your reaction, mac.. not everyone thought Cha Oct 2012 #3

I watched on CSPAN, with a split screen, and thought Romney sounded manic and smarmy. gkhouston Oct 2012 #4

I really thought Obama had won, Rmoney talked to fast like some shady used car Raine Oct 2012 #5

I'm thinking of watching it naked ... GeorgeGist Oct 2012 #6

I had it on TV but was doing other stuff EC Oct 2012 #7