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Who do you want to win?

President Barack Obama
423
42%
Governor Mitt Romney
180
18%
A third party candidate
185
18%
Who cares and/or I ain't American
75
7%
It doesn't matter as the Mods are gonna launch their coup any time now and I for one welcome our Modly overlords
146
14%
 
Total votes : 1009
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United Dependencies
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Postby United Dependencies » Wed Oct 03, 2012 5:53 pm

Norstal wrote:
United Dependencies wrote:So are we all hanging out here for the debate?

No, we're hanging out here to watch That 70's Show.

Why of course we are.

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Alien Space Bats wrote:2012: The Year We Lost Contact (with Reality).

Cannot think of a name wrote:
Obamacult wrote:Maybe there is an economically sound and rational reason why there are no longer high paying jobs for qualified accountants, assembly line workers, glass blowers, blacksmiths, tanners, etc.

Maybe dragons took their jobs. Maybe unicorns only hid their jobs because unicorns are dicks. Maybe 'jobs' is only an illusion created by a drug addled infant pachyderm. Fuck dude, if we're in 'maybe' land, don't hold back.

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Postby The Tiger Kingdom » Wed Oct 03, 2012 5:53 pm

Yumyumsuppertime wrote:
United Dependencies wrote:So are we all hanging out here for the debate?


I will be hanging out here in between bites of tacos.

You're eating tacos too??
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Postby Farnhamia » Wed Oct 03, 2012 5:53 pm

Genivaria wrote:If the title isn't changed by 5 minutes then I'm gonna make my own thread with a big flashy title.

Please don't. This one's good enough.
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Now the foot is on the other hand ~ Kannap
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Postby Norstal » Wed Oct 03, 2012 5:53 pm

Genivaria wrote:If the title isn't changed by 5 minutes then I'm gonna make my own thread with a big flashy title.

No...why?
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Postby Erastide » Wed Oct 03, 2012 5:57 pm

Norstal wrote:
Genivaria wrote:If the title isn't changed by 5 minutes then I'm gonna make my own thread with a big flashy title.

No...why?

Because that's the tradition. So debate thread started viewtopic.php?f=20&t=202642
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Postby Genivaria » Wed Oct 03, 2012 5:58 pm

Farnhamia wrote:
Genivaria wrote:If the title isn't changed by 5 minutes then I'm gonna make my own thread with a big flashy title.

Please don't. This one's good enough.

Its not another debate thread. Its a 'heads-up' thread.
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Postby Farnhamia » Wed Oct 03, 2012 5:58 pm

Genivaria wrote:
Farnhamia wrote:Please don't. This one's good enough.

Its not another debate thread. Its a 'heads-up' thread.

Oh. Still ...
Make Earth Great Again: Stop Continental Drift!
And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water ...
"Make yourself at home, Frank. Hit somebody." RIP Don Rickles
My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right. ~ Carl Schurz
<Sigh> NSG...where even the atheists are Augustinians. ~ The Archregimancy
Now the foot is on the other hand ~ Kannap
RIP Dyakovo ... Ashmoria (Freedom ... or cake)
This is the eighth line. If your signature is longer, it's too long.
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Postby United Dependencies » Wed Oct 03, 2012 5:59 pm

Here we go...
Alien Space Bats wrote:2012: The Year We Lost Contact (with Reality).

Cannot think of a name wrote:
Obamacult wrote:Maybe there is an economically sound and rational reason why there are no longer high paying jobs for qualified accountants, assembly line workers, glass blowers, blacksmiths, tanners, etc.

Maybe dragons took their jobs. Maybe unicorns only hid their jobs because unicorns are dicks. Maybe 'jobs' is only an illusion created by a drug addled infant pachyderm. Fuck dude, if we're in 'maybe' land, don't hold back.

This is Nationstates we're here to help

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Postby Genivaria » Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:01 pm

HERE WE GOOOO!!!!
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Postby Cannot think of a name » Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:01 pm

Tuned into C-SPAN just in time for them to say '30 seconds folks'...oh, and also get shut up by the director...


SHOWTIME!
"...I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;" who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season." -MLK Jr.
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Postby Farnhamia » Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:01 pm

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ...

Damn, Jim Lehrer's looking old.
Make Earth Great Again: Stop Continental Drift!
And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water ...
"Make yourself at home, Frank. Hit somebody." RIP Don Rickles
My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right. ~ Carl Schurz
<Sigh> NSG...where even the atheists are Augustinians. ~ The Archregimancy
Now the foot is on the other hand ~ Kannap
RIP Dyakovo ... Ashmoria (Freedom ... or cake)
This is the eighth line. If your signature is longer, it's too long.
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Postby Cannot think of a name » Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:03 pm

Farnhamia wrote:EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ...

Damn, Jim Lehrer's looking old.

He's the nations adorable news hamster.
"...I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;" who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season." -MLK Jr.
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Postby Not Safe For Work » Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:03 pm

Farnhamia wrote:EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ...

Damn, Jim Lehrer's looking old.


I like his deliberately-non-partisan tie.

*nods*
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Postby Cannot think of a name » Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:04 pm

Well, no lightening when they shook hands...
"...I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;" who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season." -MLK Jr.
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Postby Norstal » Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:04 pm

The Twitter feed is depressing.
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New York Times wrote:No one can beat him in debates. 5/5.


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Postby Cannot think of a name » Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:05 pm

Now burn the first 30 seconds kissing the ass of those in attendance...



...aw, marriage...
"...I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;" who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season." -MLK Jr.
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Postby Sdaeriji » Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:05 pm

Man, it's Obama's 20th anniversary? You'd think maybe the campaign could've gotten a veto on the day.
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Postby Yumyumsuppertime » Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:07 pm

Obama's a bit stiff. Then again, next to Romney, he's practically limber.
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Postby Daistallia 2104 » Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:07 pm

Anyone doing a drinking game?

I'm working tonight, so just coke for me, but I expect I'll be walking in wired...
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How our economy really works.
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Postby Norstal » Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:07 pm

Of course Romney uses rhetoric. Of course.

Anecdotal evidence ftw.
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New York Times wrote:No one can beat him in debates. 5/5.


IGN wrote:Literally the best game I've ever played. 10/10


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Postby Cannot think of a name » Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:08 pm

Sdaeriji wrote:Man, it's Obama's 20th anniversary? You'd think maybe the campaign could've gotten a veto on the day.

And miss the chance to be adorable and human in front of everyone in the first ten seconds of the debate?



Romney with the "I met a single mother..." style shout out right off the bat.


Man, I'm glad I don't do drinking games.
"...I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;" who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season." -MLK Jr.
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Postby Genivaria » Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:09 pm

Twitter: Look at the ties!
....why?
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Postby Cannot think of a name » Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:09 pm

"Mr. President...say something about...trickle down...something...trickle...god your answers were boring and sounded the same...just say something interesting or this is going to be a long 90 minutes..."
"...I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;" who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season." -MLK Jr.
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Postby Not Safe For Work » Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:10 pm

Not impressed with Romney's suggesting that we're going to immediately create jobs by becoming 'energy independent'. Energy jobs are ten years down the line - if that's your best offer, you've got nothing.
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Farnhamia
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Postby Farnhamia » Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:11 pm

Obama rebuts Romney on jobs with education? Dude.

And the President sounds disorganized, a bit. Loosen up.
Make Earth Great Again: Stop Continental Drift!
And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water ...
"Make yourself at home, Frank. Hit somebody." RIP Don Rickles
My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right. ~ Carl Schurz
<Sigh> NSG...where even the atheists are Augustinians. ~ The Archregimancy
Now the foot is on the other hand ~ Kannap
RIP Dyakovo ... Ashmoria (Freedom ... or cake)
This is the eighth line. If your signature is longer, it's too long.
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