American Presidential Debates Megathread

[Sardine World]

if you dont like the way the world is run, then get off NS and go run for president

good night people

[Telesha]

I always zone out during closing remarks. I wonder if I missed anything.

Not really. Usual "vote for me" pap with some "falling middle class wages" BS from Mitt.

[Laerod]

The horse and bayonet memes are already going around FB. :)

"The 1980s called and they want their economic policies back." XD

[North California]

Did Obama just call his own foreign policy wrong and reckless?

He could declare himself the lizard-king and draw swastikas all over Bob Scheiffer's face it wouldn't change how this debate went.

I laughed hard.

[The Black Forrest]

If it's easy sure. I will take your word for it if takes effort.

I think I got it. Check the edited post.

Saw that. Thank you.

[Yewhohohopia]

Pretty wasteful. Most of them should've been replaced with combat knives by now.

Don't really see why, since that would require a Vishnu-esque profile on American soldiers to maintain combat effectiveness.

[Agymnum]

Pretty wasteful. Most of them should've been replaced with combat knives by now.

Unless we're still using the same charging, trench-warfare tactics we used in 1916. In which case our generals are just plain stupid.

Same knife, a combat knife can still be built to be equipped as a bayonet.

But you wouldn't use a 1916 version of a bayonet as a combat knife, would you?

The things are unwieldy as hell. Modern bayonets are basically just combat knives with little rings to attach to the gun.

[Des-Bal]

if you dont like the way the world is run, then get off NS and go run for president

good night people

Or vote, most people do that one.

[The Land Fomerly Known as Ligerplace]

if you dont like the way the world is run, then get off NS and go run for president

good night people

See you in November.

[Agymnum]

if you dont like the way the world is run, then get off NS and go run for president

good night people

So you're going to run, because so far Obama just beat Romney into the ground and you've already made it clear you don't like Obama?

[Yewhohohopia]

I always zone out during closing remarks. I wonder if I missed anything.

"Murca vote for me, maintaining the things and improving them also"
"Murca vote for me, freeum"

[Samuraikoku]

if you dont like the way the world is run, then get off NS and go run for president

good night people

You're the one criticizing, you should probably run.

When you grow up, that is.

[Condunum]

Is the debate as terribly one-sided as my friend is telling me?

He told me, that to a large effect, Obama is simply destroying Romney at every turn.

[The Black Forrest]

I always zone out during closing remarks. I wonder if I missed anything.

"Murca vote for me, maintaining the things and improving them also"
"Murca vote for me, freeum"

He does care about 100% of the people!

[Allied States of Demokratia]

Obama edges out on the debate but relatively flat closing statements by both candidates and this was disappointing. Further Obama could have really ended Romney tonight but didnt. This could haunt him 2 weeks from now.
Obama sees an increase in the polls.

[Laerod]

Same knife, a combat knife can still be built to be equipped as a bayonet.

But you wouldn't use a 1916 version of a bayonet as a combat knife, would you?

The things are unwieldy as hell. Modern bayonets are basically just combat knives with little rings to attach to the gun.

The overall point is you don't use bayonets in combat anywhere near as much as you did in 1917. And that's mostly because we realized how useless they were back then and how much more useless they are by now.

[Samuraikoku]

Is the debate as terribly one-sided as my friend is telling me?

He told me, that to a large effect, Obama is simply destroying Romney at every turn.

Romney first cried to the mod to give him a chance, then when Obama brought up that he did nothing to save the auto industry in Detroit, he cried ad hominem.

[Yewhohohopia]

Is the debate as terribly one-sided as my friend is telling me?

He told me, that to a large effect, Obama is simply destroying Romney at every turn.

Pretty much.

[Telesha]

Is the debate as terribly one-sided as my friend is telling me?

He told me, that to a large effect, Obama is simply destroying Romney at every turn.

That's pretty much what the folks on ABC are saying. Romney got hammered.

The only point made in Romney's favor was that he was able to turn the debate towards the economy and domestic policy so often.

[Des-Bal]

Mitt Romney was basically just mauled by Barrack Obama but they seem to be pretending it was very close.

[Daistallia 2104]

In which case our generals are just plain stupid.

Well, there is that...

[Sane Outcasts]

Is the debate as terribly one-sided as my friend is telling me?

He told me, that to a large effect, Obama is simply destroying Romney at every turn.

I'd call it a fair assessment, Obama never let a chance to hit Romney slide and put him on the defensive a lot.

[Agymnum]

Is the debate as terribly one-sided as my friend is telling me?

He told me, that to a large effect, Obama is simply destroying Romney at every turn.

It's because Romney doesn't have any solid details on his economic plan, so he's pretty beat there. All he can really do is point out that Obama hasn't gotten us out of debt (even though the economy has improved, so that's a bit moot).

As for foreign policy, Romney is basically bitch-slapping the founding fathers in the face. He keeps bringing up the idea of "allies and friends", when the founding fathers specifically were against "permanent and entangling alliances".

[Yewhohohopia]

Obama edges out on the debate but relatively flat closing statements by both candidates and this was disappointing. Further Obama could have really ended Romney tonight but didnt. This could haunt him 2 weeks from now.
Obama sees an increase in the polls.

Obama should probably have punched Romney in the face and told him 'Good luck in 2016. And 2020.' instead of recalling some pseudo-eloquent prewritten statement.

[Des-Bal]

Is the debate as terribly one-sided as my friend is telling me?

He told me, that to a large effect, Obama is simply destroying Romney at every turn.

Romney spent the entire debate reeling. Obama was aggressive and Mitt Romney was flighty. He straight up refused to answer some questions and did everything in his power to avoid getting within the presidents reach.