Live Blog #2: Obama v. Romney, Round 3, Foreign Policy Debate
Posted: October 22, 2012 Filed under: 2012 presidential campaign, Barack Obama, Live Blog, Mitt Romney, U.S. Economy, U.S. Military, U.S. Politics | Tags: foreign policy, third presidential debate 125 Comments
Here’s a fresh thread to continue discussion of the debate. So far Romney sounds a bit incoherent to me. He keeps criticizing Obama for not leading and then when asked what he would do, he says he agrees with what Obama has done. He just doesn’t have the basic knowledge a president should have. Obama sounds like he’s losing his voice. I hope he’s not getting a cold.
So what do you think so far?
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Romney says he has a plan for the future but doesn’t say what it is.
“We’re all focused on China…” Romney is focused on China. He says we have to do something in Latin America and we have have a balanced budget and help small business. He’s all over the place.
Oh, now Romney is proud of Mass. For years he’s been laughing at us–including the last two years of his term. Fucking liar!
Get him on those cuts Obama!
Shieffer is letting Romney filibuster.
and he keeps lying about stuff … unbelievable … stupid frigging balanced budget
he didn’t answer the question about the military …
I know and It’s disgusting!
He did that a couple of times, and I noted how (Shieffer) he did it, ok, ok, ok, you go Romney, Ok.
“Where are you going to cut?”
Doesn’t answer the question! …go to his website….
Give Medicaid to the states — the states are broke!
Oh, but he would love to take care of those programs if he was governor. What a liar. Good God if he’s president I’m going to have a mouth like a fish wife. I only started swearing when Bush became pres. Who knows what my mouth will do if I have to scream at the tv with Mitt’s head in it?
Jesus, I hope I don’t have to look at that smirk for four years!
Now talking about giving Medicaid to the states. How is that foreign policy? Shieffer is letting Romney go on and on….
Yes he did, then he so nicely said let’s get back to foreign policy, but yet allowed Romney to respond on domestic issue. WTF
People better be listening to him. He is going to slash health care, SS, and Medicare…it’s obvious what his plan is…where is that film…Wake the fuck up?
And Obama will what? Slice and dice, just more slowly?
“The math doesn’t work”
Romney will get his accountants on that silly little problem….
WHAT THE FUCK DOES ANY OF RMONEY”S BS HAVE TO DO WITH FOREIGN POLICY? WHAT A COMPLETE LOSER DUMB ASS!
He has no idea what he’s talking about so he’s going to his stump speech.
Now he’s talking about doing to Iran what we’re already doing to Iran again …
Cat Ballou @Catballou
OH Bibi is crying, Willard is not so very interested in War after all. #ShapeShiftingMittens #Debate #Iran
Romney is running right over Obama and Shieffer. And what his this obsession with the Navy?
Virginia has boat yards and he’s telling voters there that he will spend to get then jobs,
Except Congress won’t go along, maybe….
Mine is bigger than yours is. I got more toys than you do, you know that kind of fucking shit.
Here we go….we need to fight 2 conflicts at once. And 3! And 4! That’s how we grow the economy!
Well, Chaney made a lot of money on war!
We don’t have bayonets anymore, Governor Romney.
Bwahahahaha!
It’s not a game of battleship where you count ships!!! lmao!!!
https://twitter.com/JasonFebery/status/260559203918282752
Hey, submarines against sailing ships. No fair!
Kristen Schaal @kristenschaaled
Romney shops at OLD navy! #debates
Edward McClelland @TedMcClelland
Romney: our cavalry is at its weakest level since the Battle of San Juan Hill.
roflmao
Shit that’s funny, got me thinking of Emiliano Zapata revolution, he’s still riding his horse.
Ooooooh! Obama schools Romney on how the Navy actually works. “We have these things called aircraft carriers.”
I was lost down below, My comments, Throw down, did that knife stick him?
That aircraft carrier remark is going to go viral, I predict!
Dammit,my after debate post, it posted too soon! I tried to fix it but won’t let me.
Reacting like Romney?
I rescheduled it.
I think it did allow fixing. I can’t see it anymore.
BTW I posted a comment on it and think I put in an erroneous “not”….
Charles P. Pierce @ESQPolitics
Iran could launch a missile right now and these guys would talk about The Debt
Latin America is not one country. Just sayin’.
Charles P. Pierce @ESQPolitics
The Iranians are all going to come over and vote in Ohio.
ROFLOL!
Charles P. Pierce @ESQPolitics
Fewer horses and bayonets! The president just threw a Russell-caliber elbow
Is he really that clueless?
Yes.
obviously … he’s digging himself a bigger hole! Apology tours! Show Strength!!! Draft Rafalco for the Cavalry!!!
I apologize to you Osama…so sorry for. Lowing your head off! What the hell is Romney talking about?
Stupid iPad…that was for blowing your head off!
We knew what you meant. 😉
Uh-oh. Do they have enough Secret Service guys between Tagg Braggart & POTUS? Obama just pointed out that Romney’s lying again.
Romney is spouting complete nonsense. Indict I’madinnerjacket? Everything else he’s talking about has already been done. Romney is a complete idiot!
Yay! Obama points out that Romney invested in Chinese oil co. that did business with Iran.
Has Mitt ever visited the troops?
He sent a flunkey.
Would that be his dumbass Kidd that wants to smack the president?
…trips taken abroad. Obama, talk about Romney’s backdoor of No. 10 Downing St.
I don’t know what the media will say but Mittens is fucked as to what I have seen and i did not even want to watch it.
Obama looks calm and Mittens looks and sounds frantic.
He’s been licking his lips a lot. I think he has a dry mouth.
I can’t believe he just said American doesn’t dictate to another nations with a straight face.
Now Romney repeats his opening statement. He’s got nothing.
Romney: “I see in 4 years…..I see……I see….”
Yeah, he sure is seeing things.
Woot!
Obama: the problem is, Gov., on every policy, you’ve been all over the map.
Mittens mouth was moving and nothing coming out.
To me, the saddest thing of all is that this was broadcast so the world could see the quality of politician that the U.S. is considering for the presidency. Romney has already pissed off most of the first world countries – now he’s putting himself out there for the rest of the world to view. Sad, very sad day.
Romney complains about “the rules” again. Shieffer shuts him down. He’s not doing that bad.
….”you can’t just let Obama say stuff about me….”
Well, yes he can.
What is with Mitt’s motor mouth? Was he like that campaigning in MA? Did he try to talk his way over every debate moderator? Or is this the Special Presidential Campaign Romney model?
He really sets a bad example for the children!
he asked for more time again … he’s like frantic if he can’t frickin get the last diatribe
And, heretofore, he’s succeeded in filibustering for more time.
What an entitled asshole.
He started out filibustering, but now Obama has about four minutes on him. I think Romney’s running out of things to say. He has no idea what he’s talking about.
he keeps going back to the same statements and his stump speech … he’s really really lost
and YES DRONE question
You can see that in his kids.
Charles P. Pierce @ESQPolitics
America has not supported dictators. Is Willard taking secondary school history at a Louisiana middle school?
Charles P. Pierce @ESQPolitics
Willard’s grin at Schieffer when he got shut down was right out of Doctor Phibes
Woot again. Best comment of the night, Charlie.
Obama Bin Laden? What?
Rebuilding roads, bridges, infrastructure. Good. Give our veterans the care they deserve.
Except — don’t just think a medic can automatically qualify as a nurse. Lots of overlap, but not the same. Problem is we don’t have enough nursing faculty to teach all the qualified students, because education’s been cut. And salaries for faculty are less than they’d make working elsewhere.
Yes – and if The Ryan Budget is implemented – well you know.
Must find that cartoon with the sick rich old Congresscritter guy in a hospital bed, calling for the nurse. S/he comes in and says: “I just got pink-slipped. Bye.”
Chuck Todd @chucktodd
Romney has dropped in a lot of “World Book” fascts in many of his answers
As distraction from the glaring reality that he doesn’t make sense.
I noticed that. Someone apparently explained Pakistan to him, but not in great detail.
I see the trolls are at it again…oh keep it up…
They must be pissed at Romney’s verbal and factual incontinence.
Shieffer asks Romney’s position on drones. He agrees with Obama.
And then blathers on about stuff which isn’t about drones.
OK, can someone get that guy with the big hook and just pull Mitt off my TV screen?
Don’t you just love his constant smirk? What a repellant human being he is.
What’s that tune they play at the end of a vaudeville act?
As someone Too Liberal For Obama (2L4O, h/t to Vastleft), I have to say that Mitt is making Obama look good tonight.
Talk about someone in over his head. Go raid some workers’ pensions, Mitt; that’s your metier.
Most of us here — I think all of us here — are TL4O also!
Romney, Government IS the single greatest creator of research jobs.
Ah here comes nuclear (or is it nuckulear) Iran.
Both of these guys PO me because who do we think we are labeling Iran, a nation which has not aggressively taken military action against another nation in well over 200 (think 300 actually), as one of the most dangerous in the world??
WE are the greatest aggressor in the world and have been ever since WWII. Sheesh.
Oh for crying sakes, he’s watched year in and year out while other countries have taken jobs – didn’t his own company offshore more jobs that …..well you know hat I mean. And didn’t he hide mega bucks in off shore banks.
Bain was was on of the first to encourage and actually shift work to China and other low wage nations. He knows a lot about offshoring.
Is Obama going to point out that Romney is currently making a fortune from shipping Illinois jobs to China? And what about the fact that Chinese companies that Romney has investments in are stealing patents, etc.?
“We can collaborate with China” WTF?
According to the NEW Rombot programming, it’s China who is stealing American jobs, not the Bain Capital venture capitalists (you Mr. Romney) who SENT jobs to China. Now, Obama is going after Romney for sending American jobs offshore. Kick King Outsourcer where it hurts – in his nutz.
Hey, Obama is fighting back – wow.
Romney blabbing about auto bailout. Obama looking at him like he’s from Mars. “Gov., that’s not what you said.” “Let’s check the record.” “Gov., the people of Detroit don’t forget.”
Jeebus, why does anyone think that Romney is worthy of being president? Why? I just do not understand.
“I would never…….”
Translation = He will do that very thing as soon as he turns his back.
The 80s want their foreign policy back is a great line.
Charles P. Pierce @ESQPolitics
“It’s not government that makes businesses successful.” Talk to the people who are going to build all those submarines.
NEW THREAD UP TOP!!!!
The smirk slipped again there.
Obama: “Anyone out there can check the record.”
Make America more competitive? Yeah, by getting rid of unions & running companies like FoxCon. Turn American jobs into sweat shops. Killing the middle class.
Romney’s facial expression when BO is speaking is verging of pure malice clothed in a false smile. His eyes are boring holes into Obama.
Mitt wants to fire Obama so badly he can’t stand having to let him actually speak to him and criticize the Great Investor of Bain.
It’s almost over, thank FSM.
Oh for goodness sake – he brought up Ann again. Rafalca has more fans.
Mitt says he loves teachers.
The CNN focus group really liked Obama’s closing statement–esp. women.
They are not liking Romney’s closing at all. They don’t like attacks.
Oh no!! Romney brings up the torch again. We have to take that torch and pass it on….or something. Thank you so much. Sounds smarmy.
Early on Romney said that we can’t “kill our way out of the middle east”……………..then he followed up exactly what I had said earlier this morning about the Pioneers and the Indians, just go after them, don’t know which tribe just go get them…………….then he said we couldn’t plan on 9/11 because we didn’t see it coming, but when Bob said what if Israel called and said the bombs are on the way, Romney said, NO NO, it wouldn’t be planned that way by Israel………..huh? Then he said yes, he would kill with the drones, this is the man who started out by saying we can’t kill our way out, then he’s increasing funds for military, and now get ready for the mushroom clouds, they are coming, looky over there.
Did you notice when Romney talked about gender equality?………………………Damn I had to eat that big ass Payday candy bar to become a person again.