Vice Presidential Debate

Riot · #1 10-11-2012, 06:33 PM

Paul Ryan already the butt of Twitter and media jokes, as it was revealed his team demanded Ryan be called "Mr. Ryan", rather than "Congressman Ryan", to distance him from the 9% Congressional approval rating.

Seriously. He's hiding from being a Congressman. You can't make this up.

So take a drink every time Biden "slips" and calls him "Congressman" LOL

bigrun · #2 10-11-2012, 07:26 PM

What Joe Biden needs to do. Robert Reich.

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Beware: Paul Ryan will appear affable. He’s less polished and aggressive than Romney, even soft-spoken. And he acts as if he’s saying reasonable things.ROR

But under the surface he’s a rightwing zealot. And nothing he says or believes is reasonable – neither logical nor reflecting the values of the great majority of Americans.

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Your job is to smoke Ryan out, exposing his fanaticism. The best way to do this is to force him to take responsibility for the regressive budget he created as chairman of the House Budget Committee.

Ryan won’t be able to pull a Romney — pretending he’s a moderate — because the Ryan budget is out there, with specific numbers.

It’s an astounding document that Romney fully supports. And it fills in the details Romney has left out of his proposals. Mitt Romney is a robot who will say and do whatever he’s programmed to do. Ryan is the robot’s brain. The robot has no heart. It’s your job to enable America to see this.

http://robertreich.org/#.UHYD_WOWoJQ.twitter

Riot · #3 10-11-2012, 07:28 PM

Biden is a good speaker: believable, blue collar, quiet, quite passionate about woman's issues. And he's sharp.

bigrun · #4 10-11-2012, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Riot

Biden is a good speaker: believable, blue collar, quiet, quite passionate about woman's issues. And he's sharp.

Yes he is..7-8 yrs ago i usta watch Hardball and he would show up quite a bit for interviews..sharp speaker before he got gaffe prone...Haven't watched Hardball since Nov '08...mission accomplished...

my miss storm cat · #5 10-11-2012, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Riot

Paul Ryan already the butt of Twitter

Not that it matters but really? Is he?

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Originally Posted by Riot

So take a drink every time Biden "slips" and calls him "Congressman" LOL

I'll pass cause i pretty much drink about twice a year but I'd imagine people will get pretty blitzed playing.

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Originally Posted by bigrun

What Joe Biden needs to do. Robert Reich.

Honestly I think the only thing he needs to do is to not mess up with some ridiculous comment (which of course, for comedy sake, I hope he does).

my miss storm cat · #6 10-11-2012, 10:39 PM

... now that was a debate.

bigrun · #7 10-11-2012, 10:48 PM

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... now that was a debate.

Yes, very good...Clear winner was...............Martha Radditz...

Rupert Pupkin · #8 10-11-2012, 10:59 PM

Biden surprised me tonight. I underestimated him. I was expecting Ryan to easily win the debate. Now that the debate is over, I would have to give Biden the edge. I didn't like the way Biden was constantly laughing while Ryan was speaking. I'm not sure how the public will react to that.

So much of what it comes down to is how much passion the candidate shows and how confident the candidate sounds about what he is saying. I felt that Biden came off as more confident and more passionate. I was expecting totally the opposite.

In deciding who won a debate, I think It really comes down to who was more persuasive. I felt Biden was a little more persuasive.

However, I did feel that Ryan's closing statement was his best argument. It was the argument that Obama's policies have failed and that Obama doesn't have a good plan to turn things around. More and more spending might help a little bit in the short run but in the long run it's a disaster. We are just going further and further into debt.

Dahoss · #9 10-12-2012, 12:03 AM

Anyone else think it's funny that Romney and Ryan flat out refuse to answer how their tax cuts are going to work out mathematically?

Rupert Pupkin · #10 10-12-2012, 02:53 AM

Here is a fact-check of the VP Debate:

http://news.yahoo.com/fact-check-sli...-election.html

Danzig · #11 10-12-2012, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Dahoss

Anyone else think it's funny that Romney and Ryan flat out refuse to answer how their tax cuts are going to work out mathematically?

dodging the question is easier than saying 'well, it doesn't work mathematically'. like stewart said the other day, romney is 'a wizard'!!

Riot · #12 10-12-2012, 01:17 PM

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Anyone else think it's funny that Romney and Ryan flat out refuse to answer how their tax cuts are going to work out mathematically?

Biden only laughed when Ryan was lying or dissembling. Ouch.

Danzig · #13 10-12-2012, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Dahoss

Anyone else think it's funny that Romney and Ryan flat out refuse to answer how their tax cuts are going to work out mathematically?

here's an exhibit of why they don't get into details:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/...nvestment.html

#14 10-12-2012, 10:05 AM

Also I particularly enjoyed Biden dissing the prescription drug benefit for seniors after he had promoted it and the saving seniors will have.

He knew that he f.ucked up too and slightly recoiled at what he was saying. The sign of a borderline senile person.

geeker2 · #15 10-12-2012, 10:15 AM

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Also I particularly enjoyed Biden dissing the prescription drug benefit for seniors after he had promoted it and the saving seniors will have.

He knew that he f.ucked up too and slightly recoiled at what he was saying. The sign of a borderline senile person.

Coach what we need is your gif of the Biden-Palin debate