# The final presidential debate: 10/22/12 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 22, 2012, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497 "2012-10-22T06:57:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/181 "2012-10-23T01:34:33Z")
Mitt wants to constantly ‘step back’. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/182 "2012-10-23T01:34:35Z")
> [@humblebumble](#): > > LOL okayy… So, Romney has a new policy! Here we go again - jobs - five-step plan. Romney: “I’ve got a policy for the future and an agenda for the future.” He’s talking about foreign policy. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![C6541](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90db22/32.png) [@C6541](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C6541)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/183 "2012-10-23T01:34:39Z")
I’m suprised someone mentioned Latin America ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/184 "2012-10-23T01:34:41Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > That’s what Miss Universe wants, too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/185 "2012-10-23T01:34:44Z")
And now the I wanna pony 5 points. Not paying for it, not gonna get it Mitt. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/186 "2012-10-23T01:34:48Z")
You may not have heard this before, but Mr. Romney says he knows how to get the economy moving again. Jeesus effin Christ. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/187 "2012-10-23T01:34:58Z")
“Latin America” isn’t one country. China is one country. Get that man a globe. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/188 "2012-10-23T01:35:07Z")
An _agenda_! What a relief, I’m pretty much stuck with this one., future or not. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/189 "2012-10-23T01:35:15Z")
Obama looks constipated… ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/190 "2012-10-23T01:35:27Z")
Yeah, SMALL BUSINESS like the Honeywell plant in Freeport IL, bastard. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/191 "2012-10-23T01:36:00Z")
Why isn’t the moderator doing his job??? He’s letting both of them take over! Why are we talking about class size?? ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/192 "2012-10-23T01:36:35Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > “Latin America” isn’t one country. China is one country. > > Get that man a globe. Latin America: the Africa of the Western hemisphere.\* Obama, I love you, but math teachers? Where is foreign policy? Ah, bringing it back. \*joke based on some beauty queen’s take on Africa. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/193 "2012-10-23T01:36:54Z")
Ugh. Get off the flipping economy. Come on, Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/194 "2012-10-23T01:37:20Z")
Yeah, they both feel comfortable getting rid of the pesky policy wonking and talking about domestic policy. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/195 "2012-10-23T01:37:30Z")
Bob is lacking balls. And a gavel. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/196 "2012-10-23T01:37:30Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Why isn’t the moderator doing his job??? He’s letting both of them take over! > > Why are we talking about class size?? The Moderator just woke up. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/197 "2012-10-23T01:37:46Z")
Romney’s 12 million new job promise vs. Obama’s aide to education. These are very peripheral to foreign policy. Shame on both of them. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/198 "2012-10-23T01:37:50Z")
> [@C6541](#): > > I’m suprised someone mentioned Latin America I think Latin America should have been a scheduled portion of the debate. I guess we’re only going to get Romney’s flailing answer at it. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/199 "2012-10-23T01:37:56Z")
Finally, Scheiffer tries to drag 'em back to the subject…and Romney immediately talks over him. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/200 "2012-10-23T01:37:57Z")
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