# 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:** 11
**Author:** ![humblebumble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@humblebumble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/humblebumble)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/201 "2012-10-23T01:38:02Z")
Oh, yes, Obama! Talk about education! Nice! We desperately need better education. Romney’s so pissed. So, what are these tests you speak of, Mr. Governor? Obama: But you cut education when you were in office. I lol’d ---
**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, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/202 "2012-10-23T01:38:26Z")
Wow. 3 minutes between blaming all our problems on the teachers’ unions and then singing their praises. ---
**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, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/203 "2012-10-23T01:38:28Z")
Hello, Mr Moderator… Mass students are doing great. Yay! SHUT UP! ---
**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, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/204 "2012-10-23T01:38:29Z")
> [@Kozmik](#): > > The Moderator just woke up. 😃 He woke up, and let Mitt talk on top of him. ---
**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, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/205 "2012-10-23T01:38:44Z")
Massachusets number one schools? Well shit it’s a liberal state and has some money, it’s not like he went to a very poor state and made them number one ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/206 "2012-10-23T01:38:50Z")
Did Romney just throw teachers under the bus? TEACHERS? I’m flabbergasted that we’ve gotten so anti-education in this country that we’re willing to throw teachers under the bus in favor of parents in the educational system. What the flibberty gibbet. What happened to the respect we used to hold for teachers? ---
**Author:** ![humblebumble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@humblebumble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/humblebumble)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/207 "2012-10-23T01:39:08Z")
Moderator: So, where are you going to get the money? Romney: I have no clue but let me talk about military and how much I hate Obamacare. ---
**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, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/208 "2012-10-23T01:39:32Z")
Got a question: how come Mitt gets 8-10 years to balance the budget, but Obama only gets 4? WTF? ---
**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, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/209 "2012-10-23T01:39:39Z")
Candy had more \*cojones \*than Bob. The students have taken over the classroom. ---
**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, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/210 "2012-10-23T01:39:59Z")
“Day One”. Drink! This is turning into self-parody. ---
**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, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/211 "2012-10-23T01:40:12Z")
Obama has good counters for all of Mitt, on topic or not. Mitt keeps running off the rails. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/212 "2012-10-23T01:40:48Z")
Romney looks like he is trying to pass a kidney stone. ---
**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, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/213 "2012-10-23T01:41:04Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Got a question: how come Mitt gets 8-10 years to balance the budget, but Obama only gets 4? > > WTF? Apparently your feed is ahead of mine, as you called this right before I heard Romney say it. ---
**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, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/214 "2012-10-23T01:41:08Z")
Mitt just babbled. ---
**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/215 "2012-10-23T01:41:47Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Got a question: how come Mitt gets 8-10 years to balance the budget, but Obama only gets 4? > > WTF? That is an excellent question. ---
**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, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/216 "2012-10-23T01:43:30Z")
oh, here comes the NAVY again. In the navy… Mitt=gunboat diplomacy. Like we need amphibious vessels anymore. :rolleyes: ---
**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, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/217 "2012-10-23T01:43:32Z")
Boy, if **tomndebb** were moderating, they’d behave themselves! ---
**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, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/218 "2012-10-23T01:43:48Z")
Romney now says he’ll balance the budget _during his term_. You heard it, folks. ---
**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, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/219 "2012-10-23T01:43:58Z")
Okay, well, fuck foreign policy. No one wants to hear about it anyway… ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/220 "2012-10-23T01:44:24Z")
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