# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![sweepkick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@sweepkick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweepkick)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/221 "2012-10-23T01:44:38Z")
“we have these things called aircraft carriers”. ROFL ---
**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, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/222 "2012-10-23T01:44:43Z")
Wham! Right between the eyes! “Horses and bayonets!” A meme rises… ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/223 "2012-10-23T01:44:43Z")
Wonderful line. Romney’s got a binder full of women and horses. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/224 "2012-10-23T01:44:44Z")
Less ships? We also have LESS HORSES AND BAYONETS!!! Best line of any debate so far! ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/225 "2012-10-23T01:44:50Z")
Was the audience snickering during that “horses and bayonets” quip, or was it just me? ---
**Author:** ![Tarwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/226 "2012-10-23T01:44:52Z")
Holy shit that has to burn. ---
**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, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/227 "2012-10-23T01:44:53Z")
Mitt now plays the “Look at the website, I’m not answering.” And yes, Mitt does think the Navy is a Battleship game. ---
**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, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/228 "2012-10-23T01:45:05Z")
“We have these things called air craft carriers”, I was yelling that when Romney mentioned the 1916 navy sizes ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/229 "2012-10-23T01:45:10Z")
Yeah, where are all the horses and bayonets? ---
**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, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/230 "2012-10-23T01:45:13Z")
Who sunk my battleship?!!! ---
**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, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/231 "2012-10-23T01:45:32Z")
OK, Obama just overdid it a bit with the crack about aircraft carriers being ships with planes on them (but that’s not important now). Funny line, nontheless. ---
**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, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/232 "2012-10-23T01:45:39Z")
Hot question on Israel: is an attack on Israel an attack on the USA? ---
**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, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/233 "2012-10-23T01:45:56Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > Was the audience snickering during that “horses and bayonets” quip, or was it just me? I heard some spontaneous snickering as well. I was guffawing, myself. ---
**Author:** ![Tarwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/234 "2012-10-23T01:45:59Z")
“They’re called battleships.” Haha. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/235 "2012-10-23T01:46:04Z")
And Obama just gave away the sequestration. “It’s not going to happen”. How about: “your running mate voted for it!” ---
**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, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/236 "2012-10-23T01:46:09Z")
Pet Peeve: FEWER ships. And fewer bayonets and horses–bwah! Obama looks so cool and collected. Mitt sweats on camera easily. ---
**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, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/237 "2012-10-23T01:46:41Z")
this smallest navy is such a meaningless claim and easily known as that. Mitt was stupid to bring it up, but that is what he has to fling. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/238 "2012-10-23T01:46:53Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Boy, if **tomndebb** were moderating, they’d behave themselves! I lol’d. Thanks for that. ---
**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, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/239 "2012-10-23T01:46:59Z")
We have ships that go underwater called nuclear submarines. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/240 "2012-10-23T01:47:08Z")
Next Romney ad: Obama has let our bayonet industry die! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497.md?page=13)