# 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:** 14
**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, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/261 "2012-10-23T01:52:40Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > If you mean a few minutes ago (at about 9:40 ET), Romney criticized Obama’s Navy for having fewer ships than our navy in 1917, and Obama came back with “Well our military also has fewer horses and bayonets too” and followed up with quips about how our Navy now has ships that airplanes land on and that go underwater. This will hurt Mitt a lot, that was an “amateur hour” point IMHO. ---
**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, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/262 "2012-10-23T01:52:41Z")
Obama has found his feet and is now unstoppable. He is clear, cogent and concise. Apology tour–everybody drink! ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/263 "2012-10-23T01:52:47Z")
First time since FDR that the US military doesn’t have the capability to fight two conflicts. How many wars is Mitt planning on getting involved in? ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/264 "2012-10-23T01:52:59Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > I would guess that at the time of Romney’s governorship, the top states for education were Iowa, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin. > > ACT and SAT scores from those states would be at or near the high. Same for percentage of students graduating from high school. Did you notice that Mitt was so proud of his state, that he couldn’t even say the name of that state? ---
**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, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/265 "2012-10-23T01:53:34Z")
Apology Tour!! Drink!! ---
**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, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/266 "2012-10-23T01:53:36Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Romney hasn’t said “Apology Tour” yet. Got five bucks on that. Even money. > > Anyone else think Romney seems eager to let us know he’s up on his geography homework? You win. ---
**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, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/267 "2012-10-23T01:53:36Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > If you mean a few minutes ago (at about 9:40 ET), Romney criticized Obama’s Navy for having fewer ships than our navy in 1917, and Obama came back with “Well our military also has fewer horses and bayonets too” and followed up with quips about how our Navy now has ships that airplanes land on and that go underwater. Ah, yeah, I caught just part of that. My feed must be running way behind. I was still shocked over the sequestration-defenestration that had just happened. ---
**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, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/268 "2012-10-23T01:53:41Z")
'Apology Tour!" Three drinks! ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/269 "2012-10-23T01:53:55Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Apology Tour!! Drink!! Guzzle! ---
**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, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/270 "2012-10-23T01:53:56Z")
Behold, the [Horses and Bayonets](http://horsesandbayonets.tumblr.com/) tumblr. ---
**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, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/271 "2012-10-23T01:53:56Z")
> [@C6541](#): > > How exactly is Romney going to indict the President of Iran? Romney: “Obama would meet with the world’s worst actors.” Not a half-bad idea. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/272 "2012-10-23T01:54:01Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Romney hasn’t said “Apology Tour” yet. Got five bucks on that. Even money. Ding! 6:53 PT ---
**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, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/273 "2012-10-23T01:54:45Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Mitt- upper lip sweat. Nice. Remind anyone else of Richard Nixon? ---
**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, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/274 "2012-10-23T01:54:53Z")
Ah! “Apology tour”. Gonna have to take a break, call somebody to gloat. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/275 "2012-10-23T01:54:56Z")
I just heard “apology tour”! ---
**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, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/276 "2012-10-23T01:55:09Z")
Squee-turn on the TV and get insta-feed! There’s something wrong with Mitten’s eyes. They’re glassy. Nothing you said is true. Go Obama, go! There was no apology tour. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/277 "2012-10-23T01:55:21Z")
"Nothing Gov. Romney has just said is true. . . " ---
**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, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/278 "2012-10-23T01:55:26Z")
Obama, as Cousin Vinny: Everything that guy just said is bullshit. ---
**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, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/279 "2012-10-23T01:56:01Z")
Ouch. Obama calls out Romney as personally invested in Chinese oil interests in Iran. Getting personal. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/280 "2012-10-23T01:56:12Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Well, we always had ships that went underwater. These come back up. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497.md?page=15)