# 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:** 15
**Author:** ![Implicit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Implicit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Implicit)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/281 "2012-10-23T01:56:16Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Thank goodness for this play-by-play thread. If I were watching this with no outlet, my head would surely explode. This thread means I don’t have to watch the debate at all. Much better for my sanity. The horses and bayonets line is hilarious. The goofball who thought comparing military stats with those of 1917 was a good idea is so fired. ---
**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, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/282 "2012-10-23T01:56:29Z")
Yep, “None of what Romney said about the apology tour is true” Ohh, the biggest lie then just popped up, No Romney, dictators \*\*were \*\*imposed by the USA and England in the area. Romney has indeed a blind spot with dictators as long that they benefit guys like him. ---
**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, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/283 "2012-10-23T01:57:05Z")
Four years closer to a nuclear bomb? What does that even mean? I’M four years closer to a nuclear bomb than I was in 2008. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/284 "2012-10-23T01:57:11Z")
“Horses and bayonets” was the best debate burn… well, maybe ever. ---
**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, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/285 "2012-10-23T01:57:21Z")
Shit’s getting REAL, yo. ---
**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, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/286 "2012-10-23T01:57:41Z")
Romney: “We have freed other nations from dictators.” Like Iraq. ---
**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, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/287 "2012-10-23T01:57:47Z")
Ermagherd! Cehrnterfergs! ---
**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, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/288 "2012-10-23T01:57:47Z")
Yikes. ---
**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, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/289 "2012-10-23T01:57:48Z")
“Let’s talk about trips that we’ve taken…” Bring it on, rich boy. ---
**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, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/290 "2012-10-23T01:58:07Z")
Obama: “I went to Yad Vashem to remind myself of the nature of evil.” That gave me goosebumps. ---
**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, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/291 "2012-10-23T01:58:13Z")
BS-we have dictated to other nations PLENTY. Go, Mr President, go. Holocaust museum, and Hamas missiles. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/292 "2012-10-23T01:58:38Z")
> [@Implicit](#): > > This thread means I don’t have to watch the debate at all. Much better for my sanity. > > The horses and bayonets line is hilarious. The goofball who thought comparing military stats with those of 1917 was a good idea is so fired. Romney will enjoy that. ---
**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, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/293 "2012-10-23T01:59:25Z")
> [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](#): > > Ermagherd! Cehrnterfergs! Maybe you better slow down. Only take \*half \*a drink every time Mitt says the Iranians are spinning centrifuges. 😃 You won’t make it to the end of the debate. Hehe. ---
**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, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/294 "2012-10-23T01:59:57Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > BS-we have dictated to other nations PLENTY. Go, Mr President, go. Holocaust museum, and Hamas missiles. The inner historian in me dies whenever I watch debates. ---
**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, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/295 "2012-10-23T01:59:59Z")
Bomb bomb bomb. Bomb bomb Iran. ---
**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, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/296 "2012-10-23T02:00:18Z")
Ha! and Romney refuses to answer a difficult question from Bob. Mitt is making Iran into the hotbed of terrorism. \ Bwuh? ---
**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, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/297 "2012-10-23T02:00:36Z")
Nice parry from Romney on that ridiculous hypothetical. ---
**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, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/298 "2012-10-23T02:01:36Z")
Does Mitt know that the party is called the “Democratic” party, not the “Democrat” party? ---
**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, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/299 "2012-10-23T02:01:41Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > The inner historian in me dies whenever I watch debates. Hey, I telescoped the 2 for brevity. Damage within his own party? I think not, Mr Romney. How right-wing are YOU, Romney? You seem to be agreeing with Mr Obama. ---
**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, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/300 "2012-10-23T02:02:12Z")
> [@Tarwater](#): > > Nice parry from Romney on that ridiculous hypothetical. Don’t you mean “Nice moderation, letting the guy talk over you?” Seriously, having a moderator wimp out on you is not a good parry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497.md?page=16)