# 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:** 16
**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, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/301 "2012-10-23T02:02:18Z")
> [@BlackKnight](#): > > Does Mitt know that the party is called the “Democratic” party, not the “Democrat” party? That’s a George W. Bush-ism if there ever was one. ---
**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, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/302 "2012-10-23T02:03:08Z")
Yep, Obama got Osama and yes, Mitt would had just asked for permission. ---
**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, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/303 "2012-10-23T02:03:30Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Maybe you better slow down. Only take \*half \*a drink every time Mitt says the Iranians are spinning centrifuges… And always whirling, whirling, whirling… ---
**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, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/304 "2012-10-23T02:03:32Z")
“I got bin Laden.” Drink! ---
**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, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/305 "2012-10-23T02:03:36Z")
Not poll-tested. YES! Finally, BOB grew a set and shut Mitt up. You know what pisses me off? Mitt is HEEDING the mod’s direction in this debate. I wonder why that is… couldn’t have anything to do with Bob having a penis, could it? Gosh, of course not. ---
**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, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/306 "2012-10-23T02:03:36Z")
To be fair, I’ll give Romney credit for smacking down that hypothetical. It was stupid no matter who it was directed too. ---
**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, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/307 "2012-10-23T02:03:56Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Yep, Obama got Osama and yes, Mitt would had just asked for permission. Maybe Mitt could have gotten Osama Bin Laden to self-deport. ---
**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, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/308 "2012-10-23T02:03:59Z")
It was a fairly silly hypothetical, I admit. I still would have liked to hear them both answer it. ---
**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, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/309 "2012-10-23T02:04:07Z")
Romney looks uncomfortable listening to Obama telling a personal story about 9/11. ---
**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, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/310 "2012-10-23T02:04:14Z")
Here goes Mitt trying to get the last word - SHUT DOWN by the moderator. That was beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/311 "2012-10-23T02:04:21Z")
“He’s on the ropes… the ref is looking into his corner… no towel yet…” ---
**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, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/312 "2012-10-23T02:04:27Z")
I really didn’t like the dive into the story about “Peyton.” He was doing well pointing out Romney’s flip flopping and his own decisiveness, and suddenly a maudlin story that really wasn’t relevant and was just more “Bin Laden’s dead.” Maybe that was smart but it doesn’t impress me, especially when his answer started out so good. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/313 "2012-10-23T02:05:03Z")
Romney: “We don’t dictate to other countries … we free other countries.” Sounds like he really, really wants to dictate to Iran, and Syria, and China. ---
**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, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/314 "2012-10-23T02:05:07Z")
On to the war in Afghanistan. ---
**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, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/315 "2012-10-23T02:05:16Z")
Romney now pivoting to making a great case for Obama’s Afghanistan policy. ---
**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, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/316 "2012-10-23T02:05:32Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > To be fair, I’ll give Romney credit for smacking down that hypothetical. It was stupid no matter who it was directed too. WHY? Do you not know what a moderator is? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/317 "2012-10-23T02:05:49Z")
“With respect, you laid out quite a program, governor.” Moderator, I owe you a Beer… ---
**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, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/318 "2012-10-23T02:06:03Z")
Romney now willing to give a date for withdrawal from Afghanistan. Wasn’t he against this just last week? ---
**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, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/319 "2012-10-23T02:06:23Z")
But didn’t you like the violins in the background during the Peyton story? (I _swear_ I heard violins.) ---
**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, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-presidential-debate-10-22-12/638497/320 "2012-10-23T02:06:45Z")
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