The first presidential debate: 10/3/2012

That was his AMA on Reddit last week. The duck thing is a meme that gets asked of just about everyone that does one.

Also. :smiley:

I hope Mitt Romney says something like that during the debate.

Can the horse-sized duck fly?

And is Gary Johnson prepared? 'Cause with time to prepare, well, it’s Gary every time.

Or asking for a room facing away from the tracks. Last week I spent 3 nights in Oklahoma City at a Marriott Courtyard hotel right across from the rail line, in a room overlooking the tracks. Slept pretty normally.

Really… I now expect the President’s staff on their part to announce this afternoon he inadvertently stood up from under an open cupboard door and got a mild concussion. This “oh I’m not a great debater” game got silly a while ago.

Very glad this thread is here. My other board for politics is already up over 600 messages in the debate thread, and I couldn’t possibly keep up with that thread.

Some TV actors and musicians are asking Americans not to watch their TV shows or listen to their music tonight but to watch the debate instead.

Let the debates begin!

It’s live on NPR at the moment if you’re a fan of radio :stuck_out_tongue:

… And we’re off!

(Watching on PBS, myself)

Jim Lehrer has creepy eyes.

Obama in blue tie, Romney in red tie? That’s attention to detail.

That’s why he’s always the debate moderator! :stuck_out_tongue:

Good first joke for Mitt

Romney’s trying to project empathy as hard as he can. But he’s sticking with the pessimistic view of US schools and US small business entrepeneurship, and he’s still referring to middle income families as “them”.

Mitt, that’s not a question. That’s a bunch of talking points poorly veiled as a question.

Romney won’t cut taxes for the wealthy? I thought they were the only ones paying taxes!

Is anybody else watching the CNN debate-o-meter? I think it’s hilarious.

Four million new jobs in domestic oil and gas in less that four years? Unlikely in the extreme.

Uh, Mitt? Coal industry is getting crushed by plunging natural gas prices. But what are facts to a party that repudiates fact-checkers?