# The second presidential debate: 10/16/2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 16, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847 "2012-10-16T04:35:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/261 "2012-10-17T01:57:05Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Which channel has split screen? I’m watching C-span. CNN. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/262 "2012-10-17T01:57:09Z")
Romney is starting to sound whistley – are his dentures loose? Can’t wait for factcheckers on this little tirade. Ohhh… REGAN – DRINK ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/263 "2012-10-17T01:57:41Z")
Romney talking about how Reagan created jobs, while forgetting to mention that Reagan did that by raising taxes. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/264 "2012-10-17T01:57:43Z")
**ThelmaLou** , I don’t think your liver could handle a split screen. 😉 ---
**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 17, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/265 "2012-10-17T01:57:58Z")
Invoking Ronald Reagan now. Getting desperate. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/266 "2012-10-17T01:58:02Z")
Mitt nailed that one… ---
**Author:** ![Nazarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nazarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nazarene)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/267 "2012-10-17T01:58:06Z")
Romney is flatlining on the CNN dial thingy. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/268 "2012-10-17T01:58:06Z")
“Romney, stop acting like you care about people using food stamps. We know how you feel about the 47%,” Obama thinks to himself. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/269 "2012-10-17T01:58:11Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Romney: With Obama, you know what you’ll get. So, elect me because you don’t know what you’ll get. OK, paraphrasing. This is hilarious. MOL: I heard a Gallup person who said that they knew the audience would be whiter and older than reflects the American population. ---
**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 17, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/270 "2012-10-17T01:58:21Z")
Uh, Mitt, he has cut the deficit. Everyone on the planet has seen the graphs. ---
**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 17, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/271 "2012-10-17T01:58:22Z")
> [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](#): > > OMFG! I want to cockpunch Romney and his “I think I get the last answer” bullshit. He is seriously pissing me off. What a tremendous douche. > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Mitt looks like somebody punched him in the dick. I’ve been told with enough focus one can accomplish anything. Guess it works. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/272 "2012-10-17T01:59:07Z")
Romney: “hope and optimism” :dubious: Obama: “hope and change” 🆒 ---
**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 17, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/273 "2012-10-17T01:59:34Z")
He admitted his dad was born in Mexico! Holy fuck! ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/274 "2012-10-17T01:59:39Z")
Mitt, stop fussing over the fucking name and answer. OMG, dad born in Mexico! Fuck everything, shotgun your beer. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/275 "2012-10-17T01:59:55Z")
Your dad was not Mexican. Stop trying to act like have immigrant cred! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/276 "2012-10-17T02:00:56Z")
Romney says he wants children of undocumented immigrants to be able to stay here. You know, like the DREAM Act that he said he’s opposed to. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/277 "2012-10-17T02:01:01Z")
Did Romney just say “Democrat House and Democrat Senate”? ---
**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 17, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/278 "2012-10-17T02:01:04Z")
“I won’t give illegals driver’s licenses”. Maybe you’ve forgotten you’re not a state governor any more. ---
**Author:** ![aag3981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@aag3981](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aag3981)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/279 "2012-10-17T02:01:20Z")
Romney: “Kids that have been brought here illegally should have a path to citizenship.” Hello flip flop!!! ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/280 "2012-10-17T02:01:40Z")
I, for one, am glad that Romney is going to put a hold on the seas of dirty Mexicans coming here for that magnet…the driver’s license. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847.md?page=15)