# 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:** 9
**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, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/161 "2012-10-17T01:34:39Z")
Awww… Obama called Romney a “sketchy deal”… _this close_ to calling him etcha-sketch… ---
**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 17, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/162 "2012-10-17T01:34:45Z")
A few weeks ago many pointed out about how ridiculous Mitt’s definition of middle income was, I guess Mitt is still in his bubble if investing in the stock market is what the average Joe needs help with a tax break. ---
**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, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/163 "2012-10-17T01:34:49Z")
Arithmetic. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/164 "2012-10-17T01:34:55Z")
Daayyyuuuuummmmm!!1 ---
**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, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/165 "2012-10-17T01:35:01Z")
“Sketchy deal.” I love it! ---
**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, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/166 "2012-10-17T01:35:20Z")
Let her talk, Mitt! ---
**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, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/167 "2012-10-17T01:35:46Z")
Romney cuts off moderator about numbers adding up “Well of course they add up”… Romney getting testy ---
**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, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/168 "2012-10-17T01:35:47Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Romney wants to help the middle class by eliminating the capital gains tax? > > How many Americans does he believe have capital gains income? The only ones who matter are Romney’s friends. ---
**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, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/169 "2012-10-17T01:35:49Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Obama pointing out that Romney’s math doesn’t add up. And Candy Crowley pounching on the question. ---
**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, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/170 "2012-10-17T01:35:49Z")
Crowley: “If you find the numbers don’t add up…” Mitt: “Of course they do.” ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/171 "2012-10-17T01:36:18Z")
“I was told there would be no math” - Chevy Chase as Gerald Ford. Maybe that’s what Mitt was counting on. ---
**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, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/172 "2012-10-17T01:36:48Z")
Awww… Romney used FOREIGN… _DRINK_ (Romney talks over moderator… ) ---
**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, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/173 "2012-10-17T01:36:57Z")
Romney trying to talk over Crowley again. ---
**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, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/174 "2012-10-17T01:36:58Z")
“Governor Romney, let’s just say hypothetically that you get in there and find out that two plus two does not equal fifty…” “Of COURSE two plus two equals fifty.” ---
**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, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/175 "2012-10-17T01:37:06Z")
“Five trillion!” Drink!! ---
**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, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/176 "2012-10-17T01:37:26Z")
And it’s MITT who keeps wanting to over-ride the moderator. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/177 "2012-10-17T01:37:37Z")
Boy, Romney rejected that life buoy question to insist his magic math adds up. Not smart. ---
**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, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/178 "2012-10-17T01:38:19Z")
Obama telling of his beginning in poor circumstances… ALL MUST DRINK if Romney brings up the ironing board. ---
**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, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/179 "2012-10-17T01:38:50Z")
If I drink every time Mitt talks over the moderator, I’ll die of alcohol poisoning before the hour’s up. I’m a pretty heavy drinker, and not even I can handle that. Edit: If Romney follows up Obama’s talk of his mother’s struggle with that silliness about the ironing board, I’ll be too busy laughing to properly ingest a drink. ---
**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, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/180 "2012-10-17T01:39:00Z")
Go Obama go! Wage equality is everyone’s issue. Lol, MOL! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847.md?page=10)