# Vice Presidential Debate Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 7, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-debate-thread/636999 "2012-10-07T16:46:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 12, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-debate-thread/636999/81 "2012-10-12T01:25:03Z")
Biden just dropped the 47-percent bomb. Go Joe. ---
**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 12, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-debate-thread/636999/82 "2012-10-12T01:25:38Z")
47%!!! There it is! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-debate-thread/636999/83 "2012-10-12T01:25:38Z")
Finally! The 47% is brought out to whimper in the light of day. ---
**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 12, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-debate-thread/636999/84 "2012-10-12T01:25:39Z")
Goddamn, Biden, just–goddamn! I never liked the man before. ---
**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 12, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-debate-thread/636999/85 "2012-10-12T01:25:56Z")
Uh… Mr. Biden. I love you. ---
**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 12, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-debate-thread/636999/86 "2012-10-12T01:26:12Z")
Someone lit a fire under Biden’s chair tonight. I haven’t seen action like this in a debate since… ever. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-debate-thread/636999/87 "2012-10-12T01:26:33Z")
Oooohhhh, Biden just called out Grover Norquist. ---
**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 12, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-debate-thread/636999/88 "2012-10-12T01:27:20Z")
Vote for Romney. He’ll lower the unemployment rate in Scranton, PA. ---
**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 12, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-debate-thread/636999/89 "2012-10-12T01:27:49Z")
Ryan: Romney’s a car guy. Biden: LOL. ---
**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 12, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-debate-thread/636999/90 "2012-10-12T01:28:15Z")
“Vote for Romney - He’ll come to your house for Christmas.” ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-debate-thread/636999/91 "2012-10-12T01:28:40Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Uh… Mr. Biden. I love you. YES! WTF–so I can now apply to Romney to get #2 son through college? Yay for the smackdown on Ryan. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-debate-thread/636999/92 "2012-10-12T01:28:49Z")
Ryan is very effective at slowing it down, and taking the steam away from Biden. ---
**Author:** ![Tarwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-debate-thread/636999/93 "2012-10-12T01:29:03Z")
Biden is fairly thrashing Ryan at this point. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-debate-thread/636999/94 "2012-10-12T01:29:11Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “Vote for Romney - He’ll come to your house for Christmas.” That’s a reason _not_ to vote for him. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-debate-thread/636999/95 "2012-10-12T01:29:13Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > (Shrug) Biden just referred to Mitt Romney as “Governor Romney,” which I do not believe is correct styling for an ex-governor, so you can’t blame the moderator. I believe it is correct. What else would you call him besides just “Mr.”? Governor and President are basically the same executive positions, so should be addressed similarly, ISTM. ---
**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 12, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-debate-thread/636999/96 "2012-10-12T01:29:16Z")
Ryan: “Sometimes the words don’t come out the way you’d like them to.” Biden: “But I always say what I mean.” ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-debate-thread/636999/97 "2012-10-12T01:29:27Z")
Vote for Romney–he’ll come to your house at Christmas and pay for your kids’ college. ---
**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 12, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-debate-thread/636999/98 "2012-10-12T01:30:42Z")
The idea that the unemployment rate should have stopped lowering the moment that Obama took over and then shoot up in an ever-accelerating manner is just pure dip-shittery. ---
**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 12, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-debate-thread/636999/99 "2012-10-12T01:30:56Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Ryan: “Sometimes the words don’t come out the way you’d like them to.” > > Biden: “But I always say what I mean.” You know Ryan thought that was gonna be a great zinger, too, and Biden parried it immediately. ---
**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 12, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-debate-thread/636999/100 "2012-10-12T01:31:11Z")
Biden is speaking from his heart tonight. Ryan is talking out of… somewhere. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-debate-thread/636999.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-debate-thread/636999.md?page=6)