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(Daily Mail)   CNN: Why Obama got more time to speak; because he speaks more slowly   ( dailymail.co.uk) divider line
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redmond24
2012-10-18 12:13:02 PM  
5 votes:
Democrats all agreed Obama sucked the first debate. Even Obama admitted as much.

Romney loses and its the moderator's fault. Vast liberal conspiracy.

Their act is so old.
spiderpaz
2012-10-18 12:25:39 PM  
3 votes:

tenpoundsofcheese: Based on the debates, voters have seen two different versions of 0bama and one consistent Romney.


yeaaaaah ...

consistent, but only because he never stops lying

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BeesNuts [recently expired TotalFark]
2012-10-18 12:18:00 PM  
3 votes:
According to CNN's timekeeping, Obama got 44:04 minutes of speaking time, while Romney got 40:50.

Let's focus a little more on how they used their time than how much time they got.
ddam
2012-10-18 12:12:38 PM  
3 votes:

tenpoundsofcheese: fta: CNN says: "Romney supporters are going after her on two points, no doubt because their man did not have as good a night as he had in Denver."

That is pathetic.
Romney did as well as he did in Denver. It was a consistent performance.
0bama did a heck of a lot better than he did in Denver.

Based on the debates, voters have seen two different versions of 0bama and one consistent Romney.

No one is criticizing Candy because it was a much closer debate, they criticized her because of her actions.


Romney consistently lied both times. Glad we agree on that.
ddam
2012-10-18 12:24:56 PM  
2 votes:

valar_morghulis: tenpoundsofcheese: fta: HURP A DERP

Everything you say is a lie, and no one here likes you. Why bother even showing up? Desperation? Inferiority complex? Why even bother living?


He probably gets paid to be a "conservative" on social media sites.
valar_morghulis
2012-10-18 12:22:19 PM  
2 votes:

tenpoundsofcheese: fta: HURP A DERP


Everything you say is a lie, and no one here likes you. Why bother even showing up? Desperation? Inferiority complex? Why even bother living?
MFAWG
2012-10-18 12:21:46 PM  
2 votes:

thurstonxhowell: Ted Kennedy's Brain Tumor: There's a singular gripe I can see regarding the moderator and that was her "fact check" that needed its' own fact check.

Obama called it an act of terror. Romney said he did not call it an act of terror. Both events were recorded on video. You can watch them. If you can't watch them because you're at work or something, the transcripts are available all over the web. What further fact checking do you need?


It's all they have left after overseeing the greatest national security failure in US and world history.
Arkanaut
2012-10-18 12:15:31 PM  
2 votes:

HeartBurnKid: Yes, because those extra 3 minutes made such a huge difference.


Between the single moms and the binders, who knows what other gems Romney might have come up with in those three minutes?
CPennypacker
2012-10-18 12:09:48 PM  
2 votes:
Liars talk fast. This is news?
randomjsa
2012-10-18 02:58:55 PM  
1 vote:
More time to speak, interrupted 9x vs 28x for Romney, and got thrown a life line by the moderator toward the end...

By the way, Obama was misrepresenting it and she helped him. Romney was absolutely correct.
BuckTurgidson
2012-10-18 02:33:00 PM  
1 vote:
Daily Fail's Toby Harnden

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Moosecakes
2012-10-18 01:46:24 PM  
1 vote:

falcon176: Obama got more time because Romney called him out during his time multiple times and allowed Obama to speak during his time to answer his question. Tough shiat. You libs all make me sick.


Wait what? Conservatives are griping about something dumb, you just gave a good explanation why, but libs make you sick?
TheBigJerk
2012-10-18 01:41:15 PM  
1 vote:
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incendi [TotalFark] [BareFark]
2012-10-18 01:31:34 PM  
1 vote:

Vegan Meat Popsicle: I think that was Lehrer's biggest mistake. He assumed politicians would just play by the rules when he should have known they were just going to talk and talk and talk until he told them to shut up.


As far as mistakes go, that's right up there with getting involved in a land war in Asia.
CorporatePerson
2012-10-18 01:25:13 PM  
1 vote:
Funny how the right wing crowd was absolutely outraged by Joe Biden's interrupting and yet has no qualms with Mitt having to get the last word on every. single. question. During the first debate it seemed like he got the last word every single time, and during the second debate he got visibly pissed off when Crowley refused to let him do it again.

Mitt looked like he was absolutely fuming when Obama ended the night on his comment about the 47%. I honestly expected him to interrupt Obama's final statement.
born_yesterday
2012-10-18 01:11:30 PM  
1 vote:

poot_rootbeer: Speaking of miles, how far are you planning to move those goalposts?


That Red Bull guy jumped off of a set of Repuglican goalposts, if that's any clue.
thurstonxhowell
2012-10-18 01:09:43 PM  
1 vote:

MugzyBrown: While Obama said "acts of terror" in his speech, he was miles from stating the attack was an organized operation, and the administration's public stance for the first week after the attack mirrored this.


Then that's what Romney should have said. He had a clear opening here and he chose to lie and be made to look foolish.

If he had said that Obama "was miles from stating the attack was an organized operation, and the administration's public stance for the first week after the attack mirrored this", the moderator would have said nothing. Instead, he said that Obama never called it an act of terror when everyone with an internet connection can readily pull up a video of Obama saying that it was act of terror.

He could answered well, or he could have lied. He chose to lie. He just couldn't help himself.
mainstreet62
2012-10-18 01:05:38 PM  
1 vote:
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davideggy
2012-10-18 01:03:54 PM  
1 vote:
Obama talked more because Romney was too stupid to learn about the debate format and kept whining that he wasn't allowed to have the last word a "fair" amount of the time while the moderator told him multiple time that that is not how this format works.
MugzyBrown
2012-10-18 12:48:58 PM  
1 vote:

redmond24: Democrats all agreed Obama sucked the first debate. Even Obama admitted as much.

Romney loses and its the moderator's fault. Vast liberal conspiracy.

Their act is so old.


I guess you were away the week after the first debate when every third word out of an Obama supporter's mouth was "Jim Lehrer"

The 2nd debate was pretty much a wash, maybe a slight edge to Obama, but of course if you're an Obama supporter, you're going to think Obama killed him and Romney lied instead of realizing they both dance around the truth.

The moderator was out of line jumping on Romney. While Obama said "acts of terror" in his speech, he was miles from stating the attack was an organized operation, and the administration's public stance for the first week after the attack mirrored this.

If you're intellectually honest you would admit this.
It all made sense at the time
2012-10-18 12:47:34 PM  
1 vote:

THX 1138: THX 1138: The transcript is out there. Has anyone done a word count for each candidate?

Never mind.

478 words in Romney's favor.


I think you forgot to take the audio gap into account.
born_yesterday
2012-10-18 12:42:08 PM  
1 vote:
Hmmm. After their magic underwear hero got thrashed, you know what I'm missing?

I'm missing all that talk about Obama needing a teleprompter.

Go ahead. Throw some teleprompter love our way, you trolling farks.
bulldg4life
2012-10-18 12:42:01 PM  
1 vote:
Didn't one of our resident rightwing chucklef*cks say something about blaming the moderator when you know you lost?

I thought it was the tard in this thread. They usually wait, at least, three weeks before forgetting their talking points.
neenerist
2012-10-18 12:39:56 PM  
1 vote:

tenpoundsofcheese: Romney did as well as he did in Denver.


I've agreed consistently, Romney was an embarrassment in Denver too. That was the most damaging aspect for Obama, he appeared passive before such a poor debater who browbeat the debate protocol.
It's also why the second debate was so damaging to Romney. He demonstrated exactly how flummoxed, petulant, and entitled he becomes when forced onto an even field, a raw new experience for the clan. By demonstrating an ability to manage Romney's poor behavior with humor, wit and greater (if not exactly great) respect for the moderator, Obama demonstrated clearly his first debate performance wasn't a failure of character. It greatly diminished its importance.
If this perspective is close, the third is going to be fireworks. Romney's best tactic is to abide by and support the debate protocol, but it's more probable his character won't permit it and he doubles-down on the alpha CEO clown suit. If he does goes Full Romney a third time the rats will stamped the exit ramps and you and your peers will go completely bugfark on the loss.
Time to stock up on popcorn.
riverwalk barfly
2012-10-18 12:37:16 PM  
1 vote:
Did they count the times that Mitt was yelling in the background "Governmet doesn't create jobs! Government doesn't create jobs!" and "He promised to fix immigration in his first year! He promised to fix immigration in his first year!" (or something like that) ?
AutumnWind
2012-10-18 12:31:22 PM  
1 vote:
When Obama says "I am the president of the United States." in front of Mitt I get so happy.

I think both sides are sad Mitt didn't get more time. GOP wants to hear more lies. And Dems want Romney to keep pulling out rope to hang himself with. Maybe Mitt can make a youtube video and just say a bunch of crazy stuff to make up for his lost time.
Dusk-You-n-Me [TotalFark]
2012-10-18 12:29:20 PM  
1 vote:
Romney ceded some of his time by directly asking Obama questions, a violation of debate rules.
vygramul [TotalFark]
2012-10-18 12:26:07 PM  
1 vote:
I don't believe employers should tell someone whether they could have contraceptive care of not.

--Mitt Romney, consistently ignorant of what the Republican position is. And, really, he doesn't actually care what it is.
wippit
2012-10-18 12:24:02 PM  
1 vote:

HeartBurnKid: Yes, because those extra 3 minutes made such a huge difference.


Wait a minute!


Did you just say... "Three MInutes?"


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DubyaHater
2012-10-18 12:23:07 PM  
1 vote:

tenpoundsofcheese: fta: CNN says: "Romney supporters are going after her on two points, no doubt because their man did not have as good a night as he had in Denver."

That is pathetic.
Romney did as well as he did in Denver. It was a consistent performance.
0bama did a heck of a lot better than he did in Denver.

Based on the debates, voters have seen two different versions of 0bama and one consistent Romney.

No one is criticizing Candy because it was a much closer debate, they criticized her because of her actions.


Why do you pay for TotalFark just to troll threads? Seems like a huge waste of money.
incendi [TotalFark] [BareFark]
2012-10-18 12:21:27 PM  
1 vote:

skykid: tenpoundsofcheese:

Based on the debates, voters have seen two different versions of 0bama and one consistent Romney.

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Come on, now, that's probably the least stupid thing I've ever heard him say. Obama stepped his performance in a big way. Romney did the same blustering cram-as-many-lies-as-possible-in-each-breath tactic that he used successfully in the first debate.
Jairzinho
2012-10-18 12:19:29 PM  
1 vote:

tenpoundsofcheese: Based on the debates, voters have seen two different versions of 0bama and one consistent Romney.


Well I have to agree. Mitts consistently lied and interrupt in both debates.
spiderpaz
2012-10-18 12:18:30 PM  
1 vote:

thurstonxhowell: Ted Kennedy's Brain Tumor: There's a singular gripe I can see regarding the moderator and that was her "fact check" that needed its' own fact check.

Obama called it an act of terror. Romney said he did not call it an act of terror. Both events were recorded on video. You can watch them. If you can't watch them because you're at work or something, the transcripts are available all over the web. What further fact checking do you need?


He's already decided to believe the false reality that Romney tells him to believe instead of watching it with his own eyes.
Lurking Fear
2012-10-18 12:18:27 PM  
1 vote:
tenpoundsofcheese strikes me as one of those poor southerners who vote republican and defend them despite logic or reason because you know, someday he'll be rich and those republican policies will finally work in his favor.
thurstonxhowell
2012-10-18 12:16:18 PM  
1 vote:

Ted Kennedy's Brain Tumor: There's a singular gripe I can see regarding the moderator and that was her "fact check" that needed its' own fact check.


Obama called it an act of terror. Romney said he did not call it an act of terror. Both events were recorded on video. You can watch them. If you can't watch them because you're at work or something, the transcripts are available all over the web. What further fact checking do you need?
skykid
2012-10-18 12:15:49 PM  
1 vote:

tenpoundsofcheese:

Based on the debates, voters have seen two different versions of 0bama and one consistent Romney.



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Arkanaut
2012-10-18 12:12:29 PM  
1 vote:

tenpoundsofcheese: one consistent Romney


I lol'ed
tenpoundsofcheese
2012-10-18 12:11:33 PM  
1 vote:
fta: CNN says: "Romney supporters are going after her on two points, no doubt because their man did not have as good a night as he had in Denver."

That is pathetic.
Romney did as well as he did in Denver. It was a consistent performance.
0bama did a heck of a lot better than he did in Denver.

Based on the debates, voters have seen two different versions of 0bama and one consistent Romney.

No one is criticizing Candy because it was a much closer debate, they criticized her because of her actions.
 
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