Vice Presidential Debate

• ts1227

  

  like_that;1293151 wrote:How can Obama watch this and seriously be happy with Biden?

  He has to be happy that be brought the fire, especially after Obama decided to sleepwalk through the first debate.
  
  But the train jumped the tracks pretty early, so that probably has him pretty pissed.
• reclegend22

  

  If it weren't for his wildly random bursts of giggles, it would be as if Joe Biden weren't even there. I cannot believe this is happening, but the Obama campaign is unraveling before our eyes. This is really a pitiful display.
• gport_tennis

  this is getting testy
• ts1227

  

  Ryan didn't answer that question (who will pay less/who will pay more)
  
  He still may, but it seems like he's dancing around it
• Ty Webb

  

  Paul Ryan is getting his ass kicked right now....
• Classyposter58

  

  I think Ryan just schooled Biden there...Biden wasn't even laughing during that. Very well spoken by Paul, very well
• ts1227

  

  Ryan better directly answer a damn tax question here or he's going to jump in the hole that Biden dug.
• Ty Webb

  

  ccrunner609;1293167 wrote:He just did by talking about closing loopholes

  What loopholes will he close?
• gport_tennis

  i think the moderator is doing a very good job
• reclegend22

  

  This is all over. All I am waiting for now is Chuckles to pull out a squirt gun.
• gport_tennis

  oh god here comes webby lol
• Ty Webb

  

  gport_tennis;1293172 wrote:i think the moderator is doing a very good job

  I wish she would've done the 1st POTUS debate
• like_that

  

  Was Biden's plan to be so unbearable that viewers would change the channel?
• Ty Webb

  

  ccrunner609;1293178 wrote:interruptions up to 28

  This is exactly what a debate should be....
  
  This is awesome
• Ty Webb

  

  ccrunner609;1293182 wrote:No it isnt. You have no clue. Biden is a pompus asshole.

  Damn....he must've hit a nerve with you
• Ty Webb

  

  According to pretty much everyone on CNN(Dems and Repubs),Ryan is getting manhandled right now
• fan_from_texas

  Mrs. FFT was watching this, while I was in the other room listening to it. Just hearing the audio, it seemed to me that Biden was rolling. But she was seeing all his facial contortions and thought he came off like an a-hole. Interesting how the perspective differs.
  
  Given that Mrs. FFT is a fairly moderate centrist, I suspect that Biden's douchebaggery isn't playing well to female voters.
• like_that

  

  Ty Webb;1293180 wrote:This is exactly what a debate should be....
  
  This is awesome

  When you have a set time limit, that's not what a debate should be. This isn't an elementary cafeteria discussion.
• Ty Webb

  

  ccrunner609;1293188 wrote:THe way he is acting, he will hit a nerve with everyone. He is acting like an idiot.

  
  Not according to people who know what they are talking about
• like_that

  

  Ty Webb;1293192 wrote:Not according to people who know what they are talking about

  And that is you? LMAO.
• goosebumps

  

  fan_from_texas;1293186 wrote:Mrs. FFT was watching this, while I was in the other room listening to it. Just hearing the audio, it seemed to me that Biden was rolling. But she was seeing all his facial contortions and thought he came off like an a-hole. Interesting how the perspective differs.
  
  Given that Mrs. FFT is a fairly moderate centrist, I suspect that Biden's douchebaggery isn't playing well to female voters.

  This parallels the Nixon-Kennedy debates from back in the day. People who listened on the radio thought that Nixon was better, while people watching on Tv though that Kennedy walked away victorious.
• fan_from_texas

  goosebumps;1293197 wrote:This parallels the Nixon-Kennedy debates from back in the day. People who listened on the radio thought that Nixon was better, while people watching on Tv though that Kennedy walked away victorious.

  
  That thought came to mind. I also wonder if it's a m/f split, where men respond better to the aggressive interruptions while women find it to be offputting. Tough to say.
• goosebumps

  

  fan_from_texas;1293200 wrote:That thought came to mind. I also wonder if it's a m/f split, where men respond better to the aggressive interruptions while women find it to be offputting. Tough to say.

  I must be a woman haha I can't stand the constant interruptions.
• fan_from_texas

  goosebumps;1293202 wrote:I must be a woman haha I can't stand the constant interruptions.

  
  It does really break up the flow of the debate. I wonder why they're sitting instead of standing. Given Ryan's physique, I suspect the Rs would've been better off with both candidates standing.
• ts1227

  

  Biden did rightly just call out Ryan for starting to skirt answering some of the tougher questions as of late.