The Third And Final US Presidential Debate On Foreign Policy Thread

Less than four hours to go!

• Chris Matthews is doing a pre-debate show. He just had Joe Biden's son on who's running for office. Good Christ, Biden's son sounds exactly like him.

• Chris Matthews is doing a pre-debate show. He just had Joe Biden's son on who's running for office. Good Christ, Biden's son sounds exactly like him.

• hold me, i am frightened.

• r3 = Mittens

• Here

  Della

• I just heard on the internets that Chris Matthews would be interviewing Joe Biden's son - who sounds exactly like him.

• Death to Ann! In two weeks, the Romneys will flee the country in disgrace, and I will escape the compound!

  Rafalca

• Oh and 1 more thing guys...PLEASE do not use the phrase "Flogging a dead horse" when describing Mitt's attacks on Obama about Benghazi. It gives you know who ideas! So ixnay on the floghay.

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• So are you peoples watching or not tonight?

• r9 is English you peoples second language?

• I might watch. Good Lord I hope Obama gives a beating over Benghazi. All the bullshit, lies and hypocrisy the GOP has stirred over this issue is infuriating. CRUSH HIM OBAMA!

• Free Rafalca!

• I'm not going to watch, but it's interesting how this debate is being seen as not as important as the other two - something could happen that might change things up AGAIN. Romney's got nothing when it comes to foreign policy, so he's probably going to do something tricky to throw Obama off again - I just hope the President is ready for EVERYTHING.

• Me too r13. I think most people are just burnt out by now. The majority of people watching will be hardcore fanatics on either side, and a few bullshit "undecideds". That reminds me of a thread that popped up last election cycle. It read something to the effect of "Undecideds: Just media-seeking attention whores, no? " I might have to start a new one for this cycle.

• Campaigns select their post-debate "spinners" Both campaigns are bringing out their heavy-hitting foreign policy teams to shape reactions to tonight’s debate. The post-debate spinners for the Obama campaign will include 2004 presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman who played the role of Romney in Obama’s debate prep; 2004 presidential candidate Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.); and Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden (D), son of Vice President Biden and an Iraq War veteran. For the Romney campaign, the list includes 2008 presidential candidate and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani; the country’s first Homeland Security Secretary, former Gov. Tom Ridge (R-PA); and Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) (pictured), who played Obama in Romney’s debate prep.

  http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/10/22/spin-to-win/

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• I think Obama will do well - he gambled on partnering with the Euros in Libya and in the end, they got rid of their dictator rather than us having to send in boots on the ground - an outcome I think all Americans prefer. Also, I have to think that all people - even repugs - recognize how dicey it is to arm the Syrian rebels. If anything, I think Obama will be on his toes since they keep beating him up over the Libya thing and we'll be in for an evening of Romney's usual histrionics. I think now that Romney is too calculating and cold blooded to do anything too stupid like call Obama the N word or lay a hand on him. So basically, the whole thing will be a draw and the outcome will depend on how you view the 2 candidates.

• The pundits will call it a draw no matter what because they're desperate to pretend this is going to be a "horse race" til Election Day. They tried to do the same last week, too.

• I believe I'll watch "Woman of the Year" on TCM.

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• On this night focusing on foreign policy-- Remember the cute Pennsylvania Congressman Patrick Murphy, an Irag vet who fought for the end of DADT? Here's his essay on the "Commander in Chief" test, and who's failed it.

  http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/10/22/romney-has-already-failed-the-commander-in-chief-test/

• Bob Schieffer looks like the Mummy.

• So glad I can sit back and watch this one in my eating pants.

  Candy

• I'm as moist as a snack cake down there in anticipation.

• Mitt has no idea what he's talking about.

• Romney loses the first question

• "The 1980s want their foreign policy back. Every time you've offered an opinion, you've been wrong." Mitt is TERRIFIED. What's wrong with him tonight?

• Right to Libya - well, Shieffer's a pro. Mitt won both coin tosses. He talks first at the beginning and last at the end. Mittens is such a slimy toad. The President stomped him on Libya. Good.

• Did Obama say that R25?

• Yes, r27

• Candy, I want a snack. What's cooking?

• All I need to know. The rest should flow from that. Thanks!

  R27

• POTUS has four fucking years of briefings and meetings under his belt. Mitts, not so much.

• Mitts is answering questions! He's SLAUGHTERING Obama!

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• This is the President's house. It's note Mitt's corporate conference room, and it shows.

• Come to the official thread and let this one die.

  http://www.datalounge.com/cgi-bin/iowa/ajax.html%23page:showThread%2C12052861%2C1

• Please take this to the Official Debate Thread. Let's stick together!!

  ya%20ya%20ya

• Hall monitor alert, take it anywhere you like.

• I'm getting a DL message that the Official Thread does not exist!

• Is this the main thread for discussing the 3rd debate, or am I missing another one?

• f

  http://www.topix.com/forum/county/brevard-fl/TCI0QBAG9QVCU9VJ0

• Both Romney and Obama have bizarre/unnatural/robotic/creepy/arrogant body language and mannerisms.

• So what is the fallout in the general public from last night debate? What have you been hearing at work?

• Planted questioners?

• Romney is done.

• Cenk on Current just made some good points about how the MSM is pretending that this last debate didn't matter and how they (CNN in particular) are calling the results "even", EVEN though their poll showed that Obama won 48-40. If it had've been the reverse, they would've just said Romney won it period, but since OBAMA won, they can't even be honest about him winning it. CNN is full of shit.

• I hate the self important Cenk Ug-whatever. What a douche. Has the intelligence of a high schooler.

• I love farting.

  Cheryl

• bump

• Cenk is right, CNN sucks.

• The other thread:

  http://www.datalounge.com/cgi-bin/iowa/ajax.html%23page:showThread%2C12052861%2C1