Live blogging on the crazy, town hall style debate with Bess.
2102: When do we get one of those hot Fox News anchors to moderate one of these. I love what they do with the English language.
2103: Jeremy’s question can be ignored by the opening statement. He wants a job, Mitt is gonna give him a scholarship.
2105: I’m going to have more fun with the questioners than the candidates I think. He knows how to make jobs, but doesn’t mention how.
2106: The president didn’t ask him if he had a liberal arts degree before saying that his future was bright. It’s the attention to detail that the president lacks. Now he’s offering him a job in a factory. The man’s got a Interdisciplinary Studies degree, he doesn’t want to work in a factory!
2107: Now he’s giving him a windmill. An energy efficient car. And no war. So, a job I guess. To summarize, Mitt mentions that he can make a job, gives no detail how. The president mentions several things unrelated to Jeremy’s job. Good answers.
2108: Good point by Romney on people dropping out of the workforce. We keep not mentioning that.
2110: Obama coming out swinging. Rich people have different rules, he says.
2111: Phillip is from Long Island. He wants to know if the president can change gas prices, despite the fact that it’s nearly impossible since it’s a global commodity. Romney will say he’ll get it to $2.00 a gallon, and no one will offer me a bet against him.
2114: Policies instead of rhetoric says Romney. Romney is whacking him. Now, as it turns out, I agree with Obama’s environmental policy. But the court of public opinion is against him.
2116: Candy is going after the president with this “new normal” business.
2118: I think I see a block of Mormons just to the left of Romney.
2118: They might actually fight. Wow. The fact checkers are going to tell us whether his claim is true.
2120: This is awkwardly contentious.
2121: Obama got a laugh from the audience at Romney’s expense.
2122: Romney just forced himself in, Candy, Candy, Candy. BTW, Candy?
2126: I can’t imagine how Romney’s math adds up.
2128: I can’t imagine how Obama’s math adds up.
2130: A little big of mathematical slight of hand here. He says the top-5% will continue to pay 60%. So, if you reduce the total tax income by giving a break to the middle class, you’ll have to cut it at the top too to keep it balanced. In fact, they’ll get 60% of the break.
2133: Loved Obama’s math lesson. It was just addition, even Long Islanders could follow. Great points here, this is the president’s best diatribe yet.
2136: Yes, trust me, the numbers add up, says Romney.
2137: Romney did definitely get less time there.
2138: Obama has women in his life. Romney’s a Mormon though, so he has MORE women in his life.
2139: Romney threw a bone or two to some poor women when governor. It is true that women have lost more good jobs in the last 4 years.
2142: Why don’t I get paternity leave?
2143: That’s a pocketbook issue? Come on Obama, that’s clearly a sexist phrase. Makeup is a pocketbook issue too.
2145: Pile on Uncle George! And Mitt is talking about something else.
2147: Poor Uncle George. He was like a sleeper Liberal in the White House, but the liberal’s hated him anyway because they’re such a bunch of intellectual elitists.
2148: Not that anyone is reading this, but Bess is putting some funny stuff up over there.
2150: I do like Bush’s immigration policy.
2151: Like the black guy’s gonna vote for Mitt Romney. Speaking of Al Qaeda, I’m not positive that this administration’s drone policies have been appropriate/legal.
2154: Obama is getting a huge percentage of the time.
2155: And, what about Guantanamo Bay?
2156: Not too hard to take shots at Obama’s record. Reagan, schmeagan. Romney knows that not all recessions are created equal.
2158: The immigrant just called Romney Mr. President. And she told him her name was GilLorraine and he believed her. Wow, that was classic.
2159: Agreed! Green cards to educated immigrants! It’s so obvious – steal the talented people from other countries. And he has a good point that illegal immigrants take the spots of legal immigrants. But legal immigrants don’t pick oranges, and neither do Americans. Illegal immigration is the bastard child of capitalism. We don’t want to be $7 a lb for oranges. We don’t want to earn $7 an hour to pick them either.
2202: The flow of illegal immigrants is because the economy is in the tank. Come on Barack, don’t even bring that up. Obama did make the economy so bad that the immigrants self-deported.
2204: Romney does point out that it wasn’t HIS fault 4 years ago. He was drinking Shirley Temples in a dark closet.
2206: Hip hip-hipp hipp hippity hippity hop. Obama’s pension not as big as Romney’s. Good point.
2208: A boy named Sue. Obama confused by looking for a girl named Kerry.
2210: Obama didn’t answer Sue’s question.
2215: Crowds can be terrifying too. Romney just felt chastised, I think.
2217: I can never remember anyone’s name when they tell it to me. Nor can I pronounce my own name. We actually sent assault rifles to Mexico!
2218: I think guns are dumb. We need to get rid of almost all of those.
2219: Yes, we don’t need assault rifles.
2220: Why is it “of course not automatic weapons”, but “of course yes semi-automatic weapons”?
2221: Get married before your kid. Also, get a haircut and get a real job.
2222: Fast and Furious – killed AN American, points out Jen.
2223: I don’t hunt, but if I could hunt with a bazooka, I might try it.
2224: I wonder if Candy knew she’d only get like 7 questions in. I wanted more questions.
2225: The president wants to talk about something else.
2226: Manufacturing leaves because it’s cheaper there. Let’s get rid of unions. Seriously though folks, rapid prototyping is what is going to put America back on top.
2228: Yuck on the currency manipulator business. I doubt he’ll introduce tariffs…because Americans will impeach him if iPhones get even more expensive.
2229: Interestingly, Canada has universal health care. They call it HoserCare.
2230: I was hoping to go to bed at 10:30 guys. Blah blah, OK, time to move on.
2232: The IP stuff is real. Den of thieves over there.
2234: Barry Green loves him some Barry Green. And what a softball!
2235: Massachusetts under Romney sounds like nirvana. And with all those Kennedys!
2236: Most common misconception about Romney? “I will get America working again.”
2237: Most common misconception about Obama? “The next generation has the same opportunities.”
2238: Thanks for answering the questions fellas.
2241: Meh, I don’t know who won. Obama was better than last time. Romney wasn’t any better, and the expectations were higher. We’ll split it.
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