1st Presidential Debate 9PM EST

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by ILG

I'm listening. Obama sure doesn't like to be questioned.

That's why I don't like Obama

[Praxeas]

I was listening for a while and Romney did sound like he was doing better

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by deacon blues

WOW, even BILL MAHER said on his Twitter tonight, "i can't believe i'm saying this, but Obama looks like he DOES need a teleprompter"

Oh, dear.

[canam]

Obama was absolutely destroyed ,spanked and pounded last night,he was the first black man with red ears ), because he was shaking in his boots ,expect more of the same, Romney will grow in stature obaam will shrink, Romney has" what ever it is,is".His answers were clear, concise and to the point Obama looked like a school child, who doesn't have a plan,no surprise, he doesn't. There is nothing they can do to prepare him further ,the die has been cast.

[Monterrey]

Looks like der Mormon thumped his head! Wouldn't want to be BO today!

[Monterrey]

Just goes to prove that BO has never done his own thinking.

[AmericanAngel]

watchin a rerun on c-span.....

[deacon blues]

Dedicated Mind, Pressing On and Light are mysteriously absent around here today...

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by deacon blues

Dedicated Mind, Pressing On and Light are mysteriously absent around here today...

Was I supposed to start liking him now? Fat chance. So in the ensuing days, keep that in mind. I don't care whether he wins or loses. He was never my candidate and never will be.

While all the seals are clapping and barking at Romney's performance, I want to pay attention to what he was saying.

First of all, he says he isn't looking to make a $5 trillion tax cut. Independent analysts show that his rate cuts and other changes would total $5 trillion in the next 10 years. The Tax Policy Center says that it is also mathematically impossible to cover a $5 trillion reduction by eliminating tax breaks solely on high-income taxpayers. He spoke earlier of cap reductions of $17,000, but at the debate he said it would be $25,000 or $50,000.

The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, a joint project of the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution, has said the Romney proposal would cost $360 billion in the first year before it is offset by closing loopholes, which others have extrapolated to estimate that it would amount to $5 trillion over the decade.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics...,3813713.story

On his claim to repeal Obamacare and keep pre-existing conditions - Romney's top advisor said that people with pre-existing conditions will not likely be able to purchase insurance. “With respect to pre-existing conditions, what Governor Romney has said is for those with continuous coverage, he would continue to make sure that they receive their coverage,” said Eric Fehrnstrom, referring to existing laws which require insurance companies to sell coverage to people who already have insurance, or within 90 days of losing their employer coverage.

He claimed that "half" of the green energy projects the government invested in had gone out of business. The actual number is 3 out of 26.

He claimed that 23 million people were out of work. The actual number is 12.5 million.

He claims that 50% of college graduates can't find work, but he is factoring in the underemployed. That would be people who ARE working, but not using their degree. That is nothing new.

So, anyway, these are just a few stretches and with all the data he put out, I'm sure there will be more. I haven't fully had time to finish the transcript.

He did answer a question correctly that Obama was totally wrong on - What is your job as President? Obama: "To protect the American people." Romney: "Too uphold the Constitution." That would be the right answer and he did his Republican thang on that one. Being that he supports the NDAA, along with Obama, I find it hard to believe he is sincere on that answer.

[Pressing-On]

And did you notice when Romney said, “the individual mandate that requires every American to purchase health care or suffer increasing tax penalties, places an unfair burden on the middle class."

Might have made voters a little confused that he has that same mandate in Massachusetts. It was his idea.