Open thread for the Lynn University Presidential Debate
We're setting up this post as an open thread for community members to discuss the presidential debate as it happens tonight at Lynn University. Comment below with your thoughts.
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HarukoHaruhara
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Poll.
Rest of world sees huge difference between Obama and Romney.
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/63592000/gif/_63592042_worldservicepoll_46...
- 7 months ago
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HarukoHaruhara
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MolliBlum
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HarukoHaruhara:
Of course they do.
No doubt a lot of non-US citizens (self included – in fact I was polled) would be devastated if Romney won.
BTW: just because someone points out that the RedSox and the Giants are playing the same game does not mean they think the teams are identical or equal in talent.
- 7 months ago
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MolliBlum
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MolliBlum
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The debate was a farce. Two candidates purporting to "argue" about a shared political outlook. Basically, they were just debating strategies for the same goal: further military interventions and wars of aggression (Syria, Iran, Mali) and how to curb the increasing economic and political strength of China and Russia.
- 7 months ago
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MolliBlum
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JanforGore
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MolliBlum:
Don't forget Latin America. Romney was almost salivating talking about it. The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement which is NAFTA on steroids is also supported by them both. A bad deal all around for Latin America and the world.
- 7 months ago
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JanforGore
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MolliBlum
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"My strategy is pretty straight forward, to go after the bad guys," (Romney)
And who ARE the bad guys"?
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MolliBlum
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JanforGore
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MolliBlum:
Whoever they say are the bad guys. Including Americans in our own country, and those running for President who stand up to them.
- 7 months ago
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JanforGore
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MolliBlum
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Interesting that Mitt Romney insisted on (repeatedly) bringing up Mali -- flexing his foreign policy muscles there? Was he trying to show that he understands the geostrategic importance of Mali as a country on the boundaries between between economically significant, resource-rich countries in Northern and Western Africa? Or was he trying to play down his own financial interests in China by mentioning a country China has invested in so heavily in recent years?
- 7 months ago
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MolliBlum
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JanforGore
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MolliBlum:
There was also a military coup there in March of this year and Al Qaida is supposedly now in control of the Northern Tuareg half. A good excuse to continue the "war on terror." BTW, France is now offering to "help" Mali with "surveillance" drones... see the progression.
- 7 months ago
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JanforGore
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MolliBlum
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JanforGore:
Don't forget that Sanogo "trained" in the US... presumably they hope he will be a good, malleable puppet.
- 7 months ago
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MolliBlum
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jim_b
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A simple observation: If Mitt Romney even comes close to the presidency, this country is finished. I fully expect the trollbait to show up with their reaganisms and false equivalencies; and in doing so, they will validate either their absolute ignorance or total disregard for the well being of the United States and her people. Enough of this shit; Romney is remarkably unfit for the presidency. There is no valid argument to be made otherwise.
- 7 months ago
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jim_b
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HarukoHaruhara
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jim_b:
They'll all show up between 1 and 6 a.m. ☺
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HarukoHaruhara
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AJILIVIZION
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jim_b:
Someone took the time to vote down many of existing comments without sharing their thoughts, so it seems the trolling has already begun.
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AJILIVIZION
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HarukoHaruhara
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AJILIVIZION:
Yup, on two different threads. Downvoting like crazy.
He'll wait until 4 a.m. to post his bait. This is his MO.
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HarukoHaruhara
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MolliBlum
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jim_b:
"If Mitt Romney even comes close to the presidency..."
He IS close to the presidency. That's the nature of the two-party system. And this particular debate showed little difference between the candidates in terms of (US imperialist) foreign policy. - 7 months ago
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MolliBlum
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AJILIVIZION
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Nailed it!
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sammykatz
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It is 10:11 PM EST: I've actually called a friend to ensure that I wasn't having a senior moment in hearing Willard repeat, almost word for word, what POTUS is saying or has been saying...Romney is totally bankrupt morally and intellectually: he is a snake oil salesman and an opportunistic hedge fund manager...
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sammykatz
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JanforGore
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This is about foreign policy, not their parrotting same old lines from other debates. blah blah blah........
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JanforGore
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JanforGore:
Didn't even waste my time on it.
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Vic_Romano
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MolliBlum
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JanforGore:
This particular debate did illustrate more clearly than the others just how little difference there is between the two main parties --- US hegemony, control of resources (edit: of course they didn't spell that one out), etc.
They seemed to agree on basically everything in that respect. - 7 months ago
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MolliBlum
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JanforGore
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MolliBlum:
Yes and because they believe the American people care more about the economy here, they think can pull the wool over their eyes regarding this because they think people don't know how to connect the dots.
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JanforGore
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JanforGore
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Vic_Romano:
I only watched on Democacy Now because it's the real debate.
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JanforGore
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MolliBlum
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JanforGore:
People in other countries are watching too.
And some of them can vote. - 7 months ago
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MolliBlum
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AJILIVIZION
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President Obama is dancing around Mitt the Twit.
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rluz
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AJILIVIZION:
YES A CURRENT MADE GIF!
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rluz
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HarukoHaruhara
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AJILIVIZION:
That was a good zinger.
That one and the "that's the biggest whopper of this campaign."
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HarukoHaruhara
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cpad
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AJILIVIZION:
Brilliant! I love it.
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cpad
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rluz:
After posting links to other activities, it was only right that I post something from Current's own activities. I also edited this GIF to include the link to Current TV's tumblr, which is where I got the GIF from. Glad to support Current TV when ever I have the chance.
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AJILIVIZION
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AJILIVIZION
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http://new.livestream.com/tumblr/presidentialdebate
Watch as a team of artists create GIFs as the debate unfolds.
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AJILIVIZION:
This is where all the GIFs get posted.
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"Every time you’ve had an opinion, you’ve been wrong."
- Obama on Mitt Romney's foreign policy statements.
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JanforGore
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Romney and Obama agree on drones... UNCONSCIENABLE.
Showing the debate with inclusion.
"We have to stand for democracy"... In egypt... what about calling for that in our own country when it comes to debates? When it comes to peaceful protesters not being imprisoned for protesting drones killing innocent people? Both of them sound like imperialist warmongers who think the US runs the world and space to militarize it.
Shame Rocky Anderson and Jill Stein are being shut out. They are making sense regarding how we bring about peace and this government standing up for the rule of law.
Mentioning indefinite detention... right of assasination...military/industrial complex... we need to finally stand up to these wars... a foreign policy based on human rights and climate justice.
Both Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson mentioning the climate crisis and trade agreements continuing to hurt American workers.
OK- now we get to the line: Obama: we will stand with Israel if they are attacked. I'm sure Romney will concur. Threatening talk about Iran as well. SOS. "All options on the table."
Oh my, Rocky Anderson and Jill Stein make so much sense. Americans are fools for voting out of fear.
Jill Stein: "We have a slave like" mentality towards Israel. "We need to hold them acountable as well to international law."
Where's the question on global warming? Jill Stein mentioned its connection with war and the military.
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JanforGore
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unimatrix0
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Obama starts firm and strong; Mitt the twit not so much
#current2012 - 7 months ago
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OlBlue
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From Think Progress:
Five facts to keep in mind during the debate. Think Progress will be live fact checking.
1. New reporting finds that protest against anti-Islam video played role in Benghazi attacks.
2. Romney harshly criticized Obama’s pledge to send U.S. troops into Pakistan to get Osama bin Laden.
3. Iran is not enriching weapons-grade uranium.
4. Romney will increase military spending by $2.1 trillion, with no plan to pay for it.
5. Israeli leaders have praised Obama’s commitment to Israel’s security.
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/10/22/1051471/5-factsforeign-policy-debat....
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OlBlue
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rluz
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#Current2012 - your tweets can be on air! WATCH.
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rluz
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JessMag
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Our coverage just began on Current TV -- tune in now to hear what Al Gore, John Fugelsang, Jennifer Granholm, and Eliot Spitzer are predicting for tonight's debate.
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JessMag
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unimatrix0
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Let the games begin!
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rluz
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Expectations high for Schieffer in final debate: http://current.com/groups/news-blog/93936753_expectations-high-for-schieffer-in-...
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rluz
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IzziLili
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ROMNEY=Rapacious,Obfuscative,Mendacious,Narcissistic,Ethically Impaired, YellowbelliedYoYo!
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IzziLili
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HarukoHaruhara
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Something to keep in mind when Mitt brings up Benghazi. http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/579203_482068391826086_1162944718_n.j...
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HarukoHaruhara
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think_more_do_more:
Toward St. Ronnie? From Republicans? Republicans went after St. Ronnie the Chaste over it?
Somehow I doubt it.
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HarukoHaruhara
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think_more_do_more:
More ancient than you. I also remember that the lord and savior of the Republican party was never challenged. To do so would be to invite the word "traitor" to be permanently emblazoned upon one's forehead.
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think_more_do_more:
And understandably so. Yet too few Americans are outraged at the terrible, almost casual, loss of innocent civilian lives on a daily basis in so many countries where the US and its allies seek to gain control.
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MolliBlum
