I am beginning to become scared that Romney/Ryan will win. Can smart people please post here and say reassuring things to convince me that he won't?

I don't want Candy Crowley in there tomorrow night. I've seen enough of her to know that she is fairly neutral. I want a moderator who's in the tank for Obama.

lol

conv upthread made me think of ways the debate could be improved and I realized the best debate would be no moderator + no prepared subjects, just throw em up there and let the yelling begin

wait maybe it was another politics thread, anyway whatever

ideal debate would be four rounds of rock, paper, scissors

rock paper zing

for 'zing' you make a z with your hands, zing beats paper but not rock

conv upthread made me think of ways the debate could be improved and I realized the best debate would be no moderator + no prepared subjects, just throw em up there and let the yelling begin

how about a series of escalating uncomfortable situations? romney and obama just have to stand there and deal with whatever comes however they see fit. first some lady walks up to obama and starts calling him a muslim or whatever. then you find an extremist who hates mormons with a visceral passion and throw him at romney. this Religious Confrontation portion of the debate should actually be pretty easy for them as they'll make appeals to tolerance and support each other. but then there's a staged event where someone in the audience is assaulted and it initially appears that one of romney's sons did it. obama is somehow the only eyewitness to the event and is required to testify on stage, but every time he starts to speak his microphone gives off crazy feedback and jim lehrer covers his ears in disgust. then everyone in the auditorium starts making out for a few minutes and the candidates have to figure out what to do with THAT. someone turns the heat up to 84. the clocks are adjusted so that it appears that the 90 minutes have elapsed, which causes confusion because obviously it's only been about 20 minutes or so - or has it?! the debate concludes with a real life fire in the auditorium, and the doors are locked. there's a key that sits in a locked box between obama and romney, but the only way to open it is to answer some sort of trivia question that only one of them would know the answer to. but it's a really hard question so it takes a few minutes and meanwhile people are dying. something along those lines.

or, you know, maybe there's a bit where obama realizes that one entire section of the audience is made up of friends and family of innocent civilians he killed

Z S otm, great TV at the very least

This hypothetical debate is only available on Russian P2P websites.

and meanwhile people are dying.

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/qdtG0oiJnJU/0.jpg

Ryan and Biden are watching this debate together behind a one-way mirror glass booth.

ZS is a genius

CNN instant poll reactions coming from audience comprised entirely of bestial brony ex-convicts

i.e. Congress

wolf blitzer forced to conduct polling wearing sexy comiccon wolf outfit

this is the stage and the moderator, but she never asks any questions:

http://i46.tinypic.com/2zizrme.jpg

lol ZS

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Clinton is saying what happened in Libya is her responsibility. Popular female SoS provides cover for a scrambling president--just judging on appearances, looks bad. I'm sure Romney will make a big deal of this tomorrow.

Tradition and Hil's political ambitions would almost certainly have her leaving the post at the start of a second O term so it makes sense for her to take responsibility here if it will protect Obama. Is there any evidence R has the agility to make hay from this?

no

if romney does try to make hay out of this i hope obama says something like "we're all sad one ambassador died and everything but at least two skyscrapers didn't get hit by airplanes or a wing of the pentagon didn't go up in flames"

this really isn't gonna be a thing, it's only a scandal if you watch sean hannity

fort hood was supposed to be the end of Obama's presidency according to Fox

Freeman might have trouble overcoming the "boinking his step-granddaughter" hurdle

That's been pretty much debunked at this point. Rumors never fully die, though.

this really isn't gonna be a thing, it's only a scandal if you watch sean hannity
― iatee, Monday, October 15, 2012 11:03 PM (Yesterday)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bQnxlHZsjY

checking the gallup polls will not make you feel better

http://www.gallup.com/poll/158048/romney-obama-among-likely-voters.aspx

barry better show up tonight

i already knew that i shared this country with a lot of idiots, but apparently they are very easily impressionable idiots.

I don't even know what I'll do if Romney wins. I'm not a "I'm moving to Canada!" type of person because it's not very realistic, but I am going to be so disheartened and hopeless.

Last time around I agreed with a friend that we'd take up smoking if McCain won. So you could do that!

I have an intense friend who I really do worry about, should Romney win. I can totally see him snapping.

We're a nation of disheartened and hopeless people--come on down! (I mean up.)

where are all the "debates have no effect on elections" dudes now

way to piss away a lead, mr president

yo i'm here and still kinda confused about debates having an effect on the election

maybe bcuz an alleged 'inspirational' president has never seemed utterly indifferent to engaging his opponent before.

i never said (i dont think) that debates have no effect on elections, but i did say i didnt think that one would, whoops

anyway hella nervous for tonight

I heard an "undecided Ohio voter" on NPR this morning and he was exactly as idiotic as I would expect an undecided voter to be. Here was his statement, summarized but not paraphrased: "Obama is really good with programs for the poor and taking care of people, but not really good with stuff about abortion and birth control. Those are religious questions. Romney is just the opposite. So I'd give Obama an A+ on programs for the poor, but an F- on limiting abortion, and the reverse for Romney. I'm just not sure who I'm voting for."

These morons deserve everything they get if Romney wins. May their doom be on their heads.

man that last debate was so weird

that person actually seems pretty informed and rational as far as undecided voters go!

yeah, i'd agree w/ him that obama gets an F- on limiting abortion. i mean, a solid grade on not limiting abortions, but on limiting abortions he's been pretty mediocre

There's no such thing as an F-. He has totally been discredited.

i fucking hate undecided voters, how can you possibly be undecided

That snl short was in fact a documentary.

some dark part of me wants romney to win. i'd like to be alive for america's inevitable caligua phase.

you already were

i can only hope that right obama is pacing around an dusty warehouse punching walls and swallowing beef curtain jerky whole, psyching himself up

great, now Romney's Caligula. Can't wait to see where you guys head with this in 2 weeks.