I watched the first 45 minutes of the debate. Then I had to switch to radio (hooray for the iPod Nano’s radio tuner) while I walked to a 7pm appointment. Unfortunately, I missed the final half hour when shit got real.
During the part I did watch/listen to, I was pleased to see Obama go on both the offensive and defensive, both of which he failed to do in the first debate. I was also impressed with some of Romney’s attacks. They were well-rehearsed and packed a punch. Thankfully Obama verbally sparred and didn’t just roll over.
I was also amused when only minutes into the debate, Romney challenged Crowley on the rules, and she shut him down. Then he did it again and she kindly informed him he had the rules wrong. BAM.
Apparently I missed the moment in which Romney lost the debate. I did go back and watch the Libya kerfuffle when I got home and, yep. Romney blew it. As Rachel Maddow’s blog put it, Romney laid the trap and then walked right into it himself. Here’s the clip:
And finally, the internet meme gods could not have been more pleased with last night’s debate. Romney said, “Binders full of women”? Really?! He really said that? As if he needed to underscore his out-of-touchness even further? At which point the internet meme gods rejoiced and released their magic for all of us to enjoy.
But on a more serious note:
Speaking of women and equality, it’s awful that Green Party candidate Jill Stein and her running mate Cheri Honkala were arrested outside of the debate last night for “blocking traffic.” If only she’d tried harder to get in that binder beforehand…
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