The Great Debate Megathread! Black Lincoln versus whiter, richer Douglas!

[Ed Anger]

 

[Kleves]

How long before an Iranian news agency picks up that story?

[derspiess]

How long before an Iranian news agency picks up that story?

I hear they're busy test-launching their own satire site.

[sbr]

DENVER—Following last night's nationally televised presidential debate, President Barack Obama's 11-year-old daughter Sasha reportedly asked her father why he was "acting like such a goddamned pussy up there." "Daddy, how come you were being such a little bitch?" asked the sixth-grader, who told the president she was "genuinely worried" that maybe somebody had "cut Daddy's balls off" right before he took the stage. "What happened, Dad? Were you on your period or something? Maybe the next time you're in front of the entire country for an hour and a half you should try not letting another man spank you on the ass like that." Sources added that Obama's youngest daughter then offered to help the president go "look for [his] dick, because apparently it's gone missing."

[Eddie Teach]

How long before an Iranian news agency picks up that story?

I hear they're busy test-launching their own satire site.

[Phillip V]

67.2 million watched debate

'The total viewership, which includes 12 networks, was a 28 percent increase over the first presidential debate in 2008 between then-Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain, which drew 52.4 million viewers. 63.2 million watched Obama and McCain's second debate; 56.5 million watched their third.'

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/10/million-watched-debate-nielsen-137576.html

The rating includes total viewers for ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Univision, PBS, CNN, FOX News, MSNBC, CurrentTV and CNBC between 9 p.m and 10:30 p.m. ET, and for Telemundo's airing on tape-delay. It does not include online viewership.

The highest-rated presidential debate in U.S. history was a 1980 debate between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter, which had 80.6 million viewers.

[Admiral Yi]

White chicks and colored boys; must be Northern Virginia.

[Ed Anger]

MSNBC is hilarious tonight.

[Sheilbh]

Interesting note from a former Reagan campaign staffer.  Apparently the incumbent has always lost the first debate (Carter, Reagan, both Bushes and Clinton).  He put it down to the fact that no-one likes debate prep, but no-one can really tell the President he has to do it and he can normally come up with a good excuse for getting out of it.

[Tonitrus]

Is it me, or is Al Gore morphing into Boris Yeltsin....

[Phillip V]

Is it me, or is Al Gore morphing into Boris Yeltsin....

crazed sex poodle

[Eddie Teach]

Not just you.

[CountDeMoney]

White chicks and colored boys; must be Northern Virginia.

If it wasn't for the blurred TV video of the debate in the back, I'd have sworn that was a still for some yet-to-be-released prime time network apocalyptic drama involving young people.

[mongers]

Just saw a bbc news piece about reaction in a Levittown,PA bar to the debate.
Pretty much a blue collar bar full of regular patrons, interesting that their views on what needs to be done in the US and their take on the debate were far more nuanced and thoughtful than you'd expect, if you'd just relied on the politicians/pundits to frame the issues.   

[CountDeMoney]

Interesting note from a former Reagan campaign staffer.  Apparently the incumbent has always lost the first debate (Carter, Reagan, both Bushes and Clinton).  He put it down to the fact that no-one likes debate prep, but no-one can really tell the President he has to do it and he can normally come up with a good excuse for getting out of it.

I specifically remember the first debate in 1984.  Reagan looked totally lost, and the media jumped on the "is he too old" bandwagon.  Made it up in the second one in spades, though.