Posted on 10/11/2012 5:10:45 PM PDT by kristinn
All debates will take place from 9:00-10:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Vice presidential debate:
Thursday, October 11
Centre College, Danville, KY
Moderator: Martha Raddatz, Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent, ABC News
Online links:
YouTube w/ ABC News/Yahoo! coverage
Biden is an expert in mouthing word salad.
What, pray tell, is a “practicing Catholic”? What? Does Biden think he’s like a physician now? And if Biden is just practicing at being Catholic....when, if ever, is Biden going to get it right?
Biden is burying himself..Losing women voters in droves with his creepy old man laugh during every Ryan answer.
Ryan sucks, based on what? He’s hardly been able to finish a single (no exaggeration) sentence without either Biden, the moderator — or both!!! — interrupting him.
I suspect many interesting facts will emerge comparing this debate with other debates. The number of interruptions being first and foremost. I will be very interested in seeing how much each candidate ended up having in time. I estimate between five and eight minutes total so far where Biden was speaking *during* Ryan’s time.
I think Ryan is doing quite well. He's not as polished as Biden, but he's earnest, and comes across as earnest and knowledgeable. It may not be a knockout for our side, but it won't be one for the other, either.I hope you're right.
Unfortunately I have to agree. Would have loved to see Ryan be a bit more aggressive.
Snort! Biden was wonderful./full sarc
Ryan’s politeness translates into confidence. He’s given Biden enough rope to hang himself and looks far the better man.
IMO, Ryan has the facts but is not a debater;
Biden doesn’t have the facts but is a debater.
I don’t get it..The GOP ALWAYS lets itself get screwed. The ENTIRE future of America hinges on this election and they allow the LEFT to control all the debates. Let Rush moderate one ..The right are so friggin stupid
How did this become an abortion debate?!!!
Almost over. Ryan got his ass kicked. Yes, it was two against one, and Biden lied, but Biden dominated from start to finish. Disgusting.
He should not receive Communion.He is a disgrace.
Thank you.
P.R. has mentioned boots on the ground, we need to make the distinction of accepted boots on the ground as to promotion of arab spring boots on the ground.
Now they are trying to get Ryan on abortion.
That's me. Wow, I lost it at one point. Blood pressure back to normal now ...well almost.
I just don’t think the undecideds are going to like Biden’s schtick here.
Ryan’s talking like an adult, and I disagree with others that Biden’s body language won’t hurt him.
Biden’s supposed to be the incumbent and he’s attacking like Ryan’s been in office instead. Belligerence taken too far turns people off.
For the first time ever, I’m actually interested in what Luntz’s lackeys have to say. I’m curious whether my instincts are right on this one.
BS!
Ryan has the facts but is not a debater; Biden doesn’t have the facts but is a debater.I agree.
Last question is to scare women on abortion—pathetic.
Obama a guest at [Biden-Ryan] moderator’s ‘91 wedding
By David Bauder
Associated Press
New York — The day before the vice presidential debate, the guest list for moderator Martha Raddatz’s 1991 wedding has become an issue, of sorts.
The list included Harvard Law School student and future president Barack Obama. ...”
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121011/POLITICS01/210110395/1022/rss10
The moderator has been sitting on Biden’s lap during the entire debate, that is why there is a smile on his face.
Ryan is not doing well but I don’t know how anybody could do a good job with Biden in the room. He is INSANE
Ryan is up against the DNC attack machine. Man up. I wouldn't want to be with you in the foxhole.
The folks out here are going to be so turned off by biden that Ryan wins this... no one who has any sense is going to side with the smirking rude biden... he’s a liar from one end to the other.. and smirking/laughing/interrupting is condescending and folks know this!! He spent 90 minutes putting Ryan down.. while Ryan was trying to talk about serious subjects. biden tried to drown him out. He made a huge mistake in doing all this.
Agreed.
Biden’s such a blowhard.
Can’t win a debate if people hate you. O’biden is coming across as someone no one can like.
Ryan’s options were limited. He remained civil. Becoming combative would have backfired.
What was Ryan supposed to do? Tell the moderator to shut up? The setup was bad in the first place—sitting down, the biased, idiot moderator, no rules...
Well, only caught from 9:50pm onward, but what I have seen Biden is just being idiotically agressive and the moderator is useless. Biden will fire up the pundits because of how bad Obama was but I don’t see any of this moving the needle unless Biden’s arrogance creates a backlash.
The moderator has been sitting on Biden’s lap during the entire debate, that is why there is a smile on his face.
Joe’s not a debater...he’s an interrupter!
Angry.
That’s the take away.
Libs are angry people.
Ryan should have called Biden on his repetition of the lie that Obama pulled the country back from the brink.
“Ryan’s options were limited. He remained civil. Becoming combative would have backfired.”
Right.
This is going to backfire on the Dems like the Wellstone Memorial.
Well said.
Refuse to impose what Biden thinks is moral on others ?
What about Sandusky, joe? Do you refuse to impose your morals on his “choice”?
I would agree in general but Radditz is giving Biden the final “gosh I really care moment”
Refuse to impose what Biden thinks is moral on others ?
What about Sandusky, joe? Do you refuse to impose your morals on his “choice”?
wait....Jokin’ Joe just said the superpacs are obamanations!
The moderator has been sitting on Biden’s lap during the entire debate, that is why there is a smile on his face.
Joe looks like an angry Mama Luc....
Good answer at the end by Ryan.
Joe looks like an angry Mama Luc....
The moderator has been sitting on Biden’s lap during the entire debate, that is why there is a smile on his face.
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