October 19, 2012
Real Time with Bill Maher: Highlights from Episode 262, October 12, 2012
Highlights from Real Time with Bill Maher
Episode 262, October 12, 2012
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October 17, 2012
The Real Obama Shows Up, Wins Second Presidential Debate
After a subpar first debate performance, President Obama was present and lively in debate number two on Tuesday night. As always, I believe Obama won on substance because Romney’s prescription for what ails this country is all wrong. But it’s up to President Obama to clearly explain why that is, and why he is the better choice and deserves a second term. The president did that last night.
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October 12, 2012
Smiling Joe’s VP Debate Performance and His Brilliant Pro-Choice Defense
I have two thoughts about Vice President Joe Biden’s debate performance, and then a closing thought on who I think won the first and only vice presidential debate.
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October 11, 2012
Turn on TV. Watch debate. Turn off TV.
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October 8, 2012
Gallup: Post-Debate Poll: Obama and Romney Tied At 47 Percent
In Gallup’s pre-debate poll conducted September 30th to October 2nd, President Obama led Mitt Romney 50% to 45%. In Gallup’s post-debate poll conducted October 4th to October 6th, the race is now even at 47 percent. Gallup also asked who won the debate, and 72% said Romney, 20% said Obama. I’m not sure what debate that 20% were watching. Although to be fair, a number of people who said Obama won the debate may have ranked substance over style, and in that case, Obama did win the debate. But since style is unfortunately what matters in these debates, there is really no disputing that Romney won.
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October 5, 2012
Presidential Debate: Did Scott Bakula Quantum Leap Into Jim Lehrer’s Body?
“It’s like minutes before the debate, Scott Bakula Quantum Leaped into [Jim] Lehrer’s body, and then had to figure out where the fuck he was.” – Jon Stewart
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October 4, 2012
The Lie: Mitt Romney Says He Doesn’t Have a $5 Trillion Tax Cut
THE LIE – During the first presidential debate of the 2012 election, Republican challenger Mitt Romney said, “I don’t have a five trillion dollar tax cut. I don’t have a tax cut of the scale that you’re [President Obama] talking about. My view is that we ought to provide tax relief to people in the middle class.”
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October 4, 2012
Dear President Obama, Please Take Charge In The Next Debate
Mitt Romney won the first presidential debate on style, which is usually how these debates are won. Romney was aggressive and prosecutorial, and he never hesitated or delayed in his responses. He took charge of the debate from the beginning and never relinquished control.
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October 3, 2012
Presidential Debate: Obama Played The Role Of Defense Attorney
To play off Lawrence O’Donnell’s analogy during MSNBC”s post-debate coverage, President Obama looked like the defense attorney during the first presidential debate. Mitt Romney looked like the aggressive prosecutor, and he was quite successful in that role tonight. I’m not talking about whether you agree on any issues of substance, I’m simply talking about debate style and body language. Mitt Romney aggressively directed his attention right at President Obama on multiple occasions. President Obama on the other hand seemed to focus most of his attention toward moderate Jim Lehrer or the camera.
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May 1, 2012
Cartoon: Democrats vs. Republicans
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