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You Have to be Shitting Me

by John Cole|  October 16, 20128:57 pm| 27 Comments

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I just learned that the entire debate audience is made up of undecided voters. We’re basically now going to have to listen to 80 of the stupidest fucking people on the planet ask uninformed questions. It’ll be like being taught Physics by a random sample of spring breakers at Daytona Beach.

Just let the fucking Chinese take over already.

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  1. 1.

    Lyrebird

    October 16, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    LOL.

    I’m praying that Obama’s superior skillz with baby-holding and such will prevail…

  2. 2.

    John

    October 16, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    Some of them are probably lying about being undecided.

  3. 3.

    22over7

    October 16, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    Pierce said they were lying their asses off.

  4. 4.

    kathy a.

    October 16, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    take a deep breath. i have the same worry, but it is possible this will be fine. you think O hasn’t heard any of that shit before?

  5. 5.

    Jules

    October 16, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    Paste eaters and tiger petters.

  6. 6.

    geg6

    October 16, 2012 at 9:00 pm

    Where the hell have you been? I’ve been saying this all fucking day.

  7. 7.

    Emma

    October 16, 2012 at 9:00 pm

    Sometimes they can surprise you… but mostly not. ::sigh::

  8. 8.

    Yutsano

    October 16, 2012 at 9:01 pm

    @John: I’d lie my ass off to get in there. You bet both Willard and Obama have ringers in there.

  9. 9.

    Calouste

    October 16, 2012 at 9:01 pm

    Wanna do an over/under on how many questions it will take before the first Tea Party talking point show up? I’m taking the under on 2.

  10. 10.

    geg6

    October 16, 2012 at 9:01 pm

    Fucking Candy Crowley. Jeebus.

  11. 11.

    Mustang Bobby

    October 16, 2012 at 9:01 pm

    “The common clay, the salt of the earth. You know… morons.”

  12. 12.

    smith

    October 16, 2012 at 9:02 pm

    Undecided my ass.

    During the VP debate, the CNN focus group, we were told, was made up of “undecided voters.” That CNN focus group was the only group to give Paul Ryan the “win” in the debate. We know damn well they were Republicans who claimed to be undecided.

    Like I said, undecided my ass.

  13. 13.

    Southern Beale

    October 16, 2012 at 9:03 pm

    I ranted about the “undecided voter” nonsense this morning.

  14. 14.

    Another Halocene Human

    October 16, 2012 at 9:03 pm

    live stream?

  15. 15.

    Lolis

    October 16, 2012 at 9:04 pm

    The liveblog page is blocked for me. I am at works. I am bummed. I was counting on everyone to keep me laughing.

  16. 16.

    Kiril

    October 16, 2012 at 9:06 pm

    To be fair, in 04 and 08, the town hall debates had the best questions, just saying.

  17. 17.

    SFAW

    October 16, 2012 at 9:06 pm

    “What are your names? And … BE SPECIFIC!”

  18. 18.

    pseudonymous in nc

    October 16, 2012 at 9:06 pm

    SNL, like the stopped clock, got this topic right.

  19. 19.

    taylormattd

    October 16, 2012 at 9:06 pm

    Start drinking if you haven’t, and don’t stop until November, that’s all I’m saying.

  20. 20.

    some guy

    October 16, 2012 at 9:10 pm

    comes out swinginjg! 1,2,3.

  21. 21.

    Redshift

    October 16, 2012 at 9:11 pm

    And Romney leads off with lying about his position on Pell grants. Just in case anyone thought his strategy in this debate was going to be any different.

  22. 22.

    different-church-lady

    October 16, 2012 at 9:12 pm

    Is it over yet? Can I open my eyes now? Can I go home? Please?

  23. 23.

    Lee Hartmann

    October 16, 2012 at 9:12 pm

    I’ve always been partial to the Mexicans taking over. Good food.

  24. 24.

    Ben Franklin

    October 16, 2012 at 9:13 pm

    Go fuckinbamba. Kick their ever-lovin ass.

    Don’t let the fucker up.

  25. 25.

    Redshift

    October 16, 2012 at 9:13 pm

    And Romney leads off with lying about his position on Pell grants. Just in case anyone thought his strategy in this debate was going to be any different.

  26. 26.

    different-church-lady

    October 16, 2012 at 9:13 pm

    Is it over yet? Can I open my eyes now? Can I go home? Please? Why don’t they let me go home? I feel so broke up I wanna go home.

  27. 27.

    Felanius Kootea

    October 16, 2012 at 9:14 pm

    Well, there’s this bit of good news:

    In states that allow voters to cast ballots before election day, early voting and extended voting hours are thought to benefit Democratic candidates because lower-income people, who tend to vote for them, are more likely to work odd hours. According to a Reuters/Ipsos national survey, about 10 percent of likely voters have already cast ballots. And of those who have voted, Obama holds a sizable lead over Romney – 56 percent to 35 percent. The poll has a credibility interval, a measure of accuracy, of plus or minus about five percentage points. That contrasts with a much closer race according to polls of likely voters. There, the president holds just a slight edge of 46 percent to 43 percent in Tuesday’s Reuters/Ipsos daily tracking poll.

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