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Debate pleases partisans, but minds still open

DURHAM, N.H. — The ground shook. But few opinions did.

On a night when the University of New Hampshire campus was rattled by the small earthquake that struck New ­England, the undecided voters who joined a few dozen students to watch the second presidential debate at a student center were still undecided afterward. None of the committed voters shifted.

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Undecideds take your pick. War with Iran...Mitt MORE tax cuts for wealthy...Mitt More women in "binders" seeking pay equality, health care, and planned parenthood....Mitt More outsourced manufacturing...Mitt. 47% of Americans (working,retired,veterans) off the books...Mitt. Or the guy who has resurrected our auto industry,provided health care for millions of American families,neutralized Osama bin Laden, and does not compromise his principles for political gain?....the President. Where is the conflict if you are a working American? Words are no substitute for actions, each man has clearly shown you where his priorities are.

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War with Iran is now inevevitable specifically because of Obama's inactions the past three years!!  Sanctions could have and would have worked, but Obama took an extra three years putting them in place when he was warned to put them in-place IMMEDIATELY.  Now the sanctions are working but they are too little too late and the clock is running out.  As for the rest... wow.  What do you not understand about basic economics?  There will be NO JOBS to speak of until SPENDING is cut! The markets that affect job creation aren't waiting to see Democrats 'increased revenues'. The markets that affect job creation are waiting to see 'spending reductions'!!!!! Until spending is reduced, you will never see any number of jobs worth speaking about. And you have been warned...

Obama acted like a bully - complete with smirking & a curled lip of contempt. Obama & Biden are unable to accomplish anything in Washington, and it is easy to see why when they show us how   they communicate. They can only attack & mock the ideas of others. Although, Gov. Romney &  VP choice Ryan. present budget, tax plans & visions for the future - we see Biden acting like he is totally unfit for vice-president & Obama like a rooster in the farm yard. Lots of noice about nothing.

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Hmmm.  Can only attack & mock the ideas of others.  Hmmm.  

"Obama & Biden are unable to accomplish anything in Washington, and it is easy to see why"

 

Yeah, when Congress won't work with you and are determined to keep you as a one-termer then its really hard to get things done.  Like sequestration...it's coming because Congress could not get its act together (remember CONGRESS pulls the pursestrings) and wasn't Ryan on the committee that couldn't reach any decision?  Hmmm

It was a good debate. It's too bad that it was two on one; Obama and Candy Crowley against Romney. She answered the question on Libya for Obama, albeit it was the wrong answer. Moderators should NEVER interject themselves into the debate. The media bias continues.

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It was the right answer. Even Fox agrees.

"No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation, alter that character or eclipse the light of the values that we stand for," Obama said. "Today we mourn for more Americans who represent the very best of the United States of America. We will not waver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act. And make no mistake, justice will be done. But we also know that the lives these Americans led stand in stark contrast to those of their attackers."

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/16/fact-check-did-obama-really-call-consulate-attack-in-libya-act-terror/#ixzz29ZHnDjoc

Obama's reference to terror in the Rose Garden was AFTER he used the video as the excuse and AFTER he apologized for it!  Obama's reference to terror was later, after general references to 9/11!!!!!!!  NOT Benghazi!!!  Even the fraudulent 'journalists' have had to point this out, but oh no, not the Globe!  

Obama then lied about the video for another week!  Obama went to the UN and used the video as an excuse there, and apologized for the video six times.  Then Obama sent Susan Rice to lie on every network on national TV... because Hillary Clinton refused to sell the stupid lie she KNEW would be coming back around.  Obama sold that video lie for over ten days.  It took almost a MONTH for Obama to outright call it a terrorist attack, and that was only after a month of pestering by the media!!  

That the media allows Obama to get away with this lie, and then the media PARTICIPATES in this lie, is reason alone to vote against the media's candidate: if the media isn't going to be the watchdog, their candidate can NOT be allowed to remain in office!!!!!  You would think the media would be the first to understand this!!!!!!