Think Progress did the math so we didn't have to. It was none other than "objective" Megyn Kelly who started the spin.
Kelly said:
And the questions! 11 questions asked in all, and some of which will certainly be discussed tomorrow. Topics that we haven’t heard much about at all in this campaign — equal pay for women, in fact there were a lot of women’s issues discussed…abortion, contraception, women’s pay, as I mentioned. Some might argue it was obvious pandering to women because the female vote is so important in this election. As separate and apart from equal pay for women, we heard a discussion about assault weapons bans, a question to Mitt Romney about how are you different from President Bush, and then a question to President Obama,"What have you done to earn my vote?' The one question on foreign policy by my count was about Libya, and seemed to cover ground that we already knew the answer to: it was who denied the request for increased security? Well, we heard great testimony about that last week, there were State department officials who answered that question. So there will be some questions about those selections.
Yes, and we know who will be raising those questions endlessly in the week to come.
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Aria Prescott commented
2012-10-17 19:03:55 -0400
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Kortez, is this gonna be anything like Theola claiming Obama never proposed a budget, then linking us to his proposals a few posts later?
Oh, wait- that requires a desire to present facts. Carry on with your empty rhetoric.
Oh, wait- that requires a desire to present facts. Carry on with your empty rhetoric.
Kortez Tk commented
2012-10-17 18:19:52 -0400
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Not sure why anyone would be upset about the president’s performance in the debate were he a Romney supporter. Obama still has no clue how to fix the deficit or solve the unemployment problem, and forget about gas prices. So, why are people crowing about Obama? I am not a Romney supporter, either. You are all living in a dream world.
Lakeview Greg commented
2012-10-17 18:05:47 -0400
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Probably a 32 second tape delay for all the cursing that was probably going on at Fox News during the debate.
Count Istvan commented
2012-10-17 17:38:46 -0400
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Well other than ideas that originally weren’t theirs.
Count Istvan commented
2012-10-17 17:38:05 -0400
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Kent Brockman , have you ever seen the party of responsibility ever take responsibility for anything?
Brandt Hardin commented
2012-10-17 16:50:03 -0400
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The talking heads guarding the inhabitants of Bullsh*t Mountain from rejoining the world of the sane just won’t budge. Fox News is a propaganda machine which dumbs down America by the day through disinformation and their slanted agendas. See their anchors spewing forth feces from their mouths in my visual homage to the network on my artistâs blog at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-fox-news-scylla-guardian-of-bullsht.html
Kent Brockman commented
2012-10-17 16:36:55 -0400
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Note to Megyn
Please let Mitt stand on his own two feet & take responsibility for his life. If you people at Fux Noize keep speaking for him he’ll look like one of those 47%-ers he’s written off.
Please let Mitt stand on his own two feet & take responsibility for his life. If you people at Fux Noize keep speaking for him he’ll look like one of those 47%-ers he’s written off.
mj - the same one commented
2012-10-17 16:07:16 -0400
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“Some might argue it was obvious pandering to women . . .”
“Some might argue” = “some people say” — Fox “News’” most trusted source
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“Some might argue” = “some people say” — Fox “News’” most trusted source
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Thx4 Fish commented
2012-10-17 15:56:18 -0400
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Since the questions came partly from undecided voters, it would seem those voters are very concerned about women’s issues. Women’s issues are exactly the issue Republicans base most of their legislation on, so who really doesn’t want to talk about women’s issues? Just Fox, I guess.
Aria Prescott commented
2012-10-17 15:54:50 -0400
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Shane: There have been a few debates as to why Obama did so lackluster, ranging from personal issues to even Ann Coulter admitting he looked under the weather. But my point goes to the other factor: Jim Leher.
The left and moderate right were NOT happy with him- aside from his legendary level of incompetence, there were points where it was clear he would have given it to Romney on that question. Even if Romney’s response was throwing doody at him. The conservatives, on the other hand, were estatic. They knew that, even with his performance, Obama would have won on facts with a competent moderator, so that threw them a bone.
Fast forward to last night: Obama’s back in form, Romney’s still the same whiny bullyboy, and Candy Crowley isn’t in the mood to put up with shit from either of them. There were points where you could tell she wanted to tell him to stop wasting everyone’s time with the anectdotes, and she slapped down every attempt to “Leher” her.
Fox News can’t stop bashing her, Fox Nation is churning out hate towards her at a pretty rapid rate. Because she didn’t let Romney push her around. Stewart’s gonna have a field say with this, assuming he doesn’t dedicate all his time to Romney’s comments about women binders and self-deportation tonight.
The left and moderate right were NOT happy with him- aside from his legendary level of incompetence, there were points where it was clear he would have given it to Romney on that question. Even if Romney’s response was throwing doody at him. The conservatives, on the other hand, were estatic. They knew that, even with his performance, Obama would have won on facts with a competent moderator, so that threw them a bone.
Fast forward to last night: Obama’s back in form, Romney’s still the same whiny bullyboy, and Candy Crowley isn’t in the mood to put up with shit from either of them. There were points where you could tell she wanted to tell him to stop wasting everyone’s time with the anectdotes, and she slapped down every attempt to “Leher” her.
Fox News can’t stop bashing her, Fox Nation is churning out hate towards her at a pretty rapid rate. Because she didn’t let Romney push her around. Stewart’s gonna have a field say with this, assuming he doesn’t dedicate all his time to Romney’s comments about women binders and self-deportation tonight.
truman commented
2012-10-17 15:35:31 -0400
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MagicUnderwear Mitt whined his way through this debate with stale, lie-filled talking points and a look of permanent constipation on his face. No mystery why he lost. But leave it to Megyn “I hate black people” Kelly and Fux Noise to blame the moderator, the audience and anyone else but their flawed candidate.
Shane Lear commented
2012-10-17 15:21:08 -0400
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This is the difference between Obama’s camp and Romney’s. A couple weeks ago when President Obama so obviously lost the debate, EVERYBODY on the left and ALL of the media rightfully blamed the president for his lackluster performance. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, the GOP and Fox “News” pundits are blaming any and every one besides Mitt Romney.
The Right couldn’t be more hypocritical if they had it tattooed across their foreheads. It’s no wonder that the GOP has become a complete JOKE in recent years. They’re so damn predictable and whiny and they never take responsibility for anything. They’re completely out-of-touch and unhinged and they become more and more irrelevant with each passing day. Frankly, it’s embarrassing to watch.
The Right couldn’t be more hypocritical if they had it tattooed across their foreheads. It’s no wonder that the GOP has become a complete JOKE in recent years. They’re so damn predictable and whiny and they never take responsibility for anything. They’re completely out-of-touch and unhinged and they become more and more irrelevant with each passing day. Frankly, it’s embarrassing to watch.
Karen Weber commented
2012-10-17 15:00:05 -0400
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Team Romney, we here at Obama team feel your pain.
