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In the discussion thread: O.K., everyone go online and bring up the debate, turn the sound off and just watch [View all]

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Thu Oct 4, 2012, 12:11 AM

doublethink (6,097 posts)

7. Already did it earlier...

Tweety said earlier something like "Debates have nothing to do with substance, but impression, body language blah blah blah etc.. etc..." not sure where he was going with his post debate commentary, but you hit this on the head.

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43 replies	Author	Time	Post
O.K., everyone go online and bring up the debate, turn the sound off and just watch [View all]	rufus dog	Oct 2012	OP
Great idea!	Indydem	Oct 2012	#1
I was going to state that in the OP	rufus dog	Oct 2012	#17
Curious --	cilla4progress	Oct 2012	#2
I actually had it turned down for a good 45 minutes of the debate due to dinner guests.	rufus dog	Oct 2012	#18
The replay just started on CNN. nt	pinboy3niner	Oct 2012	#3
I kept trying to point out to people that Romney looked as if he were about to cry.	janx	Oct 2012	#4
Yes, I noticed that. His eyes were glassy.	ellie	Oct 2012	#5
And he kept blinking and forcing a smile,	janx	Oct 2012	#10
If you were a cop you would have administered a breathalyzor	rufus dog	Oct 2012	#22
yes - i thought so too	mrs_p	Oct 2012	#6
also, bouncy.	politicat	Oct 2012	#11
maybe that's why folks are wondering	mrs_p	Oct 2012	#14
That's my guess...	politicat	Oct 2012	#42
I said similar	BumRushDaShow	Oct 2012	#8
Did anybody answer you, or were they all too caught up in the sports metaphor?	janx	Oct 2012	#27
Yup, he looked small and humiliated...on the verge of tears.	gulliver	Oct 2012	#9
He DID! I'm so glad someone else noticed this,	janx	Oct 2012	#15
This is what he looked like to me also when he was not speaking	JI7	Oct 2012	#12
It was especially obvious then, yes.	janx	Oct 2012	#32
ya... the bit i saw, he had watery eyes. what was that. nt	seabeyond	Oct 2012	#16
Nope, not nervous or scared.	Avalux	Oct 2012	#28
That certainly could be it. I'd just never seen him	janx	Oct 2012	#29
I don't know that I'd say he was on the verge of tears, but he had this	gkhouston	Oct 2012	#30
President Obama just looked normal--	janx	Oct 2012	#35
Already did it earlier...	doublethink	Oct 2012	#7
This is why I'm saying Romney won.	boxman15	Oct 2012	#13
The President looked Presidental ...	doublethink	Oct 2012	#19
Romney does not look confident. I'm watching with the sound off.	Avalux	Oct 2012	#25
rMoney didn't have a game changer, he needed one	uponit7771	Oct 2012	#20
And now, watching without the sound	janx	Oct 2012	#21
Excessive blinking often means you are a liar	Generic Other	Oct 2012	#23
a whole lot	rufus dog	Oct 2012	#24
Somebody popped him some speed..haha. ..	AzSweet	Oct 2012	#26
Maybe the Rick Perry drug.	glinda	Oct 2012	#41
kick	janx	Oct 2012	#31
My daughter and I watched it together.....	FrenchieCat	Oct 2012	#33
Hi Frenchie--	janx	Oct 2012	#34
Only with a bunch of clowns.....	FrenchieCat	Oct 2012	#36
Miss you too, Frenchie!	janx	Oct 2012	#38
Unfortunately...	regnaD kciN	Oct 2012	#37
From the Atlantic:	janx	Oct 2012	#39
No, they don't, but take a look at this:	janx	Oct 2012	#40
What I saw and heard was the greatest speaker of our generation	Savannahmann	Oct 2012	#43

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