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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

2012 What It's Like to Attend a Romney Debate Watch Party

Posted by on Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 1:24 PM

Scott Keyes at ThinkProgress attended a Romney-sponsored debate watching party in Las Vegas last night. Based on my experiences hanging out with Republicans, this sounds exactly right:

Somewhat surprisingly, one gentleman I spoke with before the debate was less than sanguine about Romney’s prospects in the election. He didn’t cite the improving economy, or Obama’s foreign policy successes, but rather “all those people collecting welfare checks have a vested interest.”

Scattered boos were heard when Obama took the stage for the debate, but the murmurs grew to shouts as soon as he began. “He doesn’t speak English!” one woman in the audience yelled when Obama first responded to a question.

Nearly every time Obama spoke thereafter, jeers erupted. People groaned when he made debatable claims, like the cost of Romney’s tax plan. People groaned at undeniable facts, like when Obama mentioned that “Osama bin Laden is dead” and that immigrants “start companies like Intel.” People groaned at inexplicable moments, like when the president said “we need to create jobs here” and after he mentioned that he “was raised by a single mom.” (One onlooker even took issue with Obama making as banal a statement as his mother “worked hard.” “No she didn’t!” the woman responded.)

Go read the whole thing.

(Via Rebecca Schoenkopf on Twitter.)

 

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Matt from Denver 1
"Go read the whole thing." Ugh. No thank you. I already know that Republicans are peabrained twits. I gain nothing from reading accounts that confirm this.
Posted by Matt from Denver on October 17, 2012 at 1:49 PM
2
Well, shit. That was terrifying.
Posted by FonsieScheme on October 17, 2012 at 1:55 PM
very bad homo 3
These are the people who are passionate about voting. None of them stay home on election day. We can win the election if we all VOTE.
Posted by very bad homo on October 17, 2012 at 2:15 PM
bearseatbeats 4
Oh, god. I just developed an acute migraine. You can't argue facts against that kind of crazy.
Posted by bearseatbeats on October 17, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Pope Peabrain 5
@3 Correct! Vote!
Posted by Pope Peabrain on October 17, 2012 at 2:32 PM
Simone 6
WOW! I hope none of them have kids to teach their stupidity to.
Posted by Simone on October 17, 2012 at 5:01 PM
Theodore Gorath 7
I would have loved to have asked that woman how she knows Obama's mother did not work hard.
Posted by Theodore Gorath on October 18, 2012 at 5:37 AM

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