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Depending on what station you watch, the debate was won by

Posted: Oct 12, 2012

Ryan or Biden...so that makes it a DRAW, not a win. Biden spoke for 42 minutes while Ryan spoke for 41.

I must say, Biden only had stumble tongue on a few answers but no gaffes. Biden got very angry with both Ryan AND Martha, wagging his finger at Martha quite a bit when she tried to get him to stop because he was going over his minutes. What was with the smiling, laughing, and smirking? He was also very rude during the debate by interrupting Ryan. You don't do that.

Biden didn't talk about plans, budget or otherwise. Ryan did. Biden kept interrupting him, I think to try to shake him up so Ryan would make a mistake during his presentation. Didn't work.

Ryan stayed cool through the whole thing and I thought he gave good answers.

I think Ryan caught Biden off guard on the unemployment question when he asked Biden "Do you know what the unemployment figure is for Scranton, PA and for Janesville, WI? Ryan knew and even though Biden said he did, you could see in his face that he didn't.

BTW, what's this? Now Biden is saying he's from Scranton? The only time he acknowledges he's from Scranton is when he's campaigning for Obama and goes back there. He's always said he's from DE.

I think Martha did a decent job of trying to keep the debate civil. Some stations are saying she stopped Ryan's answers ahead of time while allowing Biden more leeway in time, but I thought she did okay. She tried to stop Biden as best she could but he just thought he could ignore the rules.

At the end, Ryan thanked Martha and shook her hand. Biden didn't. Was he mad at her? I think so.

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Krauthammer said it well.... - SK1

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And I'm paraphrasing..... If someone read a transcript of the debate, it was a tie. If someone listened on the radio, Biden won. If someone watched it on television, Biden lost.

I thought Ryan held his own, which was difficult given how obnoxious Biden was being. I have a feeling that Biden had been instructed to overtalk him every chance he could, which he he did brilliantly, though I don't think it served him well.

I wish Ryan had pegged been stronger than he was on a few things, like Afghanistan, where they're shooting our guys in the back. Too often he let Biden get by with dazzling them with doo-doo.

For all his gaffes, I usually like Joe, but last night I couldn't get past the guaffawing buffoon.

All in all, Ryan did a good job. He put the information out there, was succinct about it and maintained his composure.

...but fact checking shows Ryan was not truthful. - nm

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Pick your fact check.... - SK1

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You can find one that will support what you believe.

LOL. One of my local TV stations are saying..."Whatever you think, - backwards typist

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we think it was ENTERTAINING" with the emphasis on the word etertaining, then they chuckled.

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