THE 2012 VP DEBATE
Participants
Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan
Topic:
Foreign and Domestic Policy
Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan
Topic:
Foreign and Domestic Policy
WHEN:
Thursday - October 11, 2012
Eastern Time: 9-10:30pm
Central Time: 8-9:30pm
COSTA RICA • Mountain Time: 7-8:30pm
Pacific Time: 6-7:30pm
WHERE TO SEE IT:
Channels: ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and more including CNN Espanol and others
DON'T HAVE A TV
or get U.S. CHANNELS?
or get U.S. CHANNELS?
ESPANOL:
Univision Live
TOPICS • FORMAT FOR DEBATE #2:
The
debate will cover both foreign and domestic topics.It will be divided into 9 time segments of approximately 10 minutes each.
The moderator will ask an opening question, after which each candidate will have 2 minutes to respond. The moderator will use the balance of the time in the segment for a discussion of the question.
(COMMENT: Great [NOT!!] - once again they're giving the nominees just 2 minutes to answer CRUCIAL questions!! Setting everyone out to look bad or bossy - but alas, maybe they're just working with the limited mind of the average American who doesn't REALLY want to know what's going on [that way they can play "Victim" when stuff comes down - and it WILL!!!])
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DEBATE TO ME AND COMMENTS FROM BIDEN (biased - oh well!!!):
My friend Lizzie's shared this from Robert Reich - facebook.com/RBReich wrote this which pretty much sums up what I saw:
"I thought Biden won tonight's debate because he came off as genuine, passionate, and brimming with conviction. Ryan, by contrast, seemed like a wooden marionette, a kid out of his depth relative to someone who not only knew the facts but lived them.
On taxes, Ryan couldn't come up with any details about what loopholes
he and Romney would close, or how their magic arithmetic (giant tax cut
for the wealthy plus $2 trillion more for the military than the Joint
Chiefs of Staff want) can possibly be paid for without socking it to the
middle class.
By contrast, Biden made the case for average working people whose wages have barely risen in thirty years but who are bearing a higher total tax burden (payroll, sales, property, income) on a higher percent of their income than high rollers like Romney -- and why the well off should do more.
On Medicare, Ryan couldn't explain why his plan wasn't a voucher program that "saved" money only by shifting the costs on to seniors who would end up holding the bag as medical costs rose. Biden effectively defended the President's plan to save Medicare by cutting excessive payments to providers.
Biden also pointed out that Ryan and his allies had tried to privatize Social Security. Score another one for Joe.
On abortion, Ryan had to admit he and Romney would work to prevent women from having the right to choose an abortion if they needed and wanted one. Biden made it clear his religious beliefs about when life began should not, in his view, force anyone who didn't share them to follow them.
I thought Biden's closing could have been tougher, drawing a sharper contrast between the Romney-Ryan "you're on your own" worldview, and the "we're in it all together" belief that has built America -- and which Obama and Biden represent.
But overall it was Biden's night. He not only trounced Ryan, but also, in the process, trounced Romney. Joe Biden is an average Joe solidly grounded in America's working middle class -- nothing pretentious or devious about him -- in contrast to the plutocrat who heads the Republican ticket, and the billionaires who are backing him."
By contrast, Biden made the case for average working people whose wages have barely risen in thirty years but who are bearing a higher total tax burden (payroll, sales, property, income) on a higher percent of their income than high rollers like Romney -- and why the well off should do more.
On Medicare, Ryan couldn't explain why his plan wasn't a voucher program that "saved" money only by shifting the costs on to seniors who would end up holding the bag as medical costs rose. Biden effectively defended the President's plan to save Medicare by cutting excessive payments to providers.
Biden also pointed out that Ryan and his allies had tried to privatize Social Security. Score another one for Joe.
On abortion, Ryan had to admit he and Romney would work to prevent women from having the right to choose an abortion if they needed and wanted one. Biden made it clear his religious beliefs about when life began should not, in his view, force anyone who didn't share them to follow them.
I thought Biden's closing could have been tougher, drawing a sharper contrast between the Romney-Ryan "you're on your own" worldview, and the "we're in it all together" belief that has built America -- and which Obama and Biden represent.
But overall it was Biden's night. He not only trounced Ryan, but also, in the process, trounced Romney. Joe Biden is an average Joe solidly grounded in America's working middle class -- nothing pretentious or devious about him -- in contrast to the plutocrat who heads the Republican ticket, and the billionaires who are backing him."
LOCATION:
Centre College in Danville, Kentucky
SPONSOR:
Commission on Presidential Debates
Centre College in Danville, Kentucky
SPONSOR:
Commission on Presidential Debates
MODERATOR:
Martha Raddatz (ABC News Chief Foreign Correspondent)
MARTHA Kicked Tush!! Kept calling them on the carpet!!!
MARTHA Kicked Tush!! Kept calling them on the carpet!!!
FUTURE DEBATES
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October 16, 2012 | Topic: Town meeting format including foreign and domestic policy Air Time: 9:00-10:30 p.m. Eastern Time Location: Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York (Tickets) Sponsor: Commission on Presidential Debates Participants: President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney Moderator: Candy Crowley (CNN Chief Political Correspondent)
The
second presidential debate will take the form of a town meeting, in
which citizens will ask questions of the candidates on foreign and
domestic issues. Candidates each will have two minutes to respond, and
an additional minute for the moderator to facilitate a discussion. The
town meeting participants will be undecided voters selected by the
Gallup Organization.
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| October 22, 2012 | Topic: Foreign policy Air Time: 9:00-10:30 p.m. Eastern Time Location: Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida (Tickets) Sponsor: Commission on Presidential Debates Participants: President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney Moderator: Bob Schieffer (Host of Face the Nation on CBS)
The format for the debate will be identical to the first presidential debate and will focus on foreign policy.
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It's NOT too late in most states!!
DO IT NOW!!!!
(ok - that means me also!!
Are
you on Social Security or getting Medicare? If you don't vote and the
person that wants to take it AWAY as you know it is elected - you will
have NO ONE ELSE to BLAME but YOURSELF so don't bitch to me over it!!
[hey - it's MY blog!!! I'm just saying it like I see it as I don't do
the "victim mentality" - well, not most of the time!!!])
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I'm not going to hide who I'm voting for (OBAMA!!! He's not perfect [and neither am I, I mean how DARE we expect others to do more than WE'RE willing to help with/change within OURSELVES!! Remember his MAIN "Slogan" last time around peeps?? "Yes - WE - can!!!" So what have YOU done to be part of the "WE"????] but between the 2, for the things that I value the MOST [#1 - PEOPLE!!!] - THAT's why I'm voting for him!!! I'm looking at the BIG PICTURE (plus ANYONE that actually believes that ANY president has EVER had ANY "power" [and lived to tell the story] - I mean - REALLY????) - since this is MY blog but I waited to the bottom to add some quotes I like and you can see more at:
http://SarongGoddess.com/Politics/ObamaForPresident2012
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