5 things we learned from the VP debate
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Vice President Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan, the man who wants his job, exchanged fire over taxes, Medicare, national security and some animated facial expressions in their only debate before Election Day.
Here are five things we learned from Thursday night:
1. Biden brought it
We expected Ryan, not Biden to bring a three-ring binder full of facts and figures to the debate. It's not that the data-driven Ryan didn't show up with an arm full of his statistics; it is just that Biden did so as well.
And Biden's aggressive offense from the very beginning drowned out Ryan until about 45 minutes into the debate.
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Post by: Mark Preston, Paul Steinhauser, Peter Hamby Filed under: 2012 Election • Joe Biden • Paul Ryan • Vice Presidential Debate |
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5 things I have learned from Romney and Ryan, is that fabrication can get you support . 2. That accusing your rival over something you are doing is a way of politics. 3. Honesty has no place in their lives 4. It's a disgrace to America that we are not outraged by the level of dishonesty of these GOP candidates 5. That Romney thinks we ain't worth a spit- just the 47%
The Republican/Tea Party, can not take the truth and only know how to cry!
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