Xbox Live Users Vote Mitt Romney As Winner Of First Presidential Debate

Yeah he won, Besides him lying through his teeth.

Welcome to politics

Televised debates are 100% showmanship and 0% actual substance. They don't actually change anything, and the media always focus on stupid trivialities instead of actual issues. Right now, the "big story" out of the debate is Romney's promise to kill Big Bird. Not the whole "defunding PBS would do Jack Shit to actually pay off the debt" issue, but Big Bird.

This is why I don't watch political debates. They are completely pointless.

Hes threatening Big Bird? Now its on, get me my mudhole stomping boots.

You're right, that's how people tend to react. On the other hand, there have been surveys which show that political debates don't actually change voters' minds.

I could care less about the debate, but the choice doesn't surprise me. Most gamers are pretty conservative.

Of course Xbox Live users said Romney won. Ask Playstation owners and they'd say Obama won. Why? Because Xbox Live Gold users know something about paying for a service, instead of expecting free handouts.


(it's a joke, please don't burn my house down)

So... ron paul supporters are the wii users?

Nah, they're the lot waiting for the Oyua.

Ron Paul's supporters are OnLIVE.

I think that's more a compliment than they deserve.

It's ironic that they would do that since Romney is the only one of the 2 that would probably cut video games off from the grants from the NEA out of either personal belief or fiscal planning. I mean he said that PBS would lose its funding, it's a pretty good bet that the NEA is going to get the cold shoulder. Bye bye up and coming indies!

Another rather unfortunate point to keep in mind is that racism is alive and well in this country. Obama going aggressive would have basically validated a lot of the hateful fringe, particularly the birther conspiracy theorists. "Angry black man," and all that crap. And you could bet the bank that, as a black man, the President is painfully aware of that. He's playing a long game that simultaneously neuters the racist elements of the electorate and also makes him look like the mature and reasonable one in the room.

In the meantime, look at how the President was talking *after* the debate.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jebDlVAcpGo

Don't be so glib about what racists will and won't do. They don't all wear Klan robes. I'm a white person myself, and I've been thinking about this for years. You'd be hard pressed to find someone more liberal than I am, but I still had plenty of racist assumptions and attitudes that took a long time for me to isolate and cut away. It's very hard to face that down when you have yourself convinced that you're already on the right side. And there are quite a few white liberals who have admitted, on video mind you, that they are uncomfortable voting for Obama because he's black.

There are a lot of people, liberals and registered democrats included, who *can* be convinced not to vote for Obama if the right-wing manage to paint him as the stereotypical angry black man. And the President, being a black man, would definitely understand that even better than I do. After all, unlike me, he's been living with that reality all his life.

It's like Obama's strategy is to let Mitt punch himself out, Drederick Tatum style

Two whole choices for Americans to vote for every four years. Sure sounds like freedom to me!

I believe South Park said it best: It's always a vote between a giant douche and a turd sandwich.

Come to Canada, we have poutine

The president does not run the country. While it's true that from Jefferson on the office has continuously experienced mission creep it is still a far cry from 'running the country'. That puts more blame, and more credit, on his shoulders than he deserves. Policies he advocates and stands by and pushes through congress can make certain things (like the tides of economic recovery) better or worse, but it cannot altogether change it.

I honestly don't care who wins. America died long ago. Watching a couple plastic ward-heelers snarl and growl at one another over who gets to gnaw on the remaining edible bits of meat is not a pastime in which I indulge.

Fox News claimed McCain won every single debate. A lot of good that did huh?


I will say this: for the last 40 minutes of the debate, Obama seemed tired. I actually believe Al Gore's theory that it was altitude sickness (possibly time zone related too) since I personally have experienced tremendous tiredness after coming back from Japan - which has a 26 hour time difference.

Obama has ALWAYS given excellent speeches - he seemed totally off his game during the debate. don't take for granted that Romney had nothing but time to prepare while Obama was RUNNING THE COUNTRY.

I'm still sure Obama's gonna win.