
By Jami Smith
Originally published on Advocate.com October 23 2012 12:06 AM ET
Our Gaysayer comedians paid careful attention to the final debate. As fans of the 1980s, they were intitially impressed with Romney. But comedians love a good zinger.
Bayonets!
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Mitt: "Research is great! I love cars! I'm still speaking! I hate gays! My cheeks hurt!" #debate
— Barbara Haynes (@barbhaynes) October 23, 2012
"I love drones. I fathered five of them."
— Jami Smith (@jamismithcomic) October 23, 2012
"Well at least the 1980s still CALL." - Boca residents to their grandchildren. #debate
— Jen Statsky (@jenstatsky) October 23, 2012
Romney: I ran the Olympics; Obama: I killed Bin Laden. #recap #debates
— Tamra Brown (@browntamra) October 23, 2012
"Obama has some great ideas; is it ok if I simply repeat them? My memory is terrific." - Mitt Romney
— rob delaney (@robdelaney) October 23, 2012
"If America is strong, then we will be the strongest, because we are the strength of being strong and the economy." - Mitt Romney #debate
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) October 23, 2012
"It would be terrible to put a religious extremist in power!" said the man in the magic underwear.
— Chris Schleicher (@cschleichsrun) October 23, 2012
I appreciate how Romney uses the term "bad guys" so that dummies like me know who's who. #debates
— Rory (@RorynotRoy) October 23, 2012
Romney talks about foreign policy like me when I'm at a dinner party pretending that I read the book everyone is talking about
— Sara Schaefer (@saraschaefer1) October 23, 2012
And a P.S.
Sometimes CNN only shoots James Carville from the shoulders up because the rest of him is wrestling a live alligator.
— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) October 23, 2012
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[3] https://twitter.com/search/%23debate
[4] https://twitter.com/barbhaynes/status/260568197428830211
[5] https://twitter.com/jamismithcomic/status/260564568709951488
[6] https://twitter.com/jenstatsky/status/260550716089827328
[7] https://twitter.com/search/%23recap
[8] https://twitter.com/search/%23debates
[9] https://twitter.com/browntamra/status/260562621248446464
[10] https://twitter.com/robdelaney/status/260558307868160000
[11] https://twitter.com/MikeDrucker/status/260553335927611392
[12] https://twitter.com/cschleichsrun/status/260548590173319168
[13] https://twitter.com/RorynotRoy/status/260549069418680321
[14] https://twitter.com/saraschaefer1/status/260549822329802752
[15] https://twitter.com/ChaseMit/status/260581143257182208