# Presidential Debates
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/presidential-debates/265310
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**Created:** [October 23, 2012, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/presidential-debates/265310 "2012-10-23T06:10:10Z")
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### Author:  [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2012, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/presidential-debates/265310/1 "2012-10-23T06:10:10Z")
The debate for those that missed it
[ame][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tecohezcA78[/ame]](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tecohezcA78%5B/ame%5D)
The fact check:
> **[Fact checking the third presidential debate](https://www.politifact.com/article/2012/oct/22/fact-checking-third-presidential-debate/)**
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> Below are abbreviated versions of fact checks on statements by the candidates during the third debate. Look for the comp
Apparently this was the singer highlight of the night.
[ame][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK3ORgw-h\_4[/ame]](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK3ORgw-h_4%5B/ame%5D)
I missed the debates but that comment seemed to get more media attention than it should have, it wasn’t all that clever. (“vent viral”)
> The “horses and bayonets” comment delighted the Twittersphere: The hashtag #horsesandbayonets became the number one trend on Twitter in the U.S. and third in the world. At one point, the phrase [was mentioned on Twitter nearly 60,000 times](http://analytics.topsy.com/?q=horses%2Cbayonets%2Chorses%20and%20bayonets&period=1%20day) in one minute, according to data from Tospy, a social web analytics tool.
> **['Horses And Bayonets' Goes Viral](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/horses-and-bayonets-debate-obama-video_n_2004038?utm_hp_ref=elections-2012)**
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> 'Horses And Bayonets' Goes Viral
Discuss…
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### Author:  [@slwrthnu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slwrthnu)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2012, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/presidential-debates/265310/2 "2012-10-23T06:29:24Z")
A real debate is on tonight, if people aren’t so closed minded as to think that the presidential debates put on by the commission are open to everyone.
[freeandequal.org/live](http://freeandequal.org/live)
they invited the top 6 candidates to participate, four will be there, guess which two are too good for it.
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### Author:  [@JSEnclosures](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JSEnclosures)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2012, 6:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/presidential-debates/265310/3 "2012-10-23T06:35:54Z")
> [@Mountain biking ?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mountain-biking/50897/14):
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> guess which two are too good for it.
the two that have a chance? lol