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rbrnmw

(7,160 posts) Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:13 PM Oct 2012

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Favorite quip of the night?

1980's called they want their foreign policy back

or

there are also less horses and bayonets

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Favorite quip of the night? (Original Post) rbrnmw Oct 2012 OP

Foreign policy of the 1980s social policy of the 1950s and economic policies of the 1920s Motown_Johnny Oct 2012 #1

loved that one too rbrnmw Oct 2012 #2

it was a 3 for 1 kinda shot Motown_Johnny Oct 2012 #8

That one is a winner. McCamy Taylor Oct 2012 #10

I love teachers 2theleft Oct 2012 #3

"there are also less horses and bayonets " lalalu Oct 2012 #4

Me 2! McCamy Taylor Oct 2012 #9

"we have aircraft carriers, Mitt, and planes land on 'em" marions ghost Oct 2012 #5

...and ships that go underwater. Bobbie Jo Oct 2012 #21

this. Whovian Oct 2012 #6

"...that might be the biggest whopper of this campaign." ChaoticTrilby Oct 2012 #7

"This isn't a game of battleship". Jennicut Oct 2012 #11

There were too many to choose from! reformist2 Oct 2012 #12

We have ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines. ohheckyeah Oct 2012 #13

This is Mrs. P. using Plaidder's computer again Plaid Adder Oct 2012 #14

I couldn't stop laughing after that. txwhitedove Oct 2012 #16

Horses and bayonets was my favourite. Lucy Goosey Oct 2012 #15

mine too! AsahinaKimi Oct 2012 #20

Where to begin? MynameisBlarney Oct 2012 #17

2 was spectacular Shankapotomus Oct 2012 #18

Horses and bayonets Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2012 #19

He didn't fund raise EC Oct 2012 #22

Horses and bayonets. Damn, that was good. nt bluestate10 Oct 2012 #23

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)

1. Foreign policy of the 1980s social policy of the 1950s and economic policies of the 1920s

Reply to rbrnmw (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:14 PM

Oct 2012

paraphrased

rbrnmw

(7,160 posts)

2. loved that one too

Reply to Motown_Johnny (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:15 PM

Oct 2012

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)

8. it was a 3 for 1 kinda shot

Reply to rbrnmw (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:18 PM

Oct 2012

loved it

McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)

10. That one is a winner.

Reply to Motown_Johnny (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:19 PM

Oct 2012

2theleft

(1,136 posts)

3. I love teachers

Reply to rbrnmw (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:15 PM

Oct 2012

bob - we all love teachers.

lalalu

(1,663 posts)

4. "there are also less horses and bayonets "

Reply to rbrnmw (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:15 PM

Oct 2012

I loved that.

McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)

9. Me 2!

Reply to lalalu (Reply #4)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:19 PM

Oct 2012

marions ghost

(19,841 posts)

5. "we have aircraft carriers, Mitt, and planes land on 'em"

Reply to rbrnmw (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:16 PM

Oct 2012

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Bobbie Jo

(14,341 posts)

21. ...and ships that go underwater.

Reply to marions ghost (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:29 PM

Oct 2012

Whovian

(2,866 posts)

6. this.

Reply to rbrnmw (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:17 PM

Oct 2012

"You mention the Navy, for example, and the fact that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets, We have these things called aircraft carriers and planes land on them. We have ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines."

ChaoticTrilby

(211 posts)

7. "...that might be the biggest whopper of this campaign."

Reply to rbrnmw (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:17 PM

Oct 2012

Like "malarkey," but maybe even better.

Jennicut

(25,415 posts)

11. "This isn't a game of battleship".

Reply to rbrnmw (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:20 PM

Oct 2012

Brilliant.

reformist2

(9,841 posts)

12. There were too many to choose from!

Reply to rbrnmw (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:21 PM

Oct 2012

ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts)

13. We have ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines.

Reply to rbrnmw (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:22 PM

Oct 2012

Plaid Adder

(5,518 posts)

14. This is Mrs. P. using Plaidder's computer again

Reply to rbrnmw (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:23 PM

Oct 2012

The best was when after Romney finished a long answer, Obama said, "Everything that Governor Romney just said was false."

txwhitedove

(3,929 posts)

16. I couldn't stop laughing after that.

Reply to Plaid Adder (Reply #14)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:25 PM

Oct 2012

Lucy Goosey

(2,940 posts)

15. Horses and bayonets was my favourite.

Reply to rbrnmw (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:24 PM

Oct 2012

Funny, and it illustrated the President's well.

AsahinaKimi

(20,776 posts)

20. mine too!

Reply to Lucy Goosey (Reply #15)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:28 PM

Oct 2012

MynameisBlarney

(2,979 posts)

17. Where to begin?

Reply to rbrnmw (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:26 PM

Oct 2012

So many good ones! Romney was outgunned, big time.

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)

18. 2 was spectacular

Reply to rbrnmw (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:27 PM

Oct 2012

but 1 is growing on me.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,136 posts)

19. Horses and bayonets

Reply to rbrnmw (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:27 PM

Oct 2012

EC

(12,287 posts)

22. He didn't fund raise

Reply to rbrnmw (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:37 PM

Oct 2012

on his trip to Israel.

bluestate10

(10,942 posts)

23. Horses and bayonets. Damn, that was good. nt

Reply to rbrnmw (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:48 PM

Oct 2012

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