Voting day is just around the corner! For those of you who haven’t been keeping up with the election but still want to show your patriotism on November 6th, here’s a list of things I’ve learned in recent weeks that should keep you up to date.
1. The best debate moderators are also fact checkers – hello, how else would we get the truth?
2. “If you’re gonna run for president, you should probably try to run as the same party as your home state – it might help you out vote wise, just sayin.” – Ashley Canne (graduate of SUNY Geneseo, 2012)
3. Everyone and their mom become political experts on Twitter during the debates.
4. Obama has three key phrases that will help fix the economy: “Let me be clear,” “Make no mistake,” and “Governor Romney, that is not true.”
5. When you’re asked a question it’s appropriate to cover every other topic before getting to your main point.
6. If your opponent has the first word during a debate, you automatically get the last word, and if someone tries to prevent that, just throw a temper tantrum – works every time.
7. The correct answer to how you will fix the economy should probably not involve cutting funding to Big Bird. Talk about a lot of angry Americans.
8. When you’re running for president, your two minutes are longer than everyone else’s.
9. “If you say ‘check my website’ as part of your counter-argument, your website should probably match your stance in the debate.” – Hannah Jo Mounty-Weinstock (Suffolk University, 2016)
10. When someone promises a “quick answer” in the debates, you should expect them to keep talking for a good five minutes.
11. Interrupting your host or counterpart on live TV has now become the norm. (But seriously, I thought after Kanye we decided that this is not okay.)
12. It is perfectly fine to bash a healthcare plan that’s exactly the same as the one you just implemented in your home state.
13. The debates aren’t as fun when both candidates agree with each other..
14. Nothing’s as intense as when one candidate calls out the other for lying, except for when the moderator does it.
15. Mitt Romney has a binder full of women… wait, what?
(Disclaimer: If you didn’t catch on by now, this is in no way, shape, or form a real recap of the election and should definitely NOT be used to justify your vote. Go read some real educational articles or something before you vote. Yeah, that’s a good idea.)
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