As most of us Kenyon Collegiettes know, tonight Mitt and Barack squared off in the first of a series of three debates. Many of us gathered to watch in our beautiful new Gund Gallery where we were treated to chips, dip, and wine. However, tonight isn’t about who you’re voting for (although you might be able to guess for whom I’ll be casting my ballot), but rather about the crazy interwebz and all the fun content its given us in light of this exciting election 2012 event.
Obama is up in Ohio! (and Florida)–that’s 2 major swing states!
NYT’s detailed analysis of the candidate’s body language
p.s. did you know Michelle and Barack celebrated their TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY tonight
Jezebel’s brilliant debate inspired drinking game
Political Parody
The Big Bird Explosion–(or the statement that launched a thousand tweets)
And now…for the tweets (thanks/sorry/but mostly thanks if I tooka screenshot your tweet)…(did anyone else find ABC’s twitterfeed running on the bottom of the screen to be pretty intruiguing in gauging the public response to both candidates debating chops?) Even if not–it certainly highlighted the crucial role social media plays in today’s political sphere:
and remember early voting has begun in our VIP swing state Ohio–so get out there and VOTE!!!