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October 16: the two presidential candidates will be debating foreign policy. You will watch this second presidential debate of the 2012 season. Take notes on your notes organizer. Which topic and/or question that the moderator posed do you think is the most important to consider this election? Why? Which candidate addressed this question best? Why? What evidence or statistics did he use in his response? Did they use accurate facts? Go to www.factcheck.org to make sure! Use your debate note-taking worksheet to help you write a thoughtful, respectful, well-constructed post. Due Monday, October 22. Go the Election Day page for more information on where to watch it online.
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Abby L.
10/16/2012 11:59:19 am
I think the question lower gas prices is best said by Obama because natural gases are cleaner and better for the environment.
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Abbey S. P.4
10/16/2012 12:09:00 pm
I think that the most important subject was that which person will give women the most rights. I think that it's the most important because women make up at least half of this country. I think that Obama will do this best because he wants equal rights for his daughters.
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Kyleen W period 5
10/21/2012 10:00:15 am
i agree that the wording they use i didn't understand. They were talking to fast that i couldn't write.
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Avery F. Period:5
10/16/2012 01:32:32 pm
I thought that some of the questions both men didn't get to the point and just bickerd with each other most of the time. But I thought it was still very interesting to watch, but I still wished I understood what they were trying to say.
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Rebekah B.
10/18/2012 02:00:39 pm
Yea I agree, but I can't help think that it reminds me of two young kids that are so worried about the other person, that they try to name all their wrong doings, then try to justify themselves.
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Rebekah B
10/19/2012 12:46:03 am
Yea I agree things were just flying by I almost didn't have enough time to write down answers.
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Hunter L. P 3
10/16/2012 02:37:32 pm
I dont understand most of it when they seem like there carrying on but i wouldnt know and dont understand the percentages they talk about, which is probably why they leave it to the adults. they both have there high and low points but are they speeking the full truth or stretching it?
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Claire E.
10/17/2012 02:02:51 am
I herd a lot about tax and gas prices but on both subjects they where calling each other liars. So how do we know who's telling the truth? well personally I don't like the way gas prices had gone up in the last for years nor how the electric bill has.I think that Romney Obama were making false accusations.
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Cole.H. period5.
10/17/2012 11:18:33 am
for unemployed college students its hard to find a job.So if mitt.Romney says raising college tuition is the solution,then he is wrong.What needs to happen is making more jobs for college students.
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Jenna P. P.4
10/17/2012 01:45:59 pm
I think that at different times they both made good points. Although when I got to trying to write down their answers I realized that they weren't really answering them. In my opinion they got off topic almost every question that was asked.
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Noah H. P. 3
10/18/2012 10:45:11 am
I believe Obama was right about the gases and how we should look into the future with the fuels and how we need cleaner fuels. I believe he was right about defending himself when Romney pointed out that the gas prices when he took office were only 1$ because I am sure that we were headed into a depression. But what Obama wants distribution of wealth and I think that you shouldn't have to pay more if you want to be successful. And when I was watching the debate there was so much tension between Obama and Romney that i thought one of them was going to throw a punch. And also Obama wants to open foreign companies to create jobs and put money into the economy. He never said they were going to be US companies. I thought that he was trying to avoid that fact. All in all i think Obama is a socialist.
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Elizabeth B.
10/18/2012 01:24:08 pm
I liked Obama's ideas better than Romney's on the gas question the best.
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Cortney l. p2
10/19/2012 03:02:56 am
I think the most important thing was jobs because the past 4 years jobs have been lowering and i think that Romney will follow through with what he said
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Tyler M
10/19/2012 03:12:37 am
Both of them would sometimes get to the point but most of the time they critisized each others plans.
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Kristine N. Period 2.
10/19/2012 03:29:43 am
One of the questions was; " What can you do? Most people are losing their jobs?" Obama: Make more jobs, play by a different set of rule. Romney: 23 million people are struggling for a job make 12 million more jobs. Romney in the presidentual debate talked back to the President :O Obama would still be a good President(:
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Matthew H. Period 2
10/19/2012 03:41:09 am
"What do you plan on doing with illegal immigrants who are active members of society?" Was the question I thought was the most important in this debate. It adressed the problem of illegal immigrants and how some of these people help society grow. Some of the illegal immigrants are drug dealers, but others do needed work in a community, that no one else is willing to do. I think Romney awnsered it better, because he awnsered the question first. He and Obama had the same things to say, but Romney got to awnser the question first, so he used up all of Obama's awnsers. They used the facts that immigrants are a very big part of our country and that illegal immigrants are parts of society, but are illegal, and need to become legal. They did use acurate facts.
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Malia S. period 3
10/19/2012 04:26:23 am
"What do you plan to do with unemployed women that are making 73% less than males?" was a question that caught my attention. I like what the presidents thoughts were, saying that the bill for women being payed less than men was one of the first bills he signed to fix and he would do the same if he was relected.
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Bronson S. Per. 4
10/19/2012 05:32:22 am
I think the same as Abbey L. I liked how Obama said we need to have lower gas prices
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chrisc.
10/19/2012 05:32:55 am
I think Mitt Romney answered the tax question and the woman question with alot of facts to back it up. Because he did deal with alot of problems in massauchussets.
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Jade w. period 4
10/19/2012 05:34:15 am
I think that the debate was boring but I managed and got all the answers I needed so I almost didn’t finish the question went be that fast I couldn’t keep up it was so fast but I thing Obama won!!!!
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Kendall C. Period 4
10/19/2012 05:41:41 am
unfortunetely i didnt get to watch the debate because i had to go to practice so i went online last night and i printed out the transcript to that debate and i thaught that there was some really good points in there i mean on one i chose Obama on the other one i chose Romney and on some of them i couldnt make a decision so i had to choose both. all there points, statements, lectures, everything and its going to make it even more fun when i am old enough to vote. cause that means i get to help what happens as one person. myself.
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Montserrat M.
10/19/2012 05:49:41 am
Both of them would get point but they also critisized each others plans.
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Kendall C. Period 4
10/19/2012 05:54:18 am
Unfortunentley I didnt get to watch the debate because I had to go to practice so when I got home I searched up the second presidential debate transcript on google and when I found it I printed it out and highlited everything I needed, buut while i was reading i was seeing some really good points. some of them I agreed with Obama others with Romney. and some of them I had to coose both. and that made me more excited to vote when I get older because then I will be changing the world with one person. me.
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Jordan E Period 4
10/19/2012 05:56:52 am
I thought Romney would do well in the subject of jobs. I think that its an important subject because a lot of people are going to need jobs in the future.
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Montserrat M. P.4
10/19/2012 06:03:45 am
I like Obama's answers better than Mitt Romney's answers.
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Ariana A. P.4
10/19/2012 06:05:18 am
I think on some of the qustions both canadents were lieing and they were just trying to top each other. So i had fun watching them argue. And i think they both had some pretty good points.
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Joe M p.6
10/19/2012 06:46:19 am
Some times they critisized but I think Obama idea about gas plans
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Skyler P.
10/19/2012 07:56:31 am
I say they both had good points on each subject and exspecialy and the gas prices
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Cassie G. Per.5
10/19/2012 09:44:40 am
I watched the persidental debate and most of the time they spent bickering with each other like two little kids.
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Mariah N. Period 5
10/20/2012 03:10:25 am
"Do you agree that it's not the job of the energy deoartment to lower gas prices?" President Barack Obama: I've increased oil production,coal production this year, but increase things for the future.He wants natural gas to be used to help environmental problems. Governor Mitt Romney: I want us to use all the energy sources; oil,coal,gas,nuclear everything. But we need to use more energy resources to bring back more companies even stronger because the prices of energy products are cheaper.
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Deanna T. period 6
10/20/2012 04:17:16 am
I thought that all the questions were well answered by both men but i didnt really think they got to the point and that all they they did was argue back and forth
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Ethan L. Period 2
10/20/2012 04:20:36 am
i think the most important part was about gas prices and how gas economy is going down. i feel if the president needs to step up his game so does the mitt romney
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Tyler D. Period 5
10/20/2012 01:03:48 pm
It was very difficult to follow each answer becuase they kinda went off track with the topic. They mainly critizied each other and strayed away from the topic. The questions were meaningful, but the answers were off-topic.
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Marcela R. Period 4
10/20/2012 01:45:59 pm
I think Obama's response to cut taxes on middle class families and get wealthy families to pay a little more without spending over a trillion dollars.
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Coi Reznor H. Period 4
10/21/2012 06:41:10 am
i think that the question concerning Governor Romney making the same mistakes President Bush made was important. The Governor exclaimed he was nothing like the former president, as he was a diffeerent person in a different time. I think that though he words his ideas and plans differently, they are the same ideas and plans that left such a mess for President Obama in 2008. I also think it was a horrible example when Romney made so many unnecessary out-bursts during the Presidents turn to speak.
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Carlie P. Period 6
10/21/2012 07:04:25 am
I like Obama better because he was firing back at Romney and he was controlled, he also knew the right things to say and was on topic.... At times i thought it was funny with the votes going up while Obama was talking, and the votes going down after and while Romney was talking.
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Morgan Z period3
10/21/2012 07:19:37 am
I think that both candidates have things to ofer that the one didn't but they did a lot of bickering about the others plans and didn't really answer the question like the should have but when the did answer the questions they both and good clean answers but sometimes they wouldn't make any sense but or the most part both of the candidates did a good job of describing their answer.
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Edan R.
10/21/2012 09:02:37 am
I think the most important question to the debet is What are you going to do about assalt weapons. I think it was most important because assalt weapons can be dangorous. I think Obama answered it best beacuse he said he would reduce violence and Inforce laws. He said he would reduce violence and Inforce laws. He did say he would Inforce laws and there are laws. Thats why I think thats the most important question.
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Malia S. Per 3
10/21/2012 09:41:06 am
I liked the question about women getting payed less than males and President Obama said that was one of the first bills he signed to fix and if he was relected, he would sign that bill agian immediatly
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Javan G.
10/21/2012 10:06:29 am
I think one of the most important questions in the debate was, how can you reassure me that I will be able to support myself after I graduate because that has been a big problem in the U.S. I think that President Obama addressed the question the best because he said that he will continue to create more jobs and provide a higher education in schools so that more people can get into college and have a better chance of getting a job. I think that is pretty important. Romney thinks that it should be easier to get into college when it shouldn't, plus he wasn't being very specific. Some things Obama said that were true were that Mitt Romney thought that Detroit should go bankrupt, and that there needs to be more jobs.
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Kyleen Weld
10/21/2012 10:20:12 am
i didn't get want they were saying at all. The question I thought was the best it the immigrate question. What do you plan doing with immigrate without there green card that are certainly living here as productive members of society? I like that question because it is interesting. Governor Mitt Romney in that question answer the question the best.
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Trenton B. Period 2.
10/21/2012 10:26:43 am
I think that both cantidates are great and that they are going to make it a close race. But I love how romney was talking about restoring 12 million new jobs. I also think that Obama was not quit answering the questions but there was a couple times that i had to pause it and rewind just so i can keep up with what they were talking about.
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Tamara M. P.4
10/21/2012 10:55:53 am
"How can you help working women with jobs and payment compared to the amount for men?" I think this was the important question because they are a big part of life and, so what if they are different than men, women are still human.
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Brooke V. Period 2
10/21/2012 11:01:07 am
I think Romney was being rude when he kept interrupting the president and every answer to the question was off topic.
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Ashley B. Period 5
10/21/2012 11:37:47 am
I think Obama kept kinda of erupting Romney, but i think they did bicker a lot. I think Romney has a better case than Obama because Obama did not seem so sure.
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Ethan B p.5
10/21/2012 12:25:34 pm
Sorry Mrs.Noble im very sleepy so im only going to answer one question i think that have jobs for the college students when they get out and when there in college they all need a job to get used to what life is going to be like when they grow up and how to budget for the party they want next week and for when they are out of college and want a house they need to get money some how and without a job you aren't going to get any money. sorry for the big long paragraph.
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Chance M. period 3
10/21/2012 12:26:17 pm
I think in the debate both people are right and wrong in some of there answer. Like in one they asked the question "will there be good jobs for college people and can i support my family?" mitt romney wants to make new jobs for people. this last 4 years so he wants to destroy what obamas built and make something compleatly new. and obama wants to build on things he already built and make them better. so who would you choose who won this question?
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Kaytlyn k. period 2
10/21/2012 02:00:37 pm
i think that the lower gas prices is the best because that way we will be able to get gas on a lower buget then the gas prices are lower than todays
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Marcail S. P2
10/21/2012 02:36:16 pm
I will admit that I am biased towards President Obama as he believes in equal rights for everybody, unlike Mitt Romney. I think the most important question, from what I saw, was the question on jobs for people just leaving college. I think Romney avoided the question in a way and instead attempted to make Obama sound bad. And he was quite repetitive. His answer wasn't solid. I think Obama was to the point in his answer stating that he wanted to create more good paying jobs while also ensuring people were able to actually get the education they need. He wants to increase manufacturing jobs and reduce the deficit in a balanced way.
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Maddie D. Period 4
10/21/2012 02:41:15 pm
Although they were completely off topic, I thought that both Obama and Romney had really good points.
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Kendal J. P.2
10/21/2012 03:30:35 pm
I think Obama was more realistic in answering questions then Romney,and Romney was quick to criticizing Obama's answers.
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Jahayra L. Period 2
10/21/2012 03:41:36 pm
Well i had never watched it before so it was kinda interesting to watch but i felt like i only understood half of it....... and at one point it felt like they were just calling each others liars that this and that wasnt true,,,,,,, i think that it is something important to be aware of tho even if it is kinda boring
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Rylee K.
10/21/2012 11:27:11 pm
I think one of the most important questions was about women rights. I think that Obama would win for this one because he wants equal rights for the girls in his family.
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Seth C. period 6
10/22/2012 12:48:58 am
I thought that the question about imigrants was most important because imigrants are making a increased percentage of the United States. I think that Governor Romney answered it best becuase he said that illegial imigrants should get a chance to redeem themselves. If we don't do this we might miss a lot of great citzens.
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Brian L. Period 5
10/22/2012 01:01:03 am
I think the most important topic was the first one about college graduates being able to find jobs. Govenor Romney did a better job at responding because he told us how he would help us get into college and create more jobs for us after college.
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Ashley F Period 2
10/22/2012 01:09:36 am
I think Obamas answer was better on the gas prices.
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Lydia D. Per.2
10/22/2012 02:08:01 am
Obama didnt really answer the questions he just made sure to answer the questions and keep his dignity intact. He wants to minipulate this country so he can call it his own. Well i think the biggest thing was one thing that Romney asked Obama."What about middle class familys? They've been suffering and what have you done about it? Nothing!" What will happen to familys forced out of their homes?! I think its getting absolutley RIDICULOUS! America is going broke and that means familys will start starveing to death. I want THIS question to be answered. What will happen to starveing familys?
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gabriel.m.period6
10/22/2012 10:39:06 am
i think ramney answer on gas prices
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Kyleen W. period 5
10/22/2012 12:31:23 pm
I thought the immagrate was the best question because it is important to make sure that there is no more vilence. Governor Mitt Romney asked int the best because he is honoring the imagrates that followed the law and the people that are not follfwing the law don't get honored.
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Robert C. Period 6
10/23/2012 03:24:14 am
i agree that the wording they use i didn't understand. They were talking to fast that i couldn't write.
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Aiden M. Period 6.
10/23/2012 08:44:08 am
i think the most important question was, about being able to find a job after college
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Amber H. Period 5.
10/25/2012 06:59:22 am
I think the same with some people I liked how Obama said we need lower Gas prices because, the amont now is way to much.
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Cassie G. Per.5
10/25/2012 06:59:24 am
I think both Persident Obama and Governer Mitt Romneny sometimes got to the point with questions but a lot of the time they were making fun of what the other person said.
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Ethan B. P5
10/25/2012 07:04:43 am
I think the most important question to me was about lowering gas prices
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Jade Period 6
10/25/2012 07:59:19 am
For the Qusetion about the thoughts on the controversy surrounding the attack in Libya, I think that Governor Mitt's response was the best because the attack of Libya is a great concern to the entire world and I think it is a good answer that President Obama would stop the violence.But,I think Governor Mitt's is the best.
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Lydia D. Per. 2
10/26/2012 02:41:48 am
The part about middle class familys are the most important i think becuase Romney knows they need help but obama is worried only about certain parts of the US. ~Jelly
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darbi.s per. 4
10/29/2012 03:39:34 am
Most of the questions that were important to me are irrelevant, but since I don't really care or know about other countries.
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Sydney B. Per.4
11/13/2012 01:35:17 am
I think that President Obama went in to very distinct detail, and Romney had made a couple mistakes. Mitt Romney really didn't give much detail in his responses. It was kind of irritating that he kept saying he has a five-point plan, and maybe he does, but in my mind it will still be a one-point plan. Until Mitt Romney can prove that he actually has a plan it will stay that way. Obama did go step by step explaining his future plan(s) for our country if he was elected.
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