Tweeting the vice presidential debate
As you watch tonight's vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky., between Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan, follow the running commentary from WORLD news editor Jamie Dean on Twitter (@WORLD_mag) and posted below (refresh this page to see the latest tweets):
Biden accidentally interposes the words "Planned Parenthood" and "abortion." #VPDebate
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012
Biden: Catholic groups won't have to pay for contraception. Ryan: Then why are they suing you? #VPDebate
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012
Biden: I accept that life begins at conception, but I refuse to impose that on others.
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012
Biden: "My religion defines who I am."
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012
Ryan: ObamaCare assaults religious liberties. The church should not have to sue the govt to maintain religious liberty.
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012
Ryan: I'm pro-life because of my faith, reason, and science. "I believe that life begins at conception." #VPDebate
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012
Ryan: "Our faith informs everything we do." VPDebate
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012
Biden on Afghanistan: "We will be out in 2014." Ryan agrees with timeline, but says it's not absolute: We need to listen to our commanders.
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012
Moderator presses Ryan on specific plans for lowering tax rates: He's not spelling out the math. #VPDebate
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012
Ryan on taxes: There aren't enough rich people to tax to pay for Obama admin spending. #VPDebate
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012
Awkward moments: Ryan asks an indignant Biden to stop interrupting. #VPDebate
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Ryan on Romney's 47 % remarks: I think the vice pres knows the words don't always come out of your mouth the way you want.
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012
Biden's body language: Laugh off the opposition. #VPDebate
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Ryan: If Iran gets a nuclear weapon, "everyone in the neighborhood" in the Middle East will pursue the same.
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012
Moderator to Biden: You're acting a little bit like Iran doesn't really want to get a nuclear weapon.
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012
Biden contends Iran isn't that close to getting a nuclear weapon. #VPDebate
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Biden asks Ryan on Iran: "Do you want to go to war?" Ryan replies: "We want to prevent war."
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012
Moderator Raddatz doesn't let up on Biden and Libya. #vpdebate
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012
Biden calls Ryan's points on foreign policy "malarkey."
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012
Ryan: "What we are watching on our TV screens is the unraveling of the Obama foreign policy."
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012
Ryan's response: Obama's taking two weeks to call Libya attack terrorism is a failure.
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012
Biden on Libya: A "tragedy," not an intelligence failure.
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012
Debate prep has been intense: Ryan began the day after his speech at the RNC. Biden's also been preparing for weeks. #vpdebate
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012
Veep debate begins with odds on GOP: Poll say 40 % believe Ryan will win. 34 % favor Biden. #vpdebate
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012
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