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Liberal Group Mocks Paul Ryan for…Sipping Water (22 Times!) During Debate?

Conservatives had a field day mocking Vice President Joe Biden for his incessant smiling, laughing and interrupting during Thursday night’s debate. Biden’s demeanor, perceived as rude and domineering by some, spawned viral YouTube videos and political attack ads. In fact, the issue pretty much overshadowed every other aspect of the debate.

In response, the liberal group Americans United for Change brainstormed about how they could go about mocking Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan’s debate performance. Apparently, the best they could come up with is that Ryan was really thirsty on Thursday.

Americans United for Change Mocks Paul Ryan for Sipping Water

(YouTube)

“In last night’s debate, Vice President Biden brought the facts… and Paul Ryan brought a #sippycup,” the text in the video reads as goofy-sounding music plays in the background.

The video goes on to count every time that Ryan takes a sip of water. Americans United for Change counted 22 times.

It is unclear how, or if, Ryan will recover from this revelation — that even Paul “p90x” Ryan gets thirsty.

On Friday, MSNBC guest Bill McGowan suggested that Ryan’s water sipping may be a “tell,” insinuating the Republican drank water every time he wasn’t being completely honest.

Watch the clip and weigh in below:

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Comments (187)

  • amerbur
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:33pm

    Someone has too much time on their hands.

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    • SocialistSlayer
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 11:45am

      He needed something to wash down all that Bull**** that Communist Biden was trying to feed him!

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    • BenInNY
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 11:47am

      I’m relatively sure there’s something else in this group’s hands. Hope their mothers don’t walk in on them.

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      BenInNY  
    • oneshiner
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 1:04pm

      Joe didn’t drink his water because he prefers something stronger. I’m sure Paul was thirsty after listening to all that BS.. He wanted to wash that guy right out of his throat. When nothing more important is going on but a bunch of crap, I notice I keep sipping a drink constantly too.

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    • tcseacliff
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 2:41pm

      yeah, he showed some class. drank water rather than INTERRUPT ! Biden did that over *) times!

      tools!

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      tcseacliff  
    • Ray2447
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 3:00pm

      When you consider that many, if not most, of our educational institutions are heavily populated with Democrat propagandists at the teacher’s podiums, and that most Democrats believe Biden gave an erudite performance, it’s no wonder so many students coming out of those educational institutions are having big problems performing credibly in America’s work force.

      The dumbed down main stream media is the premiere product of our dumbed down Marxist educational institutions, which are committed to dumbing down the next generation of Americans as shown in Marxist Valley College at Youtube. http://tinyurl.com/44btbq8

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    • NetAlien
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 3:55pm

      Besides… if I was sitting next to that guffawing blowhard, I’d be dehydrated too…

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      NetAlien  
    • Duddio
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 6:12pm

      Except for at drink # 14 and # 20 on this video, his cup is full again…… nobody refilled it. This is a loop, edited together to show the same 3-4 drinks as a whole 1 1/2 hour event. Reeeeeeeeaaaaallly stretching for some dirt, huh?

      I mean, right? Did they show Paul Ryan up, or what? morons.

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    • guns-an-bibles
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 6:20pm

      This is the best they can fight with?
      Well, If he can’t take a shower during the debate to wash off the crap, why not take a few sips? anyone fora beer summit?

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      guns-an-bibles  
    • PATTY HENRY
      Posted on October 14, 2012 at 3:19pm

      IT wasn’t true. Just another failed attempt to try to tear down RYAN. I saw him take ONE sip.. even
      Martha Raddatz (moderator) said: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/even-martha-raddatz-thinks-joe-bidens-performance-was-too-big/ that she didn’t see him taking sips of water…when interviewed by her liberal buddies…she did say that BIDDEN was (my words: ) Over the top.

      The difference between a Liberal and a Conservative is LYING. I don’t know if it’s the immaturity level of their conscience; I don’t know what it is, but Conservatives don’t tear up other people’s property; they don’t tell lies to make their point or make up facts. It’s just not in the nature of a person who would be “conservative”.

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    • PATTY HENRY
      Posted on October 14, 2012 at 3:26pm

      YOU do know that most of the world is going to be doing “the drinking game” at the next debate?!

      1 shot for every time OBAMA says “I” (As in “I saved GM etc”)
      1 shot for every lie from OBAMA

      The whole world should be knee-walkin’ drunk after 90 minutes!

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      PATTY HENRY  
  • AlexV
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:24pm

    There’s no intelligent life on the left…

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    AlexV  
    • skimmer57
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 3:49pm

      I think Ryan just got done running a world record marathon.He’s a joke!

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      skimmer57  
  • Ben__Franklin
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:24pm

    Ryan was playing the drinking game. Every time Biden lied, Ryan took a drink.

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    • Kenszen
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 12:20am

      Good one!

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      Kenszen  
    • burned at edges
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 12:22am

      couldn’t be that…he only took about 23 drinks

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      burned at edges  
    • Woggie
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 12:50am

      Ryan should have taken smaller sips. No way one glass would last an hour and a half with “Rude Uncle Joe”!

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      Woggie  
    • CatB
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 1:03am

      Yes .. that was going to be my guess also! I have the Drinking Game website you can get the results for the last debates … and prep for Tuesday night.

      http://www.debatedrinking.com/

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      CatB  
    • FstEti
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 3:37am

      It’s a good thing Ryan didn’t take a drink every time Biden made an ass of himself by laughing, snorting, smiling, or giggling like a little girl, or they would have had to wheel out a Port-A Potty on stage.

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      FstEti  
    • moonlight on the bay
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 11:27am

      In that case, I’m surprised Ryan didn’t do a spit take even once while Joe was speaking!

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      moonlight on the bay  
    • Maximus_Delta
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 11:57am

      LoL nice

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      Maximus_Delta  
    • Ray2447
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 3:07pm

      I have to Ryan credit for his water drinking performance. If it had been me, I’d have spewed the water all over Biden’s face in exasperation every time he opened his lying mouth. :-)

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      Ray2447  
  • 7VIRTUES
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:23pm

    You know you’re screwed when the best you can criticize someone for is drinking water. Every time I don’t think these people can’t hit a new low, they exceed my expectations. Congrats’ on keeping my expectations low Obama supporters. You know who you are, chronic liar Wasserman-Schultz, crazy cell phone lady, you’re what I expect to hear.

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    • NOTAMUSHROOM
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 8:57am

      Indeed. The lefties have never evolved past kindergarden playground. They still want their Big Daddy Gubmint to take care of all their needs. What else would we expect out of those losers?

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      NOTAMUSHROOM  
  • tothepoint
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:17pm

    Biden was clearly bizarre, sometimes manic, and had an inappropriate affect during the debate. Further, he lied all the way through.
    Ryan knew what he was talking about, understood the debate topics and spoke intelligently.
    Of course the lefties are going to ridicule Ryan. That’s all they got and that’s what they use when they can’t defend their VP.
    Instead of ridiculing Ryan, the lefties may want to get Biden some serious help with whatever disorder he has.

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  • RJJinGadsden
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:17pm

    What is the left going to bitch about next? The color of Ryan’s suit, or the material? Talk about scrapping the bottom of the barrel for for the sake of pure BS!

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    RJJinGadsden  
    • The-Monk
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 12:23am

      Hi RJJ,

      Take a closer look… it’s the same drink of water over and over again “dubbed in” to different sound bites.

      Take a look at Ryan’s left cheek, the swallow and the shoulder movements.

      I watched the whole debate twice and Ryan only drank once.

      POS lying commie agitators doing their Alinsky Dance to Obama’s and Valerie Jarret’s drumbeat.

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      The-Monk  
    • resme
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 12:40am

      It was most likely vodka. I’d need lots of vodka if i was so close to Biden’s smiling yap.

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      resme  
    • PATTY HENRY
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 2:55am

      @ THE_MONK !! You’re right!!! I watched it also and I only recall RYAN taking a SIP OF WATER ONCE !!! Bloody Liberal freaks!!
      YOU GUYS ARE GREAT!!! “RYAN playing the drinking game everytime Biden lied”…I agree thathe’d need several gallons. I also agree that it was better to take a sip than cold-cocking that sleazy, sickening, makes-my-skin-crawl male wanna-be: Joe Biden. Tantarous said on THE FIVE today that all of us have had to deal with oppressive, stinky, bullies like BIDEN… I can’t think of one good thing to say about this man. I feel so sorry for his wife who is uber Classes above him. I feel sorry for his staff and folks…THIS MAN IS NOT RIGHT in the HEAD. What he did and the way he acted was NOT NORMAL.

      SO go on creepy liberals… try to make something out of CONGRESSMAN PAUL RYAN’S taking sips of water…instead of worrying about WHY OUR AMBASSADOR was MURDERED and DRUG through the streets along with 3 other PATRIOTS. WORRY about CONGRESSMAN PAUL RYAN’S taking sips of water…instead of worrying about our PRESIDENT thinking he and the lousy SEC of STATE along with this dip-s. Vice President..thinking they can lie to us about everything….and we will just
      sit there and TAKE IT.

      TAKE THIS OBAMA. START PACKING you TRAITOR. TAKE your NUTZOID, COMMIT-ABLE VICE PRESIDENT WITH YOU and your lousy group of ANTI-AMERICAN COMMUNISTS WITH YOU.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 7:18am

      Hi MONK, That does make sense. As I watched this video last night, I kept wondering to myself how I didn’t recall seeing him drink this much water. Thanks for taking the time to figure that out.

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    • Wango
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 10:51am

      PATTY RYAB . . .”I watched it also and I only recall RYAN taking a SIP OF WATER ONCE !!! ”

      That is manifestly false and is all the proof anybody needs to show you have no idea what you’re talking about.

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    • Eastinfection
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 11:53am

      Monk, RJ, Resme……

      Biden drinking water…..

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AG0xyxlNXo

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      Eastinfection  
    • steelpanther
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 12:36pm

      I only watched the debate once, I know I noticed Ryan taking a handful of sips from his drink, but it didn’t seem anything strange. But I was also watching Cspan instead of the blaze because CSPAN was working. And CSPAN has the split screen at all times thing going on.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 12:37pm

      Thanks East….

      That brings back some memories. I saw Cheech and Chong live once. The warm up band wasn’t even on the ticket or advertised. Hadn’t even put out an album yet. Yep, it was Steely Dan. : )

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 12:56pm

      @steelpanther

      I watched it on C-SPAN also.

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    • XScramblerX
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 1:01pm

      WANGO is voting for the communist regime because Ryan sipped water 22 times during a debate!
      Very intelligent on his(the liberals) part. Good political observation on your part WANGO. I would never have caught that. I just may vote for the muslim brotherhood leader Oblamo now that you’ve clarified the evil in Ryan’s behavior. Is your ignorance really that blissful? I’m against paying for someone else’s contraception, but WANGO if you need any, a collection would be made pronto!

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    • 7VIRTUES
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 1:45pm

      @Wango, would you mind doing me a favor? The next time you’re eating with a family member, or possibly more, do you think you could keep track of how many times they use a utensil to eat, and how many drinks they take? And perhaps you could do that with yourself, I want to get a good hold on your character and things like that are obvious things that decide things on matters.

      In all seriousness though… “manifestly false”? Wango, please reread your post and tell me how that is the deciding factor that PATTY HENRY doesn’t know what she’s talking about? When was the last time you kept track of how many times someone did something like take a sip of water during a conversation. Maybe she was more interested in what Ryan and Biden had to say in the VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE (or distracted by Biden’s creepy grin and laughing *shivers*) that she didn’t think that Ryan’s fluid intake was the main issue of the night?

      With all due respect, how can you possibly see this as even remotely relevant to ANYTHING. AT ALL! This is on of the pettiest things I’ve heard people complain about, let alone criticize someone for. I want to hear it from you: What does this have to do with the presidency or the vice presidential debate?

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 2:02pm

      @7VIRTUES

      Read my above post…

      This was a doctored video clip. Ryan drank only once or twice the entire 90 minutes.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 4:10pm

      @7VIRTUES

      If you want to know the truth just watch the debate again. Wango “the wanker” is our resident liar and troll. Just watch the debate again. You’ll see for yourself. Don’t trust me… trust your own eyes. As you can also see “the wanker” is too afraid to address me directly in a post.

      We keep him around for laughs…. he’s such a moron it’s almost entertaining. LMAO !!!

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    • Crazy-Horse
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 5:42pm

      @WANGO
      What happened WANGO? You didn’t try messing with MONK did you? Even a Mustang knows better than to do that! Tisk tisk….. better not try that again. Trust me I speak from experience. Crashed and burned…… crashed and burned.

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    • 7VIRTUES
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 6:46pm

      Thanks Monk, sorry I missed that. And believe me, I started my account recently, but I’ve been reading The Blaze for a while seen what an “endearing” person Wango can be. While I am shocked, this shows the extent of the damage Obama’s allies can do to the Romney and Ryan campaign when it comes to credible facts (though it says a lot when they’re even lying about the number of times someone takes a drink. At this point, I’m sticking with The Blaze and Newsmax for my news, along with a few other sites).

      …But seriously, I hope the people who actually think they’re getting some sort of view on Ryan’s character get help. Maybe the shock of their President getting elected out of office will send them into reality with the rest of us.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 8:34pm

      Hi 7VIRTUES,

      Thanks. I’m going to watch the debate over and count the “few” drinks for an absolute total. I can tell you that those 22 drinks in the clip are mostly duplicates. As for wango… just ignore him. Nothing but a paid troll that doesn’t even believe a word he says. Really pitiful in my opinion.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on October 14, 2012 at 9:29am

      WANGO, LOL, trying to mess with THE-MONK again? You might learn to keep your pecker out of the pencil sharpener.

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  • crackerone
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:17pm

    Think they’re forgetting the puddle of water B O left under his empty chair. Good thing Romney brought a mop.

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  • V-MindMeld
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:16pm

    Why are liberals such low lifes?

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    • whiterightwingchristianmale
      Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:36pm

      Because they’re liberals.

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    • GoodStuff
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 1:09am

      They’re not “liberals”! We have to stop calling them this. A classic liberal, a Jeffersonian liberal, is someone who believes in the liberty of the individual. The modern democrat party is all about marxist collectivism.

      They are leftists…period!

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  • woodyee
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:15pm

    The Leftists suspect that Ryan may have been untruthful, and that the sign was his drinking water?! LOL!!

    How about this – judging by the accolades – NOT – that Biden received for HIS candor, I think it safe to say that a sure sign Biden was lying was when his lips moved…

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  • TarheelFlyer
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:15pm

    Yeah, I mean 1 sip every 4 minutes….that crazy….As opposed to 85 interruptions in 90 minutes. Basically 1 for every minute of the debate.

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  • LeadNotFollow
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:13pm

    .
    Paul Ryan has the liberals on the run, when all they can find wrong with him is that he drinks a lot of water.
    I’ll take the “sipper” over the “liar” any day.

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  • lessoneleg
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:09pm

    I’d rather Mr.Ryan sipping down glasses of water than a face full of botox that Biden seems to have over indulged in.

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  • FEMALL
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:09pm

    Hmmm…I think I remember from my SAT’s—

    Water is to Ryan as [BLANK] is to Biden. You fill in the [BLANK].

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    FEMALL  
    • Wango
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 10:52am

      Water is to Ryan as truth is to Joe.

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      Wango  
    • FEMALL
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 2:29pm

      @WANGO Never heard of the Truth Brand of Scotch. Must be cheap. Figures.

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      FEMALL  
    • yougottabekidding
      Posted on October 14, 2012 at 10:24am

      Wango
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 10:52am
      Water is to Ryan as truth is to Joe.

      Something that can consumed and urinated out as unwanted waste

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      yougottabekidding  
  • Soul Leister
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:05pm

    There is a very simple explaination:

    Ryan is used to playing the time honored drinking game of take a sip everytime Biden screws up…

    Personally, I am surprised Ryan didn’t have an IV with a nine gauge needle and a funnel to keep up with the old drunk on a bar stool next to him pretending to be the vice president.

    Biden actually gave bottles of liquor to people attending (its a fact, one of the few involving Biden that evening).

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  • BlackHalo17
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:04pm

    Ryan acted like he was sipping water…Biden acted like he was mixing bath salts with grain alcohol.

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  • grayling646
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:04pm

    What’s your point?

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  • whiterightwingchristianmale
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:04pm

    That all you got? He slipped water. Petty. Ryan will be President in 8 yrs. Rubio his VP. Rubio will be President in 16 yrs. The future is bright!

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    • helluvagoodgod
      Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:57pm

      AMEN brother, well done.

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    • PATTY HENRY
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 12:14pm

      I second that!!! YOUR LIPS to GOD’S EARS!! Work RAND PAUL in there too. These are some fine
      leaders !!! Head and Shoulders ahead of anything those dopes have…a few hysterical females – some proven liars who have used faux association with the noble Indians, people like that.
      Besides, it’s going to take that long to fumigate DC – run all the COMMIES/SOCIALIST/MARXIST and MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SHARIA LAW freaks out.

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  • denkat56
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:01pm

    biden and the moderator also both drank water. leave it to liberials to come with crap like this.

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    • republitarian
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 1:07pm

      But ABC didn’t show it. Biden had two empty glasses next to him at the end.

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      republitarian  
    • Wango
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 4:04pm

      Did you see how many times Ryan smiled?

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      Wango  
    • hifi74
      Posted on October 14, 2012 at 10:44am

      Hey Wango, the difference between Ryan smiling and Bidens manic “psycho” like smiling is crazy Uncle Joe would do it while interrupting Ryan and as he was spreading more BS around for the idiot serfs to lap up and cling to like a security blanket. Ryan was smiling yet respectful unlike that bumbling buffoon, your VP.

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  • KissMyAmericanFlag
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:01pm

    “…a tell (of dishonesty)”?

    More likely, of restrained self-control in the face of an obnoxious and out-of-control opponent.

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    • burned at edges
      Posted on October 13, 2012 at 12:27am

      that’s why i think he was sipping water…better a sip of water than to get up and slap that smile off of Bidens’ face…although it would have been fun to see the latter.

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  • POPPIJIM
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:00pm

    I’m just amazed at his ability to drink all that water and NOT have to go to the bathroom! Great job Paul!

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  • redbone007
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:59pm

    Water is better for your health then kool aid.

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  • teapartyconservatism
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:58pm

    Biden brazenly and arrogantly lied through his teeth during debate with Ryan!

    List of lies told by Biden:

    1. The Obama administration “did not know” the Libyan embassy had requested additional security prior to the terrorist attack that killed four Americans.

    2. Ryan and House Republicans “cut” embassy security by $300 million.

    3. The Obama administration has “decimated” al Qaeda.

    4. Obama doesn’t want to raise taxes on families and small businesses earning less than $1 million a year.

    5. Syria is five times the size of Libya.

    6. Obama has ordered all American troops out of Afghanistan by 2014.

    7. The federal government is not forcing Catholic institutions to cover contraception.

    8. Biden voted against the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

    See citation for detailed explanation:

    Andrew Stiles, The Washington Free Beacon, “Through His Teeth. Biden’s debate performance contained a litany of falsehoods” http://freebeacon.com/through-his-teeth/ (October 12, 2012)

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  • Carrie3570
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:57pm

    Now there’s something sinister about a man drinking water?

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  • Patriot Z
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:56pm

    thats it? he drank water.. biden facts? liberars are delusional morons. no wonder they need obama phones and govt leading them on a leash. libs are too stupid to survive any other way. lol #bidensabuffoon #R&R2012

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  • topperj
    Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:55pm

    I got nothin’

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