FINAL DEBATE SONGIFIED! Obama vs. Romney 2012

In the third and final debate of the 2012 presidential election, the Requiem Politicus Disputationem, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama engage in a euphonious battle for your vote.

Behind the scenes:

LYRICS
two men enter and two men shall leave
but each must answer now my questions three

preekotos omnipitos romneytos schieffertos freetos obamatos

how could we ship jobs to shanghai
when america invented the chicken pot pie
we have brought cases against china for violating trade rules
we are going to insist that china plays by the same rules
they're hacking into our computers
counterfeiting our goods, stealing our intellectual property
our patents, our designs
china's a potential partner if it's following the rules
we wanted to trade with them
but you gotta play by the rules

now that we're finally bringing troops home
won't the afghans be lonely when they're all alone
when afghans are perfectly capable of defending their own country
there's no reason why americans should die
the taliban they're gonna come rushing back in when we go
the afghan forces have to be able to provide security

why should you run the show
we decimated al-qaida's core
tell us cause we need to know
i want to bring jobs back to our shores
two more weeks until we vote
we need to have strong allies
who can really run the show
my strategy's to go after the bad guys

is the threat from iran getting overblown
or should I use my xbox to bomb them with drones

their economy is in shambles
we organized the strongest sanctions in history
crippling sanctions do work
you're seeing it now
i'm glad romney agrees
they wanna see israel wiped off the map
If israel's attacked, we have their back
israel's a true friend
america will stand with them

should we increase our military size
so we can keep killing every single bad guy
our navy is smaller now than any time since 1917
i want to make sure that we have the ships
that are required by our navy
you mentioned that we have fewer ships
we also have fewer horses and bayonets
because our military's changed

why should you run the show
we decimated al-qaida's core
tell us cause we need to know
i want to bring jobs back to our shores
two more weeks until we vote
we need to have strong allies
who can really run the show
my strategy's to go after the bad guys

schieffer out, now I'm bout to go home
been a long day, so it's time to get my drank on
ninety minutes i've been spittin' bout our foreign policy
ninety minutes i'll be sippin' on a glass of hennessy
let me leave you with a thought from my mom
go out and vote, makes you feel big and strong

[RaxuRangerkingsChannel]

7 years later, and that chorus is still fire.

[ahugefrickingturtle]

They're... they're... *agreeing.*  Seems so weird.

[jesseclark]

"Each must answer now my questions three."
*asks four questions*
Seems legit.

[PiddeBas]

"The Afghans are gonna come rushing back in when we go", well Romney had a point there

[BlackPenzo]

Remember when this was seen as a heated debate?

[epicfilmslol]

Same melody as the newest one. It's an awesome reprise.

[ShadyDawgWWCF]

Say what you want about Obama and Romney, this is A DEBATE. You know, debating issues.
Clinton and Trump is a pure $hit show.

[elmunus]

Its so weird comparing these candidates to the ones we have in 2016 because these guys didn't (necessarily) attack each other personally. why cant we have 2012's problems?

[elvalencic]

Oh to be back in the times when presidential nominees allowed one another to speak in complete thoughts occasionally.

[sontypohnenamen]

"You mentioned we have fewer ships... we also have fewer horses and bayonets" is still a pretty sick burn.

[theshlauf]

'Member when the candidates were likeable?

[Maxvolume]

I remember when this video came out this was all I would listen to.

[Itsjimmay]

You really do need a full song of "Schmoyoho accent on the YO"

[cheffy]

I learned more from this than I did from the actual debate

[Koop]

Comparing this to the final debate of Hillary vs Trump which just released, it makes me realize how much BETTER Obama and Romney were as candidates.

[lulucalliope]

2012: a debate
2016: a disaster
2020: a shitstorm

[bengregoire]

I miss these debates. Actual policy, dialogue, and respect.

[johngleason]

If schmoyoho ever makes a greatest hits album, this has to be on it

[ShadedRevolution]

The melody on “there’s no reason that Americans should die” is AMAZING

[overlord]

did anyone else notice that obama keeps doing the jedi mind trick hand movement?