Best Moments of First Obama/Romney Debate

Take a look at some of the key moments from President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney in the first presidential debate of the 2012 election.



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[emac_]

Who else is here to clear their head from the Biden Trump debate 🙃

[johnreuelsathyadass]

so weird seeing people hug and make contact and behave like grown men

[franktranks]

Ah, back when the presidential candidates could have a laugh and a friendly exchange.

[rubberbandman]

Ha…funny how Trump was brought up back in 2012…seems like I can't escape trump at all these days…not even in old videos

[mohammedkhajanchi]

I'm here after the first biden-Trump debate....I miss the old days

[seamusbuckley]

Romney ran at the wrong time... he should have ran in 2016 and then we wouldn't have trump.

[michaelrixon]

Who else is here after the 1st Biden-Trump Presidential debate for 2024?

[Ian-tcbs]

The difference between this and the current situation is astounding

[cheydinal]

Wait, they talked about Trump in the 2012 debate? I mean I know he has always been a part of pop culture with his reality show, but it still is ironic that they are talking about the next president of the United States as an example of "a ridiculous rich guy who should be taxed more than a small business".

[vaszi]

Man it sucks that both parties have gone this low... honestly it sounds like these guys were just sharing ideas and opinions, there was no screaming and personal insults... they were literally on the same team :/

[ryanmele]

They accuse each other of things, don’t interrupt, don’t say that the other person is lying, then they just but together a logical response. Simple... right President Trump

[jeangannett]

Back when we had two candidates that could speak clearly and stand for longer than an hour

[deucalion]

It's refreshing to watch Obama and Romney show respect to each other and debate intelligently, back when the candidates were still gentlemen

[AshToxin]

Even as a democrat, I respect Romney and McCain WAY more after the Trump-Biden debate. We had such pure candidates back then.

[dp]

Back when both candidates were sane and you knew we would be ok no matter what.

[miguelntirampeba]

Im here to refresh my memory after the horrific Trump-Biden debate.

[danr]

How did we go from this to what we saw last week??? I mean seriously, how?

[dlam]

Back when politicians were still normal

[astro]

I admire both of them for this respectful debate despite thinking Obama was a dreadful president. Romney crushed this debate and would’ve made an awesome president

[foxinabox_]

I miss when candidates knew how a debate works
Be respectful
Don't talk when the other is talking
Don't interrupt the interviewer
Answer the questions asked honestly