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| Spin it! The best reader-generated spin from the vice-presidential debate | Spin it! The best reader-generated spin from the vice-presidential debate |
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| Thursday night's vice-presidential debate may not have actually been a win for either vice-president Joe Biden or his GOP opponent, Paul Ryan, but they certainly weren't afraid to mince their words. | Thursday night's vice-presidential debate may not have actually been a win for either vice-president Joe Biden or his GOP opponent, Paul Ryan, but they certainly weren't afraid to mince their words. |
| Moderator Martha Raddatz tossed question after question across the table to the dueling politicians – abortion, Iran, and, yes, "47%" were all in play – and Biden and Ryan gave soundbites that we sent straight to our Spin It generator. | Moderator Martha Raddatz tossed question after question across the table to the dueling politicians – abortion, Iran, and, yes, "47%" were all in play – and Biden and Ryan gave soundbites that we sent straight to our Spin It generator. |
| Expect a new Spin It after each of the next two debate nights, and you can play with spins from the 3 October presidential debate here. Using the tool is easy: use key words from our selected quotes to create your own spin, then share your creation using the hashtag #MySpin. | Expect a new Spin It after each of the next two debate nights, and you can play with spins from the 3 October presidential debate here. Using the tool is easy: use key words from our selected quotes to create your own spin, then share your creation using the hashtag #MySpin. |
| Here's a mix of reader and Guardian journalist-generated spins from Thursday night: | Here's a mix of reader and Guardian journalist-generated spins from Thursday night: |
| We immediately went out and rescued General Motors. We went ahead and made sure that we cut taxes for the middle class. And in addition to that, when that – when that occurred, what did Romney do? Romney said: "No, let Detroit go bankrupt." We moved in and helped people refinance their homes. Governor Romney said: "No, let foreclosures hit the bottom." But it shouldn't be surprising for a guy who says 47% of the American people are unwilling to take responsibility for their own lives. My friend recently in a speech in Washington said: "30% of the American people are takers." | We immediately went out and rescued General Motors. We went ahead and made sure that we cut taxes for the middle class. And in addition to that, when that – when that occurred, what did Romney do? Romney said: "No, let Detroit go bankrupt." We moved in and helped people refinance their homes. Governor Romney said: "No, let foreclosures hit the bottom." But it shouldn't be surprising for a guy who says 47% of the American people are unwilling to take responsibility for their own lives. My friend recently in a speech in Washington said: "30% of the American people are takers." |
| Spin from reader @Maggie_pdx: | Spin from reader @Maggie_pdx: |
| Now, you want to ask basically why I'm pro-life? It's not simply because of my Catholic faith. That's a factor, of course. But it's also because of reason and science. You know, I think about 10 1/2 years ago, my wife Janna and I went to Mercy Hospital in Janesville where I was born, for our seven-week ultrasound for our firstborn child, and we saw that heartbeat. A little baby was in the shape of a bean... Now I believe that life begins at conception. | Now, you want to ask basically why I'm pro-life? It's not simply because of my Catholic faith. That's a factor, of course. But it's also because of reason and science. You know, I think about 10 1/2 years ago, my wife Janna and I went to Mercy Hospital in Janesville where I was born, for our seven-week ultrasound for our firstborn child, and we saw that heartbeat. A little baby was in the shape of a bean... Now I believe that life begins at conception. |
| Spin from reader @T4yjardine: | Spin from reader @T4yjardine: |
| Now, with regard to Bibi, who's been my friend 39 years, the president has met with Bibi a dozen times. He's spoken to Bibi Netanyahu as much as he's spoken to anybody. The idea that we're not – I was in a, just before he went to the UN, I was in a conference call with the – with the president, with him talking to Bibi for well over an hour, in – in – in stark relief and detail of what was going on. This is a bunch of stuff. Look, here's the deal... We Irish call it malarkey. | Now, with regard to Bibi, who's been my friend 39 years, the president has met with Bibi a dozen times. He's spoken to Bibi Netanyahu as much as he's spoken to anybody. The idea that we're not – I was in a, just before he went to the UN, I was in a conference call with the – with the president, with him talking to Bibi for well over an hour, in – in – in stark relief and detail of what was going on. This is a bunch of stuff. Look, here's the deal... We Irish call it malarkey. |
Spin from the Guardian's Gizelle Lugo: | Spin from the Guardian's Gizelle Lugo: |
| A nuclear-armed Iran which triggers a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. This is the world's largest sponsor of – of terrorism. They've dedicated themselves... to wiping an entire country off the map. They call us the Great Satan. And if they get nuclear weapons, other people in the neighborhood will pursue their nuclear weapons, as well. We can't live with that. | A nuclear-armed Iran which triggers a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. This is the world's largest sponsor of – of terrorism. They've dedicated themselves... to wiping an entire country off the map. They call us the Great Satan. And if they get nuclear weapons, other people in the neighborhood will pursue their nuclear weapons, as well. We can't live with that. |
| Spin from reader @Stefanomjr: | Spin from reader @Stefanomjr: |
| Just let the taxes expire like they're supposed to on those millionaires. We don't – we can't afford $800bn going to people making a minimum of $1m. They do not need it, Martha. Those 120,000 families make $8m a year. Middle-class people need the help. Why does my friend cut out the tuition tax credit for them? Why does he go after the childcare... | Just let the taxes expire like they're supposed to on those millionaires. We don't – we can't afford $800bn going to people making a minimum of $1m. They do not need it, Martha. Those 120,000 families make $8m a year. Middle-class people need the help. Why does my friend cut out the tuition tax credit for them? Why does he go after the childcare... |
| Spin from reader @camilo2010: | Spin from reader @camilo2010: |
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