Oh the good old times when two people with different views could sit down and have a civilized debate about actual issues.

@cmarev3509

5 жыл бұрын

and not be called names yes good days

@STDealer

4 жыл бұрын

@Wayne Eddy Trump won this election? Oh shit!

@jollyproductions8314

4 жыл бұрын

“You’d be in jail.”

@TamptheChamp2

4 жыл бұрын

They both genuinely deserved to be Presidential candidates. God, what happened?

@mogdaboi

4 жыл бұрын

And then do nothing for another 4 years.

I remember hating Romney when I was younger, but now I realized how civilized he was.

@cherry7730

3 жыл бұрын

@@ARKHAM367 yeah, it sucks

@cherry7730

3 жыл бұрын

fangurl33 VERRRRRRRRY low

@Lamtitude

3 жыл бұрын

Well we did have some promising candidates this year, but all the morons voted for Biden and Trump so now that’s what we’re stuck with, Dumb and Dumber.

@cherry7730

3 жыл бұрын

Lamtitude yeah I wanted Elizabeth Warren

@Lamtitude

3 жыл бұрын

Cherry77 I was a Bernie guy until he got eliminated.

Romney made sense Obama made sense But now, nothing makes sense

@joseocampo7166

5 жыл бұрын

American politics is dead

@jonscott2827

5 жыл бұрын

i diddnt agree with romney but he had a valid oppinion based on facts what the fuck

@vinniehuish3987

5 жыл бұрын

But none of that matters to bird brain clowns. You just vote for whoever your peers tell you to 😂😂. What do any liberal democrats know about running businesses? You dont get rich in this country from the middle class UNLESS youre conservative.. Maybe your children will have bigger brains than you.

@doranselwyn8608

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah Obama made so much "sense" he didn't follow through on any of his promises and droned anyone who defied him. I'm glad he's gone gone gone.

@matthewrider217

4 жыл бұрын

Amen to that broseph. I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, and I'd absolutely love a President Romney right now, what with the state of the union, Trumpism, and all the rest of it.

Notice how few interruptions there are.

@gabrielbrumberg229

5 жыл бұрын

I'd take any candidate from the last 10 elections, either side, over what we have now.

@JudeMarchisio

5 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielbrumberg229 I know what you mean Gabe, I know what you mean.

@ethanyuki2654

4 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielbrumberg229 I would even take Bush Jr... and he was shit

@ethanennis8

4 жыл бұрын

Gabriel Brumberg Bernie!

@zipity2782

4 жыл бұрын

Nicholas Pannes k

I want a girl to look at me the way Romney looks at Obama

@shaneourada3013

5 жыл бұрын

Hello Crazy...so far this year this is the best, and funniest comment!

@camrillem

4 жыл бұрын

Romney is a joke

@niparri4187

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahaha😂

@joecool9739

4 жыл бұрын

Look up the "Obama Romney senpai" memes from 2012 My favorite one img.memecdn.com/oh-obama-senpai_o_2533865.jpg

@rememberingtruth

3 жыл бұрын

roflmao

Boy, I miss this kind of debates. Fact-checking each other, respecting each other's time to sell their worth and their politics without making any insults.

@pierreblaise9433

6 жыл бұрын

Herbert Bautista I am from switzerland but here is my 2ct: This kind of debates is the roots of the probleme in US politic. Politic should not be a boxe game.

@pierreblaise9433

6 жыл бұрын

Herbert Bautista that beeing said Obama clearly have the good vision on that issue. If you want compete vs China regulation or cheap labor isnt the way to go but investment in education, infrastructure and innovation. Coal industrie will not save US economie no matter how much you protect it. China understand that. The all world understand that.

@johnmartin4641

Жыл бұрын

And how did that work out for the Republican in this election? He lost. So we did the opposite 4 years later and we won with 100 more electoral votes than we got in 2012.

who else is here during quarantine??

@ThEgAmErLoVeR182

4 жыл бұрын

It's actually refreshing seeing this kind of debate

@harrisonwen6563

4 жыл бұрын

Oooo

@vjrn9945

4 жыл бұрын

Can't believe it has been 8 years since we had a respectful and mature debate

@reznof2011

4 жыл бұрын

Here! Im also wondering if obamas clear signle to china was the same as his clear message to bashar al assad when he killed people with chemical weapons

@kristinanne3763

4 жыл бұрын

Hell yes! I can't get enough of feeling the nostalgia of when we actually elected leaders of principle.

Who’s here to see again what a real presidential debate is like

@jerseyrocrarebreed1825

3 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing!!! 👍👍

@suhaskallingal604

3 жыл бұрын

Me

@dominiccolangelo4965

3 жыл бұрын

Me 😂

@douglaslett7504

2 жыл бұрын

Not only that, as a moderate democrat at least Romney was sane and would have made a decent president unlike the last republican nut job ! I voted for Obama even though I didn't agree with everything he believed in ! In my lifetime good presidents in my opinion Kennedy, Clinton first term and Obama!

@007diego2

Жыл бұрын

Me

Wow 2 competent candidates. Oh the good ole days

@kylebleisch6365

6 жыл бұрын

for real

@andrewcosby7275

6 жыл бұрын

Boomer

@88mike42

6 жыл бұрын

So to you, competence = Same old S**t?

@platoonmexx9278

6 жыл бұрын

i only c 1, obama, the other one is fake as fk, but hey... you choose trump to follow obama... i guess it makes sense you say that

@gokulvaradan8781

6 жыл бұрын

Its sad that romney couldn't excite the voter base like trump did

whoever you're for, Obama smacked Romney HARD on this issue

@tonynagai9339

6 жыл бұрын

on what issue ? really ? Obama kept veering off the issue alleging Romney had made some comments in Detroit, and about Romney investing in companies.. do you know how incompetent it is for a sitting president to attack an investor in a policy discussion ?

@mansoorahmed1676

6 жыл бұрын

tony nagai take the L smh

@mahmoudherbawi9774

4 жыл бұрын

tony nagai he is trying to increase military spending while decreasing the funds for education , how stupid can you be by saying obama was wrong by trying to show what that guy was really about , he kept saying he is gonna improve everything without any good policies

@MissionParrot60

4 жыл бұрын

More like on all the issues

@kennethbucsko8159

3 жыл бұрын

@@mahmoudherbawi9774 Romney was the Governor of Massachusetts which at the time was number 1 when it came to education (judged by standardized test results). He valued education very much. Decreasing funds (really its about decreasing FEDERAL spending in an area the states would honestly handle more efficiently) does not mean somehow like getting rid of it or lessening the quality

Obama didn't let people get away with these kind of lies.

@bigbubba7753

5 жыл бұрын

Yea cause he was the liar-in-chief, biggest fraud of them all

@emilitious7886

5 жыл бұрын

@@bigbubba7753 L

@vinniehuish3987

5 жыл бұрын

@@emilitious7886 if Obama gave a flying fuck about the middle class and lower class and minorities in general he wouldve put the fuckin wall up like he campaigned to do in 2008. Hes a lying politician just like Romney and NEITHER of them couldve filled Trumps shoes. Take your "L" and bring it home with you to your one bedroom apartment where you hate on successful presidents because theyre white with blonde hair and accomplishing things you dont see anybody else doing... Can literally sense the racism/bi-ism on you with a name like Emmanuel Owhor

@seppe8156

5 жыл бұрын

@@vinniehuish3987 Noam Chomsky

@vinniehuish3987

5 жыл бұрын

@@seppe8156 who the fuck is that

Obama: We see China as an adversary put also as a partner if they play by the rules. Trump: Oh Chinese President is the best guy. The most amazing guy. I had a chocolate cake with him. It was the most amazing cake. He says I am a great guy. We're best friends. Believe me.

@malasword2716

6 жыл бұрын

hahahaha

@johnlarocque8373

6 жыл бұрын

I'd hate to see what he did with his magic wand

@GoHealthy78

5 жыл бұрын

and then next day he would increase the tariffs

@Leahh823

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@joshua1803369

5 жыл бұрын

I don't want to look up that quote because I fear it's real

Obama's knowledge (and curiousity) seems to encompass almost everything. He is like Bill Clinton in that sense. Both of them have in-depth knowledge of financial systems and markets. I heard Clinton once describe the housing market crash in a way that was amazing. It would really be better though if they had just said something like "IM A VERY STABLE GENIUS....I HAVE THE BEST BRAIN....BELIEVE ME."

@barry9817

4 жыл бұрын

The seeds of the housing crisis were sown during bill Clinton's presidency,,, when he helped to deregulate the industry,,, and who is Obama to talk about keeping jobs in America anyway??? The whole reason so many voted for trump was because Obama wasn't keeping jobs there...

@bonbon8103

4 жыл бұрын

@@barry9817 I mean have jobs stopped being shipped out to other countries since Trump was elected?

@bryanbachman4138

3 жыл бұрын

@ClownHas NoPenis Clinton deregulated Wall Street when he repealed parts of the Glass-Steagall act. Yes the recession happened in 2008, but those effects took time to realize. Clinton definitely had a hand in causing the recession. Bush obviously did too.

@bryanbachman4138

3 жыл бұрын

@ClownHas NoPenis wow great defence.

@professorrowan6945

3 жыл бұрын

But Trump knew words, he knew the best words! /s

2012: "Governor Romney, wouldn't that start a trade war with China?" 2016: "I will start a trade war with China"

romney just repeated everything obama said in different words, wtf!

@tonynagai9339

6 жыл бұрын

You must've been playing your own debate in your head. So Obama was saying the policies of the last 4 years had been hard ?

@nodozhit

4 жыл бұрын

Obama educated Romney after he exposed that loophole in the GOP's ideology.

6:440” Well Governor Romney is right , I mean you’re familiar with shifting jobs oversees coz you invested in companies that ship jobs oversees” 😂😂😂this ended Romney campaign , savage 😅😅

@mizberry2

4 жыл бұрын

Obama hit Romeny dead in the mouth with that lie.

@NileshR12

4 жыл бұрын

The Visionary Actually it starts at 6:31

@amazingperson326

3 жыл бұрын

@@mizberry2 if it was a lie he would have called him out on it, come on. I mean he wasn't saying it behind his back, he said it with his chest straight in front of him. Therefore that clearly makes it true.

I think we all love teachers.

@weldin

4 жыл бұрын

If that was true maybe they’d be paid better.

Who else here in 2019?

@Dadwell

4 жыл бұрын

The China comments didn't age so well I feel

@amazeed8532

4 жыл бұрын

i was about to say me but realized.... it's 2020 bois haha

@JT-ul5yy

4 жыл бұрын

Officially 2020

@halalula1224

4 жыл бұрын

2020

@anindyadutta65

4 жыл бұрын

Pinki khanki von maghi

WHEN THEY USED TO TALK ABOUT THE TOPIC

Romney saying "investing in companies like tesla is the wrong move", clearly Obama and team could foresee things this guy couldn't... still, I respect Romney for this respectful debate, different times 8 years ago.

@LoekTheKing

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, great point!

@Qatari2007

2 жыл бұрын

But it IS the wrong move

@nathanpartridge3565

2 жыл бұрын

Then why didn't Biden invite Tesla to that big electric car meeting? Oh that's right, Tesla's voters probably are union or been bailed out. Tesla isn't beholden to the government for anything.

@Qatari2007

2 жыл бұрын

@@nathanpartridge3565 yep! And the cars are terrible. So pricey, needing long charging times and more. People don’t realise they will tax and charge the hell out of the, late?

@ewangent

Жыл бұрын

Obama said Russia weren't a great power, and Obama never suggested investing in Tesla for securities he suggested subsidising renewable energy, it was in fact Romney who sought to allow for stocks to be mixed into social security like Tesla.

Everytime i here Obama talk i wonder how we got a president now who just makes statements and never backs them up.

@Ocwenaravind

4 жыл бұрын

Obama is your answer

@subg8858

4 жыл бұрын

America is half full of fascists and idiots

@Elementalism.

4 жыл бұрын

I'd say america is half empty of fascists and idiots... . But Twitter... that's how we got here, other social media patforms... you know, echo chambers of lies, deception and painting pretty pictures that do not reflect reality. . And (at least one) foreign state not being stopped from weaponizing it.

@babykevinxoxo

3 жыл бұрын

Romney is an idiot call chins good

I miss the days that politics was civilized.

WHOS HERE AFTER BIDEN AND TRUMP DEBATE

@psycosis12

3 жыл бұрын

These comments are going in the archive of the internet. Imagine 50 years from now...someone is gonna stumbleupon this...and think how did we let this happen...now I understand how powerless the folks of the past felt.

@joycouple4834

3 жыл бұрын

How times have changed, i miss a debate like this!

@diegohopper9776

3 жыл бұрын

@@joycouple4834 ikr

@nahomwoldesenbet4064

3 жыл бұрын

yeah, need to cleanse our palet on what a presidental debate looks like.

This is ASMR in comparison to the 2020 debates

Still watching it in 2019 and I miss those decent days

I came back especially to watch this after watching the 2020 presidential debate, and realized once again just how great this time was.

Greetings from Europe! I'm watching this and I can't get it in my head how did you guys manage to replace ppl like this with Trump? xD

@cherry7730

3 жыл бұрын

Greeting from America! I’m thinking the same thing :/

Both polite and learned men. Can't see this type of debate again.

does anyone else go back and watch these debates just to feel the civil sobriety of politics back in the day? Just two smart guys with very different opinions, letting each other talk, and just expressing there views in a educated manor. ... I read the comments are the answer is a definite yes. *tear rolls down cheek*

Obama looking at Romney like, 'you're such a funny man, what are you talking about man?'

TRUMP: Nobody Knows China Better Than I Do Trust Me

@lelaki79

4 жыл бұрын

Ask chy na

From this debate, you'll never guess that Romney is 14 years older than Obama. He looks really young.

Back in the day that when a president said something, the entire world would listen because they knew he could back it up.

I miss when this was seen as getting heated :’(

See trump.. Civility. They debate.. Not vile, not totally blocking the other person. There are two sides.. They are debating.

10:25 oh boy those remarks on tesla did not age well mr romney

I'm just here to see what a real presidential debate looks like

Intelligent, courteous, civilised debate. The good old days.

Can we all laugh at the fact that Romney said not to invest in Tesla even though they just launched an American rocket into space. 😂

@xthief1037

4 жыл бұрын

That would be spaceX

@nastystew6942

4 жыл бұрын

@@xthief1037 spaceX is owned by Tesla

@guillermogutierrez-santana4446

4 жыл бұрын

Levi Stewart SpaceX is wholly owned by Tesla’s majority shareholder.

@nastystew6942

4 жыл бұрын

@@guillermogutierrez-santana4446 wouldn't that be Elan Musk

@krismine99

3 жыл бұрын

@@nastystew6942 it isn't owned by Tesla. Elon Musk owns 20% of Tesla and a large share of SpaceX along with other private investors. They are still two separate entities

This is a great example of letting candidates talk. Not choosing winners. Great job moderator.

How we miss a debate by two qualified leaders

Remember when debates had information and solid defenses instead of personal attacks?

@AE-bm4no

4 жыл бұрын

Shut up nerd

When debates still were mature.

I wonder if Romney has invested in Tesla 🤔

I get goosebumps hearing Obama speak, such a great man

@garymarkow7005

2 жыл бұрын

I liked a lot of his policies but giving the surveillance state more power, bailing out the banks, and allowing the kind of bombings that he allowed in the Middle East mar his legacy in my opinion. He was better than Bush and Trump, and certainly composed himself well, but I wouldn’t call him a good president.

@zachgates7491

Жыл бұрын

This nauseating kiss-up hasn’t aged well. Biden’s disastrous presidency has been guided by Obama since day one

@mossballus

Жыл бұрын

@@zachgates7491 ok

It's pretty sad some are revisiting these old debates...

@aaronstibeljr2584

2 жыл бұрын

Hi

Back when elections weren’t totally clown shows.

@dirtyrandy2592

4 жыл бұрын

Tube Tube I do, still a shit show.

@thragg00

4 жыл бұрын

Trump changed the nature of the presidency

@joshjohnson2753

4 жыл бұрын

@Tube Tube 2016 was a clown show on both sides, there was noone to vote for that couldn't be labeled a clown show lol

Who said trade war!? Non-scene!🤔

Is this a civilized debate? I miss these

Having even one respectable candidate seems like a distant memory now

And that the reason we elect the commander and chief look over the liquidation and businesses in and out the countries. Which party or which individual did those things to get very and very rich.

Can’t believe we’ve gone from this to Trump😭

@reallyhappenings5597

Жыл бұрын

He promised the Wall. And he did reasonably well on that -- he WAS the wall.

2018?

Civilized, educated and mature debate. No childish interruptions and name calling

No interruptions? Damn

Was this the peak of a civilised presidential debate lol

So out of curiosity was was Romney's stance or bailing out the auto industry?? Anyone fact check?

@OK-ws7ti

5 жыл бұрын

Adeeb Hamad yeah Obama was right

You all are sitting here missing the good old days, but the fact of the matter is most of you looked at these debates and thought they were boring.

When politics wasn't about insults and polarization of literally anything by both sides

I don't think people realize how difficult it is to compete with a much more populated country under dictatorship.

Debates back then were so civil.

I love teachers too

July 2019 ??

As Eminem once said “you went to cranbook that’s a private school!!!”

"I think we all love teachers" said Bob. High School Student: Every atom in my body disagrees with that statement!

I think we all love teachers😂😂

I forgot what a presidential debate is supposed to look like

now THIS is a debate

I agree with some of the things from both parties. As someone who is much younger than the two I have a question. 11:50 I dont understand the part about education budget, and how it affects with competing with China.

@dynamiteSANTA

4 жыл бұрын

Better education means creating a more skilled and capable workforce that can operate industries that are competitive with chinas

Now this is a debate

@10:22 Watching this in 2018 makes me laugh

@PiranhaVS

5 жыл бұрын

Mrr Trent yeap

@10parth10

3 жыл бұрын

In hindsight yes. Keeping Tesla afloat was one of the best decisions.

Comparing these two very civilized men to the vulgar Trump is just sickening

Two people that understands how government work. Breath of fresh air when dealing with Trump for almost 4 years

Romney lost by being coherent. He should have just repeated "Wrong, wrong, WRONG! That is fake news!"

The technical stuff must some what compatible in order to merging. Or merging continue to fail.

What country is this debate from? I've just landed on earth in time to watch debates with somone called Trump.

We all love teachers FBI: HMM intresting

bro after watching the latest debate i realized just how smart our presidents have been. Up until now.

Free market? A free market doesn't require govt levhing protectionist tariffs against foreign competitiors, a free market allows competition amongst all suppliers, and encourages competition. A free market doesn't consist of govt picking winners and losers through subsidies, bailouts, and tariffs.

@unknownchannel3141

5 жыл бұрын

A Exactly

Romney was so pathetic with irritating condescension.

2019 stil watching as if this is now

Fun drinking game: Everytime Romney says "i" take a drink.

The good ol days! When candidates could actually hold a civilized debate.

5:43 - The moment Obama realised he was about to end this man's whole career.

I think we all love teachers

Moral of the story, we all love teachers.

Did he say something about Tesla?

I miss watching two smart adults have a civil debate

as someone who lives in 3rd world contry i used to envy the us for how inteligent thier political elites are - sadly now not anymore

Omg two gentlemen having an open debate without closing their minds to one another's opinions. I guess this is how a debate should be. I was curious about these presidential debates held in US, so I watched some clips from Trump vs Biden debate. And, well, it was ENTERTAINING for sure, but it just looks SAD when compared to this! I was drawn into this from the first minute, and it's an interesting debate; and I would be feeling safe knowing that it's going to be one of these two guys who is going to win.

Good to see a time when American presidents could speak in full sentences

I can’t stop thinking about Trump shouting “CHINA”

2:40 lmfao the poll

here here!

Why is the title not China related? Wow

4:57 that trade war still happend

@guillermogutierrez-santana4446

4 жыл бұрын

Yep and Romney was wrong, we did get hurt by the trade war.

wow some geography lesson huh . lol us citizens didnt even know china

Oboma is brilliant guy

@whysoserious6685

5 жыл бұрын

It's spelled Obama my brother.

As someone left-leaning, I wish Romney had won in 2012 because his victory would have absorbed and pacified the elements that would become Trumpism before they ever got to that point. Romney is basically using the same points here that Trump brought up in 2016, just intelligently and respectfully as opposed to having a complete meltdown. The Romney Administration would have gone in and done the sorts of things Trump wanted to do, but better because he would have consulted experts and figured out how to manage trade right... that is, if Romney was actually serious about keeping his promises. Having Paul Ryan as VP would be a lot like having him as Speaker; his tax 'cuts' agenda would have been pushed and may have even gone through. But the point is, whether Romney kept his promises or not, he would have been president until 2020 at maximum and Fox News would have been on his side and promoting him, making the Trump elements feel like they had won. This means a lot less fuel for the Alt-Right's news networks and their rise would have either been pushed back or eliminated. Obama's second term was a complete waste where he pandered to social liberal ideas like first gay marriage (actually a good thing) and by the end he was openly going around trying to force transgender bathroom agendas while a major terrorist network was taking over the Middle East. Those four years let all the hate about Obama grow even worse and culminate in Trump himself becoming president. So in my hypothesis, Romney going in with a mild conservative agenda, building up the military, and keeping the peace would have been for the best. A Democrat could have beaten him in 2016 or succeeded him in 2020, just with a lot less damage done to the national fabric.

@Josh-oj9mm

Жыл бұрын

Right wing voters were already starting to get tired of neo-conservatism. The last 10 years or so has proved that right wing populism is the most popular version of 'conservatism', when it is literally the worst and most idiotic version, tip-toeing away from a fascist pipeline.

Romney looks like Julia Roberts when he looks to the left.