11 Great Tweets From The First Presidential Debate

“Y’all stop making fun of Jim Lehrer, this is his Make-A-Wish.”

Lots of hits on Jim Lehrer:

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Jenny Johnson @JennyJohnsonHi5

Y'all stop making fun of Jim Lehrer, this is his Make-A-Wish. #Debate

1:58 AM - 4 Oct 12

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt

"Gentlemen, PLEASE..." -- Jim Lehrer, at 3:12 a.m., as Romney begins his recounting of the plot of PRACTICAL MAGIC #debate

2:09 AM - 4 Oct 12

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And Big Bird/PBS jokes.

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Big Bird @BlGBlRD

Yo Mitt Romney, Sesame Street is brought to you today by the letters F & U! #debates #SupportBigBird

1:45 AM - 4 Oct 12

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billy eichner @billyeichner

If Big Bird's a goner, I can only imagine that he'll use nuclear weapons on Fraggle Rock.

1:44 AM - 4 Oct 12

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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Cutting PBS support (0.012% of budget) to help balance the Federal budget is like deleting text files to make room on your 500Gig hard drive

2:18 AM - 4 Oct 12

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Which made varying degrees of sense…

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mia farrow @MiaFarrow

I love great schools I love Big Bird I like coal Not feeling the coal-love

2:18 AM - 4 Oct 12

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Mitt Romney’s silver fox hair even got “Just For Men” trending:

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Michael Strahan @michaelstrahan

I would not want to be the President. I like my hair to stay black!! Become President and go gray! Lol

1:50 AM - 4 Oct 12

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And then, jokes about sex and jokes about the uselessness of debates:

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rob delaney @robdelaney

“I was gonna vote for [insert candidate] but after watching the debate I’m going to vote for [that exact same candidate.] - Everyone

2:26 AM - 4 Oct 12

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9.

Justin Shanes @justinshanes

This is the least funny SNL opening ever.

1:09 AM - 4 Oct 12

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10.

Shira @shiraselko

I see the candidates are going to avoid any mention of my vagina just like every guy I've ever dated

2:27 AM - 4 Oct 12

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Mo Rocca @MoRocca

Sorry, I'm against same-sex debates.

2:13 AM - 4 Oct 12

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