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A two-hour debate about foreign policy encompassing a number of grim talking points isn't exactly breeding ground for quips, humor and turns of phrase that are rife with viral potential.
But Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama did their best tonight as they traded jabs at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla., during the last of the presidential debates, the final time these two are scheduled to meet before the Nov. 6 election.
Here are some of the most memorable moments from the third debate, from Romney sort-of congratulating Obama on getting bin Laden to Obama regaling Romney with tales of horses and bayonets:
Best Pre-Debate Tweet: "Schieffer has a binder full of questions!" wrote HuffPost Politics, showing the night's moderator, CBS News' Bob Schieffer clutching a bright purple binder.
Best Shout-Out to Himself: "Libya was attacked by, I think we know now, by terrorists of some kind," Romney said, seemingly continuing to insist that Obama was lagging on labeling the attack on the U.S. mission in Libya an act of terror—a point made moot when CNN's Candy Crowley backed up Obama during the second debate with a recall of what he said right after the attack.
President Rambo: "I congratulate him for taking out Osama bin Laden, but we can't kill our way out of this mess," Romney said, painting an important distinction between himself and Barack "Die Hard" Obama.
Century Clubbed: "You want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s, the social policies of the 1950s and the economic policies of the 1920s," Obama charged at Romney, whom he chided for calling Russia the U.S.' biggest geopolitical threat.
Magic Number: "We're the great nation that has allies—42 allies and friends around the world," Romney said, as scholars pulled out the Risk boards.
Recent-History Lesson: "Russia, I indicated, is a geopolitical foe, and I said in the same paragraph," Romney clarified, "that Iran is the greatest national security threat we face...I'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to Mr. [Vladimir Putin]."
You Sunk My Argument: Noting Romney's past criticism that the U.S. Navy doesn't have as big a fleet as it used to, Obama said, "We also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military has changed. We have something called aircraft carriers, where planes land on them. We also have ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines. So the question is not a game of Battleship, or counting ships, it's what are our capabilities?"
U-Boasts: Romney says there are "10,000 centrifuges spinning uranium" in Iran right now and that the world is "four years closer to a nuclear Iran."
FYI: "You haven't been in a position to execute foreign policy," Obama patiently told Romney, "but every time you've offered an opinon, you've been wrong."
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