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More than anything else, Tuesday night was a win for the twittering, GIFing, Photoshopping masses -- here are the Top 100 Internet Reactions To The 2nd Presidential Debate.

Man on the street for the win.

Romney and Obama assume their positions.

Mittens promises to cut taxes by $5 trillion -- and he also promises not to raise taxes on the middle class or increase the deficit.

Realizing the candidate hadn't quite done the math, Democrats have launched RomneyTaxPlan.com.

The joke? The button won't let you click for details.

Updated for tonight's town hall-style debate, which kicks off at 6 p.m. PST/9 p.m. EST.

(And let's not forget -- chug if any attendee manages to sneak the Pizza Hut question past moderator Candy Crowley.)

This guy is a real winner.

Friday Night Lights writer-director Peter Berg is not impressed that Mitt Romney has co-opted the series' infamous "Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose" phrase on his Facebook page and in his campaign speeches:

Here's his biting letter to the Romney campaign:

Your politics and campaign are clearly not aligned with the themes we portrayed in our series. The only relevant comparison that I see between your campaign and Friday Night Lights is in the character of Buddy Garrity — who turned his back on American car manufacturers selling imported cars from Japan.

Fun twist: Buzz Bissinger, who wrote the book on which Berg's movie and TV series are based, is a Romney supporter.

"This message was approved by everyone."

And the award for most over-the-top ad spot goes to the Dems -- just weeks from Election Day and they decide to go with this?

"I just want to make sure I got this straight. He'll get rid of regulations on Wall Street — but he's going to crack down on Sesame Street!"

Big Bird and Co. are not impressed:

Sesame Workshop is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization and we do not endorse candidates or participate in political campaigns. We have approved no campaign ads, and as is our general practice, have requested that the ad be taken down.

At least we can all agree on one thing: their houses are probably nicer than all of ours.

This insane Taiwanese news program continues to recap world events with the most bizarre animation. Their take on the Obama - Romney debate features fire breath, the Gangnam Style dance, and Big Bird's violent chainsaw murder.

Politics, right?

Oh, wait -- it's 5 o'clock in Seattle right now!

Good god. A debate like this would send our Drinking Game plans into disarray.

Mittens just can't catch a break -- behold his deeply tanned Univision appearance Thursday that has the blogosphere cackling.

"Mitt's Mexican tan?" asked makeup artist Michele Probst. "That was very curious. ... To me, that had to have been someone's idea. Someone said, 'Let's try to relate to people.'"

In an effort to distract from the poor paint job, the campaign today finally released the candidate's 2011 tax returns — the Romneys paid $1.9 million in taxes on $13.7 million in income, which comes out to 14.1 percent.

The Gregory Brothers show us how the game is really played.

[nyt]