Presidential Debate 2012: Pauly Shore on Encino Man and Touré on Romney as a Musical Genre (VIDEO)

Now, we don't know what it was like behind the scenes at the other debates, but in South Florida, it was drunk and tropical. The press sipped on free Budweiser and ate off of pineapple plates (Lord knows how many pineapples died for our bellies yesterday!). And the students dropped...

By Liz Tracy

October 23, 2012

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Now, we don't know what it was like behind the scenes at the other debates, but in South Florida, it was drunk and tropical. The press sipped on free Budweiser and ate off of pineapple plates (Lord knows how many pineapples died for our bellies yesterday!). And the students dropped it like it was hot (and it was) at a pre-debate pool party.

- PHOTOS: Final 2012 Presidential Debate at Lynn University Slideshow

After tanning with the Lynn kids, we asked Pauly Shore which candidate he'd like to play Encino Man in an Encino Man 2, Touré defined Romney as a musical genre, and Cindy McCain wore red. Oh, and someone stole my cell phone. Check it out after the jump.

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Liz has her master’s degree in religion from Florida State University. She has since written for publications and outlets such as Miami New Times, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Ocean Drive, the Huffington Post, NBC Miami, Time Out Miami, Insomniac, the Daily Dot, and the Atlantic. Liz spent three years as New Times Broward-Palm Beach’s music editor, was the weekend news editor at Inverse, and is currently the managing editor at Tom Tom Magazine.

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