By Daniel Bates PUBLISHED: 20:07 EST, 23 October 2012 | UPDATED: 08:07 EST, 24 October 2012 Barack Obama created an instant internet hit with his comments during the Presidential debate about ‘horses and bayonets’. Responding to claims by Mitt Romney that the US had fewer warships now than it did in 1916, the President quipped: ‘Well, governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets, because the nature of our military has changed. It’s not a game of Battleship.’ Instantly #horsesandbayonets started trending on Twitter having been mentioned by users 105,767 times a minute. Spoof: Barack Obama created an instant internet hit with his comments during the Presidential debate about 'horses and bayonets'
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Obama was responding to claims by Mitt Romney that the US had fewer warships now than it did in 1916
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President quipped: 'Well, governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets, because the nature of our military has changed'
Jokes: It didn't take long for Obama's comment to come back to haunt @placeholder on the internet