The most frustrating debate in history

The presidential debate was a shocker. 

Shocker # 1: Romney made some claims that were so totally off of his whole platform, so different than whats he's been saying, that you have to wonder if he thinks he'll get away with it. 

Shocker # 2: Was Obama off his game or did he plan on being that timid?  This was probably the worst public showing since the man got elected. Maybe he was ill?  Nope. The very next day, Obama was making a whole lot of sense; and no question of his oratory skill.

Politico: How President Obama's Debate Strategy Bombed.

Shocker # 3: Belief weighs more than truth. The best religious adherents  will cling to and keep espousing a belief even if it has been just doubtlessly and methodically disproven.  This is precisely how Mitt Romney won the debate.  Obama would have had to be just as persistent about exposing Romney as Romney was to clinging to his bag of lies.

I almost want to say, who cares about the debate?  But I think it makes me sound like a sore ole liberal that just wanted Obama to win.  Romney "mangled the truth" in the debate, as Dan Rather put it.  Obama had flubs as well. This, too, is important.

Politifact's fact-checking of the debate.