I guess one presidential debate can really make a difference when the media-made scales finally fall from the benighted eyes of the viewing public.

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Andrew McCarthy at the National Review whacks that presidential debate nail directly on its hugely haughty head in his article entitled Obama Unfiltered.

With no slavish Obamedia filter between the candidates and the viewers, the Obama campaign’s ludicrous distortion of Romney collided, one on one and for all to see, with the reality of Romney.  The challenger’s upbeat energy simultaneously effused respect for the president’s office and sheer joie de vivre at the prospect of laying bare the president’s miserable record — of forcing Obama’s vision of Euro-America to compete with Romney’s traditionally confident, self-determining America.

Whatever you may think of the former Massachusetts governor’s politics, there should never have been any hesitation about Romney the man.  This is a bright, self-made man, one whose public and private philanthropy, which puts most of us to shame, should be legendary.  It is not.  That’s because his good works weren’t done to burnish his political credentials and his decency discourages their exploitation toward that end.  You don’t have to agree with Romney on everything to see that he is a Mensch. He obviously loves the America that is — the land of opportunity that has rewarded his work ethic.  Like most of us, he wants that America preserved, not “fundamentally transformed.”

Almost 70 million Americans got to watch a 90-minute in-their-face feature presentation last week starring Emperor Obama, but this time His Highness appeared without the adornment of the media mantle of royal robes.  Yep, Butt Naked Barack was quite a sight to see and many Americans are reeling from the shocking revelation.

Of course, the lemmings on the Left are still very much in denial, haplessly hunting for any hair-brained excuse to explain away this game changing gaffe.  Could it have been the rarefied air in Denver that night?  Or the mesmerizing mind games of Mitt the Evil Magician?  Or the hanky-panky of that handy hanky that helped Romney romp his way to victory?

Hark! I think I hear Judy Collins crooning softly in the background….

Isn’t it rich?
Isn’t it queer,
Losing his timing this late
In his career?
And where are the clowns?
There ought to be clowns.
Well, maybe next year