Plenty of fun post-debate spin to read in blogland, of course, but here are some of the wackier items that caught my eye:

From the Rude Pundit (careful! he’s all about the pottymouth!) comes this laser-like focus on some of the weirder Bush moments: President Stupid.

There’s also the strange case of Fox News’ chief political correspondent, who wrote a piece in which he quoted Kerry as saying a bunch of stupid things at a post-debate rally — except that Kerry didn’t actually say them (“Women should like me! I do manicures” and “I’m metrosexual — he’s a cowboy” and so on). The piece was (briefly) posted on Fox News’ web page, then yanked, and later an apology appeared. Joshua Marshall has the details: I will spare you any pretense of mock surprise… (and thereafter; he covered it in a series of items).

Finally, for wackiness there’s no beating Fafblog’s Giblets: Has leadership failed us?

Giblets tuned into the presidential debates expecting to see an exciting duel between two of his favorite cartoons: namby-pamby Frenchy-French made-of-ketchup John Kerry and gung-ho cowboy dumb-but-full-of-heartland-values George Bush. And he expected, like he has always expected since he was a little Giblets sitting down to watch cartoons, for the Good Guy in the cowboy hat to win. What Giblets was not prepared for – what has completely blindsided him! – is seeing them not show up at all. Instead of the weak-kneed flip-flopping elitist being put in his place by the simple-talkin’ cowpoke who squints ABMs in the face of terror, Giblets had to endure seeing the leader of the free world whine like an old woman with an expired aspirin coupon while Mr. Monument trounced him in rich, dulcet tones!

That’s my Giblets.

Update: http://www.youforgotpoland.com/. That was fast.

Later update: Meanwhile, predictably, a good chunk of the echo chamber is hard at work convincing themselves that what they saw happen they did not, in fact, see happen. A comprehensive list of them is here: Allah Is in the House.

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