Mitt the Magician...

A meme that's making its rounds on the left is that Mitt Romney's O-tromping debate performance was enabled by cheating, using magician-like sleight-of-hand in plain view of an audience of millions.  They're accusing Romney of cheating by having a notebook full of zingers and canned answers on the podium, contrary to the debate's rules of engagement.

I have several reactions...

First, how utterly pathetic that response is – especially in the crystalline presence of Obama's incompetence behind the podium, and Romney's clear command of the facts in the lines of argument.  It's absurd and preposterous to contend that Romney won because of a few zingers read off a cheat sheet – and the accusers just look pathetic and implausible for their contention.  In the vernacular, with a nice pun thrown in: they look like losers.

Second, the “evidence” being offered up is entirely unconvincing, consisting only of some strident interpretation of fuzzy video that could be any number of things – including the handkerchief that Romney says it is.  The handkerchief that video clearly shows Romney using during the debate.

Third, it's completely implausible to any sentient being that Mitt Romney would resort to cheating.  That's like saying that Santa Claus stole the toys he handed out at Christmas, or that Barack Obama saved us from a much worse recession.  You can claim anything you want to claim, and repeat the claim as many times as you'd like – but that still doesn't make the claim true...

Pathetic. Loser. Chumps.