I suppose that GOP Senate nominee for Georgia Herschel Walker earned kudos from the media because at least he didn't savagely kill someone on the stage, then use his victim's bones to clean his teeth. Yeah, the bar needs to be raised. Sane America was holding their breath, waiting for Walker's eyes to start spinning around in his head like dice. The take from many publications is jaw-dropping.

Via The Atlanta Journal-Consitution:

If the Friday showdown was a make-or-break moment for Walker, as some analysts predicted it would be, the Republican didn’t snap. And to some of his supporters, the hourlong debate forged him into a stronger contender.

Oh, sweet baby Jesus.

Via Fox News:

Mainstream journalists and even liberal media figures admitted that Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker did better than expected during his Friday night debate against his Democratic opponent Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga.

NBC News contributors, local news commentators, former Daily Beast writers, and even MSNBC anchor Mehdi Hasan acknowledged that Walker’s debate performance was "not as bad as it could have been.

Newt Gingrich weighed in.

Seriously, how in the actual hell can someone have won a debate after flashing a fake police badge on the stage, but here we are.

Sure, I've said that Rev. Sen. Raphael Warnock could have done better and slammed Walker for some of the multitude of lies he spewed last night, but that does not mean that the GOP nominee did better because he eked by without turning into the Hulk while body slamming the moderator.

Walker admitted last night that he is mentally ill -- referring to his history of Dissociative Identity Disorder -- but said that he doesn't need help. He's totally fine now, even though he flashed a fake police officer's badge. Walker has a history of domestic violence. Walker casually tells lie after lie after lie. We're not even sure how many children he really has. He's lied about that, too, but sure, he "won" the debate (wink, wink.)