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No more flailing

Justin Webb|06:21 UK time, Wednesday, 15 October 2008

Pugnacious John McCain is about to walk into yet another trap with this suicidal declaration into which he seems to have been goaded by his opponent. He needs to act steady, not flailing. Flailing didn't work. I see meanwhile that the amiable Fred Barnes must have been reading the last post (and replies) on the subject of McCain's best final appeal: don't elect a left wing dictatorship. As I say, slightly early for this to function as an argument but in a week or two it'll be big big big...

There is something deeply desperate about the fraudulent fraud "issue" (even if it adds up to something it screams out technicality) but here is a quick guide to what the problem seems to be and why it doesn't matter.

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