[dubman]

well this is going to be fun in a death-throes, take-you-down-with-me way

on one hand, it could be framed so that people will get *tired* of talking about how fucked we are in the economy, and will more than welcome the dirt n scandal that smear campaigns try to make legitimate.

or this is the sad hail mary that'll be too transparent to ignore, and mccain's next debate is going to feature a few strong words that could make either candidate look bad depending on how they're handled. ol' crustus doesnt have much left to lose, but he hasnt lost the race by any means, so now it's all about seeing if he'll crack

i hope it's sufficiently transparent that people would be at least disappointed at mcfudders' cynicism. the idea to publicy announce that they're running a smear campaign is a hopeful sign...