Slate: Why Doesn’t McCain Just Quit?
“The McCain campaign is unusually upbeat. Does it have reason to be?” asks Slate’s chief political correspondent.
As if fearing that it may, he tries hard to convince us that McCain has nothing to be upbeat about, and it all is either “deceit (aides know they’re losing badly and they’re play-acting)” or “Drudge-like self-delusion (they’re mindlessly clutching at, and believing in, any glimmer of positive news)”. The third option – “truth (there actually are real signs of hope)” - is discarded, because “when it’s in your interest for things to look positive, you tend to see them positively”.
And since it’s all doom and gloom for McCain,
[h]ow do McCain aides get around this dire picture without the aid of strong drink? Let’s just say that McCain’s campaign now relies on hope more than Obama’s does.
Hey Slate – if Obama is sure to win anyway, why are you trying so hard to persuade McCain supporters to stay home on the big day? Can it be that there’s still a chance for the old soldier if he just keeps fighting to the end?
And isn’t voter suppression supposed to be a Republican tactic?
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