OK, first let me being by pointing out that I am aware, as we probably all are, that campaigns are poised and ready well in advance of a debate to proclaim victory as soon as it's over. That's what made it funny, but unsurprising, when the McCain camp errantly [URL="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/26/mccain-camp-releases-ad-claiming-debate-victory/"]released an ad proclaiming victory[/URL] in the first debate before he even confirmed that he'd be in attendance:
[IMG]http://www.mydd.com/images/admin/mcain_debate.gif[/IMG]
If you thought they'd learned their lesson from this little miscue, though, you'd be wrong. Check out this ad with a quote praising Palin's debate performance [I]attributed to an unidentified "famous person,"[/I] who was evidently unable to be identified prior to running the ad:
[IMG]http://www.mollygood.com/wp/docs/2008/10/liequote.jpg[/IMG]
What, were they unable to find a real person willing to say this?
What's even more ironic is that this ad happened to run adjacent to conservative pundit [URL="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/10/obama_passing_the_reagan_thres.html"]Charles Krauthammer's article[/URL] basically giving the election to Barry.
Kinda pitiful, on some level...