Bacillus Whinius Spreads

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It appears that the whininess virus may be spreading out from the McCain campaign to various pro-McCain journalists. You may have noticed that Robert Novak caused a stir yesterday by floating word that the McCain campaign was on the brink of choosing a vice presidential nominee. Now Novak suspects that the McCain folks tricked him into floating the now-allegedly-bogus story to pull a little attention from the Eurasian Obamathon. And now Novak says bamboozling him for a few cheap news hits was “reprehensible” …

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