There is a popular, but misinterpreted phrase, "Jumping the Shark." It doesn't mean you have disastrous ideas. It's that you have run out of ideas -- and are so desperate you'll try anything, no matter how blatantly wrong for you. It's when you send the iconic 1950s leather-jacketed, street-greaser Fonzie out on waterskis.
The John McCain Straight Talk Express has jumped the shark. Already. And the shark won.
In truth, the campaign has been flailing for weeks with Internet "ads." The now-infamous...
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