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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Interestingly, although tongiht's debate hasn't yet
taken place, I see the McCain campaign is advertising on the web that they
already "won the debate," apparently, "hands down." That's taking
spin to a whole new level.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><A
href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/09/mccain_wins_debate.html?nav=rss_blog">http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/09/mccain_wins_debate.html?nav=rss_blog</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>for the links to work, you will need to go to the Post's
web site through the link above, but here is the text from the
story:</FONT></DIV>
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<H3>McCain Wins Debate</H3><SPAN id=aptureStartContent aptureProxy="1"></SPAN>
<P aptureProxy="25">Although the <A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/25/AR2008092504603.html?hpid=topnews"><FONT
color=#0c4790>fate of tonight's presidential debate in Mississippi remains
very much up in the air</FONT></A>, <STRONG>John McCain</STRONG> has
apparently already won it -- if you believe <A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/images/26Sep_Friday_WSJ.JPG"><FONT
color=#0c4790>an Internet ad</FONT></A> an astute reader spotted next to <A
href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122238667352477103.html"><FONT
color=#0c4790>this piece</FONT></A> in the online edition of the Wall Street
Journal this morning.</P>
<P>"McCain Wins Debate!" declares the ad which features a headshot of a
smiling McCain with an American flag background. Another ad spotted by our
eagle-eyed observer featured a quote from McCain campaign manager Rick Davis
declaring: "McCain won the debate-- hands down."</P>
<P aptureProxy="24"><A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/images/26Sep_Friday_WSJ.JPG"><FONT
color=#0c4790>Here's the
screenshot</FONT></A>.</P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>