McCain Meltdown Watch

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McCAIN MELTDOWN WATCH….John McCain spokesman Michael Goldfarb is one of the creepiest of the creepy gang of attack dogs that inhabit McCain’s dysfunctional communications shop. The guy seems to have about the maturity level of a sixth grader and the social skills of your average Unix programmer. Every time McCain lands in hot water over something or another, Goldfarb is always there to vomit up a statement even nastier and more boorish than whatever he said on his last outing. He’s a real piece of work.

Which means, long story short, that I was happy to see this bit of comeuppance. What a jackass.