[wideawake]

I believe some FReepers were adamant that Mr. Paladino’s self-inflicted difficulties were a mark of “character,” and that they would put him over the top.

Now the argument is that New York voters are too stupid to realize the brilliance of Paladino's displays of "character."

Carl Paladino is a genius and is incapable of making mistakes. His every utterance is oracular and his personal flaws are not bugs, they're features.

Remember: it would be a really bad idea to take away any lessons from Paladino's complete meltdown. We should not do anything differently. We should pretend that his loss was due to insufficient hero worship of the candidate.

[r9etb]

We’d best be careful, lest some get the idea that we’re cynics....