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Buddies,

Evryone knows that, in th litteral sense, John McCains balls shrivvld up long ago.  Havin livd sebbnty-some years will do that to a man.  But wif th US economy tankin and his poll numbrs followin suit, his recent call fer th poseponement o th firs presdential dbate (AND also vice-presdential dbate) — knowin that, in any dbate, thered be no way to avoid th topick o McCains signature opposition to regulation in th bankin industry, and his equaly idiotick sugjestion that Healf Care in America be modelld on th thorougly de-regulatd bankin industry — seems t sugjest a figurative shrivvlin to rival th litteral one.