Bravado

Left: The kinder, gentler McCain campaign this morning.


What does this statement remind me of? Hilzoy says it reminds her of the Titanic, but that's not it:

Let me give you the state of the race today. We have 22 days to go. We’re 6 points down. The national media has written us off. Senator Obama is measuring the drapes, and planning with Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid to raise taxes, increase spending, take away your right to vote by secret ballot in labor elections, and concede defeat in Iraq. But they forgot to let you decide. My friends, we’ve got them just where we want them.

The last line reminds me of General George Armstrong Custer. Now, it may not have been Custer - this fiction author places those exact words in the mouth of Custer's superior General Terry - but it's the same mind set (except at least McCain realizes he has problems, whereas Custer apparently did not until it was too late).