CNN Deserves a Spin Prize

CNN is taking a short break in its all volcano and hurricane all the time coverage to tackle the topic of the so-called October surprise. Some polls show voters are expecting Bush to pull Osama from under his cowboy hat.

But couched in the article is this:

Usually speculated-upon October surprises fail to materialize. There was talk that the Carter administration would produce a deal in 1980 to free the U.S. hostages in Iran. In 1968 and again in 1972 came speculation that a deal to end the war in Vietnam might be at hand.

Notice how they make it sound like Carter's failure when Reagan ACTUALLY DID THIS. He bargained and paid terrorists to win the election; there have been charges over the years that the hostages were kept longer than was needed just to make Reagan look so darned powerful.

I just can't believe this.