Democrats are desperate and afraid.
The reality that their nominee for President has a compulsive tendency to make things up to make himself look good is sinking in. As with creating the Internet and suggesting he and Tipper were the inspiration for Love Story, it was not true. This was not the story line the national media pressed after the debate, of course. Deep inside the paper, on page A18, was the Post's first mention of the fairy tale about James Lee Witt. The New York Times selected A26 to bury the story.