That is akin to saying the man is a complete fool, which is hard to believe whatever you think of him. The risk of exposure for some cynical plot is tremendous, and the conspiracy theory is already planted - here and no doubt elsewhere - so the chance of a negative spin on this is effectively 100%.
If anyone plotted to pull this off, it wasn't Axelrod but whomever the incompetent fool is who is running Sen. McCain's campaign.
I assumed the comment, like mine, was made tongue-in-cheek. If not, MS01 Indie is hopeless.
That was pure snark.
my snarkometer was busted...