Well, you seem to have gotten more out of my question than I intended. I was referring to the fact that response to the Spadaro article seems to have quickly settled down in the European press, while MSW continues to milk it for his own purposes. 
Although I should point out that Manichaeism was founded by an Iranian named Mani, which means "peanuts" in Spanish, and may have something to do with our old nemesis, Charlie Brown, although the connection with Lucy, a known Leftist, is tentative at best.