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it's clear that there was a marketing problem as well.
deciding to call this whole thing a "wall street bailout" after such a long period of being subjected to class warfare freemarketeer style angered people across the political spectrum---the differences within the population that was opposed to it seem to me pretty significant, but the vote reflects the marketing gaffe.
you'd think that the bush people would have paid more attention to memes, but no.
maybe because there is no partisan interest that can be substituted for national interest, maybe because the spin-machinery is decomposed within the white house, maybe because there is no purchase for right-spin any longer (iraq anyone?), maybe because in the context of the mc-cain campaign, the univocal world of right-spin is internally divided (which i think is an interesting situation)...no matter...for a white house that has shown itself unable to distinguish politics and public relations, policy and marketing, for so long, the packaging problems with this are kinda surprising.
no matter, though: cowboy george was on tv again to remind people that the Magical Clock of Crisis is tick tick ticking.
i guess the handlers figure that'll work.
it wont.
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