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they're boxed in and there's no obvious way out barring some Big Event that flies in from Outside. they're boxed in by the bush administration, they're boxed in because that leaves them with the old conservative identity politics to work with and the context is such that their old claims that conservative=american is not getting any traction. they're boxed in by their own tactics, which presuppose that the larger socio-economic situation is predictable and that therefore you can focus on lint and gossip. they're getting hammered by the economic situations because there's no rational basis for separating mc-cain from it. phil gramm from it, and mc-cain from the bush administration. palin seems a lunatic choice from a tactical viewpoint, and this is just another element of a demonstration of what that's the case.
the mc-cain camp has to hope for a deus-ex-machina.
barring that, their most reasonable option is to resign, like you would in a chess game in the context of which you're clearly fucked and playing it out would be tedious.
they've been in a tight situation from day one--bad moves in a tight situation are worse than bad moves in a normal situation.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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