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the level of disinformation coming mostly from the right in this campaign is pretty amazing, not because there's more of it, but because the context has changed around the conservatives such that what they've done with some effect now has turned against them.
what it looks like at this point is the republicans in the form of the mc-cain campaign are driving at considerable speed toward a very large wall. while it is still possible that the voting population of the united states could be seized with an unfortunate phase of collective dementia and go against all expectations and elect another republican (such thoughts are the consequence of bush getting a second term, which still astonishes me), it does not seem likely.
if thats the case, it'll be interesting to see how the republicans try to regroup.
one thing that's clear is the "permanent republican majorities" that rove et al were talking about a few years ago has not turned out to be terribly permanent.
i am reminded of a previous thousand year prediction, but it seems churlish to go with it.
no-one wants to be a churl.
no-one wants to know what being a churl might entail.
it doesn't sound good, whatever it is.
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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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