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Go easy on me Matt. You're making me reply twice in as many days. You make impressive use of the term 'slouch' in your piece. It immediately made me think of Yeats' Second Coming:

And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,

Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

Did you consciously have this in mind when writing?

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Haha. I did, Howard. I mean, it is a wonderful line!

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Vance's approval ratings are significantly lower even than Sarah Palin's were at a similar stage of the 2008 campaign. Just how inept do you have to be to accomplish *that*?

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