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1. The establishment I was referring to are the heads of the RNC, the people who serve on the various campaign committees, the lobbying organizations that control access to fund raising and the various others who like to be close to people in power but never seem to have the fortitude to run for office themselves.

2. Sorry, should have said "I think you’re right, they supported the Palin selection because they thought it would appeal to what they perceive asb> a certain class of gun clinging, bible reading people in the hinterlands." All irony intended. I over over edited a sentence that was becoming even too run on for my tastes.

3. Sorry again, I meant "at", not "and". If I could type I'd be dangerous. GWB and McCain have been sniping at one another for years, to the detriment of the party and the country.

The establishment I was referring to are the heads of the RNC, the people who serve on the various campaign committees, the lobbying organizations that control access to fund raising and the various others who like to be close to people in power but never seem to have the fortitude to run for office themselves.

Do these people have some power I'm unaware of that allows them to nominate their choices for candidates contrary to the consent of the primary voters?

what they perceive as

I appreciate your clarification.

Maybe I’m just being paranoid but the timing of our recent “economic crisis” seems very suspicious to me. Why was it necessary to react to a crisis that has been building for over a year four weeks before the election?

Talk about your October Surprise, it destroyed McCain’s momentum and brought his campaign to a grinding halt. Could advancing the “bail-out” when he did have been President Bush’s one last swipe at McCain and at the same time damaging Governor Palin enough to make sure that the reins of power in the Republican Party remained in the hands of people who shared his more liberal views?

Are you genuinely wondering if you are paranoid to suspect that Bush timed the "economic crisis" to thwart McCain's presidential run, with the added bonus of damaging Palin?