physiological (1966: a ten-billion-to-one muscle spasm),
Ecclesiastical (1980: To everything there is a season ... and a time to pull away the football), psychological (1975: Im not your mother, Charlie Brown),
sociological (1971: This years football was pulled away from you through the courtesy of womens lib), and
philosophical (1974: In every program, Charlie Brown, there are always a few last-minute changes).
In a meta-moment, Lucy even points to the larger meaning of this annual act: Symbolism, Charlie Brown! The ball! The desire! The triumph! Its all there! (1996).
This echoes a dialogue they had 10 years earlier (Charlie Brown: Somehow, Ive missed the symbolism. Lucy: You also missed the ball, Charlie Brown)."
The GOPe is all about voter disenfranchisement through bait and switch.