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The Dean dilemma was spelled out to me by a sage Democratic practitioner whose views I have sought since 1968. He has felt for months that the former Vermont governor faces horrendous defeat against President Bush. Last week, this party loyalist told me he felt Dean will be nominated unless an act of intervention stops him. He added that he is sure Dean can be stopped but at the cost of unacceptable carnage. Implicitly and reluctantly, therefore, he is swallowing Dean."
Excuse me? "a sage Democratic practitioner"?
According to my dictionary SAGE = wise, [can't be that] or a plant, [hmmm ....... I wonder] or green.
Inasmuch as this "sage" is "swollowing Dean", I would suggest the "sage" must be green.
Afterall, isn't that what happens to one if they igest poison?