A severe issue that needs discussing: is this a satirical allusion to Romney’s "governing as a severe conservative?"  How can an issue be severe? And you aren't just whistling Dixie,. Is it satire, perhaps? "Stalwart adductions!" "Truistic allegations!" "Errors are inexorable!" A "dubitable article" is consigned to "go without rectification." (of our bodily humors?) A "relatively nascent editor"!   An article that is "luridly lengthy and tumescent"! (Hello,  Fred Merkle)  I think TRPoD was right to hat this.