Reply #78: Good story Will: a few nuances you and others may want to consider...

[understandinglife]

Since I have no clue what Senator Kerry is thinking or doing today, or has been doing since 2 Nov 2004, my 'humility filter' enables me to be cautious in my assessment of 'apparent' inaction, 'apparent' confusion, 'apparent' confusion, 'apparent' ..... -- because that's all it is, 'apparent.'

With that disclaimer, I'll offer a few comments on the 'dog catcher' allegory.

I think the candidate for dog catcher might be sophisticated enough to know that if he (or anyone, ever again) is going to be 'elected' that he must do his job before he has any hope of legitimately being chosen for it.

I think the candidate for dog catcher knows that a pack of rabid dogs are on the loose and the town folk are hiding and fretting and if he doesn't catch and incarcerate those dogs the town folk are never going to be able to go to the polling place and vote without fear and cynicism.

I also think the dog catcher knows that distractions and confusion are useful because while one rabid dog runs in one direction another rabid dog is running in another direction rather than having them all focus on one victim. (the dog catcher knows what 'gambit' means)

I think the candidate for dog catcher knows that he's going to need a large, encompassing trap and that he's going to want the most rabid dog of the pack well inside that trap before he slams it shut. (ask yourself who's got the gavel in a certain venue on 6 Jan 2005)

And, he's going to want the whole world watching when that happens (suspect that cspan will have it's biggest viewer day in history; and the reruns; lordie, lordie!!)

Since I do have a clue how compromised the 2004 presidential election process is, I imagine that Senator Kerry and Edwards have vastly more than 'a clue.' I think they both realize that to be 'dog catcher' the way they would want the position means that they would have to know they were fairly elected. Thus, I suspect that once the rabid dogs are caged (how ironic for those familiar with that rovianism), the 'acting' dog catcher will insist upon a re-vote rather than accept a position, albeit deserved, he knows is disgustingly invalid.

Peace.

"When Did Bush Know?"