NEXT? We seem to have jumped ahead of ourselves a bit. Maybe you have noticed it, too.
Regardless of whose picture appears on the screen, someone within sight of the screen will, say "...another one running President!"
It doesn't seem to matter who the individual might be, or what they do for a living. Everyone is eligible.
Last night a former contender stood forth and did a "speech" concerning comments concerning every possible negative quality he could think of about the life, work and supposed achievements of our President George. Al read the lists of accusations well enough - precise and without a shadow of double about any one of them. He went through all of it acting as if it just happened to be his turn to say disparaging things about our Head of State. He stressed the figure of "two thousand five hundred American youths dead". Most people in the room thought Al Gore was "running for president again."
Hillary Rodham Clinton kept her name in the list by making a statement about George Bush running the nation as if it were a "plantation" leaving it wide open for people what that comparison may entail. Some killjoy said this morning
she was quoting a line from a Republican used in the Ford campaign against Democrats.
The mayor of New Orleans made a MLK speech in which he invited all blacks to come down to recreate what he called " the nation's largest and only Chocolate City." He, too, is running for President.
Be careful about what you say in public. Mention something you think should be changed and you will be spotted right away - "running for President."
Trent Lott is running for a seat in the Senate but that be a cover of some sort. Here in Virginia our own governor has been showing increased interest in New Hampshire and Vermont. There's no wonder about that. He is running for a stint in the Oval Office.
A.L.M. January 17, 2006 [c398wds]
