What
They Should Say
"Welcome to the third Democratic debate. We'll
begin our questions with candidate Smith, and we'd
like to start by asking about your record where it
says..."
Smith: "Ah, my record. Isn't it amazing that
I have one? An actual record of public service, that
is? A record that gives you a solid indication of exactly
what kind of government administrator I've been and
will continue to be. It's not safeguarded by a murder
of lawyers or an Attorney General who is personally
in thrall to Vladimir Putin. It's not hidden down a
flight
of
broken
stairs,
at the
end of a dark hallway, in a locked filing cabinet to
which no one has the key and over which hangs a large
sign saying "Beware of the leopard."
Since you read my record you'll no doubt notice that
I had an admirable GPA in college and that I graduated
near the top of my class. You'll also see
that
I've always
paid
my fair share of taxes and that
I've been
in love with the same person for
34 years and have children who have made me proud to
be a parent.
Yes,
there are probably things in my record you can micro-focus
on to make it look as though I'm some kind of monster for the
benefit of a salacious Fox News sound-bite but, hey, guess
what? Nowhere in my record does it say, or will
it ever say, that I colluded with this nation's enemies to
earn my job. Nowhere does it say I had multiple bankruptcies,
abused minorities, molested women or that I was close friends
with
pedophiles.
I am not perfect. No one is. But I guarantee the
only thing you'll find in my record is that I've led the
kind of life that every American would be proud to leave as
their legacy.
So, yeah, ask me about my record. C'mon. Bring it on."
=Lefty=
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