Reply #58: Good points.

[Frodo]

But it's still dirty politics.

Yes, he can "respond". But I have NO IDEA WHO IS LYING here. I can assume that the timing is politically motivated and act against those I assume did it (and vote for A.S. if I was inclined that way) or I can assume that it is true (and vote against him even if I was inclined to vote for him). Either way, my vote is affected by less than all the facts. These are NOT FACTS. They are ACCUSATIONS... bad ones. And there is no possible way to come to a firm conclusion on them before voting.

I don't personally need to know whether they are true since I wasn't voting for him anyway. But SOME votes will be swung by ACCUSATIONS. And if it results in someone whose positions are far closer to the Nazi's? (No, I don't think he's a nazi either) Would the release have still been "fair".


To use your example a little better about answering for it after the election? Isn't that what the recall is for? isn't that why DEMOCRATS put it in the constitution in the first place? Didn't Davis cook the books before the election to make it look like the budget was in much better shape only to find out right AFTER the election that the debt was ENOURMOUS? Isn't that why he has no chance of keeping his job?

Think about the ramifications of playing ti your way. That sword cuts both ways and the other side doesn't have as many "good guys".