Reply #76: The Resolution, Mr. Reynolds

[The Magistrate]

Contained elements of a political trap. If sufficient Democrats had voted against it, the entire Party would be slurred as soft creatures seeking to tie the hands of the man seeking to defend the country against Satan himself, and the great majority of the populace would have rallied to that cry. This line was launched anyway, but without the effect nationwide it would have had, had the vote been much closer.

The vote for the resolution preserved viability for campaign for higher office, and that is why Sen. Kerry, and Sen. Edwards, cast the votes they did. They preserved themselves from widespread harm, which is the chief object of political calculation. Persons incapable of political calculation would do well to avoid the profession, and will experience difficulty in commenting on persons who are professionals at it.

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