Wizard Marks posted this bet on Monday (exchange pasted below); I'm uncertain what she means by this "two weeks" statement unless someone suggested that the FBI would indict Dean Zimmerman two weeks before the election. Now hopefully when one practices brevity in posts, it results in some bit of clarity; but I guess I gotta blather on a bit. My brief point was that the FBI has nothing to do with indictments other than provide the evidence needed for the US Attorney to make them; one can assume that Tom Heffelfinger will act in a partisan way (I don't understand such an assumption) and bring in an indictment days before an election: that is what Wizard may have meant to bet and did not.
Certainly if a US Attorney indicted Zimmerman, in any Administration but Dubya's, he would be handing in his resignation letter afterwards should it be based on what has been publicized to date. Hefflefinger is either going to make a better case and indict, or let this thing ferment a while before he attempts to dispose of the matter in the quietest possible way. I'd bet on the latter, if I were that sort of a gambler (I play MN State Lottery numbers games a bit and if I'm near a casino, I might pop in and drop a few bucks here and there on my way to the buffet). A safer bet might be that the matter fizzles after being bounced back to 'whatever' local authority, (Fair Campaign Practices Committee or something; I profess my ignorance of it for the moment), for some minor infraction of campaign law resulting in a fine and/or warning before or after the election, but I'm hoping that US Attorneys have better things to do in this time of "War" and other calamities and that Wizard loses the bet that she meant to make. A progressive can only hope that if Dubya's Dept. of Justice is throwing the legal equivalent of flaming bags of dog doo on local elections around the country, Republicans will go down in elections to come for a long, long time. Bill Kahn holding tightly to my money in Prospect Park In a message dated 10/6/05 1:31:59 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Wizard Marks bets: > > > >"My bet is that four or five days before the November election, the FBI > >will put an indictment on the table. Any takers?" > > > >I'd take that bet, but since the FBI never brings indictments, I'll give > >Wizard a break. This one is pretty much up to the US Attorney to do. > > > > > Off line, one person weighed in with two weeks. Any other suggestions? > > >WizardMarks, Central > REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
