Brian Baird: Cowardman (XXXII) So, the FBI is on the case?

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Well, our local paper's ongoing efforts to rehab the Cowardman's tattered image hit the short term jack pot with an announcement that The FBI (duhn, duhn, duuuuuuuhn) has taken over the investigation of the made up death threat.

Actually, of note to this intrepid blogger is this first sentence in the story:

"An alleged death threat reported by U.S. Rep. Brian Baird at the height of last summer's furor over health care reform has been turned over to the FBI."

The paper uses the term "alleged" to describe the death threat. Now, why is that?

One wonders why that might be. Even more intriguing would be the Columbian's response to that question, since they visit this blog at least 6 times a day.

All that having been said, the case of the so-called (I like "so-called" better than "alleged," but I'm quirky that way.) death threat has apparently been sent to the FBI. Now, the question is, why would that be?

If I'm not mistaken, the method of delivery was via "a message left" through a phone call. So, the questions are: where's the phone log? What was the number? Was it a cell? Was it a pay phone? Do they still have this "message?" If so, why isn't the media playing it? Maybe someone would recognize the voice and turn the perp in, eh?

Here's a scenario: The capital police are hardly rank amateurs. Presuming they ever DID investigate this, they found nothing. But the guy IS a congressman, and they just can't come out and SAY they found nothing, so they punt it to the FBI.

Long ago, when I worked in a government office, both my boss and myself received a death threat.

My only response was to get a concealed weapons permit.... and, well, a .45. But I never stopped seeing people in my office, because, well, THAT WAS MY FRICKING JOB. Nor was the threat ever reported to the police or the media, since I could take care of myself, and my boss wasn't interested in "cheap political gain" like our local Cowardman.

So, here's the gist of it.

If the FBI doesn't arrest someone, Baird is toast. He'll be a de-nutted muffin anyway, for lacking the guts to face his constituency under ANY circumstances, EVEN IF THE DEATH THREAT WAS LEGITIMATE. But, no arrest come the ballot drop, and Baird will be looking for work elsewhere.

That the FBI now has this is meaningless and lends no more credibility to Baird's oh-so-convenient excuse then Baird's insistence on telling and retelling this tale for "cheap political gain" at a Rotary Club luncheon later.

I hear the chant faintly in the background:"The whole world's watching.... the whole world's watching...."
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