The Muck is Getting Deep in Colbert County

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,

Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit

Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,

Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.

We're approximately five weeks from the mid-term election, but it's local offices that are creating the buzz, especially in Colbert County. For your reading enjoyment we present the tale of Candidate A and Candidate B.

Mrs. A opens a letter to find venom dripping from the paper in the form of anonymous allegations against her husband. Bringing someone's wife into it? Not exactly cricket, but no one knows who was behind the letter. Candidate A thought the worst and told some friends that he suspected Candidate B of being the holder of the poison pen. 

Should Candidate A have made his suspicions public? Probably not, but when one's spouse is concerned, individuals don't always think clearly. Candidate B has denied being behind the letter. How do we know all this?

Candidate B has made the whole reasonably private affair public on his Facebook page, demanding a public apology. This was a bad decision for two reasons.

First, probably very few people knew about the letter to begin with, but after Candidate B blasted the sick event to one and all there are just that many more who will automatically suspect him of being the author. The worst of it is that Candidate B is demanding a public apology for Candidate A's private remarks to some he thought were his friends. 

And the voters? Pass the popcorn...