Steve Forbes Is Watching You

...anytime there's a hint of trouble with a candidate, or something odd about a campaign, with obsessions that become fears...the name of Steve Forbes is breathed...in the middle of the night...then the light of day brings the expected denials...and the repeated assertion that 'if anyone connected with this campaign was involved in this matter, he or she will be fired on the spot'...then an internal investigation mysteriously reveals nothing... ...where will these things turn up next? Bauer wants to know, and certainly Bush needs to know...face it, if it was credible concerning Bauer, you think those EYES are going to stop there? The last time we saw eyes like these it was on a monster called JAWS. No swimmer was safe! Even boats were ingested, as if it needed more fiber in its diet! ... These eyes will stop at nothing. If you're out there, tinkering around... look up, look down, look around... not that you'll likely see anything, but he's there, he's hiding in the shadows, maybe under the motel bed with a periscope and doodle-pad, never far away, always close at hand, watching, just watching, watching and waiting...

Maybe we'll never know the real story why Lamar Alexander left the race right when major supporters possibly could have shown up! But someone knows! Wasn't it a little strange that Dan Quayle was knocked out so early, when he had been Vice President? Who knows what support he could have had, if only he'd had supporters? Someone out there knows!

There was the supposed scheme of paying people to vote for Forbes. The people saying it had some good reason for speaking up, but they've been very quiet ever since the issue died! If a fellow like Gary Bauer can be the target of vicious rumors, someone no one even cares about, what about the higher-ups? Bush, you think you're home free? Perhaps someone else knows better!

I Know Where You Go Where DO you go? Is it safe to go there? What if your Grandmother found out about it? What about your wife? What about that swing voter who doesn't swing? What about the papers in Peoria? Is it somewhere you'd like to be if they had to call an ambulance? What if you had a heart attack there? You're not Jesse Ventura, you know. He can go to places like that because people know he doesn't know any better. But you're trying to be repectable, you're trying to succeed in setting an example where Bill Clinton failed. There's a good reason you need to get your head straight here: because SOMEONE is watching you all the time. You're a simple fool if you don't believe it, or heed this warning. In fact it might already be too late, because you're on film. He's taken down your escapades on video, and copies of it are hidden in a pumpkin somewhere. He knows where you go, and if you think people in his campaign are going to be "fired" for knowing it, then you deserve what you get! And I Know What You Do There. What DO you do there? Is this a question you can answer, or a question you would dare to answer? Is it something that's all "hush-hush," something that would cause a commotion, a nasty bit of news if it hit the fan? Is it something that would require flying your children in to stand by your side while you angrily denied it? What you do there, is there even the hope of plausible deniability? Is it something that the average guy would do if he thought he could get away with it? Does it require any protection beyond just normal security? Are there hidden mirrors there where you do it, or places in the walls where people could be hiding? When you're engaged in this activity, are you thinking what the actual cost is going to be, beyond what you have to pay just at that moment? Is this something that would look nice in the first sentence of your obituary? Does it involve a trapeze and positions best left to yoga masters? My friend, someone out there knows! And it could already be way too late to do anything about it now. Pictures exist. Witnesses seek to tell the tale. Again, your hope that someone might be "fired" is folly! You're in his sights, his eyes see you, you've been had!

Things to watch for & precautions

ASSUMING YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY THROWN CAUTION TO THE WIND, THERE ARE THINGS TO WATCH FOR AND PRECAUTIONS YOU CAN TAKE. Cars outside your motel room with their lights out, engines not running. Many of his operatives pose as ordinary travellers; you'll see them at gas stations, restaurants, and, probably more to the point, reststop bathrooms. When you make stops, beware of the person who wants to get too close, of the casual handshake or arm tap. Part of the ability to infiltrate so well has to do with devices the experts call "bugs." To the layman, a bug is a nuisance, a picnic pest. To you, a bug is deadly, no picnic!

At rallies, there are those who'll approach you with some item which they want autographed. Did you know that you could be signing an admission of misdeeds? Check for carbon paper hidden under that bikini top, but don't just stop at the carbon paper; always look under it for the real goods! At planning meetings of even your most trusted staff, watch out for the individual who takes copious notes. And be especially concerned if, when he pays "the pizza guy," his "change" is crisp hundreds in a briefcase! Don't trust anyone, not even yourself, and not strangers.

I'm safe from those eyes. He'll never see me. No one can find out. No one will find out. I'm protected, somehow! It was a long time ago, anyway. The documents were shredded. The photos were destroyed. Weren't they? Now this is the strangest thing: my hard-drive is supposed to shut off after an hour when it's not been used. But I got up at 3 in the morning and for some reason it was still going. Something about the e-mail looked a little fishy. Those papers, where'd I put them this time? I put 'em here somewhere, and marked them clearly: "EYES ONLY." Yes, listen to yourself: "EYES ONLY!"

It's not paramoia when someone IS out to get you.