The person who rises up to throw dirt or throw truth at a candidate is counter attacked by those who don’t want dirt thrown at their candidate or truth told about the opposing candidate.
Computers allow the dirt/truth thrower’s past to be researched and the counterattack is quick, heavy and very penetrating...
- The 68 year old whistleblower is immediately confronted by breathless reporters wanting to discuss that out of wedlock child he fathered when he was a freshman in college.
- The absolutely perfect citizen has his reputation ruined by reports from an anonymous source about what a rotten person he would be if he were not so perfect.
- The seemingly bullet proof successful businessman finds himself surprised by the evening news broadcast telling the world about the mistress he has stashed in a private bank account in Switzerland.
If ever you feel the urge to shake the tree of life, think very carefully before you do. You just might fall out of that tree.
Would I kid u?