I showed great restraint in not endorsing Aidan’s candidacy or swift boating his competitors on the blog. It turns out that he could secure office on the issues — a curious notion for a Washington D.C. area school. He had some help from his big brother Benjamin who skillfully inserted his face in the picture of the framers signing the Constitution as part of a poster proclaiming “History Counts” and detailing Aidan’s past service to the school “and 300 years as a time traveler.”
Now I know that we are all a bit cynical in light of the Obama Administration’s record. If Aidan follows suit, he will secretly arrange with the principal for searches of lockers and collection of communications captured between students to protect against “potential” disruptions. However, he could guarantee total transparency by submitting any reading of actual mail to a secret body that operates on a secret basis with secret legal interpretations.
Yet, for now, hope springs eternal. For civil libertarians lost in a world of authoritarian abuse, there remains a place where freedom and hope still flourishes. I would say that he has pledged a torture free environment but there are still those school lunches and the mandatory dance classes during gym.