Where's Waldo?

Blogger Patrick Bell wants to know, where's Waldo, err, Gregoire? As he put it in this post at Respectfully Republican:

Much like where's Waldo, I want to know what our state's most powerful and outspoken Democrat is up to these days. As Attorney General, Gregoire was quite regularly in the news promoting this settlement or that lawsuit. Now, she's nowhere to be seen! I'll tell you what I think. Gregoire's approval rating as Governor is one of the lowest of all Governors' in the nation, and really only paralleled on the federal level (sorry Dubya). She's staying out of the limelight until this year's election is over, because she's perceptive enough to know a great number of voter's still despise her.

And now in today's SeaTimes comes the headline "Man didn't threaten to kill Gregoire" - regarding the acquittal yesterday of Michael James Goodall on charges of making a death threat against Christine Gregoire. Acquittal, as in not guilty. Innocent, as in he didn't do it. The Times story states:

Goodall, who has no criminal history, claimed that he'd meant he was going to "kill" Gregoire, who was state attorney general before she was governor, with the truth. He said he had no intention of physically harming her.

The truth is a potent weapon, no doubt about it. Keep an eye on Sharkansky v. King County to watch more skillful use of that weapon.