[tptacek]

I think it says that I have at least an 8th grade civics level of understanding about how elections in the US work.

[dragonwriter]

To be fair, it also presupposes that Assange has such an understanding.

[tptacek]

do you entertain the idea that he might not

[dragonwriter]

I entertain many ideas, though I don't see that one as particularly likely. I was just pointing to an unstated assumption, not one that I saw as likely to be false.