[bvw]

The inference about Damon's statement being a "look at me" type of thing -- actually as you say "find my clue!", is a good one.

Here's a Brenda-speak from that same article: "I want to get my message out and my message is to keep looking for Danielle and that’s the reason I do this." A bit convoluted, eh? Danielle is not at the forefront of Brenda's expressed thought -- first an foremost (as I've posted before using her 911 call) it's all about Brenda!

Brenda goes on about herself, "I want ... my message ... my message ... the reason I do". But just who is Brenda speaking to ... that is never said, it is a passive voice inferred object, or at best the non-Brenda parts of the universe that are "out there".

In this interesting quote, Brenda is not concerned at all with getting Danielle back, rather her concern is at best to "keep looking" for some strangely (given the circumstance) indefinte period.

And even that those "out there" would "keep looking" is not even Brenda's focus in this quote, rather Brenda's concern is, as usual, just about Brenda, that Brenda be seen and known for getting that message out.

Danielle is the second to last thing mentioned. After Brenda has directed the attention to the all-important Brenda, and alluded to those in the great "out there", and estblished that Brenda's message is the point, not Danielle.

And then the last phrase, viewed after that analysis is taken in, becomes quite chilling: "that’s the reason I do this".

What can that mean? It means, I suspect, that Brenda is spending precious Brenda-time, why? To make sure the great "out there" understands she is getting a message out. A message, PR, public relations, that makes the Brenda be "looking good"!

Looking good Brenda, looking real good.

[John Jamieson]

The best VD quote was something like "well, either way, we've still got our two wonderful boys". SICK

[the Deejay]

Right. Four references to herself in one sentence. Yep, I'd say it's all about Brenda.

In place of all the "I"'s & "My"'s, (sounds like she's in this alone.) It should have been stated like this;

"We want to get the message out and the message is to keep looking for Danielle and that’s the reason we are doing this."

[Freedom2specul8]

But but... :)

"Please, please continue to get the word out about our little girl nationwide. While investigators are working around-the-clock, all of you watching can help us by continuing to distribute fliers and posters so her picture can be seen nationwide," Brenda van Dam said.

SNIP

She also had a direct message for her missing child, in case she might wind up seeing a broadcast of the news conference: "I would hope that if she sees me, she knows we are all waiting for her at home," she said. "Please ask this person to just let you go. We love you. We want you back."