What If Bush ‘Wins’?

[Barrett808]

Mossback
What If Bush ‘Wins’?
Sure, hope for the best. But we better have a plan if we get four more years.
July 14 - 20, 2004

It is almost a relief to hear the other shoe drop. This week, Newsweek reported that the Bush administration is considering a mechanism to delay the November election in case of a terrorist attack.

What a surprise.

According to the magazine, the Department of Homeland Security has asked the Justice Department to analyze what steps would have to be taken to postpone the election in the event it is disrupted by terrorism. Officials say they are looking at ways to “secure” the election. For whom do they want to secure it?

This follows Tom Ridge’s announcement last week that so-called “chatter” suggests that Al Qaeda wants to mess up our electoral process, and officials pointed to what happened with the train bombings in Spain. But the election process wasn’t disrupted in Spain—it went forward and resulted in a regime change that was odious to the Bush administration. That might qualify as interference in the internal politics of Spain, but it was not interference in the election itself.

Federal elections in America must be inviolable, as reliable as sunrise. As faulty as the system is, and as corrupt as the process was in 2000, it nevertheless is the one means that we have to control our destiny. Our elections should be bombproof and bulletproof (and, by the way, Florida-proof). Voting is certainly as sacred as shopping, which Bush exhorted us to do in the wake of 9/11, despite our fears.

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http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0428/040714_news_mossback.php

[Parche]

1. Bush

Then we have a Civil War
Because if Bush wins, the only way he could have won is if he cheated

[Drifter]

2. Imagine if Bill Clinton ...

muttered words about postponing elections due to terrorist threats, back in 2000.

He would have been impeached again.

Cheers
Drifter

[sunny5555]

3. I emailed this Quisling.

I am so tired of defeatists. Thats how Hitler won.

[struggle4progress]

5. I don't think he's a defeatist: he's asking a real question.

"... another 2000 ... could, and should, indicate a true national crisis. If so, are you ready to do your part for defense of the Homeland?"

And welcome to DU! :)

[beanball]

4. A Bush victory

My dream is that we the people,not the unholy five select a majority in the senate and house,appoint Maxine Waters the speaker and watch the fun,the impeachment of Shrub,Dick "the prick" ,Colin&Condi,and lastly the worst of that rotten bunch of thugs and thieves Asscroft.

[Druu]

6. No way!

No way. Bush is OUT!

He just keeps making bad moves. The election postponement idea is just this week's flub. Little by little, he's managing to piss off his more moderate supporters. He'll lose enough of them by November to ensure that he loses his job.

[newyawker99]

7. Hi Druu!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Druu]

9. Thanks!

Thanks! It feels good to be part of the group. With all the minions George W. has, we have to band together to make sure he has to find a new job later this year!

[Dirty Hippie]

8. I've thought about this quite a bit

My thoughts were that I would give up. I cannot leave the country because my adult son is disabled and depends on my care but I encouraged my daughter to think about living outside the US. I figured I would avoid all news, including DU and try to keep my head low.

But then I got mad. I decided that if the unthinkable happens, I will fight fight fight. I (we) must continue to represent the truth. This administration will implode at some point ("Pride goeth before the fall").

This is my damn country. We have been hijacked by a small group of PNAC cultists (As per Sy Hersch). Most republicans don't even realized how far this administration has strayed from their ideals.

Oh they throw traditional Republicans a bone on high profile social issues (gay marriage, stem cell research etc.) but on core republican issues they are not even close.

Our message should emphasize WE HAVE BEEN HIJACKED BY PNAC CULTISTS!